You Might Roll Your Eyes At This, But I'm So Glad That You Exist!!
THE OFFICIAL*
thistlerose
FLAIL POST!!!!
*So sez me!
In A Moment Close to Now - Kirk/McCoy
Bones wants to spend his 30th birthday with some jazz, a book, and bourbon. Jim does not approve.
"Years from now - if you don't get burned to a crisp by a solar flare or sucked out of an airlock - you'll look back and wish to God you'd done something exciting for your thirtieth birthday. I know you will, because I'll be there and I'll keep reminding you."
Starts off as a friendship fic, with a brilliantly written Jim determined to show Leonard a good time on his birthday and morphs into a beautiful character study (of both Jim and Bones). It ends on a perfect note, threaded through with longing and hope and anticipation. She's got a delicate touch with the heartstrings, where she tugs and pulls and breaks but never obviously. This fic is intimate and alive ^.^
<3
Heading Straight For A Fall - Kirk/McCoy, McCoy/Winona
Love him in whatever way you can. In whatever way he'll let you.
*wibble* I don't want to ruin anything about this one so Imma just gonna be vague and gushing. Deft characterizations, an incisive study on Kirk family dynamics and an absolutely wrenching peek into Jim's psyche. The premise had so much potential to veer off into MELODRAMA or crack, but thistlerose shows her mastery of subtlety yet again and just makes you the right kinds of achy.
Ah hell, here's the Forever-verse Master Post - just keep going, you won't be sorry ^.^
Say I Do and Kiss Me Quick! - Scotty/Gaila (<3)
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As with most misadventures, this one began with a suggestion from Captain Kirk.
This is just completely charming. The crew interactions are hilarious (if I could grow anything and keep it alive, I'd totally name it Walter... for now, it's best to not get attached) and the resolution is just everything I love about Scotty and Gaila together. They're blunt, honest and perfect for each other.
Armed With Every Precious Failure - Kirk/McCoy
First off- using a Weakerthans quote as title? WIN.
It's almost impossible to pick a single quote form this fic. There's moments where it verges on poetry, vivid imagery, well-wrought emotion and staccato impacts are peppered throughout. But this has kind of become a touchstone for Jim's bitterness for me:
Then Jim says, “I’m not afraid of dying. I’m not even afraid of dying alone. But I don’t want to be nothing. I don’t want to go through life and not have it mean something. At the same time, I don’t want to be something just because it’s what people expect me to be because of my father. People expect me to be something. Captain of a starship. Some kind of hero. And that’s great. That’s a great destiny. But they don’t know me. They think they know me because of my father, but they don’t know me at all. That’s what terrifies me.”
*shiver*
More than that, there's a fight in here that's absolutely fucking perfect. When your blood's up and even though you're more angry with yourself than the person you're fighting with you just can't stop going for the throat. She captures this perfectly, down to the tiny voice of reason that's detached and telling you you're wrong.
Just beautiful :)
AND ***DAH DAH DAHHHHHHHH***
ENTERPRISE BOXERS FINALLY MAKE THEIR FANFICTION DEBUT(It's actually called Another Underwear Story ^.^)
Kirk/McCoy - inspired by THIS (and my shameless begging ^.^) - it's everything you could possibly want in an Enterprise Boxers story! Adorable, hilarious and sexy as hell :D
*FLAIL*
I LOVE YOU BB ~!
Dreams really do come true!
*FLAIL*