#st aos fic

[effervescentdragon]

I know yyou dont write for them generally, but i thought to try anyway :D kirk and spock? maybe something about understanding? thank you, and please ignore this if you don't feel like it!

i knew i had this at the bottom of my inbox. i am feeling some sort of way tonight, so fuck it. here goes nothing

The deck was empty, as it always was during what counted as night hours according to Human circadian rhytm. It had little bearing on Spock; he was Vulcan.

Half-Vulcan, whispered a voice in his mind, reminiscent of the bullies of his youth, and perhaps the voice of a man who would've been a bully to him were he raised on Earth and not Vulcan.

Spock knew he was being unfair. He knew, but he did not paeticularly care. How peculiar of him. He wondered if that could be considered logical, or illogical. He wondered if it even mattered, standing alone on the deck and staring into the vast expanse of space.

The final frontier, they called it. A boundary by definition, used to deacribe something boundless. Space, the final conundrum; that would be more appropriate. A puzzle; a mystery; something to solve, something to resolve, to decipher, to unravel up to its final components, until there was nothing left there to elicit wonder. How exciting. How droll. What a dichotomy.

He heard the door open, and the footsteps cross the deck slowly, but not hesitantly. He recognized the walk, and he knew who it was that suffered from bouts of insomnia that had him awake at this late hour; although, what is time in space but another arbitrary notion, countable only by artificially imposed rules? He wished, suddenly, irrationally, to be able to give his ability to function on sub-optimal amounts of sleep to his Captain. He wondered why the shame he felt at that thought was late to come; perhaps it was the late hour, or something else, something he dared not examine further.

If he were to be honset with himself, he would have admitted he knew the Captain would come. Their mission today was - sub-optimal. They lost half of the away team. Ensign B'alir would have to retire from duty. He would not be able to keep working for the Security Team with no legs; not for a while. At least not yet. The Captain knew this, and yet. And yet.

"It's beautiful," Captain Kirk said softly. Spock said nothing, for facts need not be acknowledged. When he met the Captain's eyes in the glass before them, he saw himself nodding. Kirk nodded back. "It reminds me - whenever I come here and look at the stars, it reminds me of this one poem. It's a very old poem, and I forgot most of it, but the final part goes something like: Although my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light -"

"- for I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night."

They kept looking at each other in the glass, the stars vast and terrifying and beautiful before them. Kirk smiled, slowly, the first smile Spock had seen on his face since their mission went awry three days ago, then shifted his gaze away, focusing on the universe before them.

Spock stood beside his Captain in silence, somehow calmer than he was for, well. Quite a while.

[the-starship-athena]

Sneak peak for Star Trek : Athena, Ep 1 - Just Another Day

Miram glanced back at the woman as the corners of her painted lips turned upward. She reminded her of a barn cat that liked to play with mice before biting their heads off. It was an unnerving thought.

Many of her former peers had told her that she had a horrible judge of character. She just hoped for the sake of her sanity and career, she was wrong about her assumptions this time.

“Oh, boy. Here we go.” The man next to her looked unperturbed and went back to reading something on his PADD.

“Rank and name, kid,” she said. “Quickly.”

“Ensign Tobin ch’Zynes. Operations.” He rattled out. “I’d say ‘Pleasure to meet you’ but you don’t look very happy to do so.”

The woman chuckled. “Oh, a wise ass. Haven’t seen that before. Gotta admit, that’s pretty ballsy.”

Tobin shrugged, “I aim to please, Ma’am.”

Miram stepped in, sensing the storm gathering behind her eyes. “I’m Ensign Miram Tauri, ma’am. Engineering.”

“Oh, yes. You’re both new. I am Lieutenant Elaine D’Aureville. Navigator.” She gently nudged the man next to her who shot her an irritated look. “This delightful man here is our wonderful doctor, Michael E. Jenner. He’ll be the one to fix you up if you get into trouble. You can call him Mike—“

“Don’t call me Mike,” he said, putting his PADD away, giving up on reading. “It’s either Doctor Jenner or Micheal.”

Elaine snorted, nudging his side with her elbow. “And you tell me I’m uptight.”

He picks up her smoothie, swirling the blue and purple concoction. “You are.”

Miram cleared her throat, her own strawberry smoothie forgotten. “So…what’s it like being on the Athena?”

“Finally, something interesting to discuss.” Tobin leaned forward. “It can’t be as bad as the rumors I’ve heard.”

“Well, kid.” Elaine said. “It’s definitely something.”

Miram frowned at Elaine calling her kid.

“Define ‘something’,” Tobin said.

Elaine just grinned. “Trust me, you’ll find out. It's not like you have anywhere else to go.”

Miram and Tobin exchanged a look.

“She’s exaggerating,” Michael said, taking a sip of his smoothie. “Mostly.”

First episode will be releasing on April 10th. Links will be shared soon!

[forfuckssakejim]

My dumb little attempt at a Halloween style episode for spirkoween is now posted

[dahyeltal]

Do you like Doctor McCoy? Do you like Spones? Have you always felt a little uncomfortable that the Kobayashi Maru was truly a no-win scenario with the Klingons? This fic is for you!

I was reminded about this fic the other day, and I don't think I've ever shared it on my Tumblr. I wrote it after rewatching ST09 and feeling mighty uncomfortable that Spock—someone who's had to navigate prejudices since birth—would write a scenario where the Klingons would 100% refuse to allow anyone to rescue a civilian ship. In this fic, McCoy figures out that the scenario had a clear path to victory...as long as you didn't use weapons or violence.

Note: This is part of a series, but it's not important to read them all. It's a set of loosely connected fics where the triumvirate learns things about each other during chess night.

[imaredshirt]

“Yes, well,” Jim said, bending down to pull a rumpled blue uniform from under the bed. “This holding cell you’ve been sharing for two days is a newlywed’s suite in one of their most popular hotels.” He tossed the uniform to Spock. “I’ve been told it’s not their most expensive suite, but requested often enough.”

“This is a hotel?” The doctor said, then sputtered, “Newlywed suite!”

[celestialvoyeur]

💛💙SPIRK FIC REC💙💛

So I'd been holding off sharing this one because it was a WIP but it's now complete, and it's wonderful!! 🥰 It follows Spock and Kirk from their first meeting on Pikes Enterprise (SNW) right through their lives together until Generations, for which is offers a much more satisfying conclusion 🥰

[rosignoelle]

mckirk rec list

Some of my favourites from this pairing, in order of increasing word count. All of the fics listed here are aos inspired (i’m a total spirk shipper when it comes to tos but mckirk has my heart for the aos).

where i lay my hat

Rating: G

Word Count: 5k

“If Bones wants to spend a ridiculous amount of his own salary keeping an empty apartment, then by all means.”

Jim accidentally moves in with Bones over the course of several shore leaves. The relationship progression is lovely.

and i can lend you all my broken parts that might fit (like this)

Rating: E

Word Count: 17k

“Academy Era. First they fall into bed. Then they fall in love”

A study in intimacy.

blueshift

Rating: E

Word Count: 22k

“When Leonard shows up at Starfleet Academy, he wonders just how drunk he was when he met with the recruiter. He has no friends, misses his kid, and if drowning his sorrows doesn't kill him, PT will. Then he meets Jim Kirk again.”

This is probably one of my favourite depictions of a character with depression. A little rushed towards the end, but very well written overall.

Better Strangers

Rating: E

Word Count: 23k

“When Leonard McCoy moves to San Francisco it's to start a new life. Something different from his old life. That means putting up with Starfleet policies, combat classes, idiot hospital employees and Jim Kirk.”

Major focus on Bones working as a doctor, which I love, and the characterizations feel spot on! The ending is a little abrupt.

Denial

Raring: E (teen until the last chapter)

Word Count: 26k

“Denial or, 5 times Bones touched Jim when he wouldn't know, and one time he did. When Leo bumped into the kid at the bar, he never knew that he'd met the one who would save him from his loneliness.”

This is written in a stream of consciousness style which plays out very well. A very sensual piece.

Old Man and the Enterprise

Rating: M

Word Count: not listed but probably ~30k

“The life and times of James T. Kirk and Leonard H. McCoy; a series of short scenes which start on shore leave and end in the indefinable future.”

This is not a sad fic by any means, but it feels mournful and yearning and lovely. gorgeous allusions to literature throughout.

This Business of Art

Rating: M (maybe T+)

Word Count: 46k

“Art culture modern AU mystery --- “Listen, Jim, I don’t know what you’re trying to do. Whether it’s taking the skeletons out of your closet or resurrecting some lost essence your father possessed…it’s not going to work.” He leveled his gaze upon Jim’s own, “It will only bring about more pain and upset everyone you love while you’re at it.” – the problem was, Jim thought, in this world of art and business who did he love, friend or foe?”

It’s a murder mystery and and art AU all in in one! I adore how this author adapted canon tidbits to their AU. Great use of foreshadowing.

Touch and Go (Right in Front is You)

Rating: M

Word Count: 48k

“Four days. That's now long Leonard had known Jim. Four days and eight train rides, during which they'd shared three thermoses of tea, several pints of beer, a handful of snacks and texts, and a red and white tin of mints that started the whole fucking thing.”

This is a great story— the author lived in the area where the story is set, which contributes to the gorgeous world building. It also has a nice focus on friendship and an ensemble cast!

the violence of comets

Rating: T

Word Count: 57k

“Jim has never once, in his life, believed in love. He wears his bare skin with only his own tattoo circling his ankle as a badge of honor. He meets a man named Leonard McCoy on a shuttle in Riverside, Iowa who believes exactly the opposite.”

A very cute AU with a nice focus on building trust.

Love, Like Ghosts

Rating: E

Word Count: 64k

“This is several stories, not just the story of Jim & Bones' epic romance.

Jim's story. "Most would think defeating the Narada was my greatest triumph, but those closest to me know the truth. The Narada was a distant third. My last Kobayashi Maru comes in second-- and not for the reasons you'd think. The first, well..."

Chris's story. "I reached a certain age and thought I knew exactly who I was and what I wanted out of life. Then I walked into an Iowa bar and realized I wasn't the person I thought I knew. Not even close..."

Leonard's story. "You know that story? the one where Pike meets Kirk and there's mentoring and bonding and they tiptoe through the tulips into happily ever? Well, this ain't it. Dipshit."”

The characters are so wonderfully flawed in this fic, it feels like a psychological piece in the best way.

visions

Rating: M

Word Count: 65k

“Jim and Bones met in high school. music was something they shared from the start. Over the years after they parted ways, they find each other again and again, and wonder if there will ever be some version of the future where the two of them can be together”

This is tagged as a high school au, but is primarily set during adulthood. A great example of non-linear storytelling, and a happy ending guaranteed!

Our Life is Not a Movie or Maybe

Rating: E

Word Count: 70k

“From Variety, June 2008:

Pavel Chekov ("Charlie X") and Gaila ("Bread and Circuses") have joined the cast of small budget drama "That Which Survives," funded by Fleet's indie arm Academy and supervised by Nyota Uhura.The debut feature from longtime script doctor Leonard McCoy, former show runner on sitcom "Three to Tango," centers on a college student coping with his father's terminal cancer. Chekov plays the son, Gaila the nurse. The father is yet to be cast. Also attached are director James T. Kirk and producer Spock, the team behind the blockbuster spy-girl franchise starring Carol Marcus, the latest of which, "A Taste of Armageddon," opened last month. (A modern-day Hollywood AU.)”

The romance definitely takes the back burner here, which suits the realistic vibe of the fic. the storytelling is really well done.

En Promenade

Rating: E

Word Count: 73k

“After three months of weekend bar-hopping and a slow process of elimination -- with finding the right bar, that was, and tragically not discovering who Bones was into -- Jim was starting to narrow it down. Bones was actively scowling less, which seemed like a good sign, but Jim still didn’t quite have it right, and lo, he was determined.”

It’s the dancing fic. One of my all-time favourites, this is an excellent academy-era fic with a plot that manages to be both absolutely insane but incredibly compelling.

Friends with all my Demons

Rating: E

Word Count: 93k

“Someone has to teach Jim Kirk how to take care of himself, ‘cause he sure as hell isn’t picking it up on his own.”

A gorgeous academy-era slow burn, strong focus on medicine and how bones balances being jim’s doctor and his friend which was really nice to read.

Catching Fire (The Firehouse AU)

Rating: E

Word Count: 137k

“21st Century fire department AU. Paramedic Leonard McCoy flees a disastrous break-up in Savannah and ends up working at a fire department in Iowa.”

The character development in this fic is exquisite, and Bones makes for a great unreliable narrator which allows for some great set ups.

Two Men and a Motorbike

Rating: E

Word Count: 150k

Alternate Link AO3 Link

“One of the few constants in James Kirk's life the last three years has been his best friend, Leonard McCoy. After saving Earth from a bunch of crazy time-traveling Romulans, Jim & Bones find out what happens when best friends cross the line between friendship and something more after a late night ride on Jim's motorbike. There are good times and bad times, and times that are just plain complicated.”

A post-Narada academy fic that’s simultaneously a total romp and wonderfully endearing. Also has a 60k sequel with an emotionally mature depiction of two (admittedly fucked up) individuals navigating a romantic relationship.

Switch

Rating: E

Word Count: 230k

“The life and times of Leonard H. McCoy MD/PhD … If Leonard McCoy's life could get any fucking weirder, it would be … Jesus, he didn't even want to think what that could possibly mean, because it's already been too fucking weird to make any kind of rational sense. A Starfleet Academy story, set in the ST:XI universe.”

For me this is THE mckirk fic. The storytelling is so seductive. It’s beautifully written and the characters are deeply compelling.

[vetinarihavelock]

Why do I feel the desire to make a 2015-16 (maybe even '17?) kylux fic rec list? I'm too lazy to make that shit.

...Probably bc that period of time was the highest concentration of The Best Shit Ever™ and I want the old and the new blood to remember those roots. But lazy.

[gildedsunshine]

please does anyone have any snw x aos crossover fic recs i am desperate 🙏🙏🙏

[fanishjuli]

[21/12/23 note: I just found this fic rec list I made two years ago and never posted. so... randomly posting it now I guess]

All Our Yesterdays And Days To Come by Infinite_Monkeys @aninfinitenumberofmonkeys (MCU & WTNV crossover)

Loki moves to Night Vale with his children

to play the fool (V2) by DarkrystalSky (TAZ Balance)

Taako doesn’t forget anything the Voidfish erases AU

Red Blue Colorblind by Weevilo707 @kravkalackin (TAZ Balance)

Lich!Barry befriends Voidfished!Taako AU

Candle Light and Plastic Bats by Jackdaw_Kraai (Batman)

great creepy Gotham outsider POV

Code Bat by Listentothelittlebird (Batman)

a great batfam secret identity outside of Gotham AU

Star Trek; but Gayer by scarscarchurro (Star Trek AOS)

a queer rewrite of the AOS movies. very queer, great AU, source of most AOS knowledge I have

Hinder by Loxare @loxare (Batman)

amazing Jason fic. he adopts all the Bludhaven children and slowly slowly rejoins the batfam

The Asshole Universe by FabulaRasa @fabula-unica (DC/Batman/Green Lantern)

Bruce Wayne/Hal Jordan fic, Hal has chrinic pain and uhhh this is such a good series.

There's No Telling What You'll Find by Rawrpeep (Among Us)

I loved this fic, its a Purple impostor POV fic and it was really fun

Yesterday's Voices by LemonadeGarden @lemonadegarden (Batman)

amnesia fic where Bruce looses five years worth of memories and the last thing he remembers is when Jason was still robin. and yet now he has a lot more children than just two and one of them is aparently biologically his and Jason is distant...

Take Two by envysparkler (Batman)

Jason comes back as Red Hood and finds a Robin bloodied and broken in a wearhouse rigged to explode. he makes different choices. Jason & Tim & Dick fic, lots of feels.

Bleed the Poison Out (What’s Left Behind?) by ivy_and_mortar (Batman)

Jason has a moment of clarity when he snaps out of the pit rage while attacking Tim at the Titans Tower and makes a different choice. Red Hood has to surrender himself to Batman if Jason wants to avoid hurting anyone else

[iamaboredpotatonugget]

Daisy Johnson Angsty Fic Recommendations

On the good days, she is not happy, but she pretends she is, and that is almost enough.

When May asks her later, much later, three in the morning in the training room when her knuckles are bloody and she’s crying, she will lie.

She will look down, at the floor she has shed her blood, sweat and tears on, and she will lie straight to May’s face.

Because the lie will be easier than the truth.

Daisy is tired. Tired of pretending that the useless buzz of smoking can make the level of pain or grief she’s experienced go away. Tired of pretending that she can fill the chasm in her heart with anything but love. Tired of pretending that she can move on and be okay because she can’t; she won’t be okay.

She isn’t okay.

It's Mary Sue Poots trying to stand on her own two feet but the ship keeps getting tossed in the waves, ripping the floor out from under her and suddenly she's holding on for dear life and yearning all over again for some solid ground.

It's getting caught in the riptide but not realizing that the grand ship you think you have is just a little defenseless raft until you're in over your head.

When Daisy left she wrote a letter.

Or, she tried to. She wrote it in her head.

Daisy was struggling to find the right words. She was struggling to find the words to tell everyone that the sun had stopped shining. Couldn’t they see it too?

A friendship dies like a star does, collapsing, exploding, fading.

It’s been three weeks since the Blip ended.

But nothing is right and everything is wrong and everything hurts

It was just a candle. It was just a scent. She hadn't thought about the Fischers in years. But that specific aroma of apples and cinnamon and vanilla and sugar was so ingrained in her mind, she would have recognized it anywhere.

If you think about it, Nathaniel didn’t really torture her.

If you think about it, neither did Fitz.

[the-starship-athena]

Character Profile # 5: Luis Garret

Name: Luis Garret

Age: 24

Rank: Ensign

Division: Security

Garret joined Starfleet because his family has been a part of it for three generations

He’s skilled in various forms of martial arts and he’s learning fencing from Elaine

Garret keeps physical journals even though nobody uses them.

He collects rocks from each planet he’s visited

“You know, I actually wanted to be a pilot but I ended up in security instead. Life is weird like that. You can either go with the flow or decide to do something different.” - Season 1 Episode 4, Marco Polo

[forfuckssakejim]

i wrote a dumb little thing for the space husbands

[dahyeltal]

The Gliesians sure had a weird way of thanking Leonard for helping them. Did they really have to tie his best friends up in thorny vines and make him confess his love for a certain pointy-eared coworker?! Some gift!

Words: 2,967 | Chapters:1/1 | Language: English

Fandoms: Star Trek: Alternate Original Series (Movies), Star Trek

Rating: General Audiences

Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply

Additional Tags: Aliens Made Them Do It, Accidental Baby Acquisition, ish, Love Confessions, Getting Together, Canon-Typical Violence, Alien Cultural Differences

[thatqueercookie]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Star Trek, Star Trek: Alternate Original Series (Movies), Star Trek: The Original Series Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: James T. Kirk/Leonard "Bones" McCoy/Spock Characters: Leonard "Bones" McCoy, James T. Kirk, Spock (Star Trek) Additional Tags: Threesome - M/M/M, Blow Jobs, Come Eating, Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot, Voyeurism, POV Leonard "Bones" McCoy Summary:

Jim and Spock are late for their shift and Dr. McCoy is sure he knows why. When he goes to get them, an invitation is the last thing he expects.

[far-too-many-things]

It’s baby’s first fanfic! I had a lot of fun writing this and talking about it with @untrainedpoetry who gave me the idea and beta read for me. I have no idea how punctuation works so thank you so much!

I have a few more fics planned in this verse and I can’t wait to get started on them!