Life is but a Dream

Characters: Leonard McCoy, Montgomery Scott


Fellowship

It was one of those lonely nights in Sickbay, not long after he'd come aboard. Kirk, the only man he yet considered friend, was on duty. Even M'Benga had gone to bed, and he was left pacing, cursing his insomnia.

That's when the door opened with a quiet hiss, and he turned to see a sheepish Montgomery Scott harboring a twinkle in his eye.

"Care to join me for a midnight drink, doctor?"

He smiled. "It would be my pleasure."

But it wasn't a drink Scotty offered him that night; it was friendship. He was only too happy to accept.

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