A Stallion Must First Be Broken, A Series of Star Trek 2009 Vignettes

Rating: PG-13/T, will increase to R/M in later chapters.

Warnings: Mild to strong language, violence, sexuality, and other adult themes.

Disclaimer: I do not own or claim to own Star Trek 2009, its premise or any of its characters. No money is being made from these writings. No copyright infringement is intended.

Summary: A series of vignettes about Kirk and Spock’s acquaintance, reluctant friendship, and eventual relationship. Kirk/Spock slash. Rated M for sexual content, and other adult themes.

Author’s Note: Just wanted to note that these are not in chronological order. These vignettes are supposed to have the feeling of memory, so they’re not linear by nature. Also, please leave reviews. I love getting feedback!

1.

Many years ago, a doctor (and a man who has since become a very dear friend) cited to me a very peculiar saying, apparently common in his area of origin.

He said, “If you wanna ride in the Kentucky Derby, you don't leave your prized stallion in the stable.”

I did not understand the full implications of this seemingly simple idiom at the time.

I am still not convinced that I grasp them with complete certainty.

Sometimes, despite the human half of my genetic makeup, such notions are difficult for me to truly understand. My brain is simply not wired to respond to them with the same ease as humans.

At the time, I had analyzed his advice coldly, retorting with my own idiom, one I had read long ago while studying Earth’s literature in my youth.

“A curious metaphor,” I had said, all venom and tenuously controlled emotion disguised as logic, “as a stallion must first be broken before it can reach its true potential.”

How certain I had been of my reasoning.

After all, I was not used to being proven wrong.

But that was before I met James Tiberius Kirk.