Patella
Dr. Leonard McCoy, Chief Medical Officer of the USS Enterprise, lounges back on a spare brace of the bridge and stares out the viewscreen at the stars. They'd set off on their God-forsaken five year mission a few days ago, and are still heading aimlessly outward, not going anywhere specific but "away". The ship and its crew hum pleasantly around him, and he almost smiles as the familiar lull sets in.
Someone brushes by him a little closely, jolting him out of his stargazing and back into himself.
He looks around, blinking a few times. He glances over at the captain's chair, where Jim happens to look up from... whatever it is he's doing (looks like origami) and catches his eye. He grins. "Problem, Bones?"
McCoy shakes his head, trying to shake off his vague confusion. "Nah, just..." He looks around again. "Why am I even on the bridge right now? There's nothing up here for me to do."
Jim laughs, settling back in his chair, twirling his new paper crane in the air. "Well, I thought you just got bored down there in hell and wanted to spend some time with your dear ol' captain."
McCoy snorts, and Jim laughs harder. "Keep telling yourself that, Jim." He pushes off of his brace. "Well, since I'm not needed here, I'm gonna go find some real work to do." As he walks by Jim's chair, Jim throws his crane in his face, causing him to stop straight and glare at him. Jim just smirks.
"You do that, Bones."
With a shrug and a sigh, McCoy gives up for the moment and picks up the crane, taking it with him as he exits the bridge, the captain's laughter following him out.
He knows he'll be back soon enough, for one reason or another. He flaps the crane's wings idly and scowls at it.
The bridge is a magnet.
{A/N: So I have been sucked in by Star Trek. I have no regrets. However, in my perusal of the existing fic, I have found a sad misrepresentation of a true Southerner in Bones. This is my attempt to rectify that, as well as my attempt to explore the Enterprise and my strengths in this universe. It will be cross-posted to AO3 and tumblr under my url carriecmoney and this title.
Enjoy!}