monday November 9th, 2009 Slash
Kirk/McCoy
And Possibly the Complications by savoytruffle (Kirk/McCoy, Mature, 10,300 words)
Summary: A few shore leaves, scheduled maintenance, a birthday party, a date, three letters, five other doctors, two whatevers, and one little girl.
Notes: Everyone should go read this story and take notes. THIS is how an open relationship gets written in a way that doesn't compromise how much they love each other. This story is already adorable because OMG JOANNA! but the emotion and devotion and struggle in this story makes it MORE.
Cowboys Lost At Sea by ayalesca (Kirk/McCoy, NC-17, 16,000 words)
Summary: Jim and McCoy are trapped, together and alone, in a strange world made up of their memories and desires. In a world where almost anything they want comes into existence, there is no hiding from their desires, each other, or themselves.
Notes: This story was almost like poetry. It had this really amazing cadence that just sucked you in and made you feel like you were part of their dream-like world. It was haunting and lovely and perfect.
All the Roads we Have to Walk Are Winding by 1297 (Kirk/McCoy, PG-13, 2,884 words)
Summary: Sometimes Kirk thinks that he could hide in the darkest corner of the universe and McCoy would still find him. It's almost a game now.
Notes: This story is BRILLIANT. It just has this lovely flow to it that felt incredibly natural. It didn't feel rushed or overly complicated. Jim's struggle is tangible but not overwrought or cheap, and Bones's love and companionship is understated and powerful.
Renovation by canis_takahari (Kirk/McCoy, NC-17, 8,986 words)
Summary: Jim has a whammy put on him by an alien death ray and he suddenly craves domesticity.
Notes: The thing is that canis_takahari has a gift for layering humor and crack with realism and standout emotion and making it something special and different and creating a narrative that you never want to stop reading. There's a manic desperation tinging everything Jim does and Bones's edge of helplessness and understanding really hits you hard. And then of course... a perfect ending.
Sulu/Chekov
Codependent (with the dead in a dead language) by 6street (Sulu/Chekov, R, 2,566 words)
Summary: Returning to an Academy with most of its cadets gone, Sulu and Chekov find unexpected comfort in one another.
Notes: This is such an achingly beautiful look at the aftermath of the Narada incident, and how Sulu and Chekov gravitate to one another so naturally, it just demands to be canon. Bittersweet, heartbreaking, and still just the right amount of hopeful.
Other
Enterprise Dog Park by vinniebatman (Gaila/Chapel, pre-McCoy/Chekov; Teen)
Summary: Leonard may have been a stupidnogoodbad dog, but he understood what the other dogs didn't.
Notes: Yes, this is the one where they're almost all dogs. I know -- it sounds like crack, and really it is, but at the same time, it's sweet and the breeds really are good characterizations of the characters.
lie back and think of Starfleet by curiouslyfic (Kirk/Sulu, R, ~29,000 words)
Summary: You are cordially invited to the wedding of Hikaru W. Sulu and James T. Kirk. Yes, another one.
Notes: This has to be one of the best Kirk/Sulu fics out there. Perfectly in-character, hilarious, and absolutely adorable, it'll leave you convinced the two men really are brizzah.
What You Eat by subterrain (McCoy/Chekov (past Kirk/McCoy), NC-17, ~21,000)
Summary: The restaurant AU. Enterprise is a haute cuisine upstart in San Francisco, owned and operated by one Chef James T. Kirk.
Notes: This has a lovely rhythm to it, and each of the characters is perfectly recast. The romance between McCoy and Chekov is nicely paced, and the lingering angst with Kirk is nicely done, without being over the top.
And Possibly the Complications by savoytruffle (Kirk/McCoy, Mature, 10,300 words)
Summary: A few shore leaves, scheduled maintenance, a birthday party, a date, three letters, five other doctors, two whatevers, and one little girl.
Notes: Everyone should go read this story and take notes. THIS is how an open relationship gets written in a way that doesn't compromise how much they love each other. This story is already adorable because OMG JOANNA! but the emotion and devotion and struggle in this story makes it MORE.
Cowboys Lost At Sea by ayalesca (Kirk/McCoy, NC-17, 16,000 words)
Summary: Jim and McCoy are trapped, together and alone, in a strange world made up of their memories and desires. In a world where almost anything they want comes into existence, there is no hiding from their desires, each other, or themselves.
Notes: This story was almost like poetry. It had this really amazing cadence that just sucked you in and made you feel like you were part of their dream-like world. It was haunting and lovely and perfect.
All the Roads we Have to Walk Are Winding by 1297 (Kirk/McCoy, PG-13, 2,884 words)
Summary: Sometimes Kirk thinks that he could hide in the darkest corner of the universe and McCoy would still find him. It's almost a game now.
Notes: This story is BRILLIANT. It just has this lovely flow to it that felt incredibly natural. It didn't feel rushed or overly complicated. Jim's struggle is tangible but not overwrought or cheap, and Bones's love and companionship is understated and powerful.
Renovation by canis_takahari (Kirk/McCoy, NC-17, 8,986 words)
Summary: Jim has a whammy put on him by an alien death ray and he suddenly craves domesticity.
Notes: The thing is that canis_takahari has a gift for layering humor and crack with realism and standout emotion and making it something special and different and creating a narrative that you never want to stop reading. There's a manic desperation tinging everything Jim does and Bones's edge of helplessness and understanding really hits you hard. And then of course... a perfect ending.
Sulu/Chekov
Codependent (with the dead in a dead language) by 6street (Sulu/Chekov, R, 2,566 words)
Summary: Returning to an Academy with most of its cadets gone, Sulu and Chekov find unexpected comfort in one another.
Notes: This is such an achingly beautiful look at the aftermath of the Narada incident, and how Sulu and Chekov gravitate to one another so naturally, it just demands to be canon. Bittersweet, heartbreaking, and still just the right amount of hopeful.
Other
Enterprise Dog Park by vinniebatman (Gaila/Chapel, pre-McCoy/Chekov; Teen)
Summary: Leonard may have been a stupidnogoodbad dog, but he understood what the other dogs didn't.
Notes: Yes, this is the one where they're almost all dogs. I know -- it sounds like crack, and really it is, but at the same time, it's sweet and the breeds really are good characterizations of the characters.
lie back and think of Starfleet by curiouslyfic (Kirk/Sulu, R, ~29,000 words)
Summary: You are cordially invited to the wedding of Hikaru W. Sulu and James T. Kirk. Yes, another one.
Notes: This has to be one of the best Kirk/Sulu fics out there. Perfectly in-character, hilarious, and absolutely adorable, it'll leave you convinced the two men really are brizzah.
What You Eat by subterrain (McCoy/Chekov (past Kirk/McCoy), NC-17, ~21,000)
Summary: The restaurant AU. Enterprise is a haute cuisine upstart in San Francisco, owned and operated by one Chef James T. Kirk.
Notes: This has a lovely rhythm to it, and each of the characters is perfectly recast. The romance between McCoy and Chekov is nicely paced, and the lingering angst with Kirk is nicely done, without being over the top.