#Vulcan whump

[torturing-characters-101]

hi hello it’s me again lol

this time around i want to ask about this: in movies, sometimes a character would be knocked unconscious by getting a part of their neck pinched. what part is it? the carotid artery or some nerve? im asking because something like that happens in my wip and i wanted it to be more accurate

Unfortunately, the Vulcan Nerve Pinch is not a real thing.

It was made up by Leonard Nimoy in 1968 because Spock needed a better way of knocking Kirk out than hitting him over the head with a phaser (one might ask, if he had the phaser, could he not just...). It was then repeated in a lot of other media because it was cool.

Anyway, the closest IRL thing to the VNP is to hit someone really hard in the carotid sinus. This is the spot where the carotid artery splits into two. It contains receptors called baroreceptors, which monitor blood pressure. Hitting baroreceptors really hard in some people will falsely make the body believe that blood pressure is too high and drastically lower blood pressure momentarily, causing dizziness or unconsciousness. This will not last very long (like, in the realm of seconds).

Here's a pic if you want one:

[spocksmagicfingers]

Spirk shippers ahoy!

You're probably already aware of this book, but HOLY SHIT, have you actually read 'The Price of the Phoenix' by Sondra Marshak and Myrna Culbreath???

Rambling review with passages included below (mild spoilers)

I heard this was gay but I really had no idea. This is GAAAAYYYY. A big Strong man has kidnapped and cloned Kirk to use/sell as a punching bag/sex slave and Spock must rescue him with the help of the Romulan Commander from 3x02.

I really love the way the Romulan Commander was portrayed, let me say. She deserved to get to kick some ass after being screwed over in The Enterprise Incident. She gave Kirk and Spock so much grace in this book while maintaining her authority and I loved it!

Now, on to the good stuff:

If you like erotic mind melds, whump, hurt/comfort, and Kirk in skimpy outfits, this book is for you. It's very romantic and almost overtly sexual.

It was suspenseful and enthralling.

At times the writing style could leave something to be desired, but mostly in differentiating between the POV of original Kirk and clone Kirk in one particular fight scene. It gets easier when clone Kirk starts being referred to as James.

Here are some of my favorite passages:

Here, Jim Kirk's body has just been recovered (seemingly)

Oh god my heart

Yes. Kiss him awake, Spock

Spock is Heaven to Jim. Canon.

THIS WHOLE SEXY ASS MIND MELD (during which, Jim is completely naked btw)

Spock is the best man in the Galaxy to Jim

Kirk on his knees for Spock

Jim flirting with Spock psychically and picturing him in a sexy outfit (also calling him his Vulcan)

Eyes only for each other

In conclusion: Get thee to a used bookstore and find a copy.

You can find most Star Trek books on thriftbooks.com

[strangenewwords]

For the WIP Ask Game would you mind sharing something about Emotionally Compromised?

Titled on said line. This was a McCoy whump that thanks to SOMEONE @ncc1701ohno has become an entire universe.

But basically, it follows the first movie, except instead of being with Uhura, Spock's with Bones. And things get a little pon-farry when Vulcan gets blown up. And Bones isn't always the best adult. And Spock doesn't know how to communicate. And Jim doesn't know how to give up.

We named the 'verse the Three Body Problem, which is just insanely apt for a thousand reasons.

[maybeitsalivescribbles]

Oh oh!!!!! Can you do prompts about "Language"!!!

Been wanting to write a language related fic for months but can't think of any cool ideas :(

Best regards,

@heroes-villains-side-blog

Ah, apologies for the delay, I’m not always online.

Anyway, let’s see what I can do:

Language

There’s yet another prophecy about doomsday, but it’s encrypted/in an ancient language. Time for Hero to ask for Renowned Linguist’s help once again, aka Villain under their secret identity.

Superhero claims that Citizen’s body language shows that they were lying during their interrogation. They’re not. They just really, really don’t want to be here.

Hero and Villain are the only two who can speak a dying dialect. Reluctantly, this brings them together.

Same idea, but they’re absolute nerds and speak Vulcan or Elvish fluently.

Hero&Sidekick (or Villain&Henchman) share a second language the other team don’t speak. It’s great to yell messages at your ally that your foes can’t understand.

Hero and Villain don’t speak the same language. They need Henchman/Sidekick to be a translator to understand each other. The translation might or might not be accurate.

Villain has captured someone who knows things, but speaks in a language they can’t understand. They use an online translator. Confusion ensues.

Villain has captured someone who knows things, but speaks in a language they can’t understand. They kidnap Sidekick to force them to be a translator. Sidekick tries to communicate with Citizen and find an escape plan together without getting caught.

Villain’s Evil lair has a great gadget able to detect any kind of human voice to detect any intrusion. Shame that Hero speaks ASL, then.

Once captured, Villain has a lot of four-letter words to say about the way the heroes treat them. Hero whumps them into watching their language.

I hope these can be useful to you! (I'll keep your other ask for later.)

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More prompts like this under this tag.

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[aspiringnexu]

I'm pretty sure the AOS timeline was just an excuse to heap more whump on Spirk to egg on the hurt/comfort writers.

I mean Jim loses his dad the minute he was born and as a result his mother will forever see his father when she looks at him and his own birthday will be subsumed by the day his father was killed. And then his mother remarries and Jim's stepfather is an alcoholic piece of shit who drives Sam away, causing the good little boy called Jim to finally snap and spiral into bad habits and bad attitudes made even worse because his mother decides to send him to Tarsus IV and Jim has to deal with a genocide and starvation before being carted back 'home' and only joining Starfleet because Pike dares him to.

Then you have Spock who is tormented relentlessly by his peers for not conforming to Vulcan standards, whose father desperately wants his son to fit in and be normal but has not the slightest clue how to raise a child whose human half is crying out for some sort of physical parental affection. An affection that his Vulcan side refuses to get from his willing mother because of all the pressure to fit in. And then, after he manages to go above and beyond and gets a place at the Science Academy, his heritage is insulted yet again when the head Vulcan board member insults Spock's human mother and Spock's father refuses to defend her. So Spock leaves everything he's built his life towards and instead turns to Starfleet. To become the only Vulcan in the whole insitution.

Then, for kicks, they blow up Vulcan and Spock has to watch, helpless, as his mother falls to her death inches from his outstretched hand as he rematerialises on the Enterprise with the dust of his now-dead planet sticking to his face.

Its like they took Kirk and Spock, made them younger and more impressionable, and then just went to town on them with a baseball bat.

TOS Kirk and Spock have their problems, don't get me wrong, TOS Kirk had to go through Tarsus as well and TOS Spock's childhood was no picnic, but AOS decided to speedrun the trauma and dump as much as possible on these two before either of them turned 30. TOS Spock and Kirk had years of experience to draw from, AOS Kirk and Spock were thrown into a meatgrinder the minute Jim 'graduated'.

[spocksocksrock]

ok I saw the reblog of your star trek books post about someone asking for recs someday, but I’m impatient and have decided I am not gonna wait and that I will send the recs ask MYSELF dammit!!

I feel like i’ve never gotten into the books because I’m worried they will be bad, so if you have any TOS/DS9 book recs I would LOVE to hear them — I have consumed all Star Trek content made up until this point and am so so desperate for new material

thank you SOOO much for asking i love any excuse to talk about st books!!! (though it is kinda funny cause that same person talking about recs did end up messaging me already lol)

for TOS i would say the best ones are:

Killing Time by Della Van Hise — famously gay and for good reason, it’s just blatantly romantic spirk content. it’s all about how they are meant to be together in every alternate universe and that they are soulmates <3

Spock’s World by Diane Duane — bones, kirk, and spock go to vulcan because the vulcans are considering leaving the federation. really great plot and super accessible characterization for the main three!

Vulcan’s Forge by Susan Shwartz — follows two plots- young spock figuring out that he wants to join star fleet, and older spock dealing with kirk’s death and trying to move on. it’s really not as sad as it sounds and it adds so much to spock’s character imo.

id honestly also recommend the novelizations of the movies, they definitely add a lot of new content

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DS9 is harder cause i love soooo many of these but some of the best are:

Hollow Men by Una McCormack — kind of a sequel to the episode ‘in the pale moonlight’, garak and sisko go on a trip to earth to deal with dominion war stuff (and everyone else has shenanigans on the station)

The 34th Rule by Armin Shimerman — basically quark whump, him and rom are sort of kicked off the station and go to a prison camp and the rest of the characters have conflicting feelings about this (it’s a bit overdramatic at times but i love quark-centric stories so 🤷)

Fallen Heroes by Dafydd ab Hugh — this one is pretty crazy, quark and odo suddenly travel 3 days into the future and find the entire station is dead, like Everyone died, and they have to figure out what happened and fix it (i love quodo and there’s a scene where quark vacuums odo up, need i say more)

Saratoga by Michael jan Friedman — sisko is meeting with the other survivors from the ship jennifer died on. there’s sabotage, intrigue, betrayal and such and then the b plot is that odo has to pretend to be quark. so basically an average ds9 episode lol

there are definitely a lot more good ones but it depends on what characters you like and what kinds of stories you’re looking for ya know? please please message me if you want to talk ab it more!!!!

[marlinspirkhall]

Told myself i wouldn't post another WIP ever again but: chapter one is up and most of chapter 2 is drafted, so what could possibly go wrong?

Summary: Kirk is injured in a transporter accident upon returning from a diplomatic mission.

Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Whump, Disjointed narrative, Disassociation, non-linear storytelling, Vulcan Mind Melds (Star Trek), Amnesia, Pre-Movie: Star Trek I: The Motion Picture (1979)

Bones watches him with red eyes. When he speaks, his voice is a croak. “How much do you remember?”

“Nothing,” he lies. “Only the planet.”

[smhalltheurlsaretaken]

I love AOS Star Trek and therefore I hate AOS Star Trek. The destruction of a whole ass planet as a plot device is my least favorite trope. Thank you for giving us good dad Sarek and some respect for Spock's Vulcan identity, now can we see more of that please? The loss of Vulcan wasn't enough rage fuel for Spock, we had to fridge Amanda too? Why didn't all the surviving Vulcans immediately collapse from the psychic damage? Feeling a few hundred Vulcans die from far away was enough to have Spock in pain in TOS, how are they even functional? Benedict wasn't a bad villain but why oh why is he Khan. The tie-in comics make it worse don't @ me. Can we see the CATASTROPHIC repercussions the destruction of Vulcan obviously has had on the Federation? They were founding members! You're telling me it didn't spark a gigantic war against Romulus? Can we stop equating Starfleet with the Federation? Why is Admiral Marcus trying to have a war against the Klingons like they're the threat when by all accounts EVERYBODY should still be crapping their pants about the Romulans? What is Spock Prime doing about that, considering he's the one who was building bridges with them in his own reality? Why is it implied that there's only those 10 000 Vulcan survivors left around when by all account there should be millions of them (everybody who was off planet at the time + the Vulcans who didn't live on the planet). Could we see New Vulcan? Spock Prime's vow of not altering things is the biggest plot contrivance bs ever - he already gave them transwarp beaming and the timeline was already irreparably fricked up before he showed up. Why not warn them about say, Sybok, the Borg, all the weird galactic threats, or needing to go get some whales from the past? That might come up! Khan's blood can RESURRECT PEOPLE. Spock/Uhura is objectively delightful, now can we stop with the snogging and have some proper Vulcan finger kisses? Hey, how about we see like one Andorian and one Tellarite instead of random alien designs thrown into a blender and splaterred on background characters? Why do Klingons and Qo'noS look like That. There are approximately 194 different methods of time travel in Star Trek with wildly inconsistent consequences - sometimes it creates a new timeline, and sometimes it's a loop and sometimes it rewrites your own reality. Are you telling me trying ANY ONE OF THEM to save Vulcan wasn't an option? The slingshot one lets you rewind your own timeline without branching out! DO THAT! ANYTHING! OVER SIX BILLION PEOPLE DIED!

Anyway it's so sweet that Spock gave Nyota his mom's necklace and also can you believe how cool his fight with Khan is? Spock Prime is awesome, I love him so much. Still can't believe a third of Beyond was a whump fanfic/buddy comedy with Spock and McCoy!

[frankiefrankiefrankies]

It is here! I have been so excited for this story, let me tell you.

Come for the forbidden teenage lesbian romance between a Vulcan and a Romulan. Stay for the eventual whump.

[homerforsure]

I absolutely LIVE for your Hockey AU so Kidnapped Hockey Buck fic please! 🙏

Thank you! Hockey Buck is, uh, going through it a bit in this fic. It's probably going to end up being the most physical whump that I've done to date.

The shot seems to take forever to land. Pucks ring off the posts beside him and ricochet off into the room. With each miss, the man only grows more furious, his grunts of effort echoing through the space as he launches shot after shot in Buck’s direction. When it finally collides with his left hip, Buck shouts, yanking hard against the bindings holding him up to try and curl in on himself, to try and protect the rest of his vulnerable body from attack. But the only movement he can manage is a pained flinch and a dropping of his chin to his chest as he fights to catch his breath. 

“Bet you wish you were done,” the man says, breathing heavily. Buck thinks he’s somewhere on the other side of the room, but he can’t be sure of anything in the dark. And when the blade of a stick slides under his chin and forces his head up, his entire body trembles. 

He makes a plea that would be wordless even if his mouth wasn’t taped, full of terror and rage. A futile noise of protest that goes unheeded. 

“You weren’t though, were you? Couldn’t leave well enough the fuck alone. Had to come in as the big hero. You wouldn’t even pass when your teammate had a wide open shot.” 

He hits play again and Glenn and Hayley are back, giddiness in their voices as they count down the remaining minutes of the third period. 

Martin: The Stars starting to get desperate now. At one point leading this game 6-1, now tied. Fighting for every inch of ice they can get as the Kings refuse to take their foot off the gas. They do get a shot on Hen Wilson, one of just four they’ve had here in the third. 

Marcinko: There goes Buckley!

Martin: Eddie Diaz with a tremendous breakout pass and Buckley’s away! He’s got Panikkar with him on the wing. Gosh, that kid can fly. It’s a two on one. Panikkar’s got space on the far side. 

Marcinko: Buckley can’t find an angle for a shot. Smith doing everything he can to stay in his way, but the passing lane is wide open. 

Martin: Buckley looks to Panikkar. Oh he fakes the pass and Smith falls for it! Buckley shoots! He scores! 7-6 Kings! 

The sound cuts off as abruptly as it started and all Buck can hear is his own panicked breath. He roars, wrapping his fingers around the stick that he’s bound to, thrashing wildly like he might be able to snap it in two. But the angles are all wrong. He has no leverage. All he does is bounce the stick off the back of his neck while his shoulders scream at the movement. 

“What was that one? High glove side?” Another puck clatters on the cement floor. “Such a selfish fucking asshole. Couldn’t be happy with overtime. Couldn’t let the kid take one fucking shot.”

It was the play. Ravi knew that. They were always supposed to make the opening look too tempting to pass up and trick the defender into going for it. Take the shot while the goalie was screened. 

Not that it matters. Buck would give anything now to go back and make the pass. Go back and change it all. 

This time the puck explodes off the stick with ferocious accuracy. Buck hears it at the same time he feels the vulcanized rubber slam into his collarbone, cracking it in two with all the sharpness of a blade. And he screams. 

Spending my birthday/vacation week writing snippets for my WIPs. List here if you want one

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Destiny Muses

Finally getting around to making this. 😅 I'm new to RP so I apologize if information is incomplete or missing! 🙏

Please note that not all of my OCs are muses! I am willing to bounce ideas/interactions back and forth if you ask nicely, but some OCs (e.g. Duane) are mostly for close friends. ☺️

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Main Muse 📝

RZ-3 (RZR 0709-4): a Golden Age AI inhabiting an experimental Exo frame. died, came back as a Guardian and is making it everyone's problem. black cat hardware on orange cat software. "I'm gonna defeat you with the power of friendship and this gun I found." his Ghost's name is Ori.

rezzed during the City Age (D1)

Fun Facts:

"Young Wolf" is a sobriquet given by Lord Saladin, who believes "RZ" (aka "AI" in Chinese) isn't a proper name

has over half a dozen scientific instruments including a Renewable Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (RRTG) and Advanced Survey Spectrograph (ASYST)

his teeth are retractable

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Other Muses 📚

Avraam Rigel: former Corsair, current Warlock, and one of the original 891 Awoken. knew RZ-3 while aboard the Yang Liwei and was the one who downloaded RZ into his current Exo frame, though currently regretting it since RZ can now steal his food. his Ghost's name is Sulu.

rezzed during Lightfall / Second Collapse (D2)

Fun Facts:

spent his life as a fighter (security officer → Corsair → Warlock) but actually has a PhD in astrogeology

focuses his Ascendant magic through Terran ametrine rather than Awoken amethyst or Techeun instruments

his favorite snack is cranberry-lemon bars

Liu Bai [劉白]: a member of the Cryptarchy and one of Ikora's most skilled Hidden agents. an expert with blades (most commonly duǎn jiàn) but prefers to fight without weapons. currently partnered with Duane-B312, both romantically and as part of Fireteam Nike. his Ghost's name is River Song.

rezzed during the Dark Age (D1)

Fun Facts:

speaks a dozen languages with varying fluency and can play the sānxián [lute] and gǔzhēng [zither]

often wears a mask or obscures his face with Light during missions, which allows him to blend in more easily in urban environments

was once a "Warlord" alongside 2 other Lightbearers, Usad and Calaena; in reality, they were protecting a large orda but were mistaken for Warlords and killed

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Mun is an adult (25+).

I'm currently not accepting any romantic, fwb, or nsfw RP. I'm also not accepting extreme gore or horror (a little is okay, as Destiny already has these themes [re: Clovis Bray]).

I'm currently not accepting any fantasy AUs (eg DnDestiny) or crossovers besides Halo*. If Halo, I would prefer the main events to take place in the Destiny timeline. For example, Duane-B312 is my version of Noble Six, but his story starts during The Dark Below.

*I can accept crossover characters but not the setting itself. So no gallivanting across Coruscant, Vulcan, or the Citadel, sorry. I might allow a trip in the TARDIS if you're particularly convincing.

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[trekkie-lkm-archive]

Info: So I was watching the movie and I was just like, 'Gee, Kirk's sure getting knocked around a lot, I wonder how he's still standing?' BECAUSE I MEAN JUST- Let's list what I remember.

1) Was whammied by McCoy and his medical voodoo. 2) Was further whammied by really goddamn severe allergic reactions to said voodoo (even if it was hilarious at the time.) 3) SKYDIVING FUN TIEMZ and fighting on the Giant Drill of Death. 4) Vulcan nerve pinch, osnaps. 5) Was deserted on a fucking freezing planet, chased by a bigass Cloverfield monster, rolled down a huge snowbank and ran for his life across cracking ice. 6) Unexpected mind rape meld. 7) Had the crap beaten out of him and was choked half to death by Spock. 8) Had the crap beaten out of him by Romulans who (they're related to Vulcans, right?) are probably x100 times as strong as humans. Strangled again. 9) From what I can guess, little to no sleep for anywhere from 24 to 72 hours. 10) HE WAS RUNNING A WHOLE LOT, I mean the man must have been goddamn exhausted. 11) Mental stress from A) the destruction of a whole fucking planet, B) the loss of almost the entirety Starfleet Academy cadets (probably including the green chick he'd been 'friendly' with), C) memories he might have picked up from Spock Prime about the life he never lived and might never have, plus the severe the emotional backlash from the meld and D) ALL OF THAT GODDAMN STRESS. Srsly.

So what I would like is a post-movie fic where Kirk, after the adrenaline wears off (this can be immediately after they escape the pull of the anomaly or hours or even a day later, I don't care) completely crashing. Like, having a conversation one minute and falling flat on your face the next type crashing. Because really, the human body isn't made to withstand a beating like that without requiring some recuperation time.

McCoy/Kirk, Spock/Kirk, Spock/Kick/McCoy or Spock/Kirk/Uhura is preferred. Hurt/comfort is a must. Bonus points if there's concerned!Uhura finally demonstrating even the slightest sliver of respect for Kirk after everything he did. Even more bonus points for concerned!McCoy snark. :D

I don't know it's appropriate for a kink meme, but I'd really rather the focus be on the hurt/comfort and characters than the on sex, if there's any sex at all. I leave that up to the author.

...hopefully that wasn't too specific. BUT I WILL LOVE YOU FOREVER SRSLY. I don't know why Kirk whump is so addictive. He just bruises so pretty, IDEK. (thread)

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[ichayalovesyou]

Hey 💙🖖🏻

I just found you today, and absolutely love your writing, I think I just binge read your Pike fics today 🤭🔥

I also saw that you're taking requests... I might have an idea for you...

Captain Pike going apeshit because you got captured by bad people? Nothing specific, I leave it up to you... Any relationship, platonic, love etc... Getting hurt badly or not... Anything and everything is up to you 😉

(if you don't like the idea, I understand that too💙💕)

Aw geez thanks 😅 I got the warm fuzzies watching you barrel through my fics the other day! I appreciate it! ALSO are you kiddin’?! That sounds delicious! This is one of my all time fav tropes, I got you covered pal-o!

Revenging Angel (Pike x Reader)

Rating: Teen and up (Violence)

Word Count: 1.1k

Content: SFW, angst, hurt/comfort, whump, GN!Reader, Medical!Reader, established relationship (romantic), Protective!Pike, torture by neglect, stabbing, blood, spoilers for SNW 1x07 “The Serene Squall”

Teaser: You're a medical officer aboard the Enterprise whom Captain Angel has kidnapped in order to treat their wounded lover, and as revenge on Pike for causing a mutiny on the Squall. Hopefully he can save you before it's too late!

“Since your Boy Scout’s little mutiny sent my last medic for a zero gravity swim, you’ll have to do. If you fail to save my husband’s life. You’ll be joining her long before the Enterprise even knows you're gone.”

That was two days, and four hours ago. That’s how long you’d been confined to this butcher’s shop they called a sick bay on the Squall. No food, no water, just medieval quality surgical tools to heal this mad captain’s Vulcan lover, then being left in here to die.

They would have to tend to you eventually right? After all, you have a highly valued life in your hands, rather, you had. You lost that bargaining chip the minute you kept your Hippocratic Oath.

But you knew why Angel chose you.

It was to get to Chris, to throw the Captain off his game.

Monsters like Angel loved to manipulate people, you had heard that they’d managed to manipulate and take Mr. Spock of all people hostage the last time Enterprise encountered these pirates. They seemed to have a thing for using love as a bargaining chip.

The only thing keeping you from caving in was knowing in your bones that the Enterprise was coming for you, that Chris was coming for you. That he would come even if you were a stranger to him. It was part of who he was.

So you waited.

When you woke up again, you thought you were delirious, after all, it had been a long time since you had any water. Sounded like fighting, was that phaser fire? You prayed it was another mutiny, especially when Angel and her Vulcan squeeze burst into this poor excuse for a sick bay they’d chained you to.

Then you heard familiar voices, Noonien-Singh’s crisp English accent barking orders, and-

Oh thank god, it was Chris!

“Captain Angel! Release Doctor Y/N and Xavierus, come quietly and we can discuss the terms of your surrender.”

The Captain’s normally leveled command tone was laced with a sharp bark reserved only for when he was at his angriest. He was breathing heavily, the blood on his cheek wasn’t his own. You hoped he hadn’t been forced to do anything he would regret.

“Sorry Captain Pompadour, you only get one.”

If looks could kill, and it wasn’t about the hair jab. When you made eye contact with him, you watched Chris regain some of his composure with the confirmation you were alive, if not well.

“That’s not how this works-“

“Aw! You make it sound like I’m giving you a choice! Better end this before it gets boring.”

It happened so fast, yet it felt like slow motion, Angel whirled around with lightning speed, necklace in one hand, and blade in the other, driving it into the side of Chris’s neck.  

When you tried to scream “No!'' It was La’an’s voice that came out. She rounded the corner as Chris fell, trying to body check Angel as they vanished, transported away mid-tackle. The mysterious Vulcan followed suit.

La’an bitterly remarked about the Captain not following protocol. You barely even heard her, you were too consumed by the sound of Chris struggling to breathe. A twisted part of you was relieved that choking on his own blood meant he was still alive.

Your hands shook, wanting to stay the bleeding but knowing one wrong nudge would drive the blade into his carotid. And that would be it.

You trained for years, seen dying people beneath your hands and had spared them. But you had nothing now, no strength, no wits, and worst of all no equipment, not anything that could save him anyway. You winced at all the times you berated him…

You’d never been there when it happened, not like this, not when it was your life he was trying to save. You weren’t prepared for this.

“La’an, no time, he’s dying.” You begged hoarsely. Her eyes widened as she quickly registered the severity of the Captain’s condition.

“Kyle! Two for emergency medical transport! It’s the Captain.”

As the golden light of the transport beam engulfed you both, you heard her say

“Don’t worry, we’ll find them.”

Maybe that was reassuring for her, but not for you. The only thing that could fight the growing numbness was Chris coming out of this alive.

You didn’t fight your coworkers when they gently pulled the two of you apart. Firstly because you didn’t have the strength. Secondly because you knew you had to recover first if you wanted to help him. And last of all

You trusted your family. Chris was well-loved, nobody in this room would forgive themselves if they couldn’t pull him through. You especially.

You got a drug induced full night’s rest for the first time in what felt like months. You were given a rapid rehydration and anti-malnutrition diet to compensate for the days you spent on the Squall. But, with lucidity came anxiety.

After loudly and stubbornly fulfilling the stereotype of doctors being terrible patients. You were permitted to do some very light data pad work in sickbay, where you could keep an eye on Chris.

The better part of a day has passed. You had settled into the unfocused dullness of busywork when a sharp gasp followed by a coughing fit made you drop everything.

Chris was awake! He tried to sit up, looking disoriented and afraid, no surprise considering how much danger there’d been the last time he was conscious. You moved so fast you practically transported to his side.

“Easy Chris, just lay back down, you lost a lot of blood.”

The Captain looked puzzled but relieved, he listened to you. He took your hand, normally he was so strong, but you could sense the exhaustion in his grip.

“You alright?” he asked “How long?” his voice cracked, it was practically non-existent, the strain was breaking your heart.

“Don’t try to speak. M’Benga and Christine have been taking excellent care as usual, but, we’re both still healing. You managed to take more damage from that pirate in five seconds than I did in two days. How’s that for unlucky?”

He glanced at you, half amused, half exasperated.

“Alright alright, you’ve been out for a little less than 24 hours, and you’ll be out of sick bay in a couple days IF you behave yourself. And since I’m confined to light labor only until I’m back in good condition…”

You circled the biobed, not letting go of his hand, and kissed him on the forehead.

“I’ll be sticking around doing absolutely nothing else, just to ensure you do.”

He laughed weakly, your hands broke away as you sat right next to him in sick bay. You had every intention of getting back to work, but you couldn’t take your attention off of him. So eventually you just gave up.

It was time to enjoy the quiet, no words, just the comfort of the mutual knowledge that both of you were breathing. Pirates, and paperwork, could wait forever for all you cared.

[neila777]

Just Leave a Comment Fest 2023 Total + Recs!

I made a total of 50 comments during this fest! It was so much fun to be able to spread some love, and even better, I got (as of writing this) 9 replies from authors!

To further share the love I thought I'd carry on the theme of the last day with some recs chosen from the fics I commented on (with some superlatives because that's fun) :

The oldest fics I commented on:

Objective Data by walkandtalk, Fandom: Star Trek

Reading Spirk always makes me feel connected to the roots of fandom community. In this fic Spock's taking care of a young Vulcan who gathers up all the data and decides he and Kirk should be together

The Hard Way by fayedartmouth, Fandom: Guardians of the Galaxy

This is the only Guardians of the Galaxy fic I have bookmarked, and it's because this author just GETS IT. You want some amazing team banter, team feels/found family vibes, and a bit of whump? Here ya go

Fics with tropes I love and will eat up every time:

it's such a mystery (the way you know me) by fleeceframe, Fandom: Supernatural

Temporary Amnesia Destiel. Need I say more? (the writing of Castiel in this fic is so perfect, and no spoilers but what he does after getting his memories back GENUINELY broke my heart but also healed it in the best way)

Brother, Inturrupted by taizi, Fandom: TMNT

Temporary Amnesia Mikey. Need I say more? (This author portrays the fear and confusion this trope lends itself to mixed with that deep instinctual, loving trust between the brothers so WELLLL)

A Waking Nightmare by KydrogenDragon, Fandom: The Sandman (TV)

After a long absence, a character thinks another character is a hallucination. The absolute ANGST in this bad boy! This fic's currently unfinished but it's a great fic and I run to read anytime it's updated

Old favorites I couldn't BELIEVE I never commented on:

Five Vials of Blood by MythAnd, Fandom: Sherlock

Sherlock doesn't realize he and John have started dating. So so good, and I just love love love the way this author writes Sherlock's thought process.

Something Else by HotMolasses, Fandom: Hannibal

Post-finale Cuba fic where they talk about Mizumono. Hannibal POV is so so good and the dialogue works so well!

Paradox and the Mathematical Principle of Sharing a Room by Onion_Path, Fandom: BTS

This is what I LOVE about fandom. Heck yeah lets take a mathematical paradox and shove some of our favorite guys into it. Why not?

Newer fics!

can we always be this close by buggapooh, Fandom: Gran Turismo (2023)

I watched this movie one random thursday and became slightly (completely) obsessed, and this author just gets it. Jann/Jack

you're the sun, you've never seen the night by London_The_Loser, Fandom: Saltburn

same thing as the last one but for saltburn. I wish there were more fics about Farleigh, but this one's so amazing. The way this author portrays the way Farleigh feels about the events of the movie? wow wow wow

[mindfogger]

mind's 2022 reading round up recs... pt. 1

featuring bad coping skills and over 1000 hours of reading

January: 1,979,541 words read, 132 hours

Most Memorable Read: 

With A Conquering Air by Inexplicfics

Featuring Geralt/Jaskier.

Slow burn romance with a political twist. The whole series is a treat!

Honorable Mentions: 

Pizza And A Movie (Suits, Harvey/Mike, Different First Meeting AU) by Closer

Boiling Point (MCYT, Dark SBI, Sickfic) by SilverWing15

February: 997,938 words read, 67 hours

Most Memorable Fic:

Butterfly Reign by SilentTeyz

Featuring SBI & DSMP Character

Dark and unhealthy family dynamics with a royal flavor. Literally had me up till 4 a.m. crying.

Honorable Mentions:

history has its eyes on you (Naruto, Gen, Reincarnation & Whump) by tasalmalin

you wait and you wonder who’ll take on your odds (Queen’s Gambit, Beth/Benny, Marriage of Convenience AU) by paperclipbitch

March: 1,485,471 words read, 99 hours

Most Memorable Read: 

how fast the evening passes by meridies

Featuring SBI and college dropout Tommy

This just holds a special place in my heart. The family dynamics hit really well and I felt like it was portrayed really realistically and lowkey relatable for me.

Honorable Mentions:

By Wire Wood And Stake (Emerald Duo, Fantasy & Hurt/Comfort) by SilverWing15

from ice to water series [blanket me in snow specifically] (MCYT, Gen, Figure Skating/Olympics AU) by Drhair76 and Plantform

April: 1,770,795 words read, 118 hours

Most Memorable Read:

I’m A Healer, But… by yellowleader

Featuring Dark SBI and baby badass Tommy

I think I’ve read this about 3 or 4 more times since I first read it back in April. The way that Tommy and SBI interact in this and the fact that they have actual animosity and fights between them makes it really good. The twist also hits so good on re-reads.

Honorable Mentions:

By Your Ancient Names (Featuring God!Technoblade and Religious Themes) by Charnel

sleep deprived (SBI, Zombie Apocalypse AU) by micah_is_haunting

May: 1,250,854 words read, 83 hours

Most Memorable Read:

devoted by loosingletters

Star Wars Canon AU with Obikin featuring Religious Themes

I really loved the world building and the angst in this… It all worked together so well. Warning for temp. character death though

Honorable Mentions:

come to the jedi temple in the next ten minutes if you want an asskicking (Star War, Obikin, Canon Divergence) by destiny919

Complication With Optimistic Outcome (The Social Network, Eduardo/Mark, Time Travel) by yagyuzue

June: 1,283,408 words read, 86 hours

Most Memorable Read:

A Hell of His Making by obsidienne

Star Trek, Post-Canon AOS Kirk/Spock

I love all Vulcan culture focused fic and Spock's angst and Jim's insistence is so good in this. I also like the smart!Jim hints in this, it's so good.

Honorable Mentions:

The Bootstrap Paradox(Tenet, Neil/The Protagonist, post-canon... technically) by Vulcanodon

Sigh No More (Skyfall, James Bond/Q, Hurt/Comfort) by dhampir72

[genavere]

February Whump Prompts – 2023, DAY 16: Semi-Conscious

Content Warnings: Swearing, Crack Fic, Light Whump Fandom: Fairy Tail

Whack a Lucy

“Think we could move her?”

Move? Lucy felt a sharp ache pierce through her skull the moment she thought the word. No, that could not be. It had been when the voices around her first came through. Could they not be quiet, she groaned.

“Is she coming to?” That warm voice filled her ears and a well of annoyance overflowed inside. If Natsu was hovering over her, that meant something went wrong, and the possibility that he had been involved were high.

“I don’t think so. Probably just an unconscious reaction.” Another familiar voice shot through her head like a cold chill. Those two morons could leave her alone or at least get Wendy so she could help her head.

“This is bad, Erza is going to kill us! Why did you have to get in my way, Gray?”

“You got in my way, Flames for brains!”

“I was clearly going after the target first!”

“You wanna go at it again?”

“Will you two stop it!” Another voice, another familiar one, added to the headache that pounded in her head. “We need to get Lucy to Wendy!”

“We know, little Buddy—”

“No, you don’t! You are just fighting here and not paying attention to her. She’s pale and her head is bleeding from that rock you threw at her!”

“Oi! Who are you saying threw that rock? If Ice Princess hadn’t tossed an ice hammer and hit the Vulcan AND the rock, it wouldn’t have hit her!”

“Who had the bright idea to throw a flaming rock at a Vulcan!?”

“What? Fighting them with fists would’ve been boring.”

“You’re a moron.”

“Wanna say that again, droopy eyes?”

How she wished she had the strength to summon Virgo to drop them in a hole. They were too loud and if her head wound did not kill her, the pain splitting her head apart currently would. The fact that they were too consumed to fight with each other and buck the blame made her wish desperately that Erza would come and beat them into oblivion.

“I can’t believe you used the hammer as a bat.” She vaguely remembered seeing that. Both of them had already been bickering non-stop and had been trying to show the other up with the most ridiculous ways to take out the Vulcan pod. It had started way before the rock had been toss. For her part, her and Happy had merely stayed back as they went crazy. The last thing she had seen and heard had been the hammer slamming into the Vulcan from the side.

At least only the rock hit her and not the Vulcan, too.

“Who was the one who kicked a full tree down to land on one?”

“Should I remind you that I took out three with that move?”

“Whatever, flame breath.”

“Gray! Natsu!” Was that Erza she heard?

“Aw, crap! We’re so dead!”

“A-aye!”

It was. Finally, she just desperately wanted this agony to go away. Their arguing was too much and way too loud, and she could say nothing to either of them. Not even a finger twitched at her command.

“What happened to Lucy?!”

“Oh no! She looks bad! Carla, can you get me the bandages while I begin healing her?”

“You two, speak now. What happened here.”

“Well, you see…Natsu had this great idea to throw a rock…”

“Natsu threw a rock at Lucy?”

“Aye! Wait, no! Don’t kill me! I threw it at a Vulcan, then Stripper here decided to play ball and smacked the same one I threw the rock at with a hammer! But he did it like…a bat!”

“I had already called dibs!”

“Did not!”

“Did, too!”

Two loud clanks rung out and the same number of thuds on the ground. Neither one bothered her as bad with the energies she felt coming from Wendy’s hands. Slowly, she opened her eyes and looked up at the young dragon slayer.

“Don’t try to move,” she said softly. “You got a pretty bad wound on your head.”

Light pierced the canopy of trees and her eyes. Closing them, she let out a sigh. “They wouldn’t…stop fighting.”

“They won’t be doing that any time soon,” Erza promised. The disappointment in her tone made Lucy’s skin crawl. Would it be better to apologize now for her lack of capabilities? “When we get back to the guild, those two will be chained to each other until they learn to get along.”

Slowly, she cracked open an eye and looked at the red-head. Relief flooded through her at the soft smile that was directed at her. “How did you know?”

“The Tomcat was actually useful and told us you were injured,” Carla said, holding the roll of bandages that had been requested.

“Happy?” She glanced around for him. “Where is he?”

“I sent him with the proof of a successful mission to get our reward and to buy train tickets.” Erza came over and waited until she had been given the okay from Wendy before picking her up in her arms.

Lucy blushed furiously even as her head fell on Erza’s shoulder. “I-I can walk!”

“Better not risk it, Miss Lucy.” Wendy smiled up at her as she healed the two boys just enough so they could walk.

“That’s right,” Erza agreed. “The carelessness of your teammates caused you to be wounded, we will ensure no additional damage can come to you, or I will take full responsibly.”

“You don’t have to do that.”

“I do, and I will.” She looked over her shoulder and gave the two males of their team a narrowed look that sent them both into each other’s arms. “And if I hear anything from either of you, you can guarantee, I can guarantee neither of you will be capable of going on jobs for over a month. Do you understand?”

“Yes, ma’am!” They echoed.

Though she could not see their faces, Lucy could imagine how they looked. It gave her a sense of pride that she had managed to not be involved in this round of punishments from the red-head. It will be a good source of entertainment to watch them endure it for the foreseeable future.

Smiling, she let herself relax against the firm armor, glad that the pounding in her head had finally settled into nothing more than a faint heartbeat.

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This....was a weird ass fic for me. I usually don't write like this, but I could not for the life of me write this any other way.

Really sorry if this is not most people's cup of tea. I also really hope you can all tell who is talking.

And, if this is what it still stands for, I do believe this is my first real crack fic. Usually everything I write is serious, on point, and has a reason. There is no reason this should exist. It should probably burn in a pit somewhere, lol.

But, hopefully you all enjoyed it!

Links to AO3 | FF.net (I regret this fic so much I nearly forgot this, lol) - (Okay, I don’t regret it COMPLETELY, but it is still dumb, and I know it is)

@febuwhump