Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to write a fic based off this quote:

Two possibilities exist:

Either we are alone in the Universe…

…or we are not.

Both are equally terrifying.

~Arthur C. Clarke

~<some gifs that may inspire you: http://benedictcumberassbutt.tumblr.com/post/59742189486/thefingerfuckingfemalefury-truth    &    http://benedictcumberassbutt.tumblr.com/post/59655455719/when-once-you-have-tasted-flight-you-will-forever >~

My initial idea is some kind of First Contact, perhaps a rehash of humans first meeting Vulcans, except it turns out Vulcans have been coming to Earth for years... And Jim accidentally discovers one.  *cough*SPOCK*cough*

But really, you guys could take this in whatever direction pleases you.  It could be another alien race discovering StarFleet officers undercover on their planet - if so, significant effort must be put towards conveying the perspective of that race, perhaps in the form of an OC integral to the story.

MUST HAVES:

-Kirk & Spock either don't know eachother at the start (e.g. Vulcans undercover on Earth), or are only acquaintaces who don't really know much about eachother.

-K&S friendship BEFORE K/S (Pre-)Slash

-Significant attention put towards the perspective of the species (humans, random aliens) who are being first-contact-ed.  Include suspicion, uncertainty, and crazy/malicious government agents.

-If Spock & Kirk aren't already in StarFleet & on the Enterprise, then don't make the whole bridge crew turn up.  Jim can have Bones if you want, and perhaps Chris Pike.  Pike & Kirk's dad could have served together in the Navy or something, I dunno.

I'll probably fill my own challenge at some point, but I want to see what you guys are capable of.

GOOD LUCK, AND MAY YOU LIVE LONG AND PROSPER