Kirk and Spock have a few days of on-ship leave to fill and there's only so much chess even Jim can take until he starts getting antsy. They decide to try a new game -- bowling. "What?" you say. "There's not a bowling alley on the Enterprise..." OH HO HO, that is where you would be wrong, my friend. iT'S CANON. And it's time for bOWLING DATE NIIIIGHTT~~~~

Spock questions Jim's interest ... and Jim explains.

Captain Kirk spends a contemplative evening alone while Spock and McCoy attend a conference off-ship.

Another Rude Person funny stuff. Parody

An incident during a shore leave gone disastrous leaves Spock with a link he never expected with his captain—a bond he needs but which he suspects Jim never wanted. The consequences of how he deals with that ‘belief’ change everything for them.

Jim and Spock go out for pizza.  Waitress POV.

Kirk runs into someone unexpected while waiting for Spock.

(Or, the one where Kirk meets Jack Harkness.)

Spock is an artist who turned down a place in the Vulcan Science academy in favor of becoming an art professor on Earth. Kirk is struggling to make ends meet while trying to save up for art school. When they meet, Spock offers Kirk a way into the school of his dreams.

Earth's solstice-timed holidays have been difficult for both Kirk and Spock, but that's not the only thing they have in common.

After the end of the five year mission, things don't go according to plan.