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"In an Orbit All the Way Around You" by glitterfics | Kirk/McCoy | AU | Centuries after the Eugenics Wars, Earth is still suffering from the effects of the wars’ brutal Guide Cull. When the Enterprise is sent to a planet claiming to have produced a serum which replicates the Guide gene, is this the answer Earth’s Sentinels have been waiting for? And how is it going to affect Jim Kirk, the Enterprise’s Sentinel captain? | ~24.000

McCoy immediately holed up in his office, studying the reports while the ship’s computer ran an analysis on the samples and the serum. Something was bugging him about the whole thing, something besides the fact that the Prillovians were obviously nuttier than a bunch of squirrels preparing for winter; he just couldn’t put his finger on what.

Aww, I just love Sentinel/Guide stories. I really should re-watch The Sentinel some day soon...

"Just Can't Get Enough" by silverlining-99 | Kirk/McCoy | PWP | Jim just can't get enough. Like...really. Lucky for him, Bones takes it rather well. | 8.500 words

"Your refractory period," Bones mutters fuzzily, the fifth or sixth time -- in a row -- that they've fallen into bed and Jim has fucked him twice in quick succession, "is as goddamn ridiculous as the rest of you."

This fic isn't even NC-17 anymore. It's XXX all the way. Porn pure! Read the warnings!

"Almond Butter and Raspberry Jelly" by linelanagain | Kirk/McCoy | H/c, humor | Jim Kirk is not allergic to raspberries. | 1.800 words

He is allergic to twenty-six foods readily available on the Enterprise, but raspberries are not one of them. They are safe. He doesn’t particularly like raspberries, but that is neither here nor there. They do not cause his extremities to swell, or his eyes to water, or his throat to close. They do not cause Bones to stab him in the neck with something that may be medicine, or may be a hypo full of saline Bones keeps on his person to punish Jim (Jim realizes this scenario is unlikely, but he didn’t get where he is by ignoring unlikely scenarios). So he eats raspberries, and pretends he is developing a taste for them, though he is not.

LOL'tastic. And very cute :)

"Isolation" by laughter_now | Kirk/McCoy | H/c, schmoop | Life aboard a starship was busy, he understood that everyone had better things to do than to come by and watch him die a slow and painful death. But was it really so much to ask that someone occasionally walked by the window separating his ward from the rest of Medical? Just to give him a quick wave or something? | 5.700 words

"Apparently, since you were infected, there was – and I quote - a heightened risk of me infecting myself through prolonged physical contact, let alone the exchange of body fluids. Which translated into the more sex we had, the more likely it was that I had infected myself, and he insisted that I told him an exact number."

Which, Leonard had to admit, was a medically sound inquiry, whether they liked it or not.

"What did you do?"

Again, Jim shrugged. "I told him the truth, what else should I have done?" He chuckled to himself as he filled the spoon again. "And then I told him that no, I wasn't exaggerating, and now I think he's maybe a little envious."

This is basically schmoop pure, just what the doctor ordered ;)

"Borrowing Trouble" by savoytruffle | Kirk/McCoy, Spock/Uhura | The Enterprise visits New Vulcan. Spock Prime comes aboard and tells Jim that Kirk Prime used to have a thing for Bones Prime. Jim decides to ignore it. Jim fails. | ~7.600 words

They proceed down the hall in what starts like a walk, but quickly begins to resemble a run.

Jim works to keep his breath steady and his voice casual. “Are you racing me down the hallway, Mister Spock?”

“I am merely keeping pace with you, Captain.”

Jim smirks. “Sure you are.”

This must be one of the best fics in the fandom. I LOL'd my way through. The way Jim keeps NOT watching Bones after Spock Prime spills the beans is simply LOL'tastic!

"I'll Make it to the Moon if I Have to Crawl" by 1297 | Kirk/McCoy, Spock/Uhura | Starfleet isn't for men like Leonard McCoy. There are too many straight lines to cut himself on, too many rules, too many round holes to force his square-self through. | 6.000 words

They're dancing, he realizes, swaying to a song that isn't actually playing. And this doesn't make sense, he knows, yet somehow it does. "I'm not trying to fix you, you know?" he says, fingers pressing into her back.

And she smiles. "I know. I'm not broken."

I love 1297's Uhura. So much that I created a new tag on Delicious, just for this fic: cool!uhura. And not only Uhura is fantastic, the relationship between Jim and Bones is quite the thing to behold too. Even though the story is mostly about the friendship between Bones and Uhura, those tiny scenes between Jim and Bones are heart-warming - like them touching noses instead of kissing. Love it!

"Wonderland" by canis_takahari | Kirk/McCoy | AU | Jim and Spock need a Federation doctor, so they kidnap a man called Leonard McCoy. | 13.000 words

McCoy stares. Good God, he’s been kidnapped by a bleeding-heart rebel pirate man-child captain with a martyr complex.

McCoy needs a drink.

I love, LOVE stories about space pirates! And this one is rocking awesome. Poor Bones... :P

"Measure of a Man" by alexajohnson | Gen | Pre-movie, friendship | Jim and Bones do not have a promising beginning to their friendship. But some things are just meant to be. | ~41.000 words

Jim’s hands are shoved deep into the pockets of his uniform. “Are you—”

“Just come in, damnit,” Leonard huffs. “Unless you’re here to point and laugh.”

“God, Bones, how much of an asshole do you think I am?” Jim grouses, finally following him in and closing the door.

Leonard snorts. “On a scale of one to ten? You’re at least a fifteen. And ten ain’t the lowest.”

“Yeah, I figured that out.”

I just love the way the friendship between Kirk and Bones grows in this one. In the movie, we haven't seen what happened between the shuttle ride and the Kobayashi Maru incident and this fic is basically it.

"A Limb That Has But a Disease" by emiliglia | Kirk/McCoy | H/c, mirrorverse!AU | "Captain," Nurse Chapel says coolly. "You're needed in sickbay; it's Doctor McCoy." | ~4.400 words

Kirk reaches forward, brushing aside the hair that's hanging over McCoy's forehead. "To cut it off, to cure it, easy," Kirk whispers, all too aware of the weight of the knife hanging from his sash. He could be done with McCoy now, could make it look like an assassination attempt and blame the people who had been working with Adams (Kirk knows who they all are - she gave them up eventually), or he could even blame Chapel, the last one to see McCoy alive. But then Kirk would be down two trustworthy medical personnel, and their knowledge about his physiological weaknesses. Even in the face of what they might know about his emotional one, it's too important to risk.

Creepy. And touching at the same time. The mirrorverse is quite a fascinating place for fanfic. How do you write romance when everybody is psycho?

"Asymmetry" by canis_takahari | Kirk/McCoy | H/c, humor | Leonard McCoy has already been through the dorm room politics, the awkward drunken nights, the pain and fear and grief; he didn’t expect to have to start his life over again, but Jim Kirk is making sure he does it right this time. | 9.200 words

Sometimes Jim is like an overgrown barnacle, or limpet, flinging himself at helpless bodies and clinging on tight, and he’s doing it now, having thumped into McCoy from behind and flung an arm around his throat. McCoy securely in a headlock, Jim leans forward, using his weight, and McCoy chokes. It takes him a moment’s wriggling, but he manages to worm his elbow into Jim’s stomach.

They end up on the floor, wrestling like little boys, Jim’s laughter loud and bright and ringing like a bell, McCoy choking out guffaws as he struggles to get his breath back.

Damn kids.

Kirk/McCoy is the only pairing that I like in the ST 2009 fandom. Nothing else works for me. And this fic is simply awesome. Both Bones and Jim are so in-character, they are men and they behave like men - or, well, drunk frat boys - the fic is funny and touching but not mushy. And did I mention it's awesome?