Fannish fun

Spent part of my evening eating my mother's delicious potato salad and making dipped shortbread cookies. *nom nom nom*

I also finished reading a book in a series that I enjoy by Ilona Andrews (paranormal urban fantasy sort of thing with magic, vampires, shapeshifters/weres, etc) called Magic Bleeds. Most of my reading-for-enjoyment lately has been online fanfic, so my actual paper-book reading has suffered. It's nice to have read, finished, and enjoyed a "real" book. I'm thinking of reading Mansfield Park next.

My two bridge2sickbay offerings are below. This week's theme was: AU

I find AUs challenging. Not in an "I hate them and never want to do them" way, since I actually do really like reading them, but in an "Oh stars this is hard way. Practice, practice, practice, right? This will make two of my WIPs rather challenging, however, as they are AUs...

Anyways, allons-y!

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Prompt: Kirk, McCoy - AU in which Jim has a twin (Sam)
( Possibilities; McCoy, Kirk, Sam Kirk, PG-13 )

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Prompt: Pike, Kirk, McCoy - Jane Austen-ish AU
( Elegance and Expectations; McCoy, Uhura, (Pike/Kirk/McCoy), PG )

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I'm working tomorrow but then have three days off - woo!

Also, anyone up for a beta? Star Trek, Pike/McCoy, R(ish), short(ish)

So I think I'm going to have to put the finishing touches on it tomorrow because I'm exhausted and still recovering from the plague (or, you know, allergies with a side order of intense hypochondriacal drama). But yay! Creativity!

Anyone wanna act as a beta? It's a fairly lighthearted 5+1 fic with a bit of McCoy/Jocelyn and winding up with suggestion of McCoy/Spock and inspired by this kink meme prompt. I'm anticipating around 2500-3500 words, but haven't yet brandished the red pen delete key of doom yet.

Please?