Leo had had a stressful day, first an away mission had gone wrong with the medical bay over run with they injuries, then a control panel exploded in Engineering with add more stressed and to top it off it didn't help that today was the anniversary of him killing his father.

He got into his room on board and sat on the bed, he held his head in his hands. When his PADD beeped, he pick it up to see if it was important instead it was a message from his estranged mother. It read.

It has been fourteen years since you murdered my husband. He would be ashamed to call you his son, as am I. You don't deserve to even think of the man you murder as your father. David was a well respected man and you will never live up to him. You are a worthless human and you don't deserve to be free you deserve to riot in jail and then in hell, you will get your judgement day soon I hope to live to see it. I also hope you die a horrid death and suffer to you last breath. I remembered when I heard you got fried and almost arrested I and felt joy, now you say you are in starfleet, that is just a plain lie. No one would take a washed out criminal like you. You make me sick you probably out on some street corner drinking and doing God knows what. I'm just so thankful that sweet Pamela manged to escape you and your toxic ways. I hate the day I gave brith to you I wish I never did. You should have of died not my husband. I hate you.

Leonard knew he shouldn't of read it but he did he always did. He still loved his mother despite what she has said to him. He began he cry let out all of his emotions he held in. He missed his father everyday and wanted to be with his mother. He cry his started as he curled up in a ball on his bed.

An hour later he uncurled from his ball stretching his sore limbs, he eyes red and puffy. He slowly walked up into the bathroom and looked into the mirror and saw his eyes he got a flannel and placed it under the water and they placed it overs his eyes.

"You okay Doctor, I heard to crying."

Leo didn't have you remove the flannel to know who it was. Given the fact he shared a bathroom with Montgomery Scott and the easily recognisable Scottish accent.

"I'm fine, just stubbed my toe"

Leonard heard the bathroom door open from the engineers room. He kept the flannel on his face as Scotty leant on the sink.

"You were crying for over an hour, must of been on hell of a sore toe. Or you can tell me the truth that something is up"

Removing the flannel of his face Leo took a deep breath the last person he told was his ex wife who like his mother uses that information as a way to hurt him. Could he trust Scotty with his darkest serect. Leonard knew it would be best to talk about his dad about how he was feeling.

"Today is the anniversary of my dad's death, he's been for over a decade now but some days I just miss him so much. I know it is stupid."

Scotty looked down he could understand that it's bean about twenty years since his Nan died.

"No it's not my Nan died about twenty years ago and someday's I just get hit with how much I miss her"

Leonard look at Scotty not wanting to cry again. He might as well tell him.

"I killed him" Not looking up at Scotty he continue to talk "He was sick and in a lot of pain, begging me to kill him saying that if I loved him I would kill him. One day I finally snapped. My mother and my ex wife use that against me all the time my mother just sent me a massage saying how much she hates me."

Leo used the flannel to dry his eyes he doesn't think he will be able to cry for a while. Scotty look at the doctor, he never seen him with just a sad look of his face, he couldn't imagine how Leonard was feeling having all that guilt he was carrying.

"Doctor, it's not your fault. Mercy kills are sad but sometimes it is the right thing to do, the hospital was going to do it with my Nan it was a rapid cancer but she died in her sleep. She was cooking dinner when she collapsed, happen so quickly. I do get feeling about feeling reasonable for someones death, my mother died in childbirth my dad blamed me. I didn't even know her name until I was an adult her name was Aileen. My father run away and my Nan didn't know anything about me mother. We all have our demons but the thing is you can't face them along. Doctor."

Leo smiled hearing that he wasn't alone. He didn't get charges or anything do to being one a doctor and two it was a mercy. He turned to the Engineer. "Call me Leo I prefer to be called Leo, I hate Bones."

The Scot laughed. "I get that call me Monty, I want to punch whoever make the name for Scots, Scotty"