Prompt: Kirk, McCoy, Joanna - Marshmallow


Sticky Fingers


Leonard exited the kitchen with the final platter in hands and caught Jim and Joanna red-handed. Actually, it was more appropriate to say white-handed and sticky-fingered since both of them were stealing marshmallows from the top of the sweet potato casserole.

Hands full, he settled for clearing his throat loudly and was rewarded with the sight of both of them jumping guiltily and looking towards him with wide eyes. ″Caught you. You are gonna be in trouble when Momma sees you.″

Joanna stuck her sticky fingers into her mouth, attempting to quickly remove the evidence of her wrongdoing.

Jim didn't even bother. Instead he walked over to Leonard and pressed himself far closer than Leonard would have thought possible given the large platter of ham and turkey he was holding in front of him. Jim smiled at Leonard and leaned in to press a firm kiss to his mouth.

Leonard could hear Joanna giggling in the background before remembering that, at nine, she was supposed to find it gross and switching to fake gagging noises. Both Jim and Leonard broke the kiss with a laugh and a roll of their eyes in her direction.

Jim's smile turned sly and he raised his sticky hand to rub a finger covered in half-melted marshmallow across Leonard's bottom lip, leaving a sugary white trail in its wake. Then he stuck his finger into his mouth and sucked on it, putting on enough of a show that Leonard was relieved that Jim was facing away from his daughter.

Before he could do anything in front of Joanna that he'd later regret, Leonard heard his mother walk into the room and knew, even as he quickly licked the glob of marshmallow from his lip, that the sharp-eyed Eleanora McCoy wouldn't miss a single sign of tampering with her carefully prepared meal.

He was right. ″Leonard Horatio McCoy have you been dipping into my sweet potato casserole before we're all even seated?″

Leonard glared as both Joanna and Jim burst into laughter and left him to face his mother alone.