Late Night Musing

Title: Second Chances
Author: evening_bat
Pairing: Chuck/Bryce, hinted Peter/Elizabeth/Neal
Rating: PG
Word Count: ~ 430
Warnings: One naughty word?
Summary: Some things are hard to get over. Some people, you never get over.
Notes: Response to this prompt over on comment_fic.


( He’s not the only cute geek on the planet! )


An actual comment-sized comment fic! :D

Title: Positive Reinforcement
Author: evening_bat
Pairing: Kirk/McCoy
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: ~ 550
Warnings: Uh, Kirk being Kirk?
Summary: Good deeds deserve appropriate rewards.
Notes: This is entirely omphaloskepsist’s fault. ALL OF IT. She said That Line and Kirk sat right up in my head and announced that it was a great idea! Bones (and I) never had a chance. And thus, this cracky little ficbit.


( When the door to McCoy’s office swished open, he wasn’t surprised to see Jim lounging decoratively in his doorway. )

This is also part of a semi-desperate attempt to put down White Collar and Chuck long enough to get some work done on my Star Trek Big Bang attempt. (Rough drafts due in three weeks, OMG. Nowhere near done, OMG. Not even close, OMG.) Matt Bomer characters, why must you be so fascinating??

Title: Memory Set Smarting
Author: evening_bat
Pairing: none
Rating: R
Word Count: ~ 5200
Warnings: Violence and mook death.
Summary: Peter had learned never to take Neal at face value but even he was surprised at the depth of the secrets behind that conman-perfect smile.
Notes: Response to this prompt over on comment_fic. Crossover with Chuck. Goes AU sometime late in S1 of White Collar, I think. (Ahahahaha. These things are getting longer.)


( In retrospect, Peter really should have taken Neal’s obvious reluctance as the warning it was. )


...Okay, okay. So I’ll get back to working on the Star Trek BB after just a bit more White Collar/Chuck fic. This one's been in the works for weeks, the stubborn bastard. (And I’ve already picked out a new prompt for the sequel, OMG.)

Title: Friends, Old And New
Author: evening_bat
Pairing: Chuck/Bryce!Neal
Rating: PG-13ish
Word Count: ~ 2000
Warnings: Not so much.
Summary: It turned out that Neal was a surprisingly enthusiastic supporter of interagency cooperation.
Notes: Response to this prompt over on comment_fic. You know, for a little bit of harmless fluff, this was awfully hard to write.


( When Peter got to Neal’s door, he didn’t wait to be let in, he just barged ahead after a perfunctory knock. )

Title: Never Truly Prepared
Author: evening_bat
Pairing: none
Rating: G
Word Count: ~ 1700
Warnings: none
Summary: It wasn’t like Neal to turn down a meal at the Burkes’.
Notes: Response to this prompt over on comment_fic. I, uh, continue to fail at the “comment” part of comment fic.


( Things were never simple with Neal. )

Title: Allegations and Accusations
Author: evening_bat
Pairing: none
Rating: PG
Word Count: ~ 760
Warnings: none
Summary: Peter knew they'd done something. The only question was what.
Notes: Response to this prompt on comment_fic, see summary for the gist of the prompt. :)


( From the moment Peter walked into Neal’s apartment, he knew it was going to be one of those weeks. )

Title: The Wonder That’s Keeping The Stars Apart
Author: evening_bat
Pairing: Kirk/McCoy
Rating: NC-17 (omg what)
Word Count: ~ 7550
Warnings: A bit of sexytime. Some bad language. Crossover wackiness and mangled mythology.
Summary: So it turns out that Bones is way better at keeping secrets than Jim thought.
Notes: Sequel to Carry It In My Heart because I kind of hated to leave things like that. Thanks to seryan for talking me down from an OMG I can't believe I just wrote that! panic attack so that I could get to work on this thing and to omphaloskepsist for preview-audiencing and general cheeerleading. :)


( It took months for Jim to remember. )


I had fun with this one, but man, was it a bitch to write! Hope you enjoy!

Title: Rainy Day, In the Public Eye & The Fine Art of Negotiation
Author: evening_bat
Pairing: Kirk/McCoy
Warnings: Nope!
Notes: More comment fics written for picture prompts on jim_and_bones. :D


( Rainy Day )


( In The Public Eye )


( The Fine Art of Negotiation )


Have since moved onto a couple of other Star Trek fic projects & RL is currently demanding that I flail around pretending to be a Responsible Adult for the moment. Hope to get back to comment fics eventually. Great fodder for fic ideas. :D

Title: Among Us
Author: evening_bat
Pairing: Kirk/McCoy (pre-slash)
Word Count: ~ 3000
Warnings: Uh, some violence?
Summary: Everyone knew there were aliens out there. As it turned out, there were plenty of aliens down here, too.
Notes: So very AU. Morphed into something approaching an MIB / Trek mashup. I don’t even know how that happened. Hopefully better than it sounds? :D

Inspired by these pictures of Chris Pine & Karl Urban (brandishing two guns & besuited and pointing a gun, respectively) on jim_and_bones because I have this thing for guys with guns, apparently. (Comm is f-locked, join to see the pretty.) I actually did not get to the part with guns because the idea I started with sort of blew up into a massive AU, of which this story would only be the start. If the rest ever got written.


( The scream interrupted a promising development in Jim's evening. )


What better way to spend one of my last vacation days than writing like a mad thing, seized with shiny new AU ideas? :D (There may be more visits to this 'verse in the future. There's definitely more story to tell, assuming I can wrangle it into a coherent whole.)

Okay, so I resisted for over two years but the Star Trek reboot movie finally got to me. And poking around for fic introduced me to jim_and_bones, which is a wonderful place dedicated to Kirk/McCoy of all ages, eras and universes. Most of the content is members-locked but if you're a fan of the characters, the actors and pretty pictures, it's worth signing up.

And apparently those pretty pictures prompt me to write! Who knew? :D I'm not sure how long this writing momentum will last but I'm going to enjoy the ride while it does. In the meantime, here's my comment fic responses for this week:


( On With The Show )


( All The Trails Lead You Home )


( Q & A )


( Incentive )


One of these days I might get around to longer attempts at writing for these two. In the meantime, I will just sit back and be shocked that I managed this much. :D