Competent!Jim and Mentally!Damaged Jim

[elleipsis.livejournal.com]

Okay, plucking up the courage to post after being a lurker for a while. I'm looking for any stories in these kind of areas:

1, Incredibly competent Captain Kirk. I love the stories where he doesn't sleep around with the crew, really works incredibly hard ( maybe too hard?), but I basically want stories where he is truly amazing and a brilliant commanding officer, either in daily life or on an away mission or something.
Even better if he surprises the crew with his depth of knowledge ( Kirk being all genius is one of my favourite things to read), and his competence, with his ability to command.

2, Jim with some kind of mental illness? Can be AU,something he has grown up with, set from his point of view as a kid as he struggles ( I read a really brilliant one where he had symptoms close to Bi-polar), or maybe his intelligence is actually a problem?
De-aging, damage, away mission gone wrong, anything is good, though I particularly love mental illness which he copes with, that no one notices until certain events, e.g PTSD.

If possible, I prefer Kirk/Bones, or Gen. Any rating is perfectly fine.

I hope I got this right, and I know these are pretty specific, but anything close would be great.
Thank you very much!

Comments

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

I think mijan's All the Kings Men (http://mijan.livejournal.com/142019.html) pretty much fills every wish you have. PTSD, Brilliant Kirk, Mission gone wrong, AMAZING HURT/COMFORT. Okay, maybe that last one is my kink.

It's gen, but (to me) read as INCREDIBLE pre-slash. Their love for each other is epic in this story, and would almost have been cheapend by sex. ALMOST. *sniff*

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Anyhoo, it's a great read. Full of action, drama and McCoy's undying love and respect for Cadet Kirk.

[elleipsis.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I've read All the King's Men, and it was amazing! I haven't read it in a while, so I think I'll go re-read!
Thanks.

[snowflakespeech.livejournal.com]

This one's K/S but it's got #1 and some definite angst... http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5344838/1/Atlas

I second "All the King's Men"...Not usually a K/B shipper, but that one was great.

[elleipsis.livejournal.com]

Thank you :) I will go check it out, because whilst I'm a primary Jim/Bones shipper, if it's a good story, I can definitely see beyond that!
Thanks for the rec.

[illyrya.livejournal.com]

Hi could you link the almost bipolar Jim fic?
Thanks

[elleipsis.livejournal.com]

It could be taken as bipolar, but that is up to the reader, I would certainly say it leans to that end of the spectrum, with the highs and lows. There are warnings with regard to it acting as a trigger, just to warn.

Take me in (http://community.livejournal.com/st_xi_kink/7586.html?thread=19373986#t19373986.com/)

I hope you like it. Have you read the story where Jim has DID? That one is really good too.

[kesomon.livejournal.com]

I don't have any recs, but I did have an idea along the lines of number 2 you might also search for. What if the weird way Shatner's Kirk delivers his lines was caused by one too many blows to the head or something, and it happens to Pine's Kirk? Just an idea.

[isoldam.livejournal.com]

In When we were young (http://k-e-wilson.livejournal.com/2432.html#cutid1) by k_e_wilson Kirk is mentally ill. (It's a WIP with one part left to post.)