Prompt: Star Trek Discovery AU (though this ended up being more of a crossover lol)
"A spore drive?!" Nikola echoed with unrestrained enthusiasm, his eyes dancing with excitement in the light of the glittering blue spores Lt. Stamets had just released.
"I notice he's left the side effects out, as usual," Dr. Culber said dryly from where he stood next to Helen, watching the two engineers gesture eagerly at each other, both talking at once but seeming to follow the other's points perfectly.
Helen raised an eyebrow, making a note to drag Nikola away by his ear if necessary before either of them hurt themselves, and said, "Geniuses are quite frustrating, aren't they?" to which Dr. Culber nodded with a long-suffering but unmistakably fond sigh.