When a shuttle carrying McCoy and Spock crashes on a hostile world, things don't look good for them.  Will the Enterprise find them in time?

This is a continuation of my free write for Trek Tech and fits into my 'Learning Curve' story arc.  It touches on McCoy's growing concerns about the link between Kirk and Spock, and fits in between 'The Ties That Bind' and 'Six Degrees of Separation.'

There had to be more fallout between Kirk and Spock in the wake of Amok Time than we ever saw on screen.  After all, one isn’t almost strangled to death by your best friend – or almost strangles your best friend to death – without repercussions, right?  In sickbay both were still shell-shocked by how things had turned out, but what happened later, when each had time to really think about what had transpired?  Each would have their own hurdles and emotional baggage to overcome. How could either learn to trust the other – or himself – ever again?

Letting go of the past (or present) can be difficult for some; next to impossible for others...just ask Kevin Riley.

I know this has been done to death, but this is my spin on what Kirk felt during Spock’s death in TWOK, and how it fits with my personal canon.  Essentially a H/C piece, heavy on the hurt, with virtually no comfort.

This is a follow-on to the TOS episode 'Errand of Mercy' - non-AU this time, I promise.  The Organians may have put an end to the fleet-wide Federation/Klingon war, but what if a day later Kirk and Kor were thrust together into a life-or-death situation?  Would the two be able to transcend their differences and work together in order to survive?  Written for the 'Friends and Enemies' challenge.

It’s never a good thing when the CMO starts seeing things…an expansion on my free write entry entitled ‘I Thought I Might Die.’  Written for Firegrace.

‘The silence between us is deafening.  Not the silence without, for there is none – we engage in the same things we always have; on the surface we interact with one another as usual, as the crew expects us to, and all would seem normal to the casual observer – but the silence within is all encompassing and eclipses everything else.’

Written for 'Something to Shout About ... Silence' challenge.