crossoverfic | FIC: And Lo, They Beat Again, These Unscrupulous Hearts

Title: And Lo, They Beat Again, These Unscrupulous Hearts
Author: Saucery
Pairing: Kirk/Spock, of course.
Fandoms: Star Trek/Jane Austen.
Rating: PG-13 for Victorian levels of scandalous behavior. (Translation: Jim Kirk. In a frock coat.)
Warnings: Austentatious! The audacity of soap! I don't even know.
Word Count: 2,500 and counting.
Summary: A Pride and Prejudice crossover! Spock is Mr. Darcy. Kirk is Elizabeth Bennet. Austen is turning in her grave.

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single Vulcan in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a mate. It is the nature of Vulcans; they are a thoughtful and logical species, and, benefiting from the merits of those qualities, are wise in the ways of finding (and keeping) a mate. While certain sensational rumors are whispered in whisky-soaked parlors and places of disrepute - from smirking, salacious mouth to eager, blushing ear - no person of prestige acknowledges them, for, Pon Farr or not, it is to the marriage of minds, and not of baser instincts, that the Vulcans dedicate themselves.

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