Hi! I'm the anon who requested the prompt. *waves*
OMG, thank you so, so, so much for this. It's exactly what I wanted. I've hardly ever been able to fic about emetophobia and when I have, it's never been quite what I was wanting. But this was just PERFECT. Seriously, it's exactly what I needed. How did you do that; you must be magical.
The level of detail in the actual vomiting was AWESOME (seriously, my heart was thudding as the symptoms progressed; my weird fear/fascination response, haha... I especially loved that you included the increased saliva and the hot feeling, those get left out a lot). McCoy was awesome with his shock at not being argued with about Spock going off duty.
I also really loved the scene with Spock just waiting it out in his bathroom. That's what I do whenever I feel sick; the psyching yourself up with worrying about it, the hoping like hell it's not going to happen, and the decrease in adrenaline afterwards... it was just really really great to read about someone else going through that.
I loved all the crew's reactions (Uhura being all professional and nonplussed won my heart) and Kirk was. Just. Wonderful. I loved his line about not putting people on report for being ill; that was so beautifully Kirk. And his comforting at the end was perfect too; not too mushy, just offering support and then helping him take his mind off it with chess... just amazing. I loved it so much.
Again, thank you so much for this. I'm sorry for babbling so much in my comment, but I really, really enjoyed this. Reading it was really cathartic in a way, and thanks for doing that for me. Awesome, awesome work. <3<3
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OMG, thank you so, so, so much for this. It's exactly what I wanted. I've hardly ever been able to fic about emetophobia and when I have, it's never been quite what I was wanting. But this was just PERFECT. Seriously, it's exactly what I needed. How did you do that; you must be magical.
The level of detail in the actual vomiting was AWESOME (seriously, my heart was thudding as the symptoms progressed; my weird fear/fascination response, haha... I especially loved that you included the increased saliva and the hot feeling, those get left out a lot). McCoy was awesome with his shock at not being argued with about Spock going off duty.
I also really loved the scene with Spock just waiting it out in his bathroom. That's what I do whenever I feel sick; the psyching yourself up with worrying about it, the hoping like hell it's not going to happen, and the decrease in adrenaline afterwards... it was just really really great to read about someone else going through that.
I loved all the crew's reactions (Uhura being all professional and nonplussed won my heart) and Kirk was. Just. Wonderful. I loved his line about not putting people on report for being ill; that was so beautifully Kirk. And his comforting at the end was perfect too; not too mushy, just offering support and then helping him take his mind off it with chess... just amazing. I loved it so much.
Again, thank you so much for this. I'm sorry for babbling so much in my comment, but I really, really enjoyed this. Reading it was really cathartic in a way, and thanks for doing that for me. Awesome, awesome work. <3<3