Kirk/Chapel Stories



Once upon a time there was no Kirk/Chapel on this site, and then there were a few fics buried in the stories on the Original Series page. And now this is getting so big, I thought I should organize it better. Hope this helps. It's organized by theme, so depending what you're in the mood for, this should help you find it.

Romantic and/or Light

Maybe you want banter or some romantic fluff? Maybe you want romance and don't mind a little angst thrown in ('cause I can't write without any usually). Try these:


Divine Torture (PG-13)   -   First contact was never supposed to be like this.


Everything Old Is New Again (R)   -   Post-TMP. After V'ger, old things seem new.


Idle Chit Chat (R)   -   Kirk wanted something fun and romantic after "Doomed to Repeat." Also he wanted to not be a dick. I don't ignore him when he's pissed off at me. This is much more my normal style, so those who didn't like DTR, it's safe to come back in the water.


Motivational Maneuvers (PG-13)   -   Is there anything worse than mandatory training? Only if it's a motivational seminar--that's not motivational. Fortunately, if the company is good, you're not so bad off. I've been to wayyyy too many of these, I think.


Plato's Gift (R)   -   There are some unexpected aftereffects from the run-in with the Platonians.


Plato's Goodbye (R)   -   A sequel to Plato's Gift. Parting is such sweet sorrow.


Siren's Song (R)   -   A magical island brings two hurt people together. A solstice story.


Snowflakes (PG-13)   -   Blame this on a snowstorm. It made me silly.


Strange Bedfellows (R)   -   A landing party on a deserted planet goes awry...again.


Welcome Home (PG-13)   -   I think it might possibly be one of the signs of the end days when I write something this fluffy. Oh well. It's a literary exercise--a story of only dialogue.


Angsty

You don't want light; you want these two to have to work, and work hard, for it. Not dark, necessarily. Just angsty. Try these:


The Angst Series These are painful. Also very popular. Go figure.


First, Do No Harm (R)   -   During the 5YM. For McCoy and Chapel, shore leave is for pretending. (This isn't Kirk/Chapel but it does set up the rest of the series.)


Dregs (PG-13)   -   Post-WoK. Spock is dead. What if you're the one left behind?


Embers (PG-13)   -   Post-STV. They shared their pain, but then fate intervened. Now that everything is back to normal--or nearly so--is there anything left for Kirk and Chapel?


Physician, Heal Thyself (PG-13)   -   Post-STV. So what does McCoy think of Kirk and Chapel's relationship?


Never and Always Touching and Touched (R)   -   Post-STV. Spock has a secret.


Bargains in the Dead of Mind (PG-13)   -   Post-STV. Chapel's take on her relationships with Kirk, Spock, and McCoy.


Closing Time (PG-13)   -   Because sometimes life happens after hours.


Collide on Dry Land (R)   -   Some storms come on suddenly. Some build up over time.


Doomed to Repeat (R)   -   Do people ever really change? This is Kirk-Chapel fic. This is also Spock/Chapel fic. It is not however, Kirk/Spock/Chapel fic--just in case you were waiting for something new on that front.


Fever Dreams (R)   -   Memory is a tricky thing. So's love. This one is Spock/Chapel but has some nice Kirk-Chapel friendship moments. You'll need this to read the Kirk/Chapel sequel, Fevers Break.


Fevers Break (R)   -   Sequel to Fever Dreams, which has the potential to go many ways at the end. This is an exploration of one of the not-so-nice ways. If you like how Fever Dreams ended, best not read this.


It's All About Survival (PG-13)   -   People connect in all sorts of ways.


Kirk/Chapel Prime (the series that started it all):


Like We Never Had A Broken Heart (R)   -   This story was inspired by a scene in the Carter Series story "Bridges," but you don't have to have read that story to enjoy this. Set just before ST:TMP. This was a dark time in Kirk's life.


A Particular Pain (R)   -   A follow-on to "Like We Never Had a Broken Heart." For those who would have liked the ending to go a bit differently. Set during ST:TMP, this is Kirk at his most darkly obsessed.


Living in Ashes (R)   -   It's the first mission after V-Ger for Kirk and Chapel and they have a new relationship to get used to, and friends to work out some problems with.


Claiming Happiness (R)   -   Kirk and Chapel try to find happiness among a crew who seem to have problems of their own.


Live Fast, Regret Later (R)   -   Sometimes why we do things is not that important--other times it is. A character I didn't expect intruded on this and ran away with the story. Grrrr.


Matchmaker, Matchmaker (R)   -   I don't like what the powers that be did with Kirk in Generations, but it's canon I guess so I'm going to work with it. How did Kirk meet Antonia-and why'd he leave her? And what does Chapel have to do with it?


The Morning After (R)   -   There's always a morning after. Some of them are more important than others.


Not in the Nest (R)   -   Set right after ST;TMP, a fling on Earth is very different from a romance with a crewmember.


The Occupations Series - Chapel through her various occupations (This one does its best to track canon.)


Nurse (PG-13)   -   Set during the five-year mission


Doctor (R)   -   Just before ST:TMP, and during the mission that followed.


Scientist (PG-13)   -   Set before STII: WOK.


Commander (R)   -   Set after STII: WOK.


Revenant (R)   -   Set after STVI: TUC.


Old Friends (R)   -   This is because Majel died and I felt like Chapel should have another story.


Passion is the Gale (R)   -   Kirk wanted a disfunctional story for him and Chapel. Spock was not interested in being relegated to the sidelines since stories from me are now fewer and farther between. It led to an interesting dynamic. This is a bit of an angstfest.


Parallels and Intersections (PG-13)   -   Sometimes lives don't touch so much as run alongside--other times they take a detour.


Post-Traumatic Stress Desire (R)   -   Sometimes we go to dark places. Sometimes only the people who've already been there can help us out.


Chicken Soup for the Gonads (R)   -   A sequel to Post-Traumatic Stress Desire. This one is slightly less serious


Reopening Old Wounds (R)   -   They of all people know the danger of reopening old wounds. This is a little different spin on the events around the second through fourth movies, but still following canon.


Safe Word (R)   -   The title should give it away. Written with the premise: "It's a flavorful treat but can you make a meal of it?" This is mostly Kirk/Chapel, but there's some Spock/Chapel (and some Spock/Uhura implied, if that's how you like it).


Tainted (R)   -   After the conspiracy and Khitomer, Chapel lives under a cloud of suspicion. Kirk & Spock may be the only ones who can help her get out from under it. But what else do they want? This can go all kinds of ways including Kirk-Spock-Chapel. Be warned.


Thar She Blows! (PG-13)   -   It's fun to hang with the guy who's just traveled through time, brought back two humpback whales, and saved the Earth and everyone on it. Just fun. Right? Sorta light, sorta not. Set after STIV and during/after.


Unlucky in Love (R)   -   A slighty different Kirk/Chapel. A romance that's not romantic, as one person put it, and I like that idea.


Waltzing with the Muses (R)   -   Life unfolds in unexpected way. Life follows patterns. Sometimes, life does both. Takes place a year after the 2nd through 5th movies.


Dark and/or Weird

I usually don't get these guys as dark as I do Spock and Chapel. Kirk and Chapel just somehow tend to lighter angst for me. But every now and then I do go down that trail.


Button, Button (PG-13)   -   Some stories are so strange you don't know where they come from. This is one of them.


Mazes of a Nightmare (R)   -   Where does a nightmare end and reality begin? This is hurt-comfort, but much more than that too.

Want to read a little more? Rabble Rouser did an amazing short follow-on piece called Cutting.


The Path Not Taken (R)   -   This is set after STVI. It's a little different take on things, I think.


Tender, Loving Care (PG-13)   -   You've been hurt, but she's there.


Urges (R)   -   A routine landing party leads to some strange behavior. This one is out there.


Witness (PG-13)   -   Sometimes you just have to watch. This is dark and very strange.


Kirk/Spock/Chapel

Because you want a little Spock thrown in with your Kirk/Chapel.


Nearest Distant Shore (R)   -   Sometimes to get away from one thing, you'll reach for the next closest thing. This is Kirk-Chapel and Spock-Chapel,and there are so many other ways this could go, including a threesome, that I'm putting it here in case that squicks you, but I'm not promising that's where this goes. People are a bit angry here--or at least a couple of them are.


Under Duress (R)   -   This is a new Kirk/Spock/Chapel, unrelated to the ongoing series. I felt like twisting them in a new way.


The "Three's Apparently Not a Crowd" Series


Forgotten (R)   -   Stranded and apparently forgotten on a frozen world, three crewmates learn to survive.


Remembered (R)   -   Sequel to Forgotten. What happens when you come back home? Kirk/Spock/Chapel.


Man and Man and Wife (R)   -   Our intrepid threesome explores a new frontier: getting married. With apologies to: "Father of the Bride," "The Wedding Planner," "Romancing the Stone," "Summer Lovers," and "Murphy's Romance." No weddings or wedding planners were harmed in the making of this story. The use of illegal substances is not encouraged. Professional fictional characters at work: Do Not Try This at Home.


And V'Ger Makes Four (R)   -   The threesome takes on Star Trek: The Motion Picture. This follows on the heels of "Man and Man and Wife."


Still Life in Triplicate (R)   -   Because life isn't always about the big moments. Sequel to "And V'Ger Makes Four."


Beloved (R)   -   This is a short sequel to Revenant and it's K/S/Ch for those who need a warning. But you don't have to have read the Occupations Series to get this. And really, this isn't in the same tense or the same tone or with the same POV character, so maybe it's better if you haven't read it? Suffice it to say, Kirk and Chapel are dead and living happily together when the story begins. This is for those who like their romances in threes.


Speculations

A series of little stories that look at what if's and might-have-beens. For the hard core Kirk/Chapel fans who can see a ship for these two just about anywhere or for whom no snippet is too small. You know who you are!


No Such Thing as Goodbye (PG-13)   -   A vignette from the Kirk/Chapel prime series mostly likely. After ST:WOK.


Re-Released (R)   -   Go over to the Slayer Series page for this and other stories in the Slayer Turned series.


Returning Heroes (R)   -   I was watching STVI-The Undiscovered Country, and began to wonder, what if Chapel and Kirk had been involved at the time...and she was back on Earth during those events. This is my answer. It's plenty angsty--and I've been told very hot.


Right Side Out Again (R)   -   What if the beam-out in Inside Out (you can find that on Carter Series page) hadn't worked?


A Trip Through the Multiverse (R)   -   You've read everything Kirk/Chapel on this site. You see the K/Ch ship wherever you look now. You are, in a word, gone on these two. This story is for you. I got lonely for all the various K/Ch incarnations. See if you can figure out who is who. .


What Might Have Been (PG-13)   -   Prelude to "Emotional Rescue" (you can find that on the Spock/Chapel page). For those who wondered what "delightful" really meant.