Just Like Clockwork

Just Like Clockwork

("Bones" McCoy x gn!engineer!reader)

Trigger Warnings: fluff?; mentions of injuries; descriptions of injuries; mild swearing; mentions of alcohol

It's kind of short and might not exactly be perfect, but I hope it's ok...

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Bones looked over at the clock. "Any minute now", he thought. "Any minute, Y/N will walk through those doors from engineering with a burn or a sprained wrist."

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Down in engineering, you were busy working on fixing something that Scotty was worried about. Your mind started to drift off to if you'd make it through the day without landing yourself in medbay. It's not that you were extremely clumsy, you just happened to accidentally hurt yourself a few times a week. Scotty made a chart for how many times a day per week you specifically got hurt.

A thud followed by pain snapped you out of your thoughts. You had absentmindedly dropped the tool you were using on your foot. "Ow, fuck!" You muttered. Without thinking, you kicked the closest pipe with your hurt foot with a bit too much force. "Again — ow, fuck!!" You groaned as you put some weight on your throbbing foot.

You painfully walked past Scotty as you approached the door. "You hurt yourself again, lass?" Scotty let out a sigh.

"On my way to Bones right now." You stopped just before the door, looking back at Scotty knowing full well what he was about to say.

"Fifth time this week, Y/N. You're a great engineer, but I'm just worried you're gonna get yourself hurt real bad one of these days," Scotty crossed his arms and gave you a look of genuine concern.

You walked back over to him and gave him a hug. "Thanks for worrying about me, Scotty."

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Bones was just finishing up rebandaging a science officer's wound they had gotten from an away mission not too long ago when he heard the medbay doors opening. He dismissed the science officer, turning around to see you standing at the end of a medbay bed, favoring one foot over the other.

"What'd you do to your foot, Y/N?"

"I think I bruised it for sure."

"Let me take a look," he let out a very audible sigh.

You hopped onto to the side of the bed, and took off your shoe and sock. Your toes were subtle shade of red. There was a nice redish sore spot on the top of your foot.

"I'm going to guess by the look of that Scotty should assign me some light stuff that keeps me off my feet for the rest of my shift. Then, after I clock out, I head immediately to my room and keep my feet up?" You asked calmly.

"Your nearly correct. What I was thinking is that, like you started with, Scotty gives some light stuff to work on that'll allow you to keep your foot up, and, afterwards, I was hoping you'd like to get a drink with me?" That last part caught you off guard a little.

"Bones, are you asking me on a date?"

"I might be."

"When does your shift end?" You both couldn't stop smiling, trying to figure out which drink you'd both be getting.

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The End

a lesbian couple in front of the white house at the march on washington for lesbian gay and bi equal rights and liberation, photographed by elvert barnes, april 1993

Now I know something English class didn't think to tell me about.

“chuffed doesnt mean what you think it means”

it means exactly what i think it means its just some stupid word that literally has two definitions that mean the opposite thing

For those who don’t know: 

Tom Ruegger is the original creator of Animaniacs. He’s the guy you have to thank for the iconic characters Yakko, Wakko, and Dot (for whom the primary inspiration was his own three sons.) Among many others, including the equally popular Pinky and the Brain.  He was also an involved writer/lyricist for the show and played a huge part in coming up with new song & story ideas.

Yet despite all of this, Tom was never asked back for the 2020 reboot. In fact, he wasn’t even aware that a reboot was in production until it was announced to the public. Although Tom has expressed plenty of interest in being involved in the reboot, WB/Hulu has repeatedly turned him away.

Tom’s oldest son, Nate Ruegger (voice of Skippy Squirrel,) has spoken out about this on his twitter: 

“the naked greed on display here to reboot a series without involving any of the original creative team so they can make *more* money, & then joke about it, is gross.” (x)

And he’s absolutely right. Outside of the main voice cast, none of the original team was consulted for the reboot. Tom was/is an integral part of Animaniacs. Without him, the show would never have existed, let alone become a cultural phenomenon. It doesn’t seem right for him to be cut out of the revival of a show that he is largely responsible for bringing to life in the first place.

The mistreatment and blatant disrespect of creators by big-name companies is something I’ve seen way too much of lately, and even though this is far from the first time, that doesn’t make the practice in anyway right or okay.

I’ve seen petitions for this going around, but they rarely gain enough traction, so I’m taking a more direct approach:

I’m asking fans of the series - new & old alike, regardless of your opinion on the reboot itself - to please reblog this. Or, simply spread the hashtag #BringBackTomRuegger somewhere on your social media.

So that we can let the new showrunners know that we, the fans, want to see Tom brought back for future seasons!!!

I’m not asking for a full rewrite, I just want the man who created these characters to have some say in what happens to them, as he should. Please share to show support, if you agree!

Prettier than the Sunset

Carson Beckett x gn!reader

Summary: you and Carson like each other a lot, and the both of you (ironically) pick the same time to say anything.

Trigger Warnings: fluff, that's about it.

A/N: I'm not very good at writing accents, so Carson's dialogue is gonna look pretty normal.

Also, it's kind of short. Hope you all enjoy it.

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Sheppard and McKay were just sitting down for a light dinner when Carson walked in to the cafeteria towards them, looking like a nervous wreck.

"Have either of you two seen Y/N? I want to ask them something," he sounded anxious beyond belief.

"No, not since early this morning. Are you ok?" McKay looked at the doc before catching Sheppard smirking out of the corner of his eye. "Why are you smirking like that?"

"Our dear friend Beckett here has a crush on Y/N. Try asking Ronan where they are. I think I saw them talking to him around lunchtime," Sheppard gave Carson a smile before digging into his food.

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Ronan was in the gym, training with a practice dummy. The sound of the doors opening along with a soft knock on the wall turned his attention away from training towards Beckett. "Can this wait a minute?"

"I just wanted to ask if you know where Y/N might be. I had asked Sheppard a little while ago and he said to come to you," Carson gulped, trying to collect his nerves.

"Yeah, they were wondering if I had any idea where a nice quiet spot around here would be. Told them that Teyla likes to go out to one of the balconies from time to time, so they could try that. You finally asking them out?" he asked bluntly.

"I might be," Carson managed to stutter.

"Good luck finding them," Ronan said before turning his attention back to the dummy.

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Just like Ronan thought, you were taking in the peace and quiet of one of the balconies. The view made for a wonderful scene to capture in a drawing. Early that morning, you decided today of all days would be the day you finally told Carson how you felt. Little did you realize he was planning the exact same thing.

You had just finished packing up your colored pencils when you heard the door open. You quickly held your sketchbook behind your back and faced a slightly confused looking Carson. "Hi, Carson," a small bit of blush rose in your cheeks.

"I can see why you came to this balcony. The view is amazing," Carson walked over to you. His cheeks had to started to get a little red as he faced the sunset.

It was silent for a few moments before either of you said anything. "Do you want to -," both you started saying in unison.

"You go first," you chuckled.

"No, it's alright. You can go first," Carson grinned.

"By the sounds of it, we were going to say the same thing."

"Do you want to have dinner with me?" He gave her a shy smile.

"Certainly," you smiled widely as you handed him the picture that had been held behind your back this entire time. It was of the sunset.

"This is fantastic. It's just as pretty as the real thing. Certainly not as pretty as the artist who drew it, though," his compliment made your cheeks turn bright red. He took your hand in his with a grin as you both went to the cafeteria for some food.

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The End