#spones fic rec

[fuckyeahficrec]

Spones (Spock / Leonard “Bones” McCoy)

I will add more in a near future

Please, give me suggestions for this blog and submit your own fics

These are listed by size - wordcount

That’s Why the Beauty is a Beast - by Hypernaut - Rating: General - Words: 2186

Summary: Sometimes fancy-dress reveals more than it conceals...

Five Times Spock Was Interrupted While Trying to Confess His Love for McCoy and One Time He Wasn't - by therev - Rating: General - Words: 3680

Summary: To be fair, he could have tried a lot harder, or spoken a bit faster.

Insight - by JiM - Rating: General - Words: ~4000

Summary: McCoy has been injured and Spock is trying to get him back to the shuttle. Unfortunately, what he finds in the doctor’s mind is distracting him.

Perfectly Logical - by Zauzat - Rating: Teen and Up - Words: 4084

Summary: Kirk has had enough of Spock and McCoy's public squabbles. He orders them to sort it out. He just doesn't anticipate the solution they come up with.

The Forgotten Valentine - by StellarLibraryLady - Rating: Teen and Up - Words: 5924

Summary: McCoy is feeling angst and self-pity from Spock's neglect. And that is difficult to take, especially around the most romantic holiday of the year.

Negativity Bias - by OnlySlightlyObsessed1 - Rating: General - Words: 6222

Summary: It's a common human characteristic to interpret ambiguity as a negative. McCoy is several assumptions ahead of Spock

volatile; handle with caution - by startstrung - Rating: Teen and Up - Words: 8313

Summary: Spock moves in with McCoy in his lab and they have to learn to share the same space.

Looking for The Captain - by vulcanmccoy - Rating: Not Rated - Words: 8603

Summary: James T Kirk has gone missing and his over-exhausted friends go looking for him (after an accidental kiss) on an unexplored planet which may not be what it seems.

Sharing Rooms - by notboldly - Rating: Explicit - Words: 9017

Summary: McCoy finds himself sharing a room with Spock, shore leave after shore leave. 4 times Spock and McCoy overheard Jim having sex, and 1 time he overheard them.

Spit On A Stone - by kianspo - Rating: Explicit - Words: 13599

Summary: Leonard McCoy tries to wear away a stone. Spones. First time.

Unlikely, anyway - by WhatIfImaMermaid - Rating: Explicit - Words: 15480

Summary: "It says here that you are in a relationship with the first officer?” McCoy flattens his lips into a thin line. “I was.” She lowers her eyes back to the PADD, tracking its content with a stylus. “Ah, yes. It does say past relationship.” She looks up and smiles at him apologetically. He doesn’t smile back.

OR

They were together, and now they're not, and McCoy is not quite sure why.

Emergencies - by CMRandles - Rating: Explicit - Words: 22991

Summary: Sometimes it seemed like emergencies only came at the most inconvenient hours. It was always when McCoy was sleeping that someone fell off the scaffolding in Engineering, or got bit by a hostile plant on an away mission. No one ever seemed to need attention when he was awake, alert, and had a few cups of coffee in his system.In which Leonard McCoy treats a plague, Spock dresses oddly, and the two are thrown into close quarters leading to some unforeseen complications.

Honorable Enemies - by Zauzat - Rating: Teen and Up - Words: 24277

Summary: With the Enterprise battling Romulans in the neutral zone, Dr McCoy is finding his job increasingly unbearable. Spock may prove an unlikely ally.

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[treesspeaklatin]

Directory

My fics

Xedgin

Finding; a not so human Xenk discovering human feelings

Half-vampire!Edgin series; enemies to it's complicated

Romance in the time of LoveChat; romance writer!Ed and online dating AU

Xedgin in 100 words; drabble colletion

Edgin Darvis' last heist; breaking up and making up

AOS Spirk

5 wrong kisses (+1 right kiss); aliens made them kiss

It's the most wonderful time of the year; winter holidays and family drama

An elegant solution series; Vulcan Reform arranged marriage

Ri va'ne; cadet!Kirk and Vulcan strip clubs

5 people confused by the relationship between Kirk and Spock (+1 person who understood it); queerplatonic/ambiguous slash

Crawl home to him; not really character death (?), mutual pining

TOS Spirk

A heart even more your own; Persuasion AU

How to find the perfetc partner for your Vulcan, a compendium by James T. Kirk; old (almost) married spirk

Mirror Spirk

A Thorn in his side; Kirk "haaaates" Spock

5 bad days aboard the ISS Enterprise; denial of feelings and humor

Other Trek

Trektober 2023; oneshot collection; AOS-TOS-mirror spirk, spones, mckirk, mcspirk & others

No masters or kings (when the ritual begins); mcspirk aliens made them do it, pining

Fic recs

Spirk 1, 2

Mcspirk 1

#spirk #xedgin #aos spirk #tos spirk #mirror spirk #fic rec #mcspirk #spones #mckirk #my fic

[twinkboimler]

August Fic Recs

people seemed interested, so here are some recs from the trek fics I read in August! I reread a few old favorites this month but I figured I'd still recommend them even though they're already incredibly popular.

MCKIRK

jim kirk's guide to starship management: how to work with people you don't like by espressohno. AOS mckirk. Explicit, 23,352 words. An anonymous hookup while on shore leave turns complicated when the Enterprise picks up their new CMO the morning after. Enemies to friends to lovers. So, so good.

Instinctive by laughter_now. AOS mckirk. Explicit, 9,066 words. Classic case of miscommunication - Leonard and Jim have sex for the first time, but they probably should have talked some things over beforehand. I was losing it the entire time, kicking my feet and shrieking. Very, very sweet.

SPONES

Eyeshadow by Lokak. TOS spones. General Audiences, 1,222 words. Fluff with some classic spones arguing and insulting each other. They do each other's eye makeup. Exactly what I want in a TOS spones fic.

MCSPIRK

My World is No Longer Hollow by existentialcrisistime. TOS mcspirk. Teen and Up Audiences, 2,097 words. Fluff, first kiss, and bedsharing. Post-episode "For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky" - Leonard is feeling exhausted and lonely. Established spirk to mcspirk, so sweet.

SPIRK

Beautiful James by spirkme. AOS spirk. Explicit, 8,742 words. Post-Star Trek Beyond. Yearning and accidental bonding. This fic re-contextualizes all three movies. Jim and Spock were so vulnerable with each other in this and it gave me so many feelings. The smut at the end was romantic and sweet, I really enjoyed this one.

Send Me the Moon by lily_winterwood. Tagged as both TOS and AOS Spirk. Teen and Up Audiences, 5,911 words. AU - 21st Century, Canon Divergence. Major Character Death. Vulcan is sixteen light years from Earth. Jim becomes pen pals with Spock, with a 32-year wait between each letter he receives back. Once I started crying, I didn't stop. Very good if you need a cry.

out of obscurity into the dream by spectralPhobia. AOS spirk. General Audiences, 87,794 words. A Tangled AU that did a really good job of building off of the plot of the movie but doing something new with it. I liked the world-building and how this fic used Nero.

Bitter Dregs by kinklock. TOS spirk. Explicit, 9,707 words. Spock's POV. This fic is for the episode "Plato's Stepchildren" - very poetic and just SO good at getting inside of Spock's head. Really nails the character voices for TOS Spock and Jim.

Sha Ka Ree by ThereBeWhalesHere. TOS spirk. Explicit, 180,505 words. Survival + time travel. Jim is a lieutenant on the Farragut and Spock is a science officer on the Enterprise, captained by Pike. After coming together for a landing party, Jim and Spock have to fight to survive on an alien world. Had to give this one another reread - there's a reason it's such a popular fic in the fandom, and it's because this fic is SO good. The plot is fantastic, and the slow build of their relationship hits every time.

Heated Consummation (AOS) by Gimmemore. AOS spirk. Explicit, 2,326 words. Porn Without Plot, established relationship, shore leave. Sex in front of a fireplace. This fic is a part of a series where each fic has the same set up, just for AOS, TOS, and TOS Movies. All are good, but this one was my favorite.

Halloween by BisforBread. TOS spirk. General Audiences, 2,300 words. Mutual pining, first kiss, fluff. Spock goes to the Enterprise Halloween party dressed as Jim. Fun and cute.

love is a drunk man's tale by BisforBread. AOS spirk, past Jim/Carol Marcus. General Audiences, 6,962 words. AU - Jim is a country singer and Spock is his manager. Mutual pining, angst, drunken love confessions. I enjoyed this, it's always fun to read an AU for something you don't see very often.

One on a Side, Two Together by JackHawksmoor. TOS spirk. Explicit, 17,108 words. Must be logged in to read. The accidental bonding in this is SO good. This was a reread - I really love this fic, especially how Spock really, really doesn't want to explain what the hell is up with the bond.

#star trek #star trek fic recs #spirk #mckirk #spones #mcspirk #phebs speaks #fanfic #phebs writes fic #fic recs

[lenievi]

spones - older fics recs

seeing that people are interested in older fics, let me link some more that are not on ao3 but on personal websites (sometimes the formatting is a bit... you’d better just copy it into some text editor in order to read it comfortably) and that were written prior to 2010, but mostly in early 2000s. It’s not all of them (of course), I’m just linking those I at some point in the past three years enjoyed and that are long-ish. They can be a bit dated and sometimes a bit weird. Most of them are mature to explicit. If you want more warnings, you can message me.

Diagnosis and Treatment of Ply's Disease (explicit-ish at the end) - it deals with a disease, obviously, so proceed with caution if it isn’t something you want to read. Mention of McCoy/OC(m)

The Prayer of St. Francis (E) - I haven’t actually read this one, but one day I want to. The summary is “the triumvirate as we know them”, but it’s spones flavoured. And it’s spones who are bonded. It spans the series up to Spock’s death.

The author’s page in case you wanna read other fics by them.

Nets in the Wind - mirror!spones, has Sybok, set after Spock kills Kirk, in case you mind. It’s a bit open ended.

The World Bewitched - mirror!spones, interesting world building imho

The Other One (E) - “After the encounter with the Mirror universe, both men have some problems they have to deal with.” (I actually don’t remember this one, but I have it saved... but don’t judge me if it’s weird; read the author’s notes) sequel Sugar Magnolia. These were written in 1998.

On Vulcan genomic engineering and love - this one though is a bit weird (proceed with an open mind), but the premise is quite interesting - McCoy becomes a half-Vulcan (I think this was actually the only fic I’ve read with that theme). “Spock has wanted for a long time to become fully Vulcan and finally devices a formula to allow him to manipulate his genetic structure to do just that. But in a freak accident, he injects McCoy with the formula, causing the Doctor to become half-Vulcan. Now with pon farr on Spock's heels, he must help the doctor learn to deal with his Vulcan half, while the two of them both try to live with their feelings for each other.” some hints at McCoy/Vulcan OC(m)

My Little Town - takes place after TUC, I’m personally very fond of this one for some reason. It has a completely different background for McCoy than what’s common. “McCoy’s mother just died, and McCoy goes to deal with the house. Spock tags along.” McCoy’s parents had a huge age gap, so if you’re bothered by it, maybe don’t read it.

stories by Tempest - Blackbird has trans!McCoy, Yon t'Ashaya - McCoy and Spock both serve on a Vulcan ship, Spock goes into pon farr [these two fics are what stuck with me after reading them three years ago, but the author has a lot more]

now you can also go through this list, but a lot of the links are broken, some can be accessed through wayback machine, some can’t.

and then you can also look through the Spiced Peaches list, which has fics from 2005 and up. Just in case you’ve never heard of the online spones zine.

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also a bonus tos!mirror!mckirk because why not. It’s a wip, unfortunately, but it’s still worth it because it’s tos!mckirk~ And like most other mirror verse fics on this list, it isn’t as dark as what’s written these days. It’s actually pretty tame. It’s by the same author as The World Bewitched and Nets in the Wind above.

The Getting or the Having & Dust - “In the Mirror-Universe Kirk finds out that his counterpart has a sexual relationship with McCoy. This makes him thinking things over.”

#spones #fic rec #idk if this post will also circulate but here it is anyway for those who'd want to read some spones fics written pre-2010 #these are only my personal selection - just don't judge me too much lol #i'm also gonna tag #mckirk #for that one link at the bottom #funnily enough some of these - if they were written now - i wouldn't read because they include some stuff i avoid - but since they're old #i make an exception #it's fun seeing what used to be written

[silly-cherries]

anybody know any good slow burn spones fics?

#spones #spock x bones #star trek fic recs #star trek tos

[thatstartrekguy]

gimme a mcspirk fic where both Spock and Bones are in love with Jim (who's in love with both of them) and it's through an accidental bonding between Spock and Bones that they end up all getting together

I'm thinking aliens did it and they're a long ways away from a Vulcan healer who can break the bond--maybe they're on a high priority mission and can't take the time outta they're schedule, so they've gotta live with it for a while.

Right after it happens they go and tell Jim and he short circuits, says something like: "No, I'm fine, this is fine. Why would I be upset? It's just technically you guys are Vulcan married. But that's fine. Everything's fine. I'm fine, you're fine-- really, we're all fine!"

Meanwhile Spock and Bones get to experience different sides of each other:

Bones gets to see the emotion and genuine care Spock hides behind his Vulcanness. Gets to see he's not a walking computer, that when he uses logic it's not because he doesn't feel but because he's been taught that feeling is dangerous. So he allows himself to seem cold hearted because it's expected of him to be.

Maybe instead of seeing him as insensitive, he starts to see how many pitfalls and nuances there are to human interactions, and that Spock tries really hard not to compromise either his Vulcan culture or the comfort/normalcy/social customs of those around him.

And he sees how affectionate Spock really is towards Jim, and how that carries into his actions and causes Spock to worry about Jim. Maybe he'll get to see some of Spock's humor and playfulness, and other things he usually only shows Jim.

And Spock gets to see that Bones hides his affection behind his grumpiness (because it's safer that way: he lost his marriage and his daughter the last time he was vulnerable), but also that he's not always cranky: maybe he gets to see Bones heal someone other than Jim, and see that he's good at making others comfortable. He starts to appreciate the logic that Bones uses not just because he's a doctor but also because only a smart, caring person could be so adaptable, and that there's a reason he's CMO-- he earned it.

And maybe the reason why he's so passionate about things is because he's personally seen the damage and fallout of mistakes, miscalculations, and ambivalence. As a doctor he's witnessed so much pain and death. Cutting out all emotion in decisions involving the fates of living beings runs the risk of forgetting they're living beings, and that dehumanization is dangerous.

His emotion is logical because sometimes it's the only way to remind others and call attention to the fact that individual life matters. Pain, death, and destruction matter. And in a lot of ways, he speaks for the dead and for those too damaged to speak for themselves.

They start to see why they really fight so much: Bones didn't understand that Spock does care and does act sometimes from emotion, and Spock didn't understand that there's logic in emotionalism sometimes and that Bones is more logical and rational than he originally considered.

Eventually they even bond over they're shared affection (and worry) for Jim, but individually believe Jim to be in love with the other.

All the while Jim can see the budding affection between them. He watches them fall in love, thinking now he's lost the two people most important to him-- and to each other.

But really, they're all just in love with each other. It all comes to a head when they're finally meeting up with a Vulcan healer, and they decide they don't want to break the bond.

Jim's devastated at first but quickly it turns from 'we came here to break our bond' to 'we don't want to break our bond' to 'actually, we'd like to add someone to our bond'

The potential angst for this is astronomical, but also think of all the great soft moments there'd be between these three idiots who're in love with each otherrrrrrrrr

#damn wow i went off #please if someone writes anythinf remotely like this send it my wayyyy #also if y'all have fic recs with these vibes send them my way tooooo #star trek aos #star trek #jim kirk #bones #mcspirk #spones #i only tagged aos cause i wasnt sure how applicable it is to tos and im too tired rn to read this back and use my brain to think #spirk

[captainofthestrangestship]

Anyway here are some long (15k+) Spones Recs

AOS Spones

Ever wanted AOS Academy Era Spones???

I don't know how to talk about this one without spoiling it, but if you haven't read it, you should.

Ever wanted AOS Spones shaving??? Here you go. (Slight AU where Bones doesn't know Jim before joining the crew.)

Want a super long fic that deals with the fallout of Beyond?

Another Post-Beyond fic where Spock learns that his alternate self was in a relationship with the other McCoy.

TOS Spones

Do you love a marriage of convenience where they are totally in love with each other but are too scared to admit it??? Want to see Bones live on Vulcan?? Even have a T'Pol cameo??? Well this is the story for you.

Do you like hijinks??? Transporter accidents??? Enjoy McCoy having to look after the crew???

#spones #fic recs #leonard mccoy #spock #ive seen other people do this recently and i want to share some of my favs #15k+ #planning to do shorter one shorts and then non ao3 fics because theres so much goodness that isnt on ao3

[oi0x0io]

Saw this in my reblogs and immediately went to read these, and omg they were so good. Cowboys specifically fucks and is now one of my faves. Thank you user @beastlyanachronism for spreading the word, cause I would’ve never found these due to always filtering out AOS in my Ao3 searches 🫡 ❤️

#if u r a #spones #lover and haven’t read these you need to go read them neow!! #(if comfortable with the warning !) #fic recs

[fanishjuli]

@anonymousdandelion tagged me for this game: name your most popular fic and two “hidden gems” that haven’t circulated as much. thanks for the tag!

my most popular fic is, by a ridiculous difference, Gotham Online (Batman | rated T, 18k w.) which is my one social media batman/dc fic that got super popular super fast and it was a bit surprising at first, but its a very popular trope, especially in that fandom. I still have plans to write more for it, I just haven’t yet lol

as for my hidden gems... it’s hard to pick actually, because I’ve written for so many, so varied fandoms, and I’m aware levels of “popularity” vary from fandom to fandom and all that. that said, I managed to pick two:

my hidden gem #1 is Lavender Suits You (Good Omens | rated G, 5k w., Aziraphale/Crowley) which I wrote for the Butch Wives Week earlier this year. it is pure domestic fluff, like many of my fics, but I’m particularly proud of this one.

and my hidden gem #2 is Joanna McCoy’s Week In Space (Star Trek: TOS | rated G, 22k w., Leonard ‘Bones’ McCoy/Spock) which I wrote for the Spones RBB early last year. it’s mostly about 9yo Joanna having fun with the Enterprise crew and cute spones moments, also very domestic and I had a lot of fun writing it.

tagging (with no preassure! only if you want to do it) @two-hands-toward-the-sun @pyrocephalus-rubinus @prettybirdy979 @cheeriosandwine and everyone else who sees this and wants to play as well <3

#Good Omens #Good Omens Fic Rec #Fic Rec #dc #dc fic rec #batman #batfam #trek fic rec #star trek #tos #st tos #Crowley #Aziraphale #spones #mcspock #joanna mccoy #spock #mccoy #kirk #batman fic rec #my fic rec #my fic #hhhhh how do you even tag #tag game #fuck it I'll just post it like this #Ineffable Partners #Azicrow

[fuckyeahficrec]

Star Trek Ships

More will be added in the future

Spones (Spock / Leonard “Bones” McCoy)

#star trek #star trek fic rec #spones #spones fic rec #spock/bones #spock / leonard bones mccoy #spock #leonard bones mccoy #leonard mccoy #fic recommendation

[fic-rec-time]

Rosefield

by oddthesungod

Star Trek (AOS)/Complete/Chapters: 2 Words: 31,062

Among the roses and old walls of his mother's country home Rosefield Park, Spock flees an arranged marriage and the perfect Vulcan life. There he meets the manor's new groundskeeper, a man with tender hands and a thorny temperament that makes him reconsider what life could be.

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A lovely AU fic, inspired by Mr. Rose by Spence Hood (go have a listen.) I love how the crew is worked into things, and how much Jim’s character is included, despite not being part of the main ship. One of the first Spones pieces that I’ve read. It’s got pining, forbidden romance, and Jim Kirk induced hijinks. Definitely check out the art that goes with it! x

#fic rec #fanfiction #Star Trek #Star Trek aos #spock #s’chn t’gai spock #Leonard McCoy #bones #James t kirk #Jim kirk #regency au #au #alternate universe #spock x bones #Spones #Leonard McCoy x spock #McCoy x spock #Christopher pike #pavel chekov #pining #angst #Amanda Grayson #nyota uhura #t’pring #arranged marriage #first kiss #hurt/comfort

[sponesevents]

The idea of this blog is to have one place people can go (on tumblr) to see what they can get involved in. The focus is spones, but I want to know how broad I should be in what posts I share.

I have some basic guidelines already

Included: zines, art challenges/swaps, interest checks, sign ups, fic exchange, holiday themed activities, celebration days, dtiys starter posts. Inclusive of tos, aos, tas, books, so on and so forth

Not included: individual fanarts, fic rec lists, fic requests, commission stuff, private events or one for one art swaps

Please reblog! This blog is new and hasn't been found by many yet!

I want to be clear, tho, this blog will not be reblogging exclusively spirk or mckirk events. No insult to those ships, y'all are wonderful!! But this is a spones space. Genuinely tho, it's n easy sideblog to run and if you want a spirk one or whatever, make it! It's an absolute piece of cake!

#spones #spock #mccoy #mcspirk #star trek

[lenievi]

fave spones fic written in 1988 you say 👀 do you have a link to share? i'm obsessed with old spones fic and how the interpretation of this ship and their relationship changed with time!

oh, yes! It's primarily mirror!spones actually, but the atmosphere is very different from mirror fics written these days

It's called Through A Glass, Darkly and you can find it here (based on the author's wishes I'm linking to the list rather than to the fic itself) - there are four stories in the series (I think it's like 65k or more in total), the second one-shot is from the Prime universe. What I find nice about this fic is that they already use the name Nyota for Uhura, so it doesn't even feel dated in that regard. It also has great worldbuilding regarding the Vulcans and Spock's family. As for warnings... there's nothing actually explicitly dark or explicitly non-consensual, but it's been a while since I read it, so proceed with caution; oh yeah, and it deals with pon farr (the last part - but the previous parts are leading toward it - Spock found a mind match in McCoy). Also, McCoy gets friendly with a Vulcan child - the last fic takes place mostly on Vulcan.

Another spones story from them I like is A Man of Integrity, which is mirror!Spock/McCoy Prime - the usual, McCoy got left behind. Well, "usual", it could be one of the first ones written.

I think Yesterday is based on All Our Yesterdays, which also includes spones, but also Spock/Zarabeth/McCoy (I think), but there's also Spock having a bond with Kirk (who isn't there ofc) which is a pet peeve of mine, so I haven't read this one.

and since I'm sharing links, there's also this site with McCoy/Spock fics I enjoy, but these were written in early 2000s (possibly late 90s, I can't be sure). My faves are Teshuvah, The Secrets of Pine Cones, Spock of Baker Street, and Nosferatu in Space, but most of them are worth the read. These are just the longer ones.

#replies #fic rec #spones #i like older fics because they're closer to my personal interpretation but they can also be a bit dated #ETA: now I have an urge to go and reread all of these and then some others.... #i mean it could get me back into spones fics writing mood so maybe i should just do that

[spones-in-my-bones]

Anyone have a fic recs for Spones where "McCoy is resigned to the idea that Spock doesn't like him/oblivious to Spock's come-ons or the like, and Spock thought they were dating this whole time"?

#spones #personal #i know ive read this yesrs ago at least twice #but i dont remember the tag OTL

[marlinspirkhall]

Trek fic self-recs because a spider fell on me (it's fine)

Spirk:

Variables To Falling In Love (TOS, 0.9k), I Don't Know (0.3k), A Strategic Proposal (0.6k)

Comics: Like Chess [X], Nocturnal (art by @sweet-prroncito)

Whump: Nine Million Green Bottles (8k), Tomorrow Never Comes (31k) (⚠️ MCD timeloop fic)

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Spuhura: I Know You (Body Swap, 30k)

Kirsulu (background McSpirk): A Million Things To Want (Hanahaki, 5k)

McKirk: The Second Time Around (0.3k)

Spones: On His Sleeve (Medieval AU, 0.9k)

Gen: Spock's childhood: It Happened Again (AOS, 0.2k), Spock's crewmates: Permanent Marker (Tumblr)

Goodnight 🖖❤️

#spirk fanfiction #k/s fanfiction #star trek fanfiction #arachnophobia #ask to tag

[m0rbs]

Oouuuugggh I saw this post by you

https://www.tumblr.com/m0rbs/724598631377879040

And now it's eating my brain. Like, we all love Mcspirk ofc etc, but the idea of one sided Spones with angst over Spirk is. Man. I tried finding fics of it but couldn't, do you have any recs?

I do not because I can’t find them either 🤗 Anyway Bones sure did fall first and also fell harder than Spock ever did 😃