Title: Catching Fire (The Firehouse AU)
Author: kel_1970
Fandom: Star Trek
Pairing: Jim Kirk/Leonard McCoy (Bones)
Rating: NC-17
Genre: AU, Drama, Hurt/Comfort
Word Count: 137494
Summary:
21st Century fire department AU. Paramedic Leonard McCoy flees a disastrous break-up in Savannah and ends up working at a fire department in Iowa.
Why you should read this:
Kirk/Bones isn’t my go-to pairing in the Star Trek fandom. I normally read Kirk/Spock. But this story caught my attention. I liked the fact that this story is told primarily from Bones’ POV and that it is a slow burn story (no pun intended). It features all your favourite Enterprise characters, and all are well fleshed out.
I read this in two sittings, due to the length, but it stays one of my favourite stories in Star Trek, despite not being my normal pairing choice.
Thanks so much for this rec! I just finished reading it and I wanted to tell you how much I loved this fic. I likely never would have read it had you not rec’d it here as I don’t read Kirk/McCoy, but I’m really, really glad that you did and that…I did. 😉 This is definitely going to be a favorite of mine, and I may actually go looking for a little more of this pairing. I guess you can teach an old dog, after all. Thanks!