Chapter 13: A fight without fighting

"So, is this going to be our first fight as a married couple?"

Jamie nearly jumped hearing Leonard's voice. He must have entered her ready room while she was talking to his mother, she realized. This was the second time in two days that he entered without asking first. She needed to talk to him about that. But for now the question was - how much had he heard?

"Told you I'd call your mother." She winked and tried to play it cool. His tone had been neutral and he kept his expression unreadable. "And since we're technically married about ten months now, it wouldn't be the first fight."

Leonard walked over and, next to her, leant against her desk. "Dammit, Jamie", he whispered, but chuckled.

She smiled, crossed her legs over each other and tilted her head. She perfectly knew that he was eying her legs now that they were showing more when her skirt rode up a little. "So no fight? A pity. I think the make-up-sex would be really great. We missed out on that up 'til now."

"Jamie..."

The low tone of his voice made her shudder and wanting to do some very inappropriate things in the captain's ready room with him.

She sighed and put those ideas aside. They would have to wait until the evening. "How much have you heard, Bones?"

"Enough to know that Joanna adores you and my mother is now our wedding planner." Leonard leant over and kissed her.

She smiled and had a certain notion. "You knew I'd call her, didn't you?"

Leonard let out a short laugh. "Of course I did, Darlin'. And I have to admit - I'm surprised in the best way possible. Though I almost got a heart attack when Joanna showed up."

"Why didn't you say something? Let us know that you're here?"

"I was way too curious", he admitted. "Tempted as hell, but too curious."

Jamie rose from her chair and stepped in front of him. She leant against him and slid her arms around his neck pulling him into a long kiss. Leonard wrapped his arms around her and his hands started roaming on her back.

"I think we need to postpone this 'til after our shifts", he finally said when he caught himself letting one hand slip to the hem of her uniform dress. A feeling of déjà-vu came over him. They'd been standing like that two days ago in Medbay after she'd told him about Carah. If this happened a third time he'd probably not be able to restrain himself and take her right there and then.

"So... you're not mad?" Jamie asked.

Leonard snorted. "Of course I am", he whispered in that low voice again. "But I love you and I know you, Darlin'. You may drive me crazy sometimes, but I wouldn't change you for anything in the universe. Besides - poor Chekov would get a heart attack if he saw us fighting."

"Okay, then we'll skip the fighting part and just have the make-up-sex." She smirked with a suggestive glance, then suddenly let go of him and walked to the door. "Tonight."

He chuckled. "Don't you want to know at all why I am here in the first place, Darlin'?"

Jamie stopped and turned to him. Right. Him being here had to have a reason.

"Remember Sulu and Chekov volunteered to help with the move?"

"Yeah?"

Leonard crossed his arms. "Well, it's all done."

"What do you mean by 'It's all done'?"

He just shrugged. "The move. Done. We live together now. My old quarters are empty."

Jamie blinked and it took her a few moments to reply. "Our big revelation was only an hour ago. How the hell... Well, never mind." She laughed and shook her head.

The doctor smiled. "I was barely back in Medbay when Sulu commed me and told me to met him at my quarters. Well, old quarters now. He waited for me with Chekov and a bunch of boxes. We packed my stuff and Sulu talked the lieutenant in the transporter room into beaming everything over to our joined quarters."

Jamie raised an eyebrow. "You really trusted them doing that without fearing some boxes would end up in space accidentally?"

"I chose to suppress that thought", he mumbled.

The captain chuckled and gave him a bright smile. She closed the distance to him, placed her hands on his chest and gave him a tender kiss. He slid his arms around her waist.

"And when I checked if all boxed were accounted for Scotty showed up with the new door sign", Leonard added after a few more kisses.

"We have the best crew - friends - in the whole universe." Jamie smiled again.

Leonard nodded. "Didn't you want to go back to the bridge?" he asked when she didn't move.

"Should. Don't want to..." Her eyes locked with his and she tilted her head, pondering if she could get away with not going to the bridge and exploring instead how mad her husband really was and what it would take to get either angry sex or make-up-sex right here right now.

He leaned in and kissed her neck. "See you tonight, Mrs. McCoy", he whispered against her skin in a tone that sent shivers down her spine. Then he let go of her - and left.

Jamie looked after him a little disappointed, but knew that this was right. It occurred to her that they were full on in honeymoon phase and barely able to keep their hands off each other. She'd never felt like that before. She also couldn't remember ever being that happy. It almost scared her a little.

She looked at the ring at her hand and wondered exactly how girlish and silly it was for a Starfleet captain, who never seriously thought about getting married, to think about dresses and rings and having sex at every opportunity with her husband.

But she smiled and decided that she couldn't care less. White dresses occupying her mind or not - she still was Starfleet's youngest captain and probably one of the most respected and feared. From now on simply with a husband and ... oh, wow... stepdaughter.

She paled a little when she realized that part fully only now. "Oh boy, I'm going to be a mother figure..."