Prompt: Kirk, McCoy - I have only been in this city 3 nights and there are already 4 bars I can never go back to again.
Pull Me In
″I have only been in this city three nights and there are already four bars I can never go back to again.″
Leonard reluctantly took his eyes off his lunch to see who had dared interrupt him. He'd arranged his med bag, cadet blazer, and PADD around himself on the table specifically to discourage anyone from joining him and subjecting him to any idiocy. Apparently next time he would have to come prepared with a large, hand-lettered sign telling the world to fuck off.
Rather than read the cues, Jim just pushed Leonard's things aside to make room for his own lunch, sitting down on the bench close enough for Leonard to smell his cologne. Undaunted by Leonard's lack of response to his comment, Jim tucked into his lunch eagerly, poking Leonard in the side with his elbow every time he lifted the burger to his mouth.
For a full minute, Leonard could only stare at him in disbelief for his sheer presumption. A shared shuttle flight did not a friendship make.
Except, apparently, when you were James Kirk and boldness personified.
Finally yielding to his fate, Leonard sighed and shook his head. ″Four, huh? And what did you do to earn the honor of a ban?″
″Hit on the bartender's girlfriend in the first one, hit on the bouncer's sister in the second, hit on the twin daughters of the owner of the third-″ Jim cut himself off by shoving four french fries into his mouth at once, fortunately chewing with his mouth closed and not trying to talk while doing so.
″I'm sensing a trend here,″ Leonard said with a snort. This kid had frat-boy written all over him. Noticing that Jim had finished chewing, he asked, ″And the fourth? Another girl?″
″Sort of.″ Jim nodded and took a sip of his drink. ″Got in a fight in the fourth. Couple of assholes were hassling some poor kid barely old enough to drink and weren't inclined to take 'no' for an answer and started to get physical with her.″ Jim's face looked grim at this statement. ″I decided to reeducate them on that matter.″
Not so much a careless frat boy then. Leonard didn't know what to say next, but it didn't matter since Jim kept talking. ″We all got kicked out and the bouncer called a cab for the girl. All's well that ends well.″ He frowned slightly. ″Except for the lack of beer in my future if this keeps up.″
Leonard huffed out a laugh and stole one of Jim's fries. Jim let him. ″Let's find a new place tonight. I'll try to keep you out of trouble.″
Jim turned his wide grin on Leonard full-force. ″Or I'll pull you in with me. Either way, it'll be fun.″
