Drabble #1
Fantastic
Kirk clicked through the PADD one last time, looking over the various positions that needed to be filled.
Two were left.
First Officer, and Chief Medical Officer.
Kirk decidedly skipped over First Officer. (He crossed his fingers that Spock would still recommend himself, because to be honest, half of the other applicants sounded like jackasses, and the other-half were too old or too young.)
Which left the position of CMO.
Kirk had no doubt about who he wanted for CMO, Leonard McCoy.
As a Captain, professionalism was his game, and Bones was his first choice because Bones was simply the best. (But being Jim Kirk, he could play in more ways then one, so it definitely helped that he and Bones were best friends.)
Unfortunately, Bone being the medical genius he was, there was high demand for his kills, well, everywhere.
All the other ships wanted him, Komack wanted him on solid ground, not to mention that there had been talk of Starfleet putting him on ultra-super-top-secret Doctor stuff. (There had even been a strange rumor that he would train to be a healer under a Vulcan, which was ridiculous, because if you overlooked the fact that McCoy not only had no form of telepathy, or patience for such a thing, the man just could not stand Vulcans.)
Stretching in a rather feline fashion, Kirk rubbed his forehead before contacting Pike, ready for to fight tooth and nail to have Bones as his CMO.
"Jim Kirk. Good to see you kid." Jim grinned as the screen flickered to reveal the smiling face of Pike.
"Told you I'd do it in three years," was the first thing Jim said, albeit, slightly haughty. Chris's gray eyes sparkled.
"Never doubted you, kid. What's got you calling' me?" Jim scanned the PADD in his hand once more before speaking.
"As you know... My crew requests are due tomorrow... And I..." Jim trailed off. Chris rolled his eyes.
"Spit it out, Jim," Chris said with mock-frustration.
"I want Bones as my CMO." Chris raised his eyebrows, looking rather amused.
"That's all? I thought that was established, like, yesterday." Jim's face lit up.
"Really? I can have him? Just like that?" Chris chuckled at the look on Jim's face.
"Well, I wouldn't say 'I can have him' in front of Leonard... But yeah, kid, he's all yours." Jim grinned with disbelief.
"Fantastic! Thanks!" He tapped the PADD device until it let out a small beep of confirmation. "Wish me luck, Chris!" Chris nodded.
"Heaven knows you'll need it." Jim turned away from the screen for a minute. "Hey Jim-" Pike called. Jim looked up and said
"Hmm?"
"Not a scratch on my ship, you hear?" Jim gave him a Kirk Smirk, as it was known in Starfleet, before saluting.
"Aye, sir. Wouldn't dream of it." He put down his hand. "Come to think of to, Scotty would probably be at my ass before you'd even get a chance to find out." Chris nodded.
"That's how I know you've picked the right Chief Engineer. Alright Kirk- Don't screw things up to bad, m'kay? Pike out."