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This was written for a fic meme, the rules for which I have listed below. These are unedited, so please excuse any typos, errors in canon, etc. This was fun to do, and I hope you enjoy reading it!

1. Pick a character, pairing, or fandom you like.
2. Put iTunes or equivalent media player on random.
3. For each song that plays, write something related to the theme you picked inspired by the song. You have only the time frame of the song: no planning beforehand: you start when it starts, and no lingering afterward; once the song is over, you stop writing. (No fair skipping songs either; you have to take what comes by chance!)
4. Do 10 of these, then post.

1. "Star" – Bryan Adams

The salt drifted down from its shaker and onto the slick table below. He sat alone, bloody and battered, among several shot glasses and red splattered tissues that were all his. The presence of Commander Pike still lingered across from him, like a ghost that wouldn't quite leave. Jim knew all about ghosts. Although he would have ignored his words on any other occasion, there was something about what Pike had said that stuck with him, that wouldn't leave Kirk alone. What was he doing here? What was stopping him?

2. "Strawberry Fields Forever" – Across the Universe (Beatles)

The gas hit Chekov first. It sent him into a fit of laughter, giggling with enough force to knock him out of his chair. Sulu watched with a mixture of horror and amusement, for although there was something terrifying about poisonous gases, the sight before him was one of a kind.

"Captain," Sulu began, slowly tearing his eyes away from the fallen ensign to look at Kirk. "Captain," he repeated, "I think you may want to call Mr. McCoy to the bridge!"

Captain Kirk muttered something about strawberries as he drew invisible pictures in the air with his fingers.

"… Maybe I should call Mr. McCoy to the bridge…"

3. "Yakko's World" - Animaniacs

Geography had never been his best subject, and the grumbles of Bones beside him was not helping. It wasn't his fault that the only map he had downloaded on his PADD was incomplete and written in Vulcan… and of a different planet entirely.

"Dammit, Jim, I'm a doctor, not a geographer!" Bones grumbled as he unrolled a paper map.

4. "Invincible" – Muse

For the first time in what felt like years, Kirk could breathe. He could breathe and he could smile, because although Vulcan was gone and Spock's mother was dead, they had saved Earth and Pike was going to be okay, and damn breathing felt good.

All of a sudden, he couldn't stop laughing.

It came in one sudden burst, forcing him to lean against the nearest console as tears slowly leaked from his eyes. Spock simply raised an eyebrow.

"Perhaps you should be escorted to the sickbay," he said slowly. His face was passive, but Jim thought that maybe there was a hint of confusion hidden in his somber eyes.

"Nah, Spock, I'm okay," he said as he wiped away the last of his tears, laughter swelling beneath his every word. "Just relieved, you know?"

"Relieved?"

"We survived, Spock. We're alive."

5. "One Love" – Playing For Change

They were racist bastards and Jim wanted nothing more than to kill them. He wanted to take the nearest chair and bash it over their heads and punch and kick and bite and tear until they were a bloody mess on the floor. It was one thing to hate him – that he could deal with, it was nothing new – but it was another matter entirely when someone messed with his crew. Now was not the time nor place, however, and it was only with immense self-restraint that he could force himself to look away.

"Are you all right?" Jim asked, turning to face his first officer with a carefully guarded expression.

"I am not injured," Spock answered in his usual neutral tones. "We should return to the Enterprise soon, Captain."

"Spock." There was an edge to his voice now as he stared down the Vulcan with a heavy gaze. "I asked if you were all right."

"I told you, Captain, I suffer from no injuries."

"Damn it, Spock! That's not what I mean!" Jim banged his fist down on the table. "Those bastards just

6. "We Used To Be Friends" – The Dandy Warhols

Spock watched Jim and his other self from a distance. Their actions were stiff and unsure, even if neither would admit it, but he had faith in them. Although he had to remind himself that they were different people, that even his younger self would never be the same person that he was, they were so similar it was uncanny.

A wave of sadness washed over him. He had lost Jim many years ago, and though his heart had since healed as much as a heart could, it sometimes hurt to see this world's Jim. The way they moved, the way they thought – it was all so similar, all so different. It made Spock lose himself in the past, to better days when they had both been young and it was their duty to do the undoable.

7. "Crash" – Papa Roach

He felt like a failure. An utter and absolute failure.

Bones stared down at the bed before him. It was empty now, but to him it was full – full of death and despair, destruction. He had lost patients before, even more once he had joined Starfleet. But this was different. He should have been able to save him, no if's, and's, or but's about it.

Should have. Should have.

But he hadn't.

He took a swig from the bottle of Vulcan-knew-what and kept staring at the empty bed. It was still warm from the body.

"Jim."

8. "Learning to Breathe" – Switchfoot

Spock had been wary at first. This was, after all, the same man that had compromised his captaincy in a time of great crises, the same man that had fought him and insulted him and held a heavy hatred of him. But this was also the same man that had saved his life, that had saved the planet, that had somehow accepted his nomination as first officer of the USS Enterprise.

Jim surprised him in many ways. He was a quick thinker and much smarter than anyone bothered to give him credit for. Most of the time he knew what he was doing, even if he didn't, and Spock admired his choice in close comrades. He was perhaps most surprised, however, when Jim called him friend. Spock raised an eyebrow but Jim just laughed and patted him on the shoulder.

Friend. He could do that.

9. "Go The Distance" – Lucas Grabeel

He had always been teased as a child – well, when he was younger. He supposed that he was still a child, even if his intellect often proved otherwise. He was silly, yes, but that was just him and had nothing to do with his age.

Starfleet had seemed wary, at first. He had graduated high school at the age of fourteen and was ready to move on with his life – on some level Chekov felt that his being Russian might have something to do with it – but they didn't seem to think he was ready. He wasn't prepared for the real universe, they said; they couldn't send a child into space.

But he could do it, if given the chance. He knew he could.

10. "All Summer Long" – Kid Rock

Sulu was telling Chekov about his first date. The bridge was relatively quiet, they were right on course, and it seemed like one of those hey, why not moments he was ever so fond of. Telling stories to Chekov, however, wasn't always the best idea. Sulu should have known better.

"So we're at this little café, and this girl –"

"Was she pretty?"

"Well, yeah. Anyway, she's standing in line –"

"Where were you?"

"I'm getting there! Anyway, She's standing in line and I'm right behind her, getting really nervous because she's really, uh, pretty, and I'm trying to work up the nerve –"