FIC: Afterburn's Glow (PG) - Star Trek Reboot
Title: Afterburn's Glow
Author: Zippit
Fandom: Star Trek Reboot
Character(s): James Kirk
Challenge: Starfleet for star_trek100
Rating: PG
Word Count: 100
Completed: July 10, 2009
Disclaimer: The characters portrayed within are not mine. They belong to the actors, producers, writers, and corporate entities that own them. I mean no disrespect and have no intentions of making a profit. This is merely a loving response to the original work.
Author’s Note: Easing into this fandom, I hope I got his voice right.
Summary: It's not where he expected to be.
Afterburn's Glow
Starfleet, all bright hopes and dreams, wasn't a place he expected to end up. There were no benefits, no upsides, only the painful reminder of everything he'd lost. The father he never knew, the mother who drowned her grief in every mission she took, and his childhood. Lost to the swirl of stars and the promises that never came true.
He's his father's son but he's unsure if it's curse or benediction. His rise to glory at the expense of a planet and the majority of his cadet class.
Still, something in that initial promise calls to him.
Exploration.
Wonder.
Author: Zippit
Fandom: Star Trek Reboot
Character(s): James Kirk
Challenge: Starfleet for star_trek100
Rating: PG
Word Count: 100
Completed: July 10, 2009
Disclaimer: The characters portrayed within are not mine. They belong to the actors, producers, writers, and corporate entities that own them. I mean no disrespect and have no intentions of making a profit. This is merely a loving response to the original work.
Author’s Note: Easing into this fandom, I hope I got his voice right.
Summary: It's not where he expected to be.
Afterburn's Glow
Starfleet, all bright hopes and dreams, wasn't a place he expected to end up. There were no benefits, no upsides, only the painful reminder of everything he'd lost. The father he never knew, the mother who drowned her grief in every mission she took, and his childhood. Lost to the swirl of stars and the promises that never came true.
He's his father's son but he's unsure if it's curse or benediction. His rise to glory at the expense of a planet and the majority of his cadet class.
Still, something in that initial promise calls to him.
Exploration.
Wonder.