HELP. SOMEONE HELP ME STOP!
So, I recently received a copy of the first Glee! soundtrack for my birthday. Good times! And, as might be expected, I keep listening to "Don't Stop Believing" on repeat. Clearly I keep thinking of Kirk and Spock as I do so. And something kept niggling at the back of my brain, some little whisper of plot that wouldn't leave me alone. Then today it all came clear. I blame verizonhorizon feels_like_fire , at least in part. (Apologies for any wrongful blame that may or may not have been previously assigned. That said, the first person might just possibly have a habit of starting more WIPs all the time, so is clearly a bad influence. Just sayin'. -_-)
SOMEONE NEEDS TO LAY OUT PLOT BUNNY TRAPS, I'M NOT EVEN KIDDING.
The thing is . . . okay, have I read this somewhere and just think it's my idea? If this rings a bell for anyone please speak up. Especially since if I read it I won't have to write it myself.
Okay, so it's an AU sort of a deal, starting out in Spock's *coughcough*madeupnumber*cough* year at the Academy and finding his way into a not-exactly-shady-but-not-what-you'd-call-high-class bar. (I don't know why he's there. Perhaps because of pressure from his advisers to attempt more socialization. Perhaps because a certain Cadet Uhura has been making overtures of a romantic nature towards him and he's undertaking some preliminary research on this "dating" phenomenon to see if it's for him. Perhaps because he has decided, "Rebellion? I WILL SHOW YOU REBELLION VSA! I AM GOING TO ENTER THIS TERRAN ENTERTAINMENT VENUE SLASH DRINKING ESTABLISHMENT, AND I AM GOING TO STAY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT! LIVE LONG AND PROSPER, BITCHES!" (Only he's a Vulcan, so he has to work up to his overt rebellion.) The why is not important; at least not right now.) It's smokey and there are people jostling each other and there are areas that have a distinct smell, but it's also quieter than he'd expected, and the music isn't unpleasant, and the bar stocks a (non-alcoholic) beverage of which he's particularly fond. On the whole, it's more or less acceptable.
ANYWAY. He meets Jim, who hasn't joined Starfleet and has instead moved to California because he "needed to get away, get wherever, so long as it wasn't Iowa." He and Spock start chatting, and they get on, but then oops, Jim has to go, he has to get to work. And over the next [INSERT AMOUNT OF TIME HERE], they keep meeting each other at this bar and hanging out for a while and talking and . . . well, Spock finds him fascinating. He possibly turns Uhura down when she finally asks him out because Jim is usually at the bar on Fridays and Spock doesn't want to miss him. (YES I AM A HUGE SAP, SHUT UP.)
Eventually Spock learns, through a dramatic revelation that I haven't exactly thought of yet, that Jim is a prostitute. And then there is drama and angst and possibly a passionate declaration in the rain with Spock not understanding why Jim is laughing over it being "so cliched it hurts."
Possible inclusions:
--Bones being around (Doing what? IDEK.) and Jim's friend, and Not Approving of either Jim's lifestyle or his weird friendship/relationship/whatever the hell it is with Spock. He doesn't trust Spock, and at first is pretty sure he's just another of Jim's johns and thus a target of Bones's nearly violent dislike.
--Jim sitting in on one of Spock's classes and--being a genius and all--being able to keep up. This, needless to say, is a huge turn-on for Spock.
--A high-ranking someone or other at the Academy (Nogura? Komack?) has hired Jim at some point. Possibly several times. He is, consequently, understandably wary about going anywhere near campus.
--Jim showing up at the bar one night with still-healing bruises. Possibly before Spock knows what he does for a living, and subsequently glossed over as just an accident, no big deal.
--Spock eventually having to explain to Jim that he won't be able to share him. His possessiveness already makes him want to chase others away from Jim, and they're still only friends. If they were to enter into a sexual relationship, Spock could very well be moved to actual violence towards anyone who engaged his mate in any sort of sexual activity. (Yes, I have a possessiveness kink. This should surprise no one by now.) Thus, when Jim finally takes Spock to bed, it's because he's decided to give up prostitution (possibly with the intention of enrolling in Starfleet).
--Jim telling Spock he thinks hanging out with him is actually good for business; people figure he's gotta be pretty damn hot shit to keep a Vulcan coming back for more. This idea . . . displeases Spock.
So, um. Yeah. Whore!Jim. Disturbingly hot.
SOMEONE NEEDS TO LAY OUT PLOT BUNNY TRAPS, I'M NOT EVEN KIDDING.
The thing is . . . okay, have I read this somewhere and just think it's my idea? If this rings a bell for anyone please speak up. Especially since if I read it I won't have to write it myself.
Okay, so it's an AU sort of a deal, starting out in Spock's *coughcough*madeupnumber*cough* year at the Academy and finding his way into a not-exactly-shady-but-not-what-you'd-call-high-class bar. (I don't know why he's there. Perhaps because of pressure from his advisers to attempt more socialization. Perhaps because a certain Cadet Uhura has been making overtures of a romantic nature towards him and he's undertaking some preliminary research on this "dating" phenomenon to see if it's for him. Perhaps because he has decided, "Rebellion? I WILL SHOW YOU REBELLION VSA! I AM GOING TO ENTER THIS TERRAN ENTERTAINMENT VENUE SLASH DRINKING ESTABLISHMENT, AND I AM GOING TO STAY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT! LIVE LONG AND PROSPER, BITCHES!" (Only he's a Vulcan, so he has to work up to his overt rebellion.) The why is not important; at least not right now.) It's smokey and there are people jostling each other and there are areas that have a distinct smell, but it's also quieter than he'd expected, and the music isn't unpleasant, and the bar stocks a (non-alcoholic) beverage of which he's particularly fond. On the whole, it's more or less acceptable.
ANYWAY. He meets Jim, who hasn't joined Starfleet and has instead moved to California because he "needed to get away, get wherever, so long as it wasn't Iowa." He and Spock start chatting, and they get on, but then oops, Jim has to go, he has to get to work. And over the next [INSERT AMOUNT OF TIME HERE], they keep meeting each other at this bar and hanging out for a while and talking and . . . well, Spock finds him fascinating. He possibly turns Uhura down when she finally asks him out because Jim is usually at the bar on Fridays and Spock doesn't want to miss him. (YES I AM A HUGE SAP, SHUT UP.)
Eventually Spock learns, through a dramatic revelation that I haven't exactly thought of yet, that Jim is a prostitute. And then there is drama and angst and possibly a passionate declaration in the rain with Spock not understanding why Jim is laughing over it being "so cliched it hurts."
Possible inclusions:
--Bones being around (Doing what? IDEK.) and Jim's friend, and Not Approving of either Jim's lifestyle or his weird friendship/relationship/whatever the hell it is with Spock. He doesn't trust Spock, and at first is pretty sure he's just another of Jim's johns and thus a target of Bones's nearly violent dislike.
--Jim sitting in on one of Spock's classes and--being a genius and all--being able to keep up. This, needless to say, is a huge turn-on for Spock.
--A high-ranking someone or other at the Academy (Nogura? Komack?) has hired Jim at some point. Possibly several times. He is, consequently, understandably wary about going anywhere near campus.
--Jim showing up at the bar one night with still-healing bruises. Possibly before Spock knows what he does for a living, and subsequently glossed over as just an accident, no big deal.
--Spock eventually having to explain to Jim that he won't be able to share him. His possessiveness already makes him want to chase others away from Jim, and they're still only friends. If they were to enter into a sexual relationship, Spock could very well be moved to actual violence towards anyone who engaged his mate in any sort of sexual activity. (Yes, I have a possessiveness kink. This should surprise no one by now.) Thus, when Jim finally takes Spock to bed, it's because he's decided to give up prostitution (possibly with the intention of enrolling in Starfleet).
--Jim telling Spock he thinks hanging out with him is actually good for business; people figure he's gotta be pretty damn hot shit to keep a Vulcan coming back for more. This idea . . . displeases Spock.
So, um. Yeah. Whore!Jim. Disturbingly hot.