Cherished by janice_lester (Pike/Number One, R, 1,500 words)
Summary: Pike plans to make the most of his lover's long-awaited visit home.
Notes: This fic made me melt. Every woman should be loved like this.

No Roses on Vulcan by igrockspock (Amanda/Sarek, PG, 2,000 words)
Summary: Faced with an unresolvable disagreement with his wife, Sarek seeks help from his mother.
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the heat of summer sunshine by mardia (McCoy/Chapel, R, 1,277 words)
Summary: "That gardener of yours is gorgeous, Christine." (AU, written for the "domestic/tradesman" square for kink_bingo.)
Notes: This is a delicious little slice of summery porn for all the fans out there who might appreciate the image of a shirtless!gardener!McCoy.

This Time Around by melyanna (McCoy/Chapel, PG-13, ~29,300 words)
Summary: With acrimonious ends to relationships just behind them, Christine Chapel and Leonard McCoy come to Starfleet to move on, and they both find more than new careers.
Notes: I really enjoyed how the author took the time to develop McCoy and Chapel's relationship slowly, starting with a ( Read more... )

Home is Just Another Word For You by thistlerose (McCoy/Uhura, G, 1,580 words)
Summary: At thirty-three, Nyota Uhura has a career and a family. Balancing the two isn't always easy, though Leonard is a big help, but it seems to be worth the effort.
Notes: This is a bittersweet fic about a theme many women surely can relate to. I loved all the little details ( Read more... )

Five Times Gaila and Sulu Saved Each Other by igrockspock (Gaila/Sulu, PG-13, 12,000 words)
Summary: Even tough, independent people need saving once in awhile. Gaila and Sulu save each other from fears and insecurities, tarantulas and Starfleet ration bars, failed simulations and lost promotions. And space pirates. Twice.
Notes: This fic moved me nearly to ( Read more... )

Affliction's Sons by stella_andrea (Winona/Sarek, Kirk/Spock, NC-17, Rating, 70,000)
Summary: There has been a Pon Farr outbreak on New Vulcan. Sarek goes to investigate but is trapped on an uninhabited planet with Winona Kirk just as he begins Pon Farr himself. Spock and Jim save their parents, only to discover that they are now stepbrothers. Dealing with the ( Read more... )

Nine Years Later by circ_bamboo (Pike/Number One, Kirk/McCoy, Spock/Uhura, NC-17, 23,657 words)
Summary: Regency AU; Pike (Baron Prescott) has returned home from the Napoleonic Wars, along with James Kirk (the Earl of Riverside) and Lieutenant Leonard McCoy, to claim the lady he left . . . nine years before. Will she be there? Also, Viscount Spockton meets an ( Read more... )

Stories Have Endings, Fantasies Fade by sunriseinspace (Jocelyn McCoy/Leonard McCoy, eventual Jocelyn/Clay, PG-13, ~9,000 words)
Summary: She buries her face in her arms, trying to shut out the heartbreak she can already see coming.
Notes: This is one of the best stories I've read about the McCoys' marriage, both the happy and not-so-happy parts of it. All of the ( Read more... )

Spock/Uhura

Letting Go by inell (Spock/Uhura, NC-17, 2065)
Summary: She wishes that he'd occasionally take the initiative
Notes: A beautifully written and sexy look into Spock and Uhura's relationship at the Academy. The dialogue between them is so believable and of course, the sex is beyond hot.

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Nothing to Prove by
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Spock/Uhura

Malaika by tehlanes (Spock/Uhura, R, ~3000)
Summary: He is an unusual, albeit exceptional, lover. Reflecting-perhaps too often-upon this, Nyota is convinced his pleasure is paramount to hers.She is also convinced it is not always his choice.
Notes: Gorgeously written study of this relationship. Very intimate, sexy and sweet portrait of them. You ( Read more... )