today's last post, promise!

[such_heights]

Via lots of people on my flist, a meme.

eta: all gone!

The first ten people to comment in this post get to request that I write a drabble (loose definition of term) for any pairing/OT3/OT4/character of their choosing.

1. gorgeousnerd: Merlin, Morgana/Morgause, a stormy morning
2. cherrybina: Merlin, Merlin/Arthur, a happy secret
3. makai: Torchwood, Jack/Ianto, some fetishes weren't kept to himself
4. the_moonmoth: Star Trek, Kirk/Spock, a day in the life
5. virginia_bell: Harry Potter, Remus/Sirius, revision
6. nny: Star Trek, something Scotty related
7. miarrow: Merlin, Gwen/Morgana, a steady hold
8. liseuse: SGA, John/Rodney, 'I swear this city wants your lovechild'
9. rosemaryandrue: Merlin, Gwen/Morgana, buttercups
10. woldy: Merlin, OT4, sleepiness & firelight

fandoms: Harry Potter, Doctor Who, Torchwood, Merlin, Stargate: Atlantis, Star Trek Reboot, Firefly, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, and I could also have a crack at LotS or Being Human, though I'm a little behind on both. Crossovers welcome. Throw me a character/ship and a prompt and I will see what I can do! Also, really, I'm going to make myself keep them under 500 words. I know what I'm like.

(Basically, I have looots of academic work to do this evening, and it would be lovely to take breaks where I continue to write words, thereby hopefully keeping the mojo going. It's this or continuing to spam your flist!)

Comments

[the_moonmoth]

Ohh! meee! Kirk/Spock, st reboot please :)

[the_moonmoth]

Gah, forgot my prompt: day in the life.

[such_heights]

Oh man, I feel a little intimidated trying out The Slash Ship! Also, this totally ran away from the prompt, my apologies. Okay, here goes:

not quite standard procedure, PG-13, 400 words


It is a truth universally acknowledged that the entire crew of the Enterprise are really fucking awesome. Granted, that's probably not quite how Pike would put it, but Jim knows he'd think it. It's what comes of a team forged in the heat of battle, tragedy and victory. It's probably also got something to do with that seriously epic oh my god we're not dead party they had on the ship when they got back to Earth, in which about 75% of the crew got spectacularly drunk and made out with each other.

Jim has every intention of making that into a monthly social event. Anyway, after everything had shook down a little, they're all pretty comfortable and in tune with each other, which has something to do with all kinds of things but in general is pretty great.

Spock, of course, doesn't fit into the pattern. Spock has no embarrassing stories - or rather, nothing that he thinks is embarrassing, which is a more subjective way of looking at it - no interest in drunken bonding rituals, none of traits that have brought the rest of the crew together. And yet, all the same, he just fits.

Jim wonders, sometimes, if Vulcans' telepathic powers have been grossly understated, because Spock just has this knack, like he's tuned into to whatever Jim needs at any given time. A report before he's asked for it, a reminder about a video conference with Starfleet Command that he wasn't even supposed to know about - though Jim would have told him all about it afterwards anyway.

And so maybe it's not such a surprise when it happens, after all. It starts when Spock and Uhura have this amicable, logical, totally weird break-up, and Jim starts finding himself a little knocked for six sometimes by Spock and his sheer-- Spockness, who even knew Jim had a thing for the rationality devotee type.

Just before he completely loses his mind, Spock shows up at his quarters one night, soft-spoken and assuming. But there's something in his stance that makes Jim figure out what he's here for in about a nanosecond.

"Oh my god," he says, "Spock, you don't have to--"

"No," Spock agrees. "I do, however -" he pauses, for just a moment, and it makes Jim's insides do something complicated, "- want to."

"Oh! Well, in that case."

"Indeed," says Spock, and he steps inside, enough to let the door slide shut behind him.

[thingswithwings]

:D this is so lovely! I adore the whole concept, Spock anticipating Jim's needs, just fitting in even though he really shouldn't, fitting with Jim even though he really shouldn't, and the ending is . . . oh, SPOCK! Spock wants something! I find this just completely charming.

[the_moonmoth]

Wheeee! This is so happy-making :) Loved it, esp Jim suddenly realising he fancies Spock after he breaks up with Uhura! (And I'm very sorry it's taken me thiiiiiis long to comment, but I do love it, a lot).