Under-rated Kirk-centric fic recs?

[thraesja.livejournal.com]

You ever feel like you're not done reading a fandom but your ability to find good fic you haven't yet read has slowed dramatically?

Could you please rec me your favourite fics that you think are under-appreciated, under-recced, or just plain under-known?  As much as I think things like Ceres_Libera's Switch, Waldorph's Illogical series, and Deastar's So Wise We Grow and How Many Roads? are all utterly incredible, they're too well known to be what I'm looking for here.

I'd prefer if recs were:
a) Kirk-centric or at least including Kirk as a major character,
b) AOS or an AU with the AOS characters,
c) slash, gen or het are all fine. Please consider labelling the ship (or lack thereof) as my preferences depend on mood and other people's enjoyment mileage may vary.
d) not RPF,
e) of reasonable writing quality - minimal POV breaks, only occasional grammatical issues, characters that act their age or have a really good reason for not...etc.

Thanks so much in advance!

Comments

[yyzeff.livejournal.com]

Not sure how you feel about self-recs, but if you're okay with them, a lot of the Trek I've written is Kirk-centric in some way or another (even when it's from another character's POV). I don't ship him too significantly (it's all either gen or sometimes Gaila/Jim), so the only significant pairing tends to be Uhura/Spock.

Quick AO3 filtering link (http://archiveofourown.org/users/Niobium/works?fandom_id=601802), and I'll note that Dawn With No Chorus is really a drabble/ficlet collection so it has Kirk-centric pieces but the whole thing varies. The chapters are labeled by the major players.

[thraesja.livejournal.com]

Oooh. I loved Beneath the Enormous Sky when I read it maybe a year ago. The concept was very cool and you pulled it and the characters off well. It's probably due for a re-read and I'll definitely check out your other works while I'm at it...

Thanks so much.

[yyzeff.livejournal.com]

Thank you! And hopefully the rest doesn't disappoint. :)