Fic: There is Joy in Repitition (But Sometimes You Have to Break Routine)

[igrockspock]

Title: There is Joy in Repetition (But Sometimes You Have to Break Routine)
Author: igrockspock
Character: Christine Chapel, James Kirk
Rating: PG-13 for non-graphic violence
Summary: When Kirk, Spock, and McCoy are critically wounded, Chapel must defend sickbay from Romulan intruders
Original author: speccygeekgrrl
Original Story: the first drabble in this post

Comments

[secretsolitaire]

I totally guessed right! \0/

[igrockspock]

You are the only one! I would offer you a drabble or something, but I'm still working on that Sulu prompt you gave me, oh, two months ago...

[secretsolitaire]

Haha, don't worry about it! Sorry my prompt is being so difficult.

[fringedweller]

This was awesome. I love the fact that there is a darker side to heroism, and that she isn't patronised by Kirk at all. Wonderful stuff.

[igrockspock]

Thank you so much!

[syredronning]

Lovely, lovely story. Thank you!

[igrockspock]

And thank you for commenting!

[circ_bamboo]

This is AWESOME. Chapel kicking butt and taking charge and male nurses (such a small thing but it made me happy) and a female Romulan commander (again, small but happy-making) and did I mention Chapel being a soldier and being awesome?

I loved the betting-ring, and all the little things that made Rawlings human.

And Jim at the end was great. Well-done!

[igrockspock]

I'm so glad you noticed all those small details! I mean, they are tiny, but I put the male nurses and female Romulan commander in there for a reason. (Actually, I'm really sad that the scenes from the Romulan commander's POV ended up on the cutting room floor. She was fun to write!)

Thank you again for commenting :)

[igrockspock]

Well, I wasn't exactly writing it as a reboot of that specific episode, though I was borrowing the female Romulan commander from there. But, I can definitely see how you could read it that way!

[thistlerose]

This is wonderful. I love your Chapel. Her flaws, her heroism - it all seems completely believable. I enjoyed the banter at the beginning, and the way you described the tense encounter with the Romulans. Your Jim warms my heart too.

[igrockspock]

Thank you so much! I'm especially glad that Jim's characterization rang true for you because that was the part I was most nervous about.