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* OneHourWorkWeek: Averted. The fic goes into great detail just how hectic life is for [=McCoy=] and Kirk at Starfleet.
* OneHourWorkWeek: Averted. The fic goes into great detail just how hectic life is for [=McCoy=] and Kirk at Starfleet.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Ted and Gram, [=McCoy=]'s paternal grandparents, outlive both their sons.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Ted and Gram, [=McCoy=]'s paternal grandparents, outlive both their sons.
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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Ted and Gram, [=McCoy=]'s paternal grandparents, outlive both their sons.
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Ted and Gram, [=McCoy=]'s paternal grandparents, outlive both their sons.
* ShutUpKiss: [=McCoy=] and Kirk's first kiss counts as this.
* SourSupporter: [=McCoy=] stands by Kirk through all his crazy shenanigans, even when he can't quite see how Kirk's antics are helping anyone. When Kirk actually manages to gain the captain's chair, [=McCoy=] is incredulous.
* SpaceCadetAcademy: Starfleet Academy features prominently in the fic as Kirk and [=McCoy=] both study there.
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* ShutUpKiss: Their first kiss count as this.
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* SourSupporter: [=McCoy=] stands by Kirk through all his crazy shenanigans, even when he can't quite see how Kirk's antics are helping anyone. When Kirk actually manages to gain the captain's chair, [=McCoy=] is incredulous.
* SpaceCadetAcademy: Starfleet Academy features prominently in the fic as Kirk and [=McCoy=] both study there.
* ReallyGetsAround: Kirk.
* SpaceCadetAcademy: Starfleet Academy features prominently in the fic as Kirk and [=McCoy=] both study there.
* ReallyGetsAround: Kirk.
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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: [=McCoy=] is terrified of transporters.
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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: [=McCoy=] is terrified of transporters.transporters.
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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Kirk gets quite a bit of attention at the Academy.
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* DontYouDarePityMe: Kirk towards [=McCoy=], multiple times.
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* FascinatingEyebrow: Referenced by Kirk frequently.
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* FirstNameBasis: [=McCoy=] becomes this with Uhura.
* FriendsWithBenefits: [=McCoy=] and the OC Patty.
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* HiddenHeartOfGold: Kirk, big time.
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* AnythingThatMoves: Kirk. [=McCoy=] describes him early on in the fic as "fucking anything he took a liking to" and " bound by neither gender nor species".
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* ExtremeOmnisexual:[=McCoy=] describes Kirk early on in the fic as "fucking anything he took a liking to" and " bound by neither gender nor species".
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->When it first started happening, he had almost convinced himself that he was hallucinating from too much booze, or too little sleep, or both.
-> As time went on and it still kept happening, he'd decided that it was a sign of an incipient nervous breakdown, the rational veneer that he'd been clinging to by a freakin' thread since his father died and his life went to total shit, sliding right the fuck off under the pressure of wanting something that he was never going to get. It was sublimated desire, refracted through an oddly chaste dream, like a memory of all the good parts of monogamy, without '''the really good parts''', goddamnit.
-> As time went on and it still kept happening, he'd decided that it was a sign of an incipient nervous breakdown, the rational veneer that he'd been clinging to by a freakin' thread since his father died and his life went to total shit, sliding right the fuck off under the pressure of wanting something that he was never going to get. It was sublimated desire, refracted through an oddly chaste dream, like a memory of all the good parts of monogamy, without '''the really good parts''', goddamnit.
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->When it first started happening, he had almost convinced himself that he was hallucinating from too much booze, or too little sleep, or both.
->both.\\\
As time went on and it still kept happening, he'd decided that it was a sign of an incipient nervous breakdown, the rational veneer that he'd been clinging to by a freakin' thread since his father died and his life went to total shit, sliding right the fuck off under the pressure of wanting something that he was never going to get. It was sublimated desire, refracted through an oddly chaste dream, like a memory of all the good parts of monogamy, without '''the really good parts''', goddamnit.
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As time went on and it still kept happening, he'd decided that it was a sign of an incipient nervous breakdown, the rational veneer that he'd been clinging to by a freakin' thread since his father died and his life went to total shit, sliding right the fuck off under the pressure of wanting something that he was never going to get. It was sublimated desire, refracted through an oddly chaste dream, like a memory of all the good parts of monogamy, without '''the really good parts''', goddamnit.
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* [[IHaveNoSon I Have No Grandson]]: [=McCoy=]'s paternal grandfather rejects him after he [[spoiler: performs euthanasia on his dying father prior to the events of the fic.]]
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* [[IHaveNoSon IHaveNoSon: I Have No Grandson]]: Grandson: [=McCoy=]'s paternal grandfather rejects him after he [[spoiler: performs euthanasia on his dying father prior to the events of the fic.]]
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-> ''He was a doctor, not an idiot'' when thinking about the physical requirements of Starfleet Academy.
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-> ''He was a doctor, not an idiot'' when thinking about the physical requirements of Starfleet Academy.
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''I'm a doctor, not a fighter, Jim'' when discussing the hand-to-hand class he is failing.
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''I'm a doctor, not a fighter, Jim'' when discussing the hand-to-hand class he is failing.
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* JerkassFacade: Kirk.
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* AsleepForDays: Both [=McCoy=] and Kirk.
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* BondingOverMissingParents: And dead siblings, and dead grandparents, and dead greatgrandparents...
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* BondingOverMissingParents: And dead siblings, and dead grandparents, and dead greatgrandparents...great-grandparents...
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* HeartbrokenBadass: [=McCoy=] has a broken heart over Kirk for a lot of the fic yet still kicks ass, both berbally and physically, when need be.
* HelloNurse: Gaila - a curvy, lush GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe - has this effect on most due to her powerful pheremones and general allure.
* HelloNurse: Gaila - a curvy, lush GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe - has this effect on most due to her powerful pheremones and general allure.
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* HeadTurningBeauty: Gaila - a curvy, lush GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe - has this effect on most due to her [[LivingAphrodisiac powerful pheromones]] and general allure.
* HeartbrokenBadass: [=McCoy=] has a broken heart over Kirk for a lot of the fic yet still kicks ass, bothberbally verbally and physically, when need be.
* HelloNurse: Gaila - a curvy, lush GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe - has this effect on most due to her powerful pheremones and general allure.be.
* HeartbrokenBadass: [=McCoy=] has a broken heart over Kirk for a lot of the fic yet still kicks ass, both
* HelloNurse: Gaila - a curvy, lush GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe - has this effect on most due to her powerful pheremones and general allure.
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* InterspeciesRomance: Both main characters have have relations with aliens.
* IntimateHealing: Kirk attempts this when [[spoiler: [=McCoy=] is hospitalised due to a deadly disease he had been trying to find the cure for, kissing him to try wake him up.]]
* IntimateHealing: Kirk attempts this when [[spoiler: [=McCoy=] is hospitalised due to a deadly disease he had been trying to find the cure for, kissing him to try wake him up.]]
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* InterspeciesRomance: Both main characters have have relations with aliens.
* IntimateHealing: Kirk attempts this when [[spoiler: [=McCoy=] ishospitalised hospitalized due to a deadly disease he had been trying to find the cure for, kissing him to try wake him up.]]
* IntimateHealing: Kirk attempts this when [[spoiler: [=McCoy=] is
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* JustForFun/KinseyScaleOfTropes: Discusssed directly in universe with regards to several characters.[=McCoy=] is a 3, Kirk is a 2, and Patty, an OC close friend of [=McCoy=], is a 4.
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* JustForFun/KinseyScaleOfTropes: Discusssed Discussed directly in universe InUniverse with regards to several characters.[=McCoy=] is a 3, Kirk is a 2, and Patty, an OC close friend of [=McCoy=], is a 4.
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* LastMinuteBabyNaming: Discussed in universe. Kirk's parents are named him for his maternal grandfather, and his middle name is his paternal grandfather's. His parental grandfather hated his name. [=McCoy=] gets his middle name from his great-grandfather, Horatio Ellison [=McCoy=].
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* LastMinuteBabyNaming: Discussed in universe.InUniverse. Kirk's parents are named him for his maternal grandfather, and his middle name is his paternal grandfather's. His parental grandfather hated his name. [=McCoy=] gets his middle name from his great-grandfather, Horatio Ellison [=McCoy=].
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* MarriedToTheJob: [=McCoy=], especially during his first marriage which led to it's downfall.
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* MarriedToTheJob: [=McCoy=], especially during his first marriage which led to it's its downfall.
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* NearDeathExperience: [[spoiler: [=McCoy=] almost dies from a deadly disease for which he is trying to find the cure and Kirk surived a genocide on the planet Tarsus IV when he is thirteen]]
* PseudocanonicalFic: Part I and most of Part 2 occurs in the ''Three Years Later'' timejump in the movie, with Part III and the remainder of Part II occurs during and after the events of the remainder of the movie.
* PseudocanonicalFic: Part I and most of Part 2 occurs in the ''Three Years Later'' timejump in the movie, with Part III and the remainder of Part II occurs during and after the events of the remainder of the movie.
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* NearDeathExperience: [[spoiler: [=McCoy=] almost dies from a deadly disease for which he is trying to find the cure and Kirk surived survived a genocide on the planet Tarsus IV when he is thirteen]]
* PseudocanonicalFic: Part I and most of Part 2 occurs in the ''Three Years Later''timejump time-jump in the movie, with Part III and the remainder of Part II occurs during and after the events of the remainder of the movie.
* PseudocanonicalFic: Part I and most of Part 2 occurs in the ''Three Years Later''
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* StargazingScene: A slightly darker and more theoretical version occurs when, in the Planetarium, Kirk and [=McCoy=] watch the simulation Kirk made [[spoiler: reenaacting his father's last moments alive.]]
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* StargazingScene: A slightly darker and more theoretical version occurs when, in the Planetarium, Kirk and [=McCoy=] watch the simulation Kirk made [[spoiler: reenaacting reenacting his father's last moments alive.]]
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* SpaceCadetAcademy: Starfleet Academy features prominently in the fic as Kirk and McCoy both study there.
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* SpaceCadetAcademy: Starfleet Academy features prominently in the fic as Kirk and McCoy [=McCoy=] both study there.
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* BirthdayHater: He hates celebrating his birthday because it reminds him of his father's death, made worse by the planetwide commemoration that occur every year. As a result, he disappears into the shadows every holiday season to hide from the paparazzi.
* FascinatingEyebrow: Referenced by Kirk frequently.
* FightMagnet: Kirk gets into frequent fights.
* FirstNameBasis: [=McCoy=] becomes this with Uhura.
* FightMagnet: Kirk gets into frequent fights.
* FirstNameBasis: [=McCoy=] becomes this with Uhura.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Kirk.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Kirk. [=McCoy=], who frequently snarks but cares very deeply for the welfare of his friends and family.
* KnightInSourArmor: [=McCoy=] wants to make the world a better place but, damn, if he isn't going to be bitter about it.
* MyGreatestFailure: How [=McCoy=] feels about euthanizing his father mere months before the cure to his disease is found.
* Sarcastic Devotee / Sour Supporter: He will follow Kirk into the pits of Hell and back, but he'll grumble about it first.
* SouthernFriedGenius: [=McCoy=] is an incredibly smart surgeon and physician, and was born and raised in Georgia.
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->''And in the instant, as his mind tried to assimilate what he'd heard -- that a planet of billions of people, and hundreds of millennia of history and culture, was simply gone -- all he could think was that Nyota Uhura had sounded just like Spock.''
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->''And in the instant, as his mind tried to assimilate what he'd heard -- that a planet of billions of people, and hundreds of millennia of history and culture, was simply gone -- all he could think was that Nyota Uhura had sounded just like Spock.''''
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: [=McCoy=] is terrified of transporters.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: [=McCoy=] is terrified of transporters.
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* DoctorsOrders: A card played by [=McCoy=] on a number of occasions, especially towards those who would outrank him otherwise.
* DrJerk: [=McCoy=] is cantankerous and stubborn and it's very clear most of the interns are afraid of him.
* DrowningMySorrows: Kirk and [=McCoy=] spend most of the first few months at the Academy doing just this.
* DrowningMySorrows: Kirk and [=McCoy=] spend most of the first few months at the Academy doing just this.
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* IAmNotMyFather: Kirk being born a minute before his father died to save his life made it hard for him to create his own identity due to the inevitable comparisons.
-> ''George Kirk had sacrificed his life to save his wife and son, but in so doing, had made himself the measure against which that son would always be judged.''
* IntimateHealing: Kirk attempts this when [[spoiler: [=McCoy=] is hospitalised due to a deadly disease he had been trying to find the cure for, kissing him to try wake him up.]]
-> ''George Kirk had sacrificed his life to save his wife and son, but in so doing, had made himself the measure against which that son would always be judged.''
* IntimateHealing: Kirk attempts this when [[spoiler: [=McCoy=] is hospitalised due to a deadly disease he had been trying to find the cure for, kissing him to try wake him up.]]
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* {{Hypocrite}}: Kirk accuses [=McCoy=] of this with regards to him spending his summer curing a deadly disease when he had chewed Kirk out for spending his summer doing a deadly Starfleet course.
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* HospitalHottie: [=McCoy=], to his embarrassment.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Kirk accuses [=McCoy=] of this with regards to him spending his summer curing a deadly disease when he had chewed Kirk out for spending his summer doing a deadly Starfleet course.
* IAmNotMyFather: Kirk being born a minute before his father died to save his life made it hard for him to create his own identity due to the inevitable comparisons.
-> ''George Kirk had sacrificed his life to save his wife and son, but in so doing, had made himself the measure against which that son would always be judged.''
* {{Hypocrite}}: Kirk accuses [=McCoy=] of this with regards to him spending his summer curing a deadly disease when he had chewed Kirk out for spending his summer doing a deadly Starfleet course.
* IAmNotMyFather: Kirk being born a minute before his father died to save his life made it hard for him to create his own identity due to the inevitable comparisons.
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* [[IHaveNoSon: I Have No Grandson]]: [=McCoy=]'s paternal grandfather rejects him after he [[spoiler: performs euthanasia on his dying father prior to the events of the fic.]]
* ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder: Said or thought by [[TropeNamer [=McCoy=]]], verbatim.
''He was a doctor, not an idiot'' when thinking about the physical requirements of Starfleet Academy.
''I'm a doctor, not a fighter, Jim'' when discussing the hand-to-hand class he is failing.
''He was a doctor, not a playwright'' when thinking about the gruesome worst-case scenarios his brain produces.
''He was a doctor, not a statistician'', when pondering the suicide rates among [[spoiler: Tarsus survivors.]]
* ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder: Said or thought by [[TropeNamer [=McCoy=]]], verbatim.
''He was a doctor, not an idiot'' when thinking about the physical requirements of Starfleet Academy.
''I'm a doctor, not a fighter, Jim'' when discussing the hand-to-hand class he is failing.
''He was a doctor, not a playwright'' when thinking about the gruesome worst-case scenarios his brain produces.
''He was a doctor, not a statistician'', when pondering the suicide rates among [[spoiler: Tarsus survivors.]]
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* [[IHaveNoSon: [[IHaveNoSon I Have No Grandson]]: [=McCoy=]'s paternal grandfather rejects him after he [[spoiler: performs euthanasia on his dying father prior to the events of the fic.]]
* ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder: Said or thought by [[TropeNamer [=McCoy=]]],verbatim.verbatim, on multiple occasions.
-> ''He was a doctor, not an idiot'' when thinking about the physical requirements of Starfleet Academy.
-> ''I'm a doctor, not a fighter, Jim'' when discussing the hand-to-hand class he is failing.
''He was a doctor, not an idiot'' when thinking about the physical requirements of Starfleet Academy.
''I'm a doctor, not a fighter, Jim'' when discussing the hand-to-hand class he is failing.
-> ''He was a doctor, not a playwright'' when thinking about the gruesome worst-case scenarios his brain produces.
-> ''He was a doctor, not a statistician'', when pondering the suicide rates among [[spoiler: Tarsus survivors.]]
* ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder: Said or thought by [[TropeNamer [=McCoy=]]],
-> ''He was a doctor, not an idiot'' when thinking about the physical requirements of Starfleet Academy.
-> ''I'm a doctor, not a fighter, Jim'' when discussing the hand-to-hand class he is failing.
''I'm a doctor, not a fighter, Jim'' when discussing the hand-to-hand class he is failing.
-> ''He was a doctor, not a statistician'', when pondering the suicide rates among [[spoiler: Tarsus survivors.]]
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* SadisticTeacher: Cupcake with his hand-to-hand class.
