Through Blind Men's Eyes by Ladyblahblah (NC-17)

May 12, 2010 08:36

Title: Through Blind Men's Eyes
Fandom: Star Trek Reboot
Pairing: Kirk/Spock
Categories: angst, bonding, future, romance
Length: epic
Warnings: body-swapping

Author on LJ: ladyblahblah
Website: n/a

Author's Summary: The obligatory Pon Farr story . . . with a bit of a twist.

Review:
On a diplomatic mission, Nocteans, who are eager to please the Federation, offer Captain Kirk a gift they have deemed most valuable to Kirk - the chance to save Spock’s life. Of course, the most exciting things always happen on diplomatic missions.

I’m just going to come outright and say it: this is a body-swapping story. There. I’ve vehemently disliked stories of this genre and have never read any before this one because it has always seemed a little creepy to be romantically/sexually attracted to someone who is the current inhabitant of your body. Talk about narcissism to the extreme. To be honest, the only reason I even gave Through Blind Men's Eyes a try was because the summary didn’t mention any body-swapping. But oh boy, do I not regret this one bit!

I loved reading about Kirk’s experiences in Spock’s body - the temperature sensitivity, the metabolic changes, the heightened hearing, and oh hey, guess whom this body is attracted to. As Spock would put it: fascinating! The having-sex-with-oneself sex is minimal and short (they switch back almost immediately after) and didn’t weird me out too much. Highly recommended!

Through Blind Men's Eyes (pt. 1) (pt. 2) (pt. 3) (pt. 4) (pt. 5) (pt. 6) (pt. 7) (pt. 8) (pt. 9) (pt. 10)

genre: future, genre: romance, genre: angst, recs by meishali, fandom: star trek reboot, genre: au, pairing: kirk/spock, genre: science fiction, length: epic

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