Penname: PaintedBird [Contact] Real name:
Member Since: 09/04/2012
Membership status: Member
Bio:

Baby boomer.  First generation Star Trek fan who has been writing fanfic off and on since the 70s.  Retired mama of a spoiled poodle and a collector of BJDs.


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Stories by PaintedBird
A Christmas Beginning by PaintedBird Rated: All Audiences starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 9]
Summary:

Jim Kirk thought it would be a good idea to include his new First Officer in the Christmas activities, but now he is not so sure.


Categories: Fiction
Characters: None
Crossover Fandom: None
Genres: Kirk-Spock Friendship
Other Languages: None
Specific movie: None
Story Type: None
Trope (OPTIONAL): None
Universe: None
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 1414 Read Count: 7699
[Report This] Published: 12/12/2014 Updated: 12/12/2014
A Christmas Surprise by PaintedBird Rated: All Audiences starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 3]
Summary:

Christmas can be complicated aboard the Enterprise, but there are always surprises.


Categories: Fiction
Characters: None
Crossover Fandom: None
Genres: None
Other Languages: None
Specific movie: None
Story Type: Character Study
Trope (OPTIONAL): None
Universe: None
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 2880 Read Count: 5397
[Report This] Published: 12/27/2017 Updated: 12/27/2017
All the Little Doggies by PaintedBird Rated: Mature Content (Teen) starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 10]
Summary:

Spot provides an unexpected bump in Jim Kirk's life and opens another door.


Categories: Fiction
Characters: None
Crossover Fandom: None
Genres: Kirk/Spock Slash
Other Languages: None
Specific movie: None
Story Type: Angst
Trope (OPTIONAL): None
Universe: ST:TOS Original Universe
Warnings: Major character death
Series: Spot
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 1784 Read Count: 2337
[Report This] Published: 12/12/2012 Updated: 12/12/2012
Alone by PaintedBird Rated: All Audiences starstarstarstarhalf-star [Reviews - 13]
Summary:

Spock Prime struggles to create a new life for himself in the new universe where he finds himself after Nero.


Categories: Fiction
Characters: None
Crossover Fandom: None
Genres: Kirk-Spock Friendship
Other Languages: None
Specific movie: None
Story Type: Character Study
Trope (OPTIONAL): None
Universe: Abrams Universe
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 2698 Read Count: 7685
[Report This] Published: 12/19/2012 Updated: 12/19/2012
An Old Sweet Song Of... by PaintedBird Rated: Mature Content (Teen) starstarstarstarhalf-star [Reviews - 6]
Summary:

Leonard McCoy has never met greater defeat.  He could not save Jim Kirk, and he knows he cannot save Spock.  But he made a promise...


Categories: Fiction
Characters: None
Crossover Fandom: None
Genres: None
Other Languages: None
Specific movie: None
Story Type: None
Trope (OPTIONAL): None
Universe: None
Warnings: Major character death
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 4543 Read Count: 461
[Report This] Published: 03/25/2021 Updated: 03/25/2021
At Last! by PaintedBird Rated: All Audiences starstarstarstarhalf-star [Reviews - 5]
Summary:

Lol, I'm almost afraid to post this again.  The first time I did the archive crashed within an hour os so, but I'm going to think good thoughts and try again.

Thanks to everyone who is rooting for the archive and still wanting to be here.  Hopefully something can be worked out so we won't lose this place.


Categories: Fiction
Characters: None
Crossover Fandom: None
Genres: Kirk/Spock Pre-Slash
Other Languages: None
Specific movie: None
Story Type: First Time
Trope (OPTIONAL): None
Universe: ST:TOS Original Universe
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 2396 Read Count: 3997
[Report This] Published: 02/08/2020 Updated: 02/08/2020
Babel Blues by PaintedBird Rated: Mature Content (Teen) starstarstarstar [Reviews - 4]
Summary:

Having his own uncertainty about a future with Jim Kirkk is weighing heavily on Spock's mind, and adding the presence of his parents and the Babel delegates only makes it that much more difficult for him.


Categories: Fiction
Characters: Sarek
Crossover Fandom: None
Genres: Kirk/Spock Pre-Slash
Other Languages: None
Specific movie: None
Story Type: Character Study
Trope (OPTIONAL): None
Universe: ST:TOS Original Universe
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 7357 Read Count: 1895
[Report This] Published: 08/05/2017 Updated: 08/05/2017
Blind by PaintedBird Rated: All Audiences [Reviews - 2]
Summary:

Spock copes after being blinded at Deneva.


Categories: Poetry
Characters: None
Crossover Fandom: None
Genres: Kirk-Spock Friendship
Other Languages: None
Specific movie: None
Story Type: Character Study
Trope (OPTIONAL): None
Universe: ST:TOS Original Universe
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 265 Read Count: 7118
[Report This] Published: 01/08/2013 Updated: 01/08/2013
City beyond the Edge by PaintedBird Rated: All Audiences starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 12]
Summary:

In this AU we ponder the question:  What would Spock and Kirk do if they could not find Leonard McCoy in the past?


Categories: Fiction
Characters: Original Character(s)
Crossover Fandom: AU or Mirror Universe
Genres: Kirk-Spock Friendship
Other Languages: None
Specific movie: None
Story Type: Character Study
Trope (OPTIONAL): None
Universe: AU Alternate Universe
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 6064 Read Count: 6777
[Report This] Published: 01/31/2016 Updated: 01/31/2016
Denouement by PaintedBird Rated: All Audiences starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 2]
Summary:

Denouement:  the climax of a chain of events, usually when something is decided or made clear.


Categories: Fiction
Characters: Original Character(s)
Crossover Fandom: None
Genres: Kirk/Spock Slash
Other Languages: None
Specific movie: None
Story Type: None
Trope (OPTIONAL): None
Universe: Abrams Universe
Warnings: Major character death
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 4353 Read Count: 4642
[Report This] Published: 02/26/2019 Updated: 02/26/2019
Diamonds and Rust by PaintedBird Rated: Mature Content (Teen) starstarstarstarhalf-star [Reviews - 34]
Summary:

The stalwart crew of the Enterprise has just rescued the Earth from V'jer and they should be happy, shouldn't they?  Yet Kirk is obsessed with getting the Enterprise - and Spock - back.  Spock?  Well, he has just spent three years at Gol and is less certain about a relationship with Jim Kirk than he ever has been.  Will the events of V'jer bring them together eventually or will Jim Kirk find that Spock has had enough?


Categories: Works in Progress
Characters: None
Crossover Fandom: None
Genres: Kirk/Spock Slash
Other Languages: None
Specific movie: None
Story Type: Character Study
Trope (OPTIONAL): None
Universe: ST:TOS Original Universe
Warnings: Caveat lector/Choose Not to Warn
Series: None
Chapters: 16 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 60128 Read Count: 9726
[Report This] Published: 07/14/2016 Updated: 11/10/2016
Duet for Death and Life by PaintedBird Rated: All Audiences starstarstarstarhalf-star [Reviews - 6]
Summary:

These are the inner musings of Kirk and Spock at Mount Seleya as I see them.  This poem was written years ago and has never been published before.


Categories: Poetry
Characters: None
Crossover Fandom: None
Genres: None
Other Languages: None
Specific movie: None
Story Type: None
Trope (OPTIONAL): None
Universe: None
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 294 Read Count: 4352
[Report This] Published: 07/06/2018 Updated: 07/06/2018
Exposure by PaintedBird Rated: All Audiences starstarstarstarhalf-star [Reviews - 23]
Summary:

An error in Spock's judgment leads to the unmasking of his deepest and most closely protected secret.


Categories: Works in Progress
Characters: None
Crossover Fandom: None
Genres: Kirk-Spock Friendship
Other Languages: None
Specific movie: None
Story Type: Character Study
Trope (OPTIONAL): None
Universe: ST:TOS Original Universe
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 7 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 24340 Read Count: 88457
[Report This] Published: 05/22/2017 Updated: 07/31/2017
Happy Valentine's Day, Spock! by PaintedBird Rated: All Audiences starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 5]
Summary:

Jim does not understand Spock's reluctance to observe Valentine's Day.


Categories: Ficlets
Characters: None
Crossover Fandom: None
Genres: Kirk/Spock Slash
Other Languages: None
Specific movie: None
Story Type: Fluff
Trope (OPTIONAL): None
Universe: ST:TOS Original Universe
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 441 Read Count: 8080
[Report This] Published: 02/14/2013 Updated: 02/14/2013
Honeyed Shore Leave by PaintedBird Rated: ADULT (NC-17) starstarstarstarhalf-star [Reviews - 15]
Summary:

Spock is injured, and it is interferring with their honeymoon plans.  Silliness occurs.


Categories: Fiction
Characters: None
Crossover Fandom: None
Genres: Kirk/Spock Slash
Other Languages: None
Specific movie: None
Story Type: Erotica
Trope (OPTIONAL): None
Universe: ST:TOS Original Universe
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 2 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 2797 Read Count: 4638
[Report This] Published: 12/27/2012 Updated: 01/14/2013
Hour of Loving by PaintedBird Rated: ADULT (NC-17) starstarstar [Reviews - 7]
Summary:

After Spock is abducted by slavers, Kirk must face the reality of his feelings for his Vulcan First Officer.  


Categories: Fiction
Characters: None
Crossover Fandom: None
Genres: Kirk/Spock Slash
Other Languages: None
Specific movie: None
Story Type: Character Study
Trope (OPTIONAL): None
Universe: ST:TOS Original Universe
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 6855 Read Count: 1812
[Report This] Published: 03/23/2017 Updated: 03/23/2017
In The Zone by PaintedBird Rated: All Audiences starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 151]
Summary:

In this A/U, there is no United Federation of Planets. Starfleet is an Earth protection agency, and the only aliens unfortunate enough to have met Earthers were a small group of Vulcans fleeing war-ravaged Vulcan to follow the beliefs of Surak in peace.  Shot down and herded onto a marginal piece of Earth, the Vulcans have barely managed to survive their Terran experience, and there appears to be only a limited future for young Spock.  Life does not hold much more for Jim Kirk who is drifting through life, aimless and purposeless.  Is it posiblee for two such different beings to find their true calling and make a difference?  If their love is meant to be, can they find one another? 


Categories: Fiction
Characters: Original Character(s)
Crossover Fandom: AU or Mirror Universe
Genres: Kirk/Spock Pre-Slash
Other Languages: None
Specific movie: None
Story Type: Action/Plot
Trope (OPTIONAL): None
Universe: ST:TOS Original Universe
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 58 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 200371 Read Count: 874931
[Report This] Published: 07/22/2014 Updated: 07/25/2015
Interlude by PaintedBird Rated: Mature Content (Teen) starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 10]
Summary:

A quiet evening at home for Kirk and Spock.


Categories: Fiction
Characters: None
Crossover Fandom: None
Genres: Kirk/Spock Slash
Other Languages: None
Specific movie: None
Story Type: Character Study
Trope (OPTIONAL): None
Universe: ST:TOS Original Universe
Warnings: None
Series: Spot
Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 1479 Read Count: 2304
[Report This] Published: 12/11/2012 Updated: 12/11/2012
Krino by PaintedBird Rated: Mature Content (Teen) starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 38]
Summary:

As he prepares to leave Vulcan and the Federation, possibly forever, Spock reflects on his life with James T. Kirk.


Categories: Fiction
Characters: None
Crossover Fandom: None
Genres: Kirk/Spock Slash
Other Languages: None
Specific movie: None
Story Type: Character Study
Trope (OPTIONAL): None
Universe: ST:TOS Original Universe
Warnings: None
Series: None
Chapters: 10 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 29940 Read Count: 7662
[Report This] Published: 05/23/2013 Updated: 07/06/2013
Lost Boy by PaintedBird Rated: ADULT (NC-17) starstarstarstarstar [Reviews - 68]
Summary:

After Spock is taken prisoner by the Romulans, he and Kirk struggle to recover what they have lost and maintain their future.


Categories: Fiction
Characters: None
Crossover Fandom: None
Genres: Kirk/Spock Slash
Other Languages: None
Specific movie: None
Story Type: Established Relationship
Trope (OPTIONAL): Hurt Spock
Universe: ST:TOS Original Universe
Warnings: Explicit violence
Series: None
Chapters: 6 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 36085 Read Count: 15446
[Report This] Published: 01/23/2013 Updated: 02/13/2013