The Ghosts of San Simeon (Kirk/McCoy, PG-13)

[lindmere]

Summary: McCoy reluctantly attends Admiral Alderly's New Year's Eve party, and finds himself receiving a midnight kiss (of sorts) from an unexpected guest.

Warnings: Non-explicit sex and dark themes, including drugs, mind control, dub con, angst, and the boys not ending up together.

Author's Note: I love a spooky holiday story, and no one

Comments

[sangueuk]

I've got this lump in my throat that won't go away and bloody tears in my eyes and I already knew what was going to happen!

This was beautiful, heart-breaking and I'm going to feel haunted all day by it. Poor Bones, this line summed his state perfectly, a sob of despairing pleasure.

This is a subject that fascinates me, is it better to know and suffer or to be blissfully ignorant and find peace?

Beautiful story, my darling, beautiful! *sniffs*

[lindmere]

It wouldn't have been half as good without you, my dear beta reader! Expect to be even busier in the future as the idea of posting anything without your input terrifies me.

This is a subject that fascinates me, is it better to know and suffer or to be blissfully ignorant and find peace?

I always wondered this about the TOS episode "Requiem for Methusaleh" (the one if which Kirk falls in a heartbeat, yet again, for a beautiful woman, only to lose her, and Spock uses the Vulcan mind whammy to make him forget). I always thought it showed Spock didn't understand humans very well--I think most people (especially romantics like McCoy) would prefer to know that they had had a great love in life). At the very least, I think it should be one's choice.

Thank you again so much for your help and for the glorious venue that is space_wrapped!

[blcwriter]

Ouchy-- ouchy-- ouchy.

Creepy, too.

Well done.

[lindmere]

Thank you so much--your comments always mean a great deal to me. (That foggy K/M icon is strangely appropriate.)

[abigail89]

Oh, wow. Poor Bones! And for him to realize what was happening--heartbreaking. Creepy. Oh, Jim.

Well done!

Thanks so much for participating.

[lindmere]

Thank you so much for your comment! Now that my deadline is behind me I look forward to reading your story.

[royal_chandler]

Ooh, I've never read anything like this before. You did a wonderful job. This was hauntingly beautiful ♥

I loved this.

[lindmere]

Thank you! If you've never read E.T.A Hoffman, he's the "Nutcracker and the Mouse King" author, and he's more than a little weird (who imagines mouse battles on Christmas Eve). I personally like a little bit of spooky in the holidays--it reminds of being a child and how strange and magical it was to be able to stay up late into the night.

[royal_chandler]

I really liked this feel of your story so I will most definitely look into wherever you found your inspiration. Thank you!

[ennyousai]

Oh this is made of awesome. I love creepy stories like this, and it was just fantastic.

[lindmere]

I'm so glad that you do! I feel a bit like the Grinch, as everyone else's stories are so heartwarning.

And your icon is made of hott.