Words: A Star Trek Drabble Series
By EveryDayArtist
Prologue
"I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by,"
-John Masefield
Jim looked up from his book and smiled at the wall in front of him. "Hey Bones, come on in."
"Damned if I know how you always know it's me." The older doctor sank with a sigh into the chair next to his friend and raised an eyebrow. "Jim, where are your glasses?"
"They're…around." The younger man sighed and smiled wearily as McCoy continued to glare at him. "Alright…alright…"
Watching his friend grab his reading glasses from a shelf, the doctor picked up the book from the coffee table. "John Masefield… That's the poet you're always quoting."
"Yeah, Hikaru gave it to me right before he headed out." Jim grinned broadly as he offered McCoy a drink. "He said from one captain to another. Seems he wanted to give some of the advice I gave over the years back."
"Good man." McCoy sipped his bourbon appreciatively. "Well, any new wisdom jumping out of those well known pages tonight?"
The man smiled quietly. "Actually, I haven't read much tonight. I've been… well, for lack of a better term, I've been reminiscing."
McCoy grinned knowingly. "Have you now? 'Bout anything in particular?"
"Just about the things I've heard and seen over the years…" Jim sipped his own drink and stared at the book thoughtfully. "About how powerful words are."
"Amen to that. They once said that the pen is mightier than the sword. Wonder where the tongue fits in here..."
Jim smiled, "Well," He tapped the book. "It does seem to make a lasting impression doesn't it?"
This is my second Trek drabble series and if you're a returning reader let me know, I'd love to know that you're still enjoying these. I will post a drabble once a week on Mondays. They will be based off of a quote from a list I got off of deviantART and have to do with the power of words, since the writing in Trek is something I feel has helped immensely in the success of the series. This one is a little short since it's a prologue but the rest will be longer since I'll have a week to work on each one. There are ten chapters plus this one. I hope everyone enjoys these.
-EDA