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Fic-Rec Tuesday!

Welp we survived another weekend here. The kids had sniffles Friday and by Saturday morning I felt like my soul had been shoved through a meat grinder 😬 I am now a functioning member of society once more but my partner is down for the count.

This weeks fan fic recommendation is Welcome to the Enterprise by IvanW.

Jim shakes Spock’s hand and accidentally bonds them. It’s got angst and chaos and reading it makes my heart sing. This is a work in progress so everyone should go and give Kudos and comments and help keep this wonderful author motivated. This story is soooo fun and Spock is just…. I want to shake the poor boy. He tries so hard and yet fails so hard.

The author has been working on this story for 4 years!!! They deserve so much love and I really hope you all agree 🖖

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Just a little sketch

spirk fics i've read recently(ish) and loved

My Heart to Your Heart by greenforsnow @m-b-w - TOS - need a gentle fic? this is it. softness pervades every syllable of this fic!

Through the Wall by Sexy_Lil_Emo - AOS - a fic inspired by nsfw fanart. who needs plot with that?

Malfunction by Maeko - AOS - a nice, short nightcap when you need something sweet to read before bed

Impulse (or, Three Kisses) by decidedlynotheterosexual @decidedly-not-heterosexual - TOS - spock loses control but in the *sweetest* way and they talk about it like adults and this is just soothing and nice

The Proposal by TheKittyCorps @contrascene - AOS - spirk version of "the proposal." laugh out loud funny in parts (yes, hijinks included)

Heirs to the Glimmering World by gunstreet @gunstreet - SNW/TOS - sybok, michael, and sam conspire to get their brothers together!! siblings! tentative first meetings! sex!

De Profundis by Rhaegal (RhaegalKS) - TOS - tmp-era spirk. spock knows he fucked up so he's gonna woo jim

The Kiss by awarrington - TOS - there are some super dated things in this fic (it was originally written in 1994) but this is one of the best i've read dealing with jim coming to terms with his bisexuality and attraction to spock. def don't read if you can't or don't want to take it in context of its time. if you can/have the emotional bandwidth to, then it's well worth it

On the Arrow by Fic_me_senseless - AOS - post-into darkness, heavy read, so much longing, and pain, and it makes you ache in the best way

i'm also in a "watch beyond on repeat phase" so here are my favorite post-beyond fics:

The Steadfastness of Stars by itsnatalie - AOS - this fic. THIS FIC. i was only going to read one paragraph, really. i skipped work, read the whole thing, and now this is in my top five spirk fics

in my life, i love you more by spaceisgay (ChancellorGriffin) - AOS - idek how many times i've read this now. i watch beyond, i read this fic. if they never make a fourth movie, this will be my canon

And Then I Let It Go by kianspo - AOS - yorktown happens, spock goes missing, jim goes after him. this could so be canon too

on the complete opposite side of post-beyond angst is two (YES TWO, we are so blessed!) "spock makes jim coffee" fics that will both make you smile and feel warm all over:

Home in a Mug by Lizzy0305

certainty relief by itsamew @enterprise-me-capn

and (because i can never quite seem to keep these lists solely focused on spirk) one AOS mckirk fic:

retro/spect by slightlycrunchy @slightlycrunchy - best friends to lovers anyone? this is just so so so lovely!

5 people confused by the relationship between Kirk and Spock, + 1 person who understood it

5 + 1 things

outsider POV on spirk

can read as queerplatonic romance/ pre-slash / friendship / soulmates

a litte bit of adventure

they looove each other but nobody gets it

Read here > https://archiveofourown.org/works/43880656/chapters/110329519

Lmk mk I love him

Measure of Men (Series) by MonstrousRegiment

Star Trek (2009)/Incomplete/Works: 2   Words: 25,178   // One of my favorite crew fics. Because they’re  loyal and defensive and a family and I love them.

hi liz please can you give me a spirk fic rec (besides yours, obviously i’ve already read that) (something with good spock characterization would be great!!)

HELLO sorry for taking so long to get back to you. this is haaard bc so many of my favs also involve the ot3 (bones i love you) and also i wanna make a longer rec list someday but i am going to give you just a few that come to mind first so that this doesn't languish forever in my ask box. i'm not copypasting summaries notes etc like i would for a Proper Rec List so please READ THEM read the warnings everybody always read warnings. mix of aos/tos since u didn't specify and since you read mine i'm assuming you don't mind either <3 and in no particular order. ok here we go <3

Bare Your Faces of the Veil by flippyspoon - TOS - spock gets split into human and vulcan halves and he is really dead forever (until he isnt). this one actually got me misting up, it was awful, and it's more kirk-centric, but it's really good

anchor by Sir_Bedevere - TOS - post plato's stepchildren coda. it's again mostly kirk but also very quiet and a really good comedown from All Of That

The Black Knight and the Moon by Waid - AOS - pon farr fic will absolutely fuck you up. double read the warnings on this one bc it's not just sad it's EXTREMELY upsetting, intentionally extremely upsetting, but it's probably the best characterized AOS spirk fic and most realistic thought experiment i've ever read

Grief as a four-dimensional figure by Moreta1848 - mostly AOS with some TVH elements - everyone goes back in time to try and save vulcan. GREAT spock stuff in this one. i bonus rec most of this author's stuff actually (they have an au of earth being hit instead of vulcan in aos and tos intersex spock) - a lot of it is verrry long but i read as they update so the little pieces are fine.

Cosmic Fuck series by Gayle F - 1 2 3 4 - TOS - this is just straight smut, but it's VINTAGE smut, and also first fic to feature the famous vulcan double ridges. the last one is the first ever kirk/spock/bones (sorry i know you said spirk) so it's just full of historical relevance. sometimes the smut gets a little weird (the first fic is technically a dubcon situation because of pon farr and in the last fic they get off on a tangent about toe-sucking) and since it's not tagged you do have to go in a little blind. i've only read the middle two once and don't remember them well (so i can't help you out with warnings) but i reread the last one alllll the time. it's a really refreshing writing voice and feels so different from fanfic today wrt to how it talks about sexuality. the final fic (SORRY AGAIN) stands well on its own and is actually my fav TOS fic of all time <3

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Star Trek, Star Trek: Alternate Original Series (Movies) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Spock/Nyota Uhura, Pavel Chekov & James T. Kirk & Leonard “Bones” McCoy & Spock & Hikaru Sulu & Nyota Uhura, James T. Kirk & Spock, Leonard “Bones” McCoy & Spock, James T. Kirk & Leonard “Bones” McCoy, Crew of the Starship Enterprise & James T. Kirk Characters: Spock (Star Trek), James T. Kirk, Nyota Uhura, Leonard “Bones” McCoy, Hikaru Sulu, Pavel Chekov, Christine Chapel, Gaila (Star Trek) Additional Tags: Jewish Character, Jewish James T. Kirk, Jewish Spock (Star Trek), anti-semitism (mentioned and past), illogical fears, Allusions to Tarsus IV, as in you know why he’s like this but no one else does, Slice of Life, starships are full of gossip, that is an actual plot point, possible mckirk preslash Series: Part 1 of VaYehi Summary:

Every starship Captain has their quirks. This is less about Kirks, and more about what lies at the heart of it.

In which Jim has his secrets, McCoy is overprotective, the crew learns something new, and Spock is curious. Of course he is.

hi, fic to do with merlin self harming ? ?

Yesss I do have quite a few. I’ll admit I haven’t got round to reading them all yet, so I’m sorry about that. I hope you like them (: *Some of them contain suicide attempts/thoughts I will give warnings to those ones*

Be My Escape

When his best friend dies, a little bit of Merlin dies with him. He’s struggling with self-harm, Hunith’s struggling with alcoholism and everything seems hopeless. Then he meets Arthur Pendragon, someone who might be able to put him back together. Except Arthur’s got problems too, and not everything is that simple. Can they make it work?

High School AU

Eating Disorders

Suicide

Bullying

Minor Character Death

*This ^^ is probably my personal favourite*

Healing

Arthur has never mentioned Merlin’s scars.

Hurt/Comfort

Angst

Turning Page

When Merlin, best loved singer/songwriter in the UK, tragically loses his parents in a car accident his life is turned upside down. Depressed and alone he’s ready to give up and leave it all behind, but then he hears a voice.

Angst

Modern Au

Depression

The Dying Type

Merlin tries to end his life for unknown reasons. Arthur swears he should have seen some sort of self-destructive signs, but what if there hadn’t been any?

Suicide Attmept

Angst

Gwen/Arthur

Merlin/Arthur

You Cannot Leave Me Behind

Merlin’s failed suicide attempt.

Suicide attempt

Before Dawn

When Arthur stops his father’s men from abusing a Druid captive, he sets into motion a chain of events that will bring him face to face with his destiny.

Canon AU

Slavery

Hurt/Comfort

Attempted Rape 

Dub-con

Short Fics:

Running Scared I Was There, I Remember It All Too Well

After Morgana kills herself, Merlin and Arthur have to go on. Merlin just doesn’t know how.

Suicide Mentions

Death Does not Embrace You

Arthur can’t hang him for sorcery if he’s dead.

I Will No Other To Follow Me Where I’m Going

The guards in the higher towers have additional training - in talking jumpers down from ledges if need be

*All Merlin/Arthur and Self Harm*