Clio's writing journal

Author: Clio
Title: Girls To Talk To
Pairing: Janice Rand/Christine Chapel, with Spock/Nyota Uhura. Also James T. Kirk/Leonard "Bones" McCoy and Gaila/Montgomery Scott
Rating: R/Mature
Summary: Four young women meet as Radcliffe freshmen in 1959.
Warning: (skip) None.

Length: 21,000 words
Notes: All graphics by my big bang parner, kymericl
A companion fic to When the Game Ends We'll Sing Again, this time about those Radcliffe ladies. References and influences at the end.
Thanks to verity, the_dala, and weepingnaiad for their help in shaping the story, and ali_wildgoose for the amazing beta job.





( For the next four years, we will let everyone see the smart girls—no, women, the smart women that we are )

Author: Clio
Title: A Beautiful Reflection
Pairing: Star Trek: Spock/Nyota Uhura
Rating: PG
Summary: An inauguration day sometime in the future, where Spock and Nyota get to play proud parents.
Length: 300 words
Notes: Written for the Versicolor Week Challenge @ tumblr and posted there a couple of weeks ago in a slightly less cleaned-up version. My first stand-alone Spock/Uhura fic, inspired by that picture of President Obama and Nichelle Nichols in the Oval Office that was floating around a few weeks ago. Title from "Zion" by Lauryn Hill.

( I am perfectly capable of operating a camera )

Author: Clio
Title: Let Me Hear Your Body Talk
Pairing: Star Trek: James T. Kirk/Leonard "Bones" McCoy
Rating: NC-17
Summary: It takes the promise of sex toys to get Leonard McCoy to go to a mall during the Christmas season, but go he does, and never let it be said that Jim Kirk isn't a man of his word.
Warning: Some talk of pushing boundaries at a future date; very mild d/s elements.
Length: 2700 words
Notes: Part of the Harvard-verse. Takes place just before Christmas, 1982, right after the mall trip in "I'm All Lit Up" (LJ | DW | AO3). Title from the song "Physical."
THANK YOU to affectingly and canis_takahari for running km_anthology and giving me the awesome prompt of "gags" which is also on my kink_bingo card. Also huge thanks to canis_takahari for her beta services and even moreso, a couple of conversations that helped me get into Jim's headspace for this story.

( I get to tell you how super you are, and you can’t tell me to shut up, or scoff, or even run away, can you? No, you have to sit there and listen to me talk about exactly what you do to me )

Author: Clio
Title: I'm All Lit Up
Pairing: Star Trek: James T. Kirk/Leonard "Bones" McCoy
Rating: PG-13
Summary: From the Harvard AU: Jim and Leonard are hosting their very first Christmas, for a middle-school David and a newly collegiate Joanna. Preparations must be made.
Length: 2500 words
Notes: Fluffy like that stuffed monkey I just bought for Toys for Tots.
Thank you, as always, to ali_wildgoose for the beta and the reassurance, and canis_takahari for the encouragement!
Check back; I'll post the soundtrack later.

( Christmas, 1982 )

Author: Clio
Title: Adventure Time Again
Pairing: James T. Kirk/Leonard "Bones" McCoy
Rating: PG
Summary: Okay, so maybe the story of how Kirk and Spock teamed up to help Chekov defect makes McCoy a little jealous. It's not a big deal. Bones knows what's what. (Except for the part where he doesn't, and Jim has to tell him.)
Length: 1900 words
Notes: A return to the Harvard AU set up by When the Game Ends, We'll Sing Again, in which Bones is a doctor and researcher, Jim was in the air force, and Scotty and Spock are both profs, and they all met as freshman roomates at Harvard, 1959. Takes place in 1978--between the third part and the epilogue.
I got irritable about writers not being responsible for what happens in their stories, and this is the result. Thanks to canis_takahari for the encouragement!

( The worst part is that Leonard knows he's being ridiculous; that knowledge just makes him even more irritable. )

Author: Clio
Title: Breakthrough
Pairing: Star Trek: James T. Kirk/Leonard "Bones" McCoy
Rating: PG
Summary: David is teething. Jim isn't sleeping. Bones comes to the rescue with Cheerios and conversation
Length: 550 words
Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created by Gene Roddenberry and owned by one of the large media companies in a complicated arrangement to which I am not a signatory. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
Notes: Part of the Hollywood 'verse established by Our Life Is Not a Movie or Maybe; takes place between the final chapter and the epilogue of that story. Prompted by weepingnaiad on a kissing meme on my journal. Fulfills the "baby—feeding" square on my schmoop_bingo card.

( Good morning, Sleeping Beauty )

Author: Clio
Title: Lucy
Pairing: Star Trek: James T. Kirk/Leonard "Bones" McCoy
Rating: PG
Summary: Jim faces a small setback in one of his classes, but he knows who to go to for comfort.
Length: 1200 words
Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created by Gene Roddenberry and owned by one of the large media companies in a complicated arrangement to which I am not a signatory. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
Notes: Written for a Flash Fic challenge on jim_and_bones for the prompt "First time Jim is vulnerable around Bones." Fills the "stuffed animal" square on my schmoop_bingo card. Expertly and swiftly beta'd by the lovely kitsune13!

( Lucy, maybe the special barbeque roast beef sandwich from the little takeout place near campus, and he'd be good as new in the morning. )

Author: Clio
Title: Out of Character
Pairing: Star Trek: Pavel Chekov/Hikaru Sulu
Rating: NC-17
Summary: Pavel Chekov has been in front of the camera since he was seven years old, and Hikaru Sulu has been looking at people through the lens of one for just as long. But the first time Pavel steps in front of Hikaru's camera, something happens that takes them both by surprise.
Length: 3900 words.
Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created by Gene Roddenberry and owned by one of the large media companies in a complicated arrangement to which I am not a signatory. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
Notes: Set in the Hollywood 'verse of Our Life is Not a Movie or Maybe, but should stand on its own. Written for the "film/photography" space on my kink_bingo square. Expertly beta'd by ali_wildgoose, to whom I owe many, many thanks.
Note that Pavel is two weeks shy of his eighteenth birthday as the story opens.

( He was intending to show just how professional he could be. )

Author: Clio
Title: Chocolate Kisses
Pairing: Star Trek: James T. Kirk/Leonard "Bones" McCoy
Rating: PG
Summary: At two, David Marcus is cute enough to get a lot of candy at the Halloween party but too young to eat much of it. Jim is more than happy to pick up the slack, despite Bones's warning. (Part of the Hollywood 'verse.)
Length: 650 words
Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created by Gene Roddenberry and owned by one of the large media companies in a complicated arrangement to which I am not a signatory. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
Notes: Fills the "experimental—chocolate" square on my kissbingo card. Originally posted in a slightly different form as comment fic on jim_and_bones at some point, though then it wasn't in the AU, where I felt it worked a little better (mostly because I've thought through how David fits in).
Many thanks as always to kitsune13 for her awesome beta work, and to the crew at jim_and_bones for their early enthusiasm!

( I'm dying, Bones. I'm dying, and you're laughing. )

Author: Clio
Title: I Think I Need a Devil to Help Me Get Things Right
Pairing: Star Trek: James T. Kirk/Leonard "Bones" McCoy
Rating: NC-17
Summary: The Enterprise is heading out on her second five-year tour, and newlywed Leonard still isn't all that fond of space. Luckily he married just the man who can help him with that problem.
Length: 4400 words
Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created by Gene Roddenberry and owned by one of the large media companies in a complicated arrangement to which I am not a signatory. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
Notes: Written for km_anthology, where my prompt was "suspension bondage." And hey, that's also a square on my kink_bingo. Imagine!
Amazingly beta'd by kitsune13, who in reaction to receiving a suspension bondage fic to edit said, and I quote, "WOOO!" Title from the Foo Fighters song "Learn to Fly." Includes references to my previous story, "Mustang Makes It Happen!" (LJ | DW | AO3 ) but all you need to know is that while they were on Earth between tours, Jim and Bones rented a replica of a 1968 Mustang and went on a car trip.

( I'm looking to the sky to save me )