I'm sorry my comment's gonna be somewhat unhelpful, but I just couldn't stop myself from sharing a few links with a fellow TOS lover :)
There's a fic very similar to the one you describe, but the action is set on a planet even more pacifist then Vulcans. Our boys are trying to prevent them from getting destroyed and also to get them to agree to such help. It's really well-written. Has some mild Spock/OFC, but basically it's K/S pre-slash. Homerun: The Split (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4344242/1/Homerun_Part_2_The_Split) by Anna Amuse It's the second part of a series. I think you can read it as a standalone, but the first part is worth a read too :)
Re:retirement, there's a beautiful fic Happy Endings (http://ksarchive.com/viewstory.php?sid=109&warning=1) by Penknife. An AU of the author's angsty series of fics, this one is... well, a happy ending :) "AU: Spock survives Khan's attack on the Enterprise, and things finally change for Kirk and Spock." They're not young when they retire from Starfleet here, but still, it's not because of age, as it's an AU of ST:VI as well, where they were quite young enough to continue with the service :)
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Date: 2012-05-27 09:02 am (UTC)There's a fic very similar to the one you describe, but the action is set on a planet even more pacifist then Vulcans. Our boys are trying to prevent them from getting destroyed and also to get them to agree to such help. It's really well-written. Has some mild Spock/OFC, but basically it's K/S pre-slash.
Homerun: The Split (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4344242/1/Homerun_Part_2_The_Split) by Anna Amuse
It's the second part of a series. I think you can read it as a standalone, but the first part is worth a read too :)
Re:retirement, there's a beautiful fic Happy Endings (http://ksarchive.com/viewstory.php?sid=109&warning=1) by Penknife. An AU of the author's angsty series of fics, this one is... well, a happy ending :) "AU: Spock survives Khan's attack on the Enterprise, and things finally change for Kirk and Spock."
They're not young when they retire from Starfleet here, but still, it's not because of age, as it's an AU of ST:VI as well, where they were quite young enough to continue with the service :)