New Story -- "Unconditional"
Feb. 12th, 2021 01:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
coryleaI've posted a very short story for Valentine's Day, "Unconditional".
Every Valentine's Day, Star Trek fans post lots of stories where Spock is taught that he HAS to make a grand romantic gesture for Valentine's Day. Those always leave a bad taste in my mouth. Spock's culture views the public expression of emotion as a terrible infraction, and asking someone to go against their own culture for something as completely frivolous and unnecessary as Valentine's Day ... yuck.
So of course I had to do something different. I spent several years as a professor, and I guess I never managed to get all of the chalk dust out of my blood, because my stories usually have tiny lessons tucked inside. But then, it's not truly Star Trek unless there's a message somewhere, so I'm firmly within Trek tradition. :-)
If anybody reads the story, I hope you enjoy it.
Every Valentine's Day, Star Trek fans post lots of stories where Spock is taught that he HAS to make a grand romantic gesture for Valentine's Day. Those always leave a bad taste in my mouth. Spock's culture views the public expression of emotion as a terrible infraction, and asking someone to go against their own culture for something as completely frivolous and unnecessary as Valentine's Day ... yuck.
So of course I had to do something different. I spent several years as a professor, and I guess I never managed to get all of the chalk dust out of my blood, because my stories usually have tiny lessons tucked inside. But then, it's not truly Star Trek unless there's a message somewhere, so I'm firmly within Trek tradition. :-)
If anybody reads the story, I hope you enjoy it.
