Fic: "The Needs of the Few" (20/23)

[mijan]

Title: "The Needs of the Few"
Canon characters/Pairing(s): Kirk & McCoy, Pike, Finney
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 9,639
Warnings: Foul language, political situations, military stuff.

Summary: As cadets on a summer internship, Kirk and McCoy are supposed to keep their eyes open and their mouths shut. As far as Bones is concerned, that’s just plain

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[hearttrek]

J'adore !!! J'aime beaucoup la façon dont Mccoy finit par exprimer sa frustration à Pike. C'est exactement comme ça que je l'imagine...

Je m'étais toujours demandée comment Kirk avait pu gagner les fameuses Palmes d'Axanar dont on parle dans TOS. Magnifique explication !

Merci aussi à toi pour cette super histoire. Tu as tellement de talent!

Bon rétablissement et prends soin de toi !

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[mijan]

Merci!

I've always wanted to write a scene where Bones blows up at Pike, and it was very cathartic to write. I think he's wanted to do this for a while. Bones was never very good at restraining himself.

And yes! I remembered the Palm Leaf of the Axanar Peace Mission from TOS, and I wanted to see what I could do with it. It was never explained in canon, so... I begged to be explored.

Anyway, thank you! I'm recovering well, and there will be more story soon. :)

[mijan]

Well, after what happened in the last chapter, could this one be not-emotionally-charged? Bones went through some emotional hell, and I wouldn't do the characters or the story justice if I didn't show that.

More soon! <3

[mga1999]

You know, I was sitting downtown at the bus station and had 30 minutes to kill before my bus home. I thought to myself oh please let there be something to read on LJ. Ask and ye shall receive. And from you no less!

This was always one of my favourite parts of this fic. A worked up and I overly emotional Bones is always a beautiful thing and you do it so well!

Thank you thank you for posting this at the perfect time. And forgive any typos from posting on my phone!

♥

[mijan]

Funny how the timing worked out!

I had a lot of fun writing Bones' little meltdown. It was a long time coming, and it felt cathartic to write.

Hopefully, I'll have more for you to read soon!

[acadine11]

Great chapter! I quite love Bex and his conversation with Bones is perfect. And of course Jim would have thought ahead and asked for somebody to help Bones look after himself. <3

That kid sees everything, and I swear, someday, he’ll see something that nobody else sees, and he’ll try to warn them, but they won’t listen to him, and he won’t be able to pull a miracle out of his ass. Some arrogant, swaggering, over-confident bastard of a captain will brush him off, and everyone is going to die because of it! A ship, a city... who the fuck knows! I don’t know, but that’s what would happen!

I just love the thought of this echoing in the back of Pike's head when Jim shows up on the Enterprise with seemingly off-the-wall talk about Romulans attacking Vulcan and Starfleet walking into a trap. And maybe a little oh no, not again moment, although to be fair, Pike has had many, many moments like that with Jim!

(Edit: fixed my word choice to be less ableist. Sorry!)

[mijan]

That's actually what I was setting up. This is a bit of my own head-canon... that there had to be more to Pike's decisions during those critical moments on the bridge en-route to Vulcan. I wanted to create that setup. I'm glad it worked!

And yeah, I like Brex's dynamic with Bones. Pike might be Jim's father figure, but Bones hasn't had a father figure since he helped his own father die. Not easy, to say the least. So... I wanted to give him this.

[sickbay23]

Wow, fantatistic chapter, Brex talk to McCoy, McCoy allways care's about Jim, full of emotions, looking forward to the next one :)

[mijan]

Thank you! More coming soon! :)