A response to Sammycakes' challenge 'A Life With You', in which there were the following objectives:
-Set in Abbrams Universe
-Kirk and Spock meet and fall in love in Starfleet
-Bones likes Kirk, but is happy for K/S coupling in the end
-Uhura bashing
-Spock's parents approve of Jim
-Pike is like a father to Jim.
-Amanda doesn't die
There were a few other bonus points if memory serves (M-Preg for Jim being one), but unfortunately the ones above are the only ones I have managed to accomplish. So to sammycakes, I hope you enjoy and thank you for inspiring me to write this =] If you don’t, I’m sorry to be disappointing =[

Set over the course of the 2009 film there will be some obvious changes since this is a slash universe now, and Amanda is living (yipee)!

Enjoy ^_^

A man one minute, a dog the next. Yes, Kirk's transformed into a dog, and Spock is determined to handle just about everything on his Captain's behalf.

AU set in mid-1880’s America, a university teacher finds himself the unwilling victim of a secret admirer, having to flee his home after things take a turn for the worst and his life is threatened. His unlikely retreat not only offers him the escape he needs, but also unwittingly delivers a formidable ranchman who, through his immeasurable good looks and obvious charm, somehow steers, quite unknowingly, into the teachers icy heart.

I won’t hear anything about how my history is ‘off’ =p as I have changed a few things to fit in with my story, like events, people in history etc.. You will just have to forgive me that it isn’t historically accurate - blame it on the AU. Just pretend, okay?

Enjoy =]