Everyone on the Enterprise thinks Jim has a huge crush on Spock. The gossip about it is ramped and there are essay long rants shared between crew members about how Jim just looks at Spock with those loving eyes.
And it’s all fine and dandy until one day Christine picks up a padd that an ensign left behind. A padd that’s open to one of these long essays about Jim’s ‘crush’ on spock.
And she reads it
And dear god she laughs. She can’t stop laughing. She’s actually hunched over herself in laughter when Leonard walks in and asks her if she has lost her damn mind.
So she shows Leonard the Padd.
And that’s how Leonard ‘no PDA. PDA is gross and weird and uncomfertable’ McCoy ends up on the bridge that day with the biggest smirk on his face, steps up behind Jim and asks out loud in front of everyone “so how’s that crush on Spock going?”
And everything goes dead silent. A few people actually look at Nyota, cuz they know she’s not going to give up her boyfriend. Espeshally not to kirk. But instead of finding her seething and ready for a fight, they see her doubled over in laughter.
jim is just confussed. What the shit is Bones talking about?
But he see’s that devil’s smirk in Leonard’s eyes, and he decides that this is something that needs to be done. Bones is obviously trying to prove a point, so he’s going to go along with it.
“Well you know…” he waved his hand dismissively, smirking when spock narrows his eyes at him “it would be going a lot better if I didn’t know this cute doctor with a mouth that works wonders during…”
A hand slaps over Jim’s mouth before he can finish. He knew he was pushing it, but seeing Bones going bright red and trying his best not to die of embaressment in his spot is totally worth it.
The next week, no one is talking about Jim’s ‘crush’ on spock. There’s no point. They’re too busy talking about the video that Pavel sent out to everyone of jim jumping out of his seat and slamming his lips into Leonard’s for the most epic kiss ever
Tag: mckirk
I am a collapsing star with tunnel vision, but only for you.
For a short time there’s a trend on the Enterprise of wearing a fellow crewman’s shirt when you’re off duty. The trick is you have to steal the shirt, with he intention of returning it of course.
Certain crew members are worth extra bragging bonuses. Spock is pretty much off limits, as is anyone whose casual wear doesn’t really include shirts of some type. Jim’s shirts are worth more than Scotty’s and Sulu’s but less than Uhura’s. Chekov’s are considered beginners level. Bones’ is practically god-mode.
Someone manages to grab about three of Jim’s shirts at once and isn’t even vaguely surprised that they’re all band shirts, and none of the obscure bands one would assume. They’re actually fairly hardcore and loud. He goes into med bay to brag to his friends when Bones sees him and instantly turns on “the face of irritated disapproval” he’s so well known for.
“The hell are you doing with my shirt? I’ve been looking for that for weeks.”
And that is how the rest of the crew finds out that Jim and Bones are dating and how Bones finds out Jim hordes his tee shirts. It’s also how they find out that the doctor has intense taste in music, but that’s not really what they focus on.
On the rare occasion that Jim gets to nap in the middle of the day he will bundle up on his couch with a huge fluffy blanket and a couple of pillows. On the ever rarer occasion that he can do this when Bones is around, Jim uses Bones as his pillow. They’re still on the couch, Jim between Bones’ legs, his back to Bones’ chest. After a few minutes Jim starts to doze off, the feel of Bones’ solid chest lulling him into a soft kind of comfort that only comes with warm naps in the middle of the day. Bones will have an arm draped over Jim’s chest while he watches the movie, careful not to wake Jim up with any unnecessary jostling.
At the academy Bones and Jim would study together petty regularly. Bones was good about calling it a night, but Jim would try and keep reading until he was practically nose first in the binding because he couldn’t keep his head up. Bones would then try and maneuver a half asleep Jim to bed. It’s why Jim ended up in Bones’ bed for the first time.
#quick #sass him #quick get your grump on #quick make sure no one sees #the hours and hours that you spent not sleeping #quick cover up the fact #that you’re running on coffee and stupid mad hope #that maybe you can have him back #that maybe you were right all along #backing him in every fight #that maybe even against death he can win #quick don’t let anyone get through the causticism #and realize that you care #god you care so much it hurts #so much you can’t even breathe #when he’s lying there not breathing #pull your facade back up around your ears #and let him open his eyes to normality #don’t make him see the raw side of you #be unchanged even though everything has changed #because you are grumpy and sassy and caustic and you are whatever he needs #god help you (tags via gotnothinleft)
Dad Dancing, ft. Uncle Jimmy The Betrayor
Joanna just wanted to come to Take Your Kid To Space Day. Maybe see some lab equipment. Sit in the Chair. Meet a Vulcan. Instead, she is related to Bones, who is An Embarrassment.
now that merwin post has passed, have more mckirk. aher.
Leonard doesn’t cry
He doesn’t cry when he’s angry or worried. Not a tear is shed when he’s hurt or happy.
Tears are not something people see on Leonard’s face, because he has learned not to show them. To be the rock that everyone (even the captain) needs when things are going to shit.
That’s why when Jim walks into his office one day to find him hunched over, hands covering his eyes and shoulders shaking, he knows something is wrong.
Leonard doesn’t cry, not even in front of him.
He doesn’t try to touch Leonard’s shoulder (no matter how much he wants to), and he makes sure to keep his distance. Leonard hates feeling crowded.
“Bones?” His voice is soft, and Leonard finally starts to move. At first he’s just moving his arms frantically, probably wiping away the tears so Jim won’t see them, but then he’s turning around.
And what Jim see’s floors him.
He was expecting Anger, worry,annoyance. Those emotions Leonard always showed. The emotions he practically lived off of.
But what he saw instead was joy. A rare smile that he only saw in private, sweet and calming. A smile that could not be stopped,no matter what.
“Jim!” Bones jolts to his feet, and in three long steps he’s in front of the captain “I have the perfect plan!”
Jim arches an eyebrow “plan?” His heart pounded inside of his chest. Bones didn’t make plans, he shot them down. He picked plans apart and ripped them to shreds until there was nothing left.
“I want to take you to Iowa” Leonard smiled “and we’re going to go see your mom”
“You…we…” Jim searches for an escape. Leonard has never met his mom, he has never even shown an interest in it. Heck, last time jim mentioned it Leonard had gone white as a ghost and mumbled something about ‘age difference’
Now he wants to meet her
“Ya. Then we can go to Georgia. Joanna will want to hear in person from us and I can go visit mom and dad. They haven’t met you before and I know they never know…but they’d still want me to tell them”
Jim shakes his head “bones, what are you going on about?” He inquires “why are we going to visit people? What are we telling Joanna?”
Leonard pauses for a moment, and Jim is surprised when that smile grows impossibly wider “what are we going to tell them? That’s simple. We’re going to tell them that I found this ridiculous, adorable reckless shit of a soul mate and I’m going to marry him”
Jim’s pretty sure he fainted. It’s the only way to explain why he suddenly finds himself in medical. That, or he’s dreaming.
Either way, standing above him is the cutest southern doctor with his regular frown etched across his face and worry lines on his forehead.
“Good god man” Leonard breaths a sigh of relief “don’t do that to me. I thought you had gone and died on me…”
Jim smiled, weary and tired, and holds out a hand towards bones “I’m going to need a ring”
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