Loved the story - I enjoyed your portrayal of Bones, and the use of other elements from the original series to flesh out the story. Looking forward to reading more from you!

I _can_ imagine Jim trying to hit the high notes, and it's not pretty.

But the rest of this story is. Very well done--Bones and Christine belong together, and I do look forward to the confrontation with Korby et al.

Brava!

I really love this story! It's absolutely wonderful (flufftastic). I look forward to your next update!

Oh, splendid chapter. My sister-in-law is a nurse prac, and I must make her read this chapter. I love how gossip and dark humor helps the medical crew through the horrible waiting.

Yeah, Kirk cheated. But when it comes to Captain Nero, hey, whatever works!

I glad they kissed.

Can't wait for the sequel. You write so well!

Lovely. I love the ending to this--they're so cute together. I adore the part with Jim singing off-key while cleaning his room because his mom is visiting (actually I just adore new-movie Jim). Great characterization of Captain Pike--he's just so brave and captain-ly (and I'm just making up words here).

Overall, a wonderful story. I look forward to the sequel. I really think you had a nice balance between action/dialogue from the movie and your own words/Bones' POV. Thanks for this wonderful story (and for writing some happiness for our favorite bitter doctor).

"she would have twined herself around him like a Tuvix plant seeking to merge and propagate"--I laughed so hard at this. Hilarious.

Good chapter. You controlled the pace very well when describing the emergency/treatment of patients. It felt urgent and surreal, as though I was the one actually experiencing it. I liked your touch with Roberts and his fiancee. I love "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn" and Chapel's rebellious socks with the swimming whales. I especially loved this kiss. Wonderful.

This story made me more than smile. Dang you're good at capturing these characters--I just read your "Take my Hand" and liked it, but this one is great. Bones is so in character and endearing here--"What's McCoy short for?" "Bones"--Wonderful! I like how carefully you mold details from the Original McCoy to Karl Urban's portrayal. Nicely done.

I had totally forgotten about Christine Chapel. Imagine my surprise to find that there's a fanfiction following for her (I don't know why I'm surprised really--If people can write fanfic about the Giant squid, they can certainly write about an actual character).

Anyway, I look forward to reading the rest of this. Should be an interesting ride.

Ok, the lungworms were really gross! All the rest of the story has been great, though! McCoy/Chapel has become one of my favorite pairs, especially from the new movie.

You might be a Western redneck if you know the difference between sushi and sashimi--and have used both for bait.

Excellent chapter, and I hope McCoy takes Kirk out to the woodshed for pulling that stunt on Spock, even if James is crowned King of the Universe for it.

Beautiful, beautiful job. I will *definitely* be looking forward to that sequel. :)

D'aw!

First, this chapter made me hungry. Beignets, fried chicken, crab cakes... for me, the only thing missing was bacon. McCoy'd be a bacon man, I think ;-) I love it when writers include food and drink in their stories. I do it quite a bit with mine; I think it's my love for cooking that compels me to write about it.

I really loved the slow crawl of them getting together, that she still lived with her parents, that he has to basically court her. The appearances of Jim and his mom were great too (and dammit! Now I have an idea for a Jim/Winona story, thanks to you!) And the details about San Francisco provided lovely cues for the reader to visualize where they were (augmented, of course, by the food!) And then, the details of McCoy's past, his ex-wife, cousin Suzanne, aunt Ina (do you watch Barefoot Contessa, by the way?) And I caught Pike and the Serenity Prayer: was that to imply that he's in AA? Because, if it was, was a powerful character moment.

Great work, Kerichi. Thanks!

Okay, now I hate how readable and addictive this story is. I haven't been all that productive this morning, and I've got this tale to blame ;-)

Loved Pike showing up. And I'm so glad how he fared in the movie over the series. He's actually become one of my favorites--I see him as a father figure to both Kirk and Spock.

And really uber-loved McCoy taking Chris literally. He's a man, what can I say!

Great work, and thanks for this :-D

Ugh! Totally understand about the delays with fanfics--I've had a horrible writer's block since April on one of my major stories, and even the Spock/Uhura fic's given me headaches.

Okay, I really, REALLY loved this chapter. Because I loved seeing all of this from Bones' eyes. Loved the addition of McKenna, the unlucky helmsman, and really loved how you seamlessly incorporated the medical dialogue. Perfectly used here, and it felt very appropriate for the 'verse.

Oh, and it was fabulous with Spock saying "Wild stallions." Even in TOS, Spock had a subtle witty way about him. His humor was not really broad, of course, but he made several observations that, with a tweak in his tone here and there, could certainly be read as sarcasm. It worked here, mostly because when I picture ZQ's Spock, the delivery works.

Again, good work. You might get tired of hearing that.

Lovely, again! I love seeing what happened during the parts of the movie that we did see. I really, really liked how you developed Dr. Puri... before you offed him. Which, of course, you needed to do.

And the scenes with McCoy and Christine. You moved deftly from the professional to the personal and intimate. Loved that they kissed at the end here.

**The only, teeny, teenytiny nitpick: I think that it's "Korby", according to Memory Alpha and a couple of other sites that I looked at.

But really fast paced, active writing. Your dialogue's very realistic, and matches the tone set by the movie! Well done. And reading on...