I really liked this, the subtly of McCoy growing pain, him hiding I from the crew and wishing they would notice, despite him putting so much work into hiding. You conveyed all of those ideas very succinctly yet they came across clear and emotional. I especially appreciated the way Spock finally noticed, even hinted that he remembered from a time he forgot his own name. Loved this story, I’m sure it is one I will read multiple times!

Great story! One of the reasons why I love this is that it focuses on the consequences of things that happen on screen. It really spark my muse!

Sad, and yet, so easy to picture! Thanks for sharing )

Glad for the "happy" ending because you made me feel just awful for McCoy as you enumerated each time he was assaulted. And so satisfying that it was Spock who finally brought about the healing. Love your writing!

This was really well done. I've long felt the Mirror, Mirror incident was too lightly glossed over, but I never really thought of the long list of violations. I haven't watched all the TOS episodes so was unaware of some, but then others like caring Spock's katra I didn't even think about because yay! Spock's alive. You made the cumulative toll very clear and convincing, and McCoy's self-loathing very palpable. And in section 4 when he imagined Kirk responding cavalierly... wow, that was poignant.

It'd be great if you could go back and change "loosing" and "looses" to "losing" and "loses" as that bumped me out of the story each time.

Brilliant story idea and good execution.

Perfection!

Wow. What powerful writing. Poor Bones, and shame on the rest of the crew for not noticing.

There were some painfully obvious grammatical errors (the constant use of "loose" instead of "lose" was the most annoying). That said, I usually hate this fic structure, but you pulled it off beautifully. (Thank you for including your references in the least intrusive way possible.) The ending wasn't overly optimistic, but the level of hope it did provide was realistic.

Poor McCoy, at least Spock got there in the end.

pobre McCoy, siempre olvidado. Buena historia, me encanta!

Poor Bones. No one ever really pays attention to the misery he went through. This was a good story.

Wonderfully written!

I actually felt sick thinking about McCoy, that's how well you wrote it. How could anyone not notice? Thank you for sharing this, your writing has real power.

I love this story; I've even favorited it. I also wonder- would the Teacher in 'Spock's Brain' be considered a mental intrusion? It's a machine designed to deliver an on rush of information, and after McCoy uses Kirk says in the captain's log supplemental that if he were to use it again he would lose his CMO. Hm... great now that's got me thinking...

When you said seven, I thought that was a little excessive, until I realized it was totally canon. Wow. Lovely story.