#12DaysofSpones

[pityroadart]

Coming in close to the wire with this year's 12 Days of Spones piece (hosted by @fuckyeahspones), but here it is! Between sickness and working retail I didn't have much time for a big piece this year, but I've been enjoying making tiny collages so I hope u all enjoy this one as much as I did making it.

A copy of an old space book page, figures from a 2016 Empire magazine I found, text from local exhibition leaflets, silver stickers for festive halos, & red tracing paper, on kraft card, approx. A6 size

[lenievi]

@fuckyeahspones's Twelve Days of Spones 2023 - Winter

[kaklord]

12 days of spones day 6: jewelry

[fuckyeahspones]

A lot of personal stuff has happened, so this would've happened earlier, but still trying to gauge people's interest in this.

Normally, there would be more lead time into promoting 12 Days of Spones, but everyone knows it usually happens on the 12th, and lasts 12 days long, so:

If there's enough people who would like it to happen, I'll have the optional themes/prompts/inspiration ideas up in a couple of days, along with the event info post.

(I know this poll is set at a week but I already voted so I'll be able to see the vote count coz I wanted this poll to run for a couple of days)

To anyone new reading this post, 12 Days of Spones is a 12 day long, winter inspired Spones event, where for 12 days people can create winter inspired Spock, McCoy, and/or Spones fanworks. Which can be meta, moodboards, fanart, playlists, fic, headcanons, etc. The only requirement is that it it centers either character and/or their relationship and is winter inspired. The themes/prompts are just optional and there to jumpstart people's creativity.

It usually starts December 12th til the 23rd, but there's a week long period after for late submissions.

[strangenewwords]

12 Days of Spones - Day 10

Fandom: Star Trek: Alternate Original Series (Movies) Rating: M (but it could probably be T) Relationships: Spones Characters: Weird writing Style, Implied Sexual Content, It's just punchy, and I blame iggy pop

For 12 Days of Spones 2023.

Leonard and Spock attend a medical conference on Andoria. There's only one bed.

@ncc1701ohno gifted the one bed idea!

@fuckyeahspones

[twinkboimler]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Star Trek, Star Trek: The Original Series Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Leonard "Bones" McCoy/Spock Characters: Spock (Star Trek), Leonard "Bones" McCoy Additional Tags: Established Relationship, Shore Leave, Winter, Fluff and Humor, Knitting, Knitter Leonard "Bones" McCoy, Mentioned Joanna McCoy Summary:

Spock and McCoy spend some much-needed shore leave together in the middle of winter. While enjoying the warmth of a fire, McCoy knits.

Written for the 12 Days of Spones event! @fuckyeahspones​

[existentialcrisistime]

here's my finished drawing for @fuckyeahspones 12 days of Spones event — Bones is trying to keep Spock warm whilst he attends to his instruments during an away mission, but instead ends up as more of a distraction // graphite on paper, approx A5 size

[artsyhamster]

It’s Ice skating time, for 12 Days of Spones <3 @fuckyeahspones

I headcanon McCoy is afraid of ice, because if i remember right, there was a deleted scene where he told a story of him breaking through the ice into the cold water.

And he just hates the cold.

[oddthesungod]

Bones is a little unsteady on his feet when it comes to ice skating but Spock's got him! ;))

[trek-tracks]

he has so many opinions to give

just ask him, please

[swimmingwolf59]

12 Days of Spones - Scarf

I also wrote this using a prompt given to me for my 100th fic on ao3 celebration, which was “spones + Amanda” (the prompts and the first fic I wrote for the celebration can be found here). Thanks for reading, and I hope you enjoy!!

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“It’s funny,” Amanda says. “You’ve been my son for forty years now, and in all that time, I never realized you knew how to knit.”

McCoy looks up from his yarn. Ever since he and Spock moved to Vulcan thirty-five years ago, they’ve tried to visit Sarek and Amanda once a week. It isn’t always possible, since Spock and Sarek are often away on diplomatic missions and McCoy and Amanda attend various off-world conferences themselves, but it’s pleasant when it does work out. McCoy especially has grown incredibly fond of both of Spock’s parents and enjoys spending time with them. Lately, he’s been trying his best to make sure he can come visit, as he’s slightly concerned that it may not last for too much longer. Amanda’s health is starting to fail, at her ripe age of 130, but she’s strong and steady today, her movements precise as she works on a pair of fingerless gloves for her son.

McCoy is making Spock a scarf. Spock’s birthday is today, and though he always insists he doesn’t need anything, McCoy and Amanda both endeavor to shower him with gifts. This year, McCoy had suggested that they make warm clothes for him, since Spock gets cold easily on non-desert planets now that he’s 100 years old. They had decided to do it secretly, while Spock was gone, which meant slow progress over the last few months. This weekend, however, Spock and Sarek have both gone to the planet Tamod on Federation business, so McCoy and Amanda are using the opportunity to finish their work.

“My father taught me,” McCoy says, smiling softly. The memory of his father still stings, even now, but it’s much easier for his fondness to overtake his grief nowadays. “He always said it was an important skill to have.”

“He was a wise man,” Amanda says, a teasing glint in her eye. “And you were a patient pupil. I’ve tried to teach Sarek and all three of my children how to knit, but none of them would have anything to do with it.”

McCoy chuckles. “Spock says he finds it…distracting.”

Amanda laughs. “Sarek said the same thing! And Michael just thought it was a waste of time. Sybok was interested, but he wasn’t very good at it and gave up rather quickly.”

“I wasn’t very good at it either, when I first started.” McCoy smiles sadly. “But I’ll tell you, the first time I made a hat for my dad and he wore it…I almost felt prouder then than I did when I performed my first successful operation.”

“I understand the feeling,” Amanda says, and then grins sharply. “I made Sarek sehlat-themed earmuffs.”

McCoy sets the scarf down, also grinning. “No. Really?”

“Really.” Her eyes glint. “He wore them, too!”

Spock and Sarek come home that evening to McCoy and Amanda giggling over the holophoto album. Amanda quickly stores it away before either of them can catch a glimpse of it, and McCoy uses the opportunity to snap a new holophoto of Spock and Sarek standing next to each other in the living room with their eyebrows raised.

“I’m gonna put this one on next year’s holiday card,” McCoy says, grinning.

Amanda peers over his shoulder and chuckles. “Please do!”

“We should not leave the two of them alone,” Spock says to Sarek, who nods solemnly.

“Indeed not. We should know better by now.”

“Well, it’s a good thing you did, because otherwise we couldn’t have finished these,” McCoy says, bringing over the scarf he’d made. He’d wanted to add some color to Spock’s wardrobe, so he’d used as many colors as he could that wouldn’t clash. He’d knitted rows and rows of greens, blues, blacks, yellows, pinks, oranges, and white, wanting to use Spock’s preferred palette while also adding in some colors from the desert outside their Vulcan home. He wraps the scarf around Spock’s neck, pleased that it fits snugly. Resting his hands against Spock’s chest, he leans in to kiss him. “Happy birthday, darlin’.”

“Happy birthday, Spock,” Amanda says, smiling softly as McCoy steps back so she can hand Spock the gloves. Spock takes them, touching them and the scarf almost reverently before checking himself and suppressing the emotion.

“Leonard, Mother, I told you you did not need to—” Spock says, almost flustered, but then he freezes as Sarek hands him a small box.

“I saw it on Tamod,” Sarek says softly. “I thought it would suit you.”

Spock stares at him, and then at the box, utterly speechless. He opens it to reveal an eyeshadow palette. It contains Spock’s usual blues and purples, as well as some other related colors, but what really stands out about it is the way each color sparkles when it catches the light. It makes each color look like a tiny galaxy, and it fits perfectly with Spock’s usual aesthetic.

Something in Spock’s expression softens as he closes the box. “Thank you, Father. Everyone.”

McCoy smiles. Things are still somewhat strained between Spock and his father, but they are improving.

Gifts given, Sarek and Amanda move to the kitchen to prepare dinner while McCoy and Spock settle on the living room couch. When McCoy and Spock had first gotten married, McCoy had always felt like he needed to hover around the kitchen at Amanda and Sarek’s house, offering his help in preparing the meals. After a while, though, he started to realize that it was something Sarek and Amanda cherished doing together, so he stopped trying to butt in.

Now, he’s more than happy to cuddle on the couch with his husband and his new scarf while Sarek and Amanda cook.

McCoy smiles as he reaches over to rub his knuckles against Spock’s cheek. “It suits you.”

“Thank you, Leonard.” Spock nuzzles into his hand. He probably would’ve kissed McCoy’s fingers if his parents weren’t in the next room. “Though I regret I was not able to watch you knit it.”

McCoy laughs. “I thought you said it was distracting!”

Spock’s eyes gleam with mirth. “Which is precisely why I wanted to watch.”

“Why, Mister Spock.” McCoy grins and leans in to kiss him, drawing his hand back against the scarf and up into Spock’s hair. Spock probes at his free hand, kissing him the Vulcan way as well. When they pull back for air, McCoy continues jovially, “I had no idea you were into that kind of thing.”

Spock’s eyebrow notches up. “And I had no idea you were so unobservant, Leonard.”

“Asshole,” McCoy mutters fondly, settling in against Spock’s chest. Spock wraps his arms around him, resting his chin against the top of McCoy’s head. McCoy puts his hand on Spock’s thigh and whispers, “I’m glad you’re home.”

“As am I.” Spock noses at McCoy’s hair. “The conference missed you greatly.”

McCoy snorts loudly. “I’m sure they did! They could actually hear themselves think for once, instead of my loudly stated opinions.”

“I would’ve much rather heard your thoughts than theirs,” Spock says, his voice soft.

“That’s because you’re the only person in the universe who enjoys arguing with me, Spock,” McCoy says, chuckling. He tilts his head back to kiss Spock again, who eagerly returns it.

Amanda peeks her head around the wall, catching them in the act, and smiles. “Are you ready for dinner, or should we keep it warm for you?”

“What a tempting offer,” McCoy says, grinning, but Spock is already moving out from under him. McCoy flops back on the couch, flailing for a moment from the sudden lack of support, and then exclaims, “I can’t believe my own husband has betrayed me like this!”

Spock very nearly rolls his eyes at him, but there’s a small smile pulling at the corner of his lips as he holds his hand out to McCoy. “Dinner first, Leonard. Then perhaps we can explore that other option later.”

McCoy smiles, reaching out to take his husband’s hand. He squeezes it as he lets Spock pull him towards the dinner table and their family.

-

Companion piece

[pityroadart]

here's my finished (belated) second drawing for @fuckyeahspones #12daysofspones event, which is also my piece for @aosrenaissance winter theme run ❄ ngl I mostly just wanted an excuse to draw Spock in a beanie :') Blackwing pencils on cartridge paper, A5 size

[lenievi]

@fuckyeahspones’s Twelve Days of Spones 2023

[kaklord]

12 days of spones day 4: away mission

[fuckyeahspones]

PSA About Late 12 Days Of Spones Creations

December is a busy time for many of us, so if you didn’t have time but wanted to post something or tried to finish but not in time, all creations posted or sent today until December 31st will be accepted.

We will reblog all late entries! To ensure it’ll get reblogged, either tag the post with #12DaysOfSpones in the first 5 tags, mention @fuckyeahspones in your post, or send the link to your work to the inbox. If you are posting on AO3, the collection name is 12DaysOfSpones2023.

What better way to countdown the new year than with more Spones? So don’t feel afraid to post or hesitate to send things in – even if you did one thing or made several things. It’s all Spones and we’ll love it anyway!

(If you just heard about this, check out the event details here.)

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12 Days of Spones - Day 7

Fandom: Star Trek: Alternate Original Series (Movies) Rating: E Relationships: Spones Characters: Bones, Spock Additional Tags: Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot, Crack, Just so cracky, I got a stupid idea in my head, and now you get weird porn, yay fanfic?

For 12 Days of Spones 2023. Prompt: Flannel

Leonard and Spock have got some time to themselves. Spock gets distracted. Leonard loses his damn mind.

@fuckyeahspones

(thank you internet for obliging with a gif of Karl Urban in a flannel shirt)