OMG A CONTEST!
Let’s be honest - if you’re reading this, you love Kirk/McCoy fanfiction. So do I. In fact, sometimes it feels like I’ve read every K/M fanfic on the internet. I bet you’ve felt the same. SO. In the spirit of that feeling, I would like to have a CONTEST!
THE CHALLENGE:
Listed below are 10 quotes from ten different K/M stories. Your challenge is to identify each of them by title, and by author. (Hint: none are mine.) All are Kirk/McCoy, reasonably well known, and I have made an effort to pick quotes that stand out in the story.
THE PRIZE:
I will write you the fic of your choice, minimum 1k words. ANY FIC. You’ve always wanted to see a Sulu/Scotty/Amanda OT3 raise a de-aged Nyota Uhura? This is your moment. You want to see the universe anthropomorphized as a character and in a committed relationship with Gaila? I will make that happen for you.
Or, you know, some Kirk/McCoy stuff. I’d probably be better at that, but I will make an honest to god effort at anything.
THE RULES:
1) Identify as many of the quotes as you possibly can, then send me your answers in a private message. Please do not post them in the comments here, or there’s going to be a lot more competition than you thought.
2) Yes, you can work in teams, but you have to share the prize.
3) Whoever gets the most answers is the winner. In the event of a tie, I will pick names from a hat. So you have up until the deadline to get your entry in!
4) Each quote must be identified by title AND author. Only listing one or the other will get you half-credit.
5) All entries are due by Sunday, April 18th. The winner will be announced the next day, and I will post the answers then, too.
THE QUOTES:
1) "Jim, a single life is worth more than any amount of ore."
Jim wasn't so sure Starfleet believed that, but he knew Bones did with all his heart, so he didn't try to contradict him.
2) “Following the linear conventions of conversation won’t kill you, Jim,” says McCoy, to avoid saying something more substantial.
3) Bones can do a handstand. It is one of the most awesome, most random things Jim has ever discovered about the doctor. They weren’t even drunk (probably a good thing) when Bones showed him. Although, in fairness to Bones, Jim had goaded him.
4) Bones- my anchor in this mystery. Jim.
5) "I refuse to be the middleman," Spock said. "Please date Jim." A pause. "Before I kill him," he added and then turned to consider the coffee for a moment. "Also, what is your recommendation?"
6) Jim very calmly did not throw his cereal bowl or his cream or the sugar, and he did not curl up under the table and sing himself the Soft Kitty song until he felt better. He was twenty-six years old and had a ship to run, damnit. Soft Kitty could wait.
7) McCoy let go of Jim’s wrists and flipped him back over onto his back to undo his jeans. He pulled them off, then leaned across to grab a condom and some lube out of the bedside table drawer.
“How the fuck did you know that would be there?”
“I know the innermost workings of you mind.”
“That’s terrifying.”
“Tell me about it. Now where were we?”
8) Jim tilts his head. "So you're saying you miss me." He clicks his tongue. "Well, jeez, Bones, you should have said something sooner. That's totally fixable. We'll just have date nights."
9) "Okay, Bones, if you want to be stubborn, there's also the fact that for the last ten minutes you've been murmuring in my ear about how much you love me and want to take care of me and can't live without me and stuff." Jim sounded a little bit bemused, a little bit bewildered, and a little bit in awe.
10) Bones rolls his eyes again, looking more like himself: grumpy, with a chance of laughter. “But you're shorter, vainer, and so much prettier.”
“Ah, but you, my dear Bones, take it up the ass. I think that makes you the wife.”
Feel free to reply here with any questions, and good luck!!