#mckirkday2025

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in honor of mckirk day have some cowboys ^_^

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Happy McKirk Day to whatever the heck this is

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Kirk & McCoy | The Man Trap Happy McKirk Day! @mckirkevents

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I couldn't just leave you there looking all pathetic. @mckirkevents

[self-made-purgatories]

Wheel out the bar cart and pick a bouquet of wheat; it's McKirk Day!!

TOS McKirk are so special to me. Jim and Bones share such a profound intimacy that only comes from deeply knowing and loving someone for a very long time. From the very first episode of the series, they already have that sweet "old married couple" energy I love so much.

I headcanon them as friendly on-again-off-again exes who love each other deeply and remain intimate in lots of ways, whether or not they are an official couple at that particular time. I also headcanon that Bones, who is a little older and wiser, was Jim's first romantic and sexual relationship with a man.

I can also see them in a deeply fulfilling queerplatonic partnership, and I totally get when people ship them in that way. But I personally headcanon that their deep emotional intimacy is both an ingredient and a byproduct of an absolutely electric sex life together.

The hallmark of their relationship is constancy. They always have each other's backs. Sometimes you just NEED somebody around. They are that somebody to each other.

They are each other's emergency contact, best friend, shoulder to cry on, drinking buddy who will hold your hair back later if needed. The first person you tell everything to, whether it's good news or bad news. They genuinely enjoy one another's company and they have lots of fun together.

My two favorite glimpses into their intimacy that are 100% canon: Bones has the Enterprise equivalent of a key to Jim's door and is able to open Jim's door without knocking (Obsession), and also, they sometimes get dressed together (Journey to Babel)!

Perhaps most importantly, they are both great communicators. They sometimes lose their shit with each other like anyone else in a stressful situation, but they always come back and talk about it later in a very healthy, direct, no-frills way. They openly apologize for their transgressions. They forgive each other.

Just look at this exchange from Friday's Child:

KIRK: Bones. MCCOY: Yes, Captain? KIRK: I shouldn't have chewed you out. I'm sorry. MCCOY: I understand.

Or this exchange from The Man Trap:

MCCOY: Another error on my part. KIRK: I'm not counting them, Bones. Are you in the mood for an apology? MCCOY: Oh, forget it.

As people sometimes say, Jim and Bones are the soul and the heart of the TOS triumvirate. As much as I love everybody's favorite Vulcan-Human, sometimes love doesn't need as much mind as you might think it does. Sometimes you don't have to overthink it. Sometimes it's just comfortable and intimate and unconditional. Sometimes you can just say, "I understand" and leave it at that. That's what McKirk is to me.

Don't get me wrong; I ship every combination of the TOS triumvirate. But Spock is so guarded and repressed and turned inward. It makes him exciting and interesting and unpredictable and sexy. But it kneecaps his relationships in a lot of ways.

Bones would never have a sibling he failed to mention to Jim. If Jim found himself in a fuck-or-die situation got so horny he was feeling distracted, he would simply tell Bones (and Bones would fix it for him right away). It's uncomplicated.

Of all the twosomes in McSpirk, McKirk is the most like a real, healthy, happy couple. Real-life relationships are mostly honesty and intimacy and allowing yourself to be vulnerable and showing up again and again. Putting in the work AND enjoying the fireworks. That is what McKirk is to me. I'm so glad we have a day to celebrate this beautiful love story!

Thank you @mckirkevents!

[mckirkevents]

Two Months till McKirk Day 2025!

Hey McKirk fans! Two months may seem like a long time (okay, it is) but the winter holidays are almost upon us, so we figured we check that McKirk Day is still on everybody's radar!

When? February 20th

What? McKirk in any way, shape, or form! Art, fic, remixes, meta, whatever, just as long as it is celebrating McKirk, we'd love to see it on the day! We are open to all types of content of all ratings as long as it is tagged and warned for responsibly. Have fun with it!

How? Post, share, draw, write and tag #mckirkday2025 on 20th February or @ us at @mckirkevents

Any questions, give us a shout!

[lenievi]

Unfortunately, I didn't have time to create anything for mckirk day this year 😭 so I'm going to shamelessly link my old TOS mckirk fics, and if anyone decides to give them a read, I hope you'll enjoy!

And All I Ask… | McCoy/Kirk | 3.6k Jim met Leonard in a bar when he was twenty-two. When he was twenty-six, he met him in a mess hall after being assigned to a new starship. When he was twenty-nine, McCoy became his surgeon for the first time. (pre-series)

Silence | McCoy/Kirk-ish, gen/pre-slash | 1.9k In the evening after Anton Karidian is shot by his daughter, Jim Kirk, haunted by what happened and by his memories, can’t sleep. McCoy wants to make sure he is okay.

The Horrors of the Past | McCoy/Kirk-ish, gen/pre-slash | 1.7k In a timeline where Christopher Pike did not accept his promotion to Fleet Captain, James T. Kirk receives command of the USS Farragut. As the Farragut starts her voyage, the tragedy that happened on board six years ago continues to haunt Jim’s mind. McCoy notices.

Tell Me To Go | McCoy/Kirk, E | 2.7k They couldn’t be more than this. They couldn’t have more than this… sometimes thing.

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Star Trek: Alternate Original Series (Movies), Star Trek Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: James T. Kirk/Leonard "Bones" McCoy, James T. Kirk & Leonard "Bones" McCoy Characters: James T. Kirk, Leonard "Bones" McCoy Additional Tags: Lyrics Word Find, McKirk Week 2024 (Star Trek), Song: Addicted (Saving Abel), Inspired by Fanart Summary:

Jim and Bones need to redefine the nature of their association following the events in Star Trek: Beyond. Mildly NSFW. Can't say much without giving out spoilers so you just have to read it. **UPDATED as a super important paragraph got deleted somehow and I missed it - fixed now**