Fandom: Star Trek: Alternate Original Series

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/41714487

Summary: Jim’s captors don’t know that Starfleet doesn’t pay ransoms and he’s not sticking around until they find out. He relies on a few old lessons he learned the hard way to make his escape.

Warnings: 

• Hostage Situation
• Minor Injuries
• Mention of Tarsus IV
• mention of congregate care facility
• tarsus iv as a congregate care facility
• Whump
• Angst

(Whumptober 2021 fill)

Characters: James T Kirk, Spock, original characters

Pairings: James T Kirk/Spock

A fill for the Whumptober2021 event; prompts 23: ransom, 24: self-induced injuries to escape, 25: hide and seek, hiding, 26: trap door.

I finally got the push to finish this one during this event. Many thanks to afteriwake and the mods over on the discord server for running such a great event!

Additional thanks to afteriwake for creating the wonderful art for the story! Check her out on tumblr (@pennywaltzy) and on AO3 (afteriwake)!

Special thanks to the fantastic Azheria who beta'd this work and provided wonderful feedback which definitely made the story better! (If you see any remaining mistakes, rest assured they're all mine.)