Spiced Peaches: The Spock/McCoy Story
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ship_manifestoWARNING: This essay is severely over the word limit and will be posted in three parts.
Title: Spiced Peaches-The Spock/McCoy Story
Author: Tempest, with the aid of Montgomery R. Scott (Email: PlatoHomer2@aol.com)
Fandom: Star Trek: The Original Series
Pairing: Spock/McCoy
Spoilers: Anything having to do with the Original Series, the first seven movies, discussion groups, various slash stories on the subjects, and you just might not be able to look at a piece of technology the same way again.
Disclaimer: I think it’s obvious that I don’t own Star Trek, otherwise I’d be rich and living in
Dedication: With special thanks to Stef for doing the massive editing job required to turn this essay into what it is, as well as to Jazz Man for reading the essay over to let me know if it made sense outside my brain. And to Holmes, for encouraging me to find my own place in fandom, which has led to me becoming what I am. And Angel, I’ll curse you forever for making me write this, but I’m glad you did. Thank you.
Author’s Notes: Recently, ship manifestos have been written for K/S, K/Mc, and K/S/Mc, and I figured that S/Mc needs the representation and this is my life, so I might as well take it upon myself to write it.
Please forgive me the length of this essay. I know Mark Twain said, “Brevity is the soul of wit,” but I’m a hell of a lot more verbose. As a matter of fact, this is the longest thing I’ve ever written. Consider it my doctoral dissertation at TSU. If you want something brief, read other pairing essays, such as the aforementioned K/S, K/Mc, or K/S/Mc. They’re concise, they’re informative, and they’re humorous. Or, you can bear with me and read this. It’s your choice, but I do promise to try and make it worth your while.
You’ll Need this later: “On the lam” is a colloquialism meaning on the run, especially from the law. A bad pun goes “You might as well call me mint jelly, because I’m on the lam.”
Without further ado:
Spiced Peaches, the Spock/McCoy Story:
Spock/McCoy has existed for many years, usually as a rare story in a K/S zine. But the interest has always been there. When ASCEML was in its early days, online S/Mc stories were just as rare as zine stories. But with the consolidation of the fandom, and help from the Great Bird of the Galaxy, S/Mc has been nurtured into the second most prevalent TOS slash pairing.
And now for a necessary definition:
Spock/McCoyote: A person who is a fan of Spock/McCoy slash; henceforth referred to as “coyotes” for abbreviation purposes.
About the characters:
(Quoted verbatim from the Official Star Trek biographies of Mister Spock and Doctor McCoy found on http://www.startrek.com):
In this corner, in the blue trunks, hailing from the Planet Vulcan, we have Mister “The Logical One” Spock:
Spock's mother, Amanda Grayson, was a human schoolteacher from Earth and his father, Sarek, was a respected diplomat. For most of his life, Spock was torn between his emotional human side and the stern discipline of his Vulcan half until his experience with the V'Ger machine-entity in 2271 and his later death and rebirth in 2286 broadened his perspective. As of 2267 he had earned the Vulcanian Scientific Legion of Honor, had been twice decorated by Starfleet Command and held an A7 computer expert classification.
As a child, Spock had a pet sehlat, which is a cuddly Vulcan bear-like animal with claws and fangs. His older half-brother, Sybok, who was ostracized from Vulcan because he rejected the way of pure logic, was killed in 2292 after battling an alien entity at the galaxy's center that claimed to be 'God.'
At age seven, Spock was telepathically bonded with a young Vulcan girl named T'Pring. The telepathic touch would draw the two together when the time was right after both came of age: once every 7 years all Vulcan males experiences pon farr, a powerful Vulcan mating drive which demands that they mate or die. In 2267, however, T'Pring chose Stonn, a Vulcan, over Spock, and the Vulcan returned to the U.S.S. Enterprise unwed. He did eventually marry in a ceremony attended by Lt. Jean-Luc Picard.
Because the young Vulcan chose to join Starfleet, he and Sarek opened an 18-year rift over Sarek's hope his son would attend the
After the conclusion of the U.S.S. Enterprise's first five-year mission, Spock retired from Starfleet and returned to Vulcan to pursue the emotion-purging of the kohlinar discipline from the Vulcan Masters. Although he completed the training, Spock failed to achieve kohlinar because his emotions were stirred by the V'Ger entity in 2271. He then reentered Starfleet and was eventually promoted to U.S.S. Enterprise captain when that ship was assigned as a training vessel at
Spock sacrificed himself in 2285 to repair plasma conduits that allowed the U.S.S. Enterprise and its crew to escape from the detonation of the Genesis Device by Khan Noonien Singh; his radiation-wracked body was consigned to space but landed on the newly formed Genesis Planet and began regeneration. Prior to his death, Spock had mind-melded with McCoy to transfer his katra, apparently intending for his longtime friend and sparring partner to return it to Vulcan and perhaps be fully regenerated in the fal-tor-pan or refusion process, conducted for the first time in generations.
In later years, Spock's work became more diplomatic than scientific, initially remaining a part of Starfleet. In 2293, he served as Federation special envoy to the Klingon government, paving the way for the Khitomer peace accords with Chancellor Azetbur, and disappointed in that his protégé, Lt. Valeris.
In the coming decades as a civilian, in 2368, Spock secretly traveled to
Spock carried a life-long interest in art, music, literature and poetry from many worlds, especially Terran, and played both tri-dimensional chess as well as the Vulcan lute or harp and a keyboard harpsichord.
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And in the other corner, also in blue trunks, hailing from the Good ol’
Nicknamed 'Bones' by his longtime friend and commander, Captain James T. Kirk, McCoy replaced Mark Piper as chief medical officer in 2266 on the original five-year mission but clearly became the most renowned. By that first year he had already won the commendations of Legion of Honor, awards of valor, and was decorated by Starfleet Surgeons.
His temperament was sometimes argumentative, a cynic's outer crustiness masking deep caring beneath the surface. His "old South" roots led to the old-time physician manner of doctoring, with a Southern accent that was most apparent when under stress. He distrusts transporter technology and travels by shuttlecraft whenever possible.
McCoy was married once and later divorced, a relationship never discussed except for his one daughter, Joanna, who later graduated from nursing school. In the era before ship's counselors, McCoy played his role as psychologist expertly to the hilt - especially for the ship's two senior officers. As such an emotional watchdog he was not afraid to take on his captain, but it was his running battle of wits with Spock which became legendary. Spock showed his true feelings, though, as when inviting McCoy down to Vulcan for his "wedding" and in storing his katra with him before a known suicidal saving of their ship before the Genesis detonation.
McCoy contracted the always-fatal xenopolycythemia and retired from Starfleet in 2369 to spend his remaining days on the asteroid ship, Yonada, and that world's high priestess, Natira - whom he soon married. By exploring Yonada's computers, Spock found a cure for xenopolycythemia and McCoy left Natira to return to the service. Earlier, McCoy had been infected with the strange 'aging' virus that infected the Gamma Hydra IV landing party.
After the U.S.S. Enterprise's triumphant return from its five-year mission, McCoy retired from Starfleet, grew a beard and went into virtual seclusion with a rural practice, only to be forced back to duty by Kirk and Admiral Nogura when V'Ger threatened Earth in 2371. After that he continued through the years of renewed
As a retired admiral he remained active in his later years, serving at the age of 137 and shuttling aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise-D in 2364 in his role of inspecting medical facilities on new starships.
McCoy was an active practitioner well before his Starfleet days, of course. In 2253, some 12 years before he signed aboard with Kirk, he had developed a neural grafting procedure employing the creation of axonal pathways between the graft and a subject basal ganglia that was still the practice over a century later. He had also been stationed on Capella for a few months and knew the intricate customs of the Ten Tribes there.
The Relationship:
Flavius Maximus: “Are they enemies?”
Captain Kirk: “I’m not sure they’re sure.”
From Episode #43: Bread and Circuses. That exchange says it all.
The above picture has appeared all over the Internet for years without complaint from the fans over the word “beloved” because it’s simply the truth.
Spock and McCoy have an extremely peculiar relationship. They’re best known for arguing over everything, usually over which is supreme: Logic or emotion, and how both can be applied to current and prior missions. This is mostly due to the fact that Gene Roddenberry, when creating the characters, had a theory that the two of them combined, much like Yin and Yang, were whole. A person couldn’t exist without logic any more than he could exist without emotions. This is why they’re constantly filmed standing next to one another. This is why Kirk relies on both, not one of them, for his most complicated decisions. And this is why they work best as a team.
However, despite the above, the arguing reaches a much more personal level. One of the most famous arguing scenes occurs when Spock has decided that it would be better to sacrifice his life than to allow the crew of the
Spock: “Captain, I recommend you abandon the attempt. Do not risk the ship further on my behalf.”
McCoy: “Shut up, Spock! We’re rescuing you!”
Spock: (sarcastically) “Why thank you *Captain* McCoy.”
This arguing has become the cliché in stories to the point that many fans of the show, and of other slash pairings, believe them to have truly hated one another. This is an oversimplification of a very complex relationship. They’re beloved nemeses for a reason. They argue, sometimes to the point of hurt, but they always mean well and it’s often colored with affection. If one takes the time to analyze the arguing, it is either a philosophical difference, which often people can have without hating those of different philosophies (I direct your attention to any Democrat married to a Republican), or, as it appears in many episodes, the arguing is done as an attempt to change and improve the other. McCoy argues with Spock about his Vulcan philosophies to force him to analyze his own thinking processes, and to perhaps make him acknowledge his human half. Spock argues with McCoy’s emotionalism because he believes that logic is the way of life and McCoy might be better off with that philosophy as well. Also, there was discussion on ASCEML about their interaction with each other in comparison to their individual interaction with Kirk. They were both perfectly adult in dealing with him, but acted like squabbling siblings with each other.
During the arguments, McCoy often makes a reference to Spock’s Vulcan physiology, such as his green blood or his pointed ears. This has led certain factions of fandom to believe that they don’t just hate one another, but McCoy is a blatant racist and shouldn’t have been allowed to be on the ship, that he was a terrible person contrary to Star Fleet ideals.
To clear up this gray area, I’d like to take the opportunity to point out that just about every person on the show took a crack at Spock’s Vulcan appearance or physiology. Kirk makes continuous cracks about Spock being a computer, and he demonstrates in This Side of
Kirk: You’d make a splendid computer, Mister Spock.
Spock: (Eyes widening in almost delight) That is very kind of you, Captain.
It also must be noted that Spock gave as good as he got, at any point in time. He was never above explaining how Vulcan, be it societal beliefs or physiology, was superior to human. He is also known to have started the arguments, not just reciprocated, and this is always shrugged off as a necessary pride in his culture, or an attempt to engage in banter for amusement. If Spock is not racist, then neither is McCoy.
Despite the arguments, which become more and more like banter as the years continued, and often reek of sexual tension, the two are quite obviously friends. Although many in fandom believe that the only tie between the two is their mutual friendship and loyalty to Captain Kirk, this theory is false, because it doesn’t account for the obvious affection they hold for one another when one is in danger or in pain. It doesn’t take into account the time, on screen, that they spend together in the absence of Captain Kirk, and it ignores the obvious concern they have for the other’s well-being. Their banter, although simple on the surface, hides a multitude of emotions and complex ties, sometimes used to mask the true affection between the two.
Spock: (over the communicator) Spock, Captain. I trust all has gone well.
McCoy: (obviously surprised and delighted) Spock, are you alive?
Spock: An illogical question, Doctor. Since obviously you are hearing my voice.
McCoy: Well, I don’t know why I was worried. You can’t kill a computer.
Within that repartee from Episode #45: A Private Little War, a number of things become evident. McCoy’s concern for Spock, having been separated from him earlier and unable to maintain his primary care, comes through first and foremost. He publicly expresses this emotion. Spock baits him. McCoy, unable to resist the challenge, makes an offhand remark about Spock’s heritage, comparing him to a machine. Nowhere in this exchange is there hatred. Only the complex elements of a male relationship. It’s more difficult to show touchy-feely emotion from one man to another, especially in the military, when one individual is from a culture without open expression of emotion and the other grew up in what was most likely a conservative household. They found other ways to express their affection toward one another.
“Don’t tell Spock I said he was the best first officer in the Fleet.” –McCoy to Kirk in Episode #29: Operation: Annihilate!
Although this differs from most people’s take on friendship, it worked well for them. And Star Trek is based on the principle that just because something is different doesn’t mean that its existence is invalidated. So it is with their friendship.
Beyond the Edges of Friendship:
“Spock/McCoy is more like a match to damp moss: you can get it to burn, and it will burn a long time, but you have to pay attention and work at it.” –Jonk
A sexual relationship between Spock and McCoy might be one of the most complicated topics of discussion in slash. Most people cannot agree that it would happen at all. It’s an easy task for most people to imagine McCoy as a lesser being, and Spock more highly. And because of this, people in S/Mc fandom have been known to overcompensate for McCoy, and sometimes to chastise Spock unnecessarily. It gets pretty messy. There have, at times, been divisions, viewing McCoy as the better partner, the more understanding, the more in love, and it is Spock who takes on the “jerk” role, but in discussions and fiction alike, this issue seems to have resolved itself, and is no longer a concern. Fandom has found its balance.
I can easily see McCoy developing some deep feelings for Spock, but I have a very hard time imagining the reverse.” – Killasandra
This was a fairly common opinion of Spock/McCoy back in the early days of the Internet and of Alt.Startrek.Creative.Erotica.Moderated (ASCEM), the major Star Trek fan fiction list. And because of this sentiment, the subject of who’s who, who’s what, who loves the most, who’s been bad, who’s been good, who’s God and who’s not gets to be a sore spot for many, because these discussions tend to lead to flaming, arguments, and over all retract from the enjoyment of slash as a hobby or creative outlet.
The reason, I believe, most people are able to see McCoy developing feelings for Spock is because he’s generally seen to wear his heart on his sleeve. This is actually a rather shallow interpretation. Despite all his pride in human emotionalism, he tends to speak very little of his personal life. He may be the only person on the
For all their arguments, all of their surface differences, the two are quite similar. Both are men of peace in a military world. Spock is bound by Surakian philosophy and McCoy by the Hippocratic Oath. Both are men of science, who care more about research than military procedure. And since they wear very similar clothing, they could share a closet and very few people would notice.
The best description of the Spock/McCoy relationship is that of an old married couple. They argue about everything, because they’ve been around one another so long that they know everything there is to know about one another. For some, it is difficult to imagine how they first became involved, but at the same time, it is impossible to imagine them apart. This is actually a compliment, because only the most stable of relationships can achieve that level.
But despite their long exchanges, the intimacy between them comes not only in the form of words, but in the form of physical contact. Vulcans have touch telepathy. As a result, they tend to avoid touch, since it results in mental contact with which they are not comfortable. But despite this fact, the amount of casual touching between Spock and McCoy is enormous. And McCoy initiated this contact only about half of the time. Spock touches McCoy just as often, demonstrating a desire to be close to him. And when telepathy is involved, the contact becomes mental as well, and this presents some interesting interpretations in slash fiction regarding their relationship.
Canonically, McCoy has a way of attracting mental attacks the same way bright lights attract insects. It just happens. And this has led to two camps in Spock/McCoy fiction, both with extremely valid points. The two are those that think McCoy could handle a mental bond, and those who think he cannot.
It is fascinating, the way they differ yet both are completely valid from canon. Those who think McCoy is capable of a bond with Spock believe that he’s strong enough to overcome his prior mental invasions out of a desire to be fully intimate with Spock This relationship has intense intimacy of both mind and body, and achieves its highest point when the two are merged in all ways, creating almost, another plane of existence, where they can be together, free of the rest of the universe, for a few minutes, in bliss.
But those who think that McCoy just can’t, for emotional or physical reasons, enter into a bond with Spock present an extremely interesting look into the relationship. They end up written as most human pairings are, to a point. They rely more on verbal and physical communication to get points across, but the desire on Spock’s part for mental joining is never ignored. It’s simply transferred elsewhere.
Either way, it’s always an interesting look at their more personal relationship. And what’s nicer, still, about it is that either way, they have a stable relationship. And this is what Spock/McCoy slash is all about: Stability.
This might seem strange, due to the volatile nature of their arguments, but it makes sense, truly. Spock and McCoy argue to get points across. They argue in attempts to make the other see a point of view, and to perhaps change the other into what one views as a more beneficial lifestyle. But in all times, they work together, and they’re better off together than separately. And that’s the nature of a stable relationship.
S/Mc is a very complex relationship for many to grasp. And that’s because it’s an egalitarian’s wet dream. The two are equal on all fronts. Although they argue about who’s ultimately right when it comes to the nature of the universe, neither has a true desire to be superior. And this provides for an interesting setting. Although Spock outranks McCoy, McCoy doesn’t give a camel’s hump about rank and so that’s not an issue. Neither is McCoy’s authority as a doctor, since Spock makes it plain what he thinks about non-Vulcan medicine. Without these professional aspects clouding their relationship, the two are free to revel in the equality of all things.
And it happens, because despite Spock’s Vulcan heritage, and his Vulcan physiology, when he’s with McCoy, he’s able to embrace his human heritage without any shame. And the result is a freedom for both of them, the likes of which is never experienced outside of their relationship.
S/Mc isn’t about a big story-book romance, or about fulfilling destiny, or even about the leeway in a relationship between friends. It’s about what works and what doesn’t. S/Mc works. It works because they care for one another in a way they’ve never cared about anyone else before. It works because despite their arguments, they know they can depend on one another. They know that if they should fail, there will be no gloating from the other side, and no attempts to rub it in the other’s face when a mistake occurs.
It works because they have complementary minds and complementary hearts. They can find a means of setting up a future that’ll be comforting, stable, and what they desire. And this is what makes it so strong.
If their love weren’t strong, every insult, every jibe could be the one to push the other over the edge and destroy the relationship. But this never happens, because they’re comfortable enough together to know that the insults and the arguments are just on the surface. Their love is stronger than a few words.
To sum up S/Mc and why it makes sense, I need to quote what a mentor of mine told me years ago.
My husband and I on the surface didn’t look like we made sense at all. I was the intellectual type, and he was a builder. He was big and strong, with skilled hands. And I read and wore glasses. And people used to always ask us how we managed to make life work, because we were so different. Bt the thing is, we weren’t different at all. We wanted the same things in life; we just had different ways of expressing it. And that’s what makes a stable relationship. Surface differences are meaningless. It’s the goal of the heart that matters. We had over fifty years together, and if you find yourself in a situation like this, that’s when you’ll know it’s the real thing too.
How I See Their Sexuality:
No two people see sexuality the same way, much like no two people can agree about pizza toppings. Since this is my essay, I thought I should include a short section on how I, personally, view their sexualities. I know that on my views of both, I tend to differ from the more mainstream views of them each being bisexual to different degrees.
Spock: I see Spock as being specifically homosexual. However, I don’t think that he was always aware of this fact. I believe that when he was younger, and had truly come to understand the pon farr, he realized he was not only not attracted sexually to T’Pring, but realized that he was unable to respond sexually to females. With the strict rigidity of Vulcan culture, homosexuality would not have occurred to him, so he decided that he was simply an asexual being, and that when the pon farr came, he would deal with it accordingly with T’Pring.
However, when he left Vulcan and was able to witness other cultures, with the heavy influence from human culture, he began to realize that there was a vast difference between not being attracted to women and not being attracted to anybody at all. And during these years, he came to terms with his homosexuality. It is important to note that in any situation where there is a woman involved with Spock, he is not in complete possession of his faculties at the time. With Leila Kalomi in This Side of Paradise, he was under the influence of spores. With Zarabeth in All Our Yesterdays, he had reverted back to the Vulcan way of being of 5,000 years prior and was under primitive urges. With T’Pring, from Amok Time, he was under the effects of the pon farr and the rest has been explained regarding their relationship. Any interaction with Nurse Chapel was unrequited on her part, and the only time they kissed was because they were being forced by the Platonians in Plato’s Step Children. And the seduction of the Romulan Commander in The Enterprise Incident, was made quite clear canonically, that it was purely as part of espionage. His later pon farr with Saavik in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock was three-fold nonconsensual: He was under the effects on the pon farr, he had reverted physically back to the age of a teenager, and his katra was in McCoy’s head at the time, far removed from the situation. The weird thing about the pon farr with Saavik is that he should’ve reverted to his late 20s or early 30s for his first pon farr, not as a teenager.
And in various episodes, Spock actually displays his contempt for women, more specifically, when they behave in overtly feminine ways, or display qualities associated with femininity. This doesn’t necessarily indicate homosexuality. Such comments arise when he speaks to Doctor Leila Kalomi in This Side of Paradise, (Example: I have never understood the female capacity to avoid a direct answer to any question), as well as the evident disgust in his voice when he explains the female personality given to the ship in Tomorrow is Yesterday.
This behavior, to me, is not indicative of an individual with the slightest of heterosexual inclinations. However, the behavior he displays towards Doctor McCoy demonstrates his homosexual urges. And coupled with his actions, he’s what could be classified, in today’s terminology, as a “straight-acting gay.” This means that Spock is a homosexual who does not participate in any stereotypical gay behavior, or participate in whatever remains of gay culture in the 23rd Century.
McCoy: My view on McCoy’s sexuality is somewhat peculiar as well, and since his marriage and divorce are never explicitly discussed, it gives me a bit of leeway. However, my views don’t change when this is taken into account. I see McCoy as a somewhat late-blooming homosexual man. I believe, truly, that due to his upbringing in the
Taking the divorce into account, the specific reason was never stated. Although pro-novels have taken the view that his ex-wife was having an affair, there is a view amongst slashers, with which I agree, that they divorced because he was gay.
McCoy has far fewer relationships with women than Spock does in canon. Three, specifically, four counting Eleen. Aside from his ex-wife, the first relationship is with Nancy Crater, an old flame from his past, in The Man Trap. Although it becomes clear that he has feelings for her, it’s Kirk who assumes those feelings are sexual, instead of just fondness. McCoy says nothing of the sort. His next relationship, with Yeoman Tonia Barrows in Shore Leave, is never explicit and never results in anything more than simple flirtation. Flirtation is easy, and can be achieved as part of an illusion of heterosexuality, or out of habit, or just for fun. It states nothing of a person’s true sexuality. And his last relationship, when he marries the High Priestess Natira in For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky, is nothing more than a response to great emotional stress. He’s dying and he just wants a simple out, without having to hurt those he truly cares about. In the episode Friday’s Child, he wins over Eleen’s affection due to his treatment of her as a Capellan, but it becomes clear that he has no such feelings for her.
Once McCoy was able to analyze his feelings, he realized that he was not bisexual, but homosexual. And from then on, he remained in a homosexual relationship, free to act out his true desires. He, too, spends most of his canonical life as a “straight-acting gay,” although there are times when he’s downright flamboyant, such as his posture during the Kobayashi Maru Test in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and his off-duty wardrobe in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier.
As I said, these are just my opinions, but since it’s my essay, I feel I have an obligation to show how I view the characters, since it colors my analysis of episodes.
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Date: 2005-04-07 08:54 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2005-04-07 09:42 pm (UTC)Hehe, you're completely right, S/Mc badly needed a representation :) I just didn't feel it was my job. BTW, all other essays were already as long as the posting limit *g* But love yours anyway :)
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Date: 2005-04-07 10:20 pm (UTC)er, actually that was Shakespeare. But in light of your impressive knowledge of Star Trek, if you were a literary expert as well we'd all die of jealousy. ; )
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Date: 2005-04-07 11:19 pm (UTC)And thanks for the compliment about my scary knowledge of Star Trek. If it were a cult, I'd be the Cult Master :-)
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Date: 2005-04-15 08:03 pm (UTC)And you little pic of Leonard from ST:II and comment on his flirting makes me wonder if Spock ever found that particular habit irritating. If they were in a relationship at the time he flirted with a woman - or even in the movie with his provocative pose for Kirk - I would imagine it might spark a bit of jealousy on Spock's behalf. I don't think McCoy means anything by it when he flirts - it's part of his southern charm, but it could be very annoying for a possessive lover. Dang, that might be the beginning of another plot bunny. *flees bunny at high speed*
Message From Me Boss:
Date: 2005-04-15 08:07 pm (UTC)Nikita, you know I love you, but I think you shouldn't flee that bunny. You haven't written S/Mc in a while and I miss it. I want a story!