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Ficlet: Luxury (Kirk - gen)

Jun 10, 2009 07:51

Title: Luxury
Author/Artist: igrockspock
Pairing(s): Kirk (gen)
Rating: PG
Summary: Kirk doesn't want, need, or deserve the captain's quarters
Notes/Warnings: Written for yahtzee63's Where No Drabble Has Gone Before challenge

( Someone must need these quarters more than he does. )

!fic: star trek

Comments 38

thistlerose June 10 2009, 13:22:50 UTC

Aww, Jim. It's nice to see fics that highlight the qualities that will make him an excellent captain.

igrockspock June 11 2009, 03:04:23 UTC

Thank you! I really wanted to write a piece that showed him as more than a frat boy.

On a side note, your icon makes me want to write a Kirk fic with that title...

chaletian June 10 2009, 14:49:05 UTC

OMG! OMG! *flails wildly* That is so, so, so perfect I don't even have words! No words! None!

OK, fine, some words. I love this. I love how this has all been a game for Kirk (and it has, and I was thinking ABOUT THIS EXACT THING on the way to work thi morning): something he's good at, or has the potential to be good at, but not something he's taking seriously (Kobayashi Maru was the perfect example - I think actually cheating the test was brilliant, go him, but he still didn't take it seriously - in a way, Spock was right too). And now he has to take it seriously, he has to step up, because people are relying on him, and he can do it. Wooooo!!!

♥ ♥ ♥

chaletian June 10 2009, 14:52:40 UTC

I was also thinking how much harder he would find to draw that line between captain and crew, given that he was at the Academy with half his crew and are likely to know him all too well. I love that he realises here that he has to keep the captain's quarters. Oh, Jim. He's growing up so fast... *g*

chaletian June 10 2009, 15:11:15 UTC

Oh, and his subdivided to-do list is MADE OF WIN.

♥

Have recced this.

igrockspock June 11 2009, 03:05:47 UTC

Thank you so much for all your comments! I posted this fic thinking that it was acceptable, so I really wasn't expecting feedback this enthusiastic or detailed. I'm really glad you *got* what I was trying to say about Kirk.

shaitanah June 10 2009, 14:58:15 UTC

This is just perfect! Exactly what makes me love Jim (that, and a million other awesome qualities he has!))) Brilliant ficlet! <3

igrockspock June 11 2009, 03:07:31 UTC

Thank you! I'm so glad you felt this piece captured his essential qualities.

blcwriter June 10 2009, 16:01:30 UTC

Oh, perfect capture of the pain and ambiguity Kirk must feel after taking command of the ship.

I wish I could write small pieces like this.

igrockspock June 11 2009, 03:08:09 UTC

Heh. I guess the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. I was wishing as I posted this that I knew how to expand it into something larger.

Thanks for the feedback :)

ruefull June 10 2009, 16:34:19 UTC

Nice. Very nice and very like him, and a good job at showcasing another side of Jim Kirk.

igrockspock June 11 2009, 03:08:46 UTC

Thank you! This is only my second Kirk story, so I'm glad you thought he was in character.