J had requested I repost this flash this year and I’ll be honest and say I am behind and couldn’t get a new one done for Monday yet so I figured this was the perfect time to use this one!
Jim could not contain his mirth as he eyed the outfit Bones wore. “Oh. My God. Are you actually the partridge?” He fingered the outer part of Bones’ costume. “And this part is the tree?”’
“Shut up.” Partridge Bones shoved him. “What the hell are you, anyway?”
“Five Golden Rings. Duh.”
Jim wore a lightweight T-shirt with golden rings he’d cut out from gold lame material and then attached them to the T-Shirt. No way was he going to wear something as ridiculously extravagant as Bones’ Partridge in a Pear Tree getup.
Bones narrowed his eyes and grimaced as he snatched up a glass of Holiday Punch as an ensign with a tray passed by. “I only see four rings. Four, Jim.”
Jim frowned. “Hmm. Weird. I wonder where that fifth one went.” He turned around to look behind him.
“No, it’s not hanging from your ass. Damn, Jim. You can’t even get something that simple right.”
Jim grinned and shrugged.
“Oh hell. There’s Scotty and Uhura as Two Turtle Doves. I may throw up.”
He laughed. “It was her idea to do this in the first place.”
“I know. Where’s your lover boy?” Bones scowled. “Don’t tell me you let Spock get out of this because…”
“I didn’t! He’s over there piping or something.”
“Huh?”
“Eleven Pipers Piping. That’s what Spock is. Only he’s just one. Obviously.”
“One Spock is enough to handle,” Bones said dryly.
Jim smiled. “I don’t know. I’d be happy dealing with eleven Spocks.”
“Love really is blind.”
Chekov suddenly appeared, looking vaguely harangued.
“What’s wrong with you?” Bones asked.
“I have a pounding headache, Doktor. Hikaru will not stop Drumming Drumming.”
Bones rolled his eyes. “Go A’Leaping somewhere else, will ya?”
Chekov eyed Jim. “There are only four rings.”
“Yeah, yeah. I’ll find the other. Must have lost it.”
Chekov leaped off.
The two turtle doves walked up then and Jim had to admit he might join Bones in throwing up.
Across the rec room he saw Rand doing the ladies dancing thing. He shook his head.
“Captain, you’re missing a ring,” Uhura pointed out.
“Yeah, yeah. Tell me something I don’t know.”
At that moment, Jim’s own true love appeared by his side, dressed as a piper and holding a musical pipe thing. He looked a little more Pied Piper of Hamlin than a Christmas Piper, but whatever.
“Hi, honey,” Jim greeted him.
Spock arched a brow. “What happened to the fifth golden ring?”
“Oh for heaven’s sake,” Jim exclaimed. He patted himself up and down. “It’s gotta be here somewhere.” He reached into his pants pocket and withdrew a small golden band. “Here it is.”
Uhura gasped.
Jim winked at her and then dropped to his knees. He wiggled the gold band. “Here’s the fifth one. Five golden rings. Spock, will you…”
“I can’t believe you’re gonna do this now,” Bones muttered,
“Shut up.” Jim grinned up at a blushing Spock. “Will you be my husband?”
“Jim,” Spock whispered.
His brows furrowed. “Is that a yes?”
“Of course it’s a yes!” Uhura yelled.
Jim smirked at her. “I’d still like to hear it from Spock, if you don’t mind.” He rose to his feet and held out the golden ring. “What do you say, Piper? Want to play my pipes for the rest of our lives?”
“Jim!”
“Oh. My. God. I take it back,” Uhura said, laughing uncontrollably. “He says no!”
Spock gave her a look, then looked back at Jim. “Ridiculous proposal notwithstanding, yes, I will.”
Jim whooped and pulled Spock the Piper into his arms for a thorough kiss.
“All right everyone. Places! We’re going to act out the song.” Scotty said with a clap.
Jim kept kissing Spock. “Later.”
“Much later,” Spock murmured, leading Jim and his golden rings away.
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13 responses to “Flash Fic, December 11, 2023”
This makes me ridiculously happy. Lol. There’s so much to love about this one. The cute. And the banter. And the love.
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Yeah thank you
I had a crazy busy weekend so you know I’m behind. And only 2 weeks to Christmas!
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But seriously, is there ANYONE who didn’t think Jim would sew the 5th one on his ass?
And seriously, is there ANYONE who wouldn’t enjoy 11 Spocks? (especially Nimoy ones in my case) Piping or otherwise?
And seriously, we ALL know Jim really meant HANDLING 11 Spocks, right?
This really IS one of my top 4 of the 25 tied for first place faves of yours.
And what an idiot I am. Even though I’ve read this a zillion times because I love it so much, I swear I got chill bumps and tears at “He reached into his pants pocket and withdrew a small golden band. ”
I haven’t done that since the first two readings. (But then I always cry at the end of It’s A Wonderful Life too every.dang.time.)
Thank you so much for indulging me with this today! It’s made my Christmas ever since the first time you posted it. (And just for the record for everyone, this one I’m thrilled to admit it was my prompt.)
Merriest of Christmases, Everybody, including said writer. Safe and secure and leak-free and incident-free and accident-free and mishap-free and messed-up recipes-free and all NO CUT HANDS AGAIN (Ivan – that’s obviously for YOU cause, yeah, I remember, though it was years ago).
And here’s to the Baby who changed the world.
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I still have the scar from that mishap! Almost Worse Christmas ever as I was sicker than a dog for two months straight, ended up with syncope and collapse several times that mimicked seizures, ended up in Emergency room on Christmas Eve and then yes, capped it by having a bottle explode and cut the top of my hand so badly I have a scar and scar tissue ever since!
I will say this holiday season is vying to be in the top 5 of my worst Christmases given the kitchen situation, but it’s not beaten by that one listed above and definitely not by the year my dad had a stroke the day before Thanksgiving and was still in the hospital paralyzed on Christmas. That is number one worst.
Anyway, we went to an amusement park yesterday and that was fun. The worse part of this experience with the kitchen is now being harassed by water damage people for $18,000. Ugh.
Anyway, I too cry in It’s a Wonderful Life. And in a few others. Including my own fic where I give Uhura a fatal disease for Christmas (and it still manages to be all heartwarming LOL). I do like this one a lot too. All the way from 2019!
And MERRY CHRISTMAS to you as well. May it be a peaceful spent with your family on the ranch
I’ll be with a big large group of family too and so that is wonderful
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Yeah, I should have gone back into your AO3 Christmas folder and started re-reading everything the day after Thanksgiving – and I still probably couldn’t have finished by New Years Day.
I mean, my fave Christmas was the one we woke up to another brand new flash every single day of December. (Did you do that twice? I remember the next year that you wrote one long fic and updated here every day of December – which pretty much drove you crazy-er, as it was more stressful to do than you’d thought it would be. I mean, if I remember correctly. Which…you know…LOOK – SQUIRRELS!)
Christmas and Ivanw are now and forever inextricably linked in my head.
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LOL yes I did the different one every day in 2019 and 2021!
IAlso in 2021 I did Winter Wonderland which was another story
It was 2020 where I posted a chapter of Let Nothing You Dismay every day on the blog (Jim was a single father) and yes, nutso (me not Jim) and a couple other extras too
in 2022 I did 13 holiday flashes as well as a story called Love and Joy and a few others
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I’m currently on the beach in Mexico. We’re just south of Cancun. 🦎🇲🇽🏖️
This flash is so cute and funny. Of course, Bones has an uncomfortable extravagant costume. Jim’s is simple and just perfect for his plan. What a romantic proposal… and in front of the crew! Love it! 💍💕
I’m glad you reposted it! I’m good with reposts!!!
Hope your holiday season is happy and bright! 🎅🎄
❤️💚😘🖖
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Have fun!
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I, on the other hand, am sitting at my desk, my mail notification telling me my last Christmas package was picked up at the post office BY SOMEONE WHO IS NOT ME, and my water disappeared an hour ago, mid-cycle of the dishwasher, turned off due to a water leak somewhere around here. I see NO equipment fixing it, as the note put on our doors says there is, and they’re SO thankful for our patience. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Not only can I NOT “Cancun take me away,” I can’t even “Calgon take me away.” So yeah, a bit envious of your position on the beach right now! But so happy for you. You deserve it!
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Somehow I missed this entire comment! So weird!
Hope you got your water back on obviously!
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Eventually. Even got my package back…the next day.
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So METV brought up a blast from the past. Andy Griffith on Glen Campbell’s Christmas show, listing the cost of each of the 12 gifts from the song. The total he came up with, in 1969 prices was $210,304.15. “Plus sales tax,” Griffith cheerfully offers. “Why don’t you get your wife what I’m gettin’ mine?…a “Bottle of perfume.”
https://www.metv.com/stories/andy-griffith-once-calculated-what-it-would-cost-to-give-the-twelve-days-of-christmas
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that’s pretty funny!
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