Vanished

Aug. 14th, 2010 09:46 am
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Title: Vanished
Fandom: Star Trek XI
Pairing: Jim/Bones
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: All rights to Star Trek belong to Paramount, Roddenberry, Abrams, and Bad Robot.
Word count: 525
Comments: Written as a comment fic in response to some pics at [livejournal.com profile] jim_and_bones and this prompt - I'll bake cookies for anybody who writes a fic where Bones is abandoned on a harsh, fighting-for-his-life world (long enough for his hair to grow), and Jim refuses to abandon his boyfriend there ;-) It's un-betaed, 2nd person POV



You don’t believe it when you hear. You check the comms, verify with Spock and talk with every single member of the crew who was down on the planet. But it’s so…

Bones is lost.

Vanished.

Disappeared.

You don’t accept it of course and order every possible search. You transport down yourself and use up every ounce of energy your recovering body possesses. In your mind you hear him cursing your stubbornness and can almost feel his touch and wish for it daily. But there is no trace, and Starfleet growing impatient; orders you away.

Your stomach churns and with a heavy heart you temporarily do as they say; plans already percolating in your brain.

It takes eight weeks to untangle yourself from Starfleet, preserving the rest of the crew as you go. This is down to you and you alone, you won’t have them hurt or interfered with.

Pike at least has an inkling what you’re up to. You see his hand in the sudden availability of the decommissioned ship you acquire and are grateful for it. You feel more than gratitude when you discover the ship you were going to crew yourself peopled by what amounts to your friends and family. The thanks lodges somewhere in your throat, but they don’t seem to need it so you get down to the business of finding Bones.

Because you must find him; you have to. You and he have been joined at the hip for nearly five years and you need him.

If he’s not…If he’s not…

You can tell him what you should have told him years ago.

And if he is…

Well you don’t know what you’re going to do. Finally you understand your mother’s grief and start making plans that nobody is going to suffer for yours and almost hear Bones growling at you. He always pushed you to be the best you could be, his belief in you a beacon. You’re doing him a disservice going down that road now. So you shake off the melancholy, join your friends and bend your mind to the problem again.

It’s Chekov, his face brightening for the first time in months, who finds the anomaly. You clap him on the back and rush through ideas and schemes for retrieval of Bones.

Though you argue stringently, they won’t let you go on your own of course and in the end both Spock and Sulu come with you. All of you hoping against hope. And it’s sort of anti-climatic that you find him the moment you punch through. But then it’s not. Because Bones is staring at you in disbelief and you’re staring at him right back.

You drink in the sight of bare-to-the-waist Bones (lost weight and bulked up), with bearded chin and shoulder length hair and can’t say anything. All the things you’ve planned to either do or say just disappear. But that’s ok. Bones takes care of the talking for you – damn it Jim and a forceful request for a shower ringing in your ears, you take his hand and hold it all through the transport.

You may never let him go again.

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Date: 2010-08-14 05:48 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] easilymused1956.livejournal.com
Beautiful! Can definitely see distraught Jim arguing with his crew. Nice that Pike helped out. Loved Bones' reaction. Great little story.

Renee

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Date: 2010-08-16 01:25 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] bookaddict43.livejournal.com
Pike is awesome! I had to include him. Thanks for the comment :)

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Date: 2010-08-14 09:42 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] amine-eyes.livejournal.com
*flail* Love how the second person really brought home the tangled thoughts of Jim here :D very VERY well done :D

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Date: 2010-08-16 01:24 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] bookaddict43.livejournal.com
Thanks for the flail! It bolstered my ego nicely :D

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Date: 2010-08-15 12:38 pm (UTC)
From: [personal profile] samueljames
Lovely fic.

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Date: 2010-08-16 01:22 pm (UTC)

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Date: 2010-08-15 08:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] syredronning.livejournal.com
Lovely little piece, yum. Working great in second person - you make me feel Jim's anguish and desperation.

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Date: 2010-08-16 01:22 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] bookaddict43.livejournal.com
Thank you! I felt so sad for Jim and was glad it worked out :D

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Date: 2010-08-17 02:41 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lvs2read.livejournal.com
Very nice! The POV works great for getting into Jim's head, and I was more than a little worried for a bit there. ^_~ Glad they found Bones, and I'm sure the shower did wonders for their reunion. :D

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Date: 2010-08-17 08:52 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] bookaddict43.livejournal.com
Sorry I worried you! :)I agree the shower sexing would be epic - if only I could write it. I wonder about writing sex in the 2nd person...*ponders*

Love your icon!

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Date: 2010-09-27 12:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gadgetorious.livejournal.com
I am such a sucker for a good reunion fic. Short but bittersweet! :D

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Date: 2010-12-29 10:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] noctuabunda.livejournal.com
Aaawww. *loves* So, so sweet.
"Damn it, Jim!" - exactly what he would say. :)

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Date: 2010-12-30 12:36 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] bookaddict43.livejournal.com
Thank you :D I love gruff Bones and the damn its!

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