An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Chapters: 1-2/? Fandom: Star Trek, Star Trek: The Original Series Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: James T. Kirk/Spock, Leonard "Bones" McCoy & Spock, James T. Kirk & Leonard "Bones" McCoy Additional Tags: First Contact, Fevers, different kinds of love, Sneezing, Stress, Trust, Colds Summary:
During a well-choreographed first-contact situation, Spock is given a brief side mission to speak to the rural population. The unexpected fall-out from and repercussions of what had been thought an unimportant, and bungled, day's expedition change everything on a much larger scale.
A bungled expedition. Led by Spock. He'd accepted it in the certainty that, despite a minor ailment, he could perform adequately, and he'd been wrong. Now he has to get the Captain to trust his judgement again and let him carry part of the weight of the first-contact, before it all drags the captain down, too.
