The Holiday Waywards
Title: The Holiday Waywards (Not the Holiday Wise)
Author: klmeri
Fandom: Star Trek AOS
Pairing: pre-Kirk/McCoy
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 33943
Setting: AU
Summary: Tis the season, and Christopher Pike had a life. In fact he had an expensive bottle of brandy, a backlog of party invitations, and the attention of the pretty brunette at the opposite end of the bar. These things only served to make his regret infinitely more poignant when he answered a call and was reminded he had something else in his life too: a boy named Jim Kirk. "Hey, Dad," Jim shouted over a racket of noise, "bad news!" ...and it was unfortunate news indeed. Jim was in jail. On Christmas Eve.
Or, the story in which Pike is a saintly Father of Christmas, Jim has fallen in with a gang of elves, and nobody but Jim's best friend is confessing to the crime of who stole the North Star.
Prompt: Jim's in jail on Christmas Eve. Does Bones bail him out? (The answer to this prompt, from my humble writer's perspective, is no. It's much more complicated than that. Then again, Bones may have his part to play in freeing Jim.)
Warnings: Extensive use of Jonathan Archer from ST: Enterprise, grossly mis-characterized by yours truly as seen in the Playtime 'verse. (That's right - he's back!) Also, moderate profanity.
A/N: Dedicated to hora_tio, whose faith in Pike and Jim and the premise of this story not only inspired me but kept me afloat when I was ready to give up.
This is not going to the best thing you've ever read but hopefully it won't be the worst either. I have written Pike as a father before (the Playtime series) and this story is sort of a reprisal of that - with a twist. There is a Mystery To Be Solved. There may be unrequited love. There will be, of course, insane plot and insaner characters. So read on if you dare! ;)
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Author: klmeri
Fandom: Star Trek AOS
Pairing: pre-Kirk/McCoy
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 33943
Setting: AU
Summary: Tis the season, and Christopher Pike had a life. In fact he had an expensive bottle of brandy, a backlog of party invitations, and the attention of the pretty brunette at the opposite end of the bar. These things only served to make his regret infinitely more poignant when he answered a call and was reminded he had something else in his life too: a boy named Jim Kirk. "Hey, Dad," Jim shouted over a racket of noise, "bad news!" ...and it was unfortunate news indeed. Jim was in jail. On Christmas Eve.
Or, the story in which Pike is a saintly Father of Christmas, Jim has fallen in with a gang of elves, and nobody but Jim's best friend is confessing to the crime of who stole the North Star.
Prompt: Jim's in jail on Christmas Eve. Does Bones bail him out? (The answer to this prompt, from my humble writer's perspective, is no. It's much more complicated than that. Then again, Bones may have his part to play in freeing Jim.)
Warnings: Extensive use of Jonathan Archer from ST: Enterprise, grossly mis-characterized by yours truly as seen in the Playtime 'verse. (That's right - he's back!) Also, moderate profanity.
A/N: Dedicated to hora_tio, whose faith in Pike and Jim and the premise of this story not only inspired me but kept me afloat when I was ready to give up.
This is not going to the best thing you've ever read but hopefully it won't be the worst either. I have written Pike as a father before (the Playtime series) and this story is sort of a reprisal of that - with a twist. There is a Mystery To Be Solved. There may be unrequited love. There will be, of course, insane plot and insaner characters. So read on if you dare! ;)
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