Title: Trees Against the Sky
Author:
zjofieroseWordcount: 16k
Rating: Hard R/NC-17
Warnings: mentions of past violence, description of a killing.
Beta: the magnificent, the brilliant, the fantastic
emmessannFor: a lovely fellow Trekkie who prefers to remain nameless, but who gave a very lovely donation for me in the
help_queensland auction. *waves* hi, bb! It took forever, but it’s extra long, so I hope that helps!
Thanks to:
medea_fic, as always, for hand-holding, whine-listening, and general awesomeness. Likewise
lousy_science, for being her fabulous self. And also much love to
ewinfic for giving it a reassuring once-over halfway through that made me feel much better. I <3 you all forever. Also piles of love for
arminaa who is putting out this danged thing. You are amazing.
And a Final Note: this fic was originally the brainchild of the wonderful
13empress. She has kindly allowed me to take it over and write it in my own way, but I am forever grateful to her for the initial idea, and for the generous encouragement. <3
ETA A/N: so, yeah, i totally forgot about actually posting this thing to my LJ. heh. well, hope you enjoy it! original version appeared
in the Universal Constant online zine, which you can read/download here-
http://uczine.livejournal.com/ Summary: When Spock is critically injured in a crash on a strange planet, who is going to save him? And what on Vulcan is a strange, abandoned human doing here?
A tree against the sky possesses the same interest, the same character, the same expression as the figure of a human.
Georges Rouault Caresses, expressions of one sort or another, are necessary to the life of the affections as leaves are to the life of a tree. If they are wholly restrained, love will die at the roots.
Nathaniel Hawthorne Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Chapter Five Chapter Six