That girl who wrote that fic.

I owe someone a Star Trek fic, so I've been re-reading some of my favorite fics to wrap my head back around the fandom. One of my favorite tropes for Kirk/McCoy is when cadet!Kirk and cadet!McCoy go to Vegas, get wasted, and wake up naked together -- and married. What I love about that trope is the way that writers take it for granted that in the future, marriage between people of the same sex is totally normal and nothing to comment on.

This is something I really enjoy about the ST universe in general. I love that canonically slutty Kirk is assumed to be omnisexual. I love that sexual orientation is generally something considered to be a sliding scale in this futuristic world. (At least, this is true in the limited set of fics I've read, so please be gentle if you think I'm wrong!)

Anyway, in light of everything that happened in the last few days, I've been indulging in some Vegas K/M fic, and re-read one of my favorites of this trope, The One With the Romulan Ale by dancinbutterfly. An excerpt:


“Jesus, Jim. We got married. How fucking stupid are we?”

“I don’t know. It’s Vegas. You get impulsive. I don’t know that it’s stupid. I think we’re both too smart to be stupid.”

“We’re gonna have to get a divorce.” McCoy groans, rubbing his aching head. “I’m going to be twice divorced in two years. I’m going to be that guy — ex for each sex — like on some goddamn soap.”

“We are?” Jim looks at him, a little stunned. “Why? Did I or did I not just give you the best damn head you ever had?”

I'll leave it there to encourage you to read the fic for yourself if you haven't already, but what I wanted to point out here is the bolded bit, which is probably one of my favorite lines in a fic ever. That line communicates so very much about this universe, about how things have changed from the time we live in (and also how they haven't). She says it all in that one line, and it's perfect.

I love fandom so fucking much!

♥

Oh, and if there's an LJ comm out there dedicated to Academy years fic, could someone point me to it? TIA!

I should be getting ready for the summer school classes I am teaching, people, not writing porn. But that art! It totally did me in. I couldn't stop thinking about it. And this? Is the result. I think my students might forgive me...


Title: Something About the Chair
Author: Emma Grant
Fandom: Star Trek XI
Pairing: Kirk/McCoy, with a surprise cameo
Rating: NC-17
Length: ~2500 words
Summary: Kirk gets off on being Captain, in more ways than one.
Disclaimer: Still not mine.
Note: Inspired by this gorgeous and NSFW art by cathybites.

( Computer, location of Captain James Kirk. )

Title: The Hands-on Approach
Author: Emma Grant
Fandom: ST XI
Pairing: Kirk/McCoy
Rating: NC-17
Length: ~2600 words
Summary: Kirk gets himself into a sticky situation, and Bones decides to lend a hand. *smirk*
Disclaimer: Not my characters, no copyright infringement intended.
Notes: This was inspired by a prompt at the st_xi_kink meme, but went in a slightly different direction than the prompter probably intended.

( In which Kirk finds himself in need of some medical attention... )

This is the first fic I've written in 18 months, y'all. Be gentle!

Title: With Benefits
Author: Emma Grant
Fandom: Star Trek XI
Pairing: Kirk/McCoy
Rating: NC-17
Length: ~2000 words
Summary: Set pre-film. After a night on the town with no action, Kirk decides McCoy will do in a pinch.
Note: Written for the following prompt at st_xi_kink: McCoy/Kirk; fucked without a kiss. Oh, and did you know the location of Starfleet Academy is on Google Maps? Cool, eh?

( First ever Star Trek fic, OMG! )

Edit: glockgal drew art for this fic!