Small explanation before I start these.
I've always had a strong desire for tactile h/c in my television viewing, and was always PO'ed that Kelly and Scotty didn't comfort each other with touch more, even though they clearly adore each other. A pal of mine pointed out to me that in the 1960s, it would have been considered emasculating for them to break down in each other's arms the way, say, Starsky and Hutch did in the 1970s. So in an email to another friend, I jotted down a conversation between Michael Zagor, the writer of Room with a Rack, and Kelly & Scotty - I liked it, so it looks like it'll become a series. (I always like the fourth-wall-breaking-characters-talk-to-the-author thing. And I really like the idea that the affection, occasional hugs, etc., we saw onscreen were just the tip of the iceberg.) Consider it crackfic, if you prefer... *blush*
Michael Zagor: Fellas, break the clinch, huh? I need to get this scene written!
Scotty: (sitting on Kelly's hospital bed, holding Kelly) So write it already!
Michael Zagor: TV audiences won't accept two men hugging like that! This is the Sixties!
Kelly: (still shaky) The man has a point.
Scotty: (arms still firmly round Kelly) Point, shmoint. (To Zagor) Cat's just had a nightmare! He's traumatized-
Kelly: (weak but indignant) I am not-
Scotty:...traumatized, thanks to what you put him through in the first five seconds of the episode! Anybody would think audiences liked watching Kel get whipped on!
Michael Zagor: Well, now that you mention it-
Kelly: *facepalm* ...Ow.
Scotty: Don't listen to him, Fred C. He'll just make you bust your stitches. Raise your blood pressure, too. (Rubs Kelly's solar plexus) How ya doin'? Better?
Kelly: (resting his head on Scotty's shoulder) Yeah. Man, the writer wants to get to work. I'm just holding things up, here. How about you go do a scene by yourself, and I'll just-
Michael Zagor: That's an idea. Scotty, you can-
Scotty: The both of you can just go take a flying leap, because if you think I'm leaving Kelly alone to flip out-
Kelly: (lifting his head off Scotty's shoulder) Hey, I resent that! I do not fl-
Scotty:-in the state he's in, well you got another think coming.
Michael Zagor: But there's this scene where-
Scotty: It can sure as fun wait till Kel's out of the hospital.
Kelly: Oh, I can tell this episode is going to be a barrel of laughs. (shudders suddenly)
Scotty: (instantly concerned, leaning closer) I knew he wasn't up to this yet.
Michael Zagor: It's just the latent effects of-
Scotty: (lowering a trembling Kelly to the bed) Shut up. (softly) Shh, Kel, 's over. He got done writing that stupid scene yesterday, you ain't going back there, nobody's going to hurt you again...
Michael Zagor: (sheepish) Well, uh, about that... now that you mention it...
Scotty: Go jump in the lake. Listen, the day you put Kelly back on that rack is the day you get me dressed up like a Spanish conquistador!
Michael Zagor: (sheepish) Well, uh, about that... now that you mention it...
Kelly: Lalalalala... I'm traumatized, I'm not here... This is not happening...