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So much more

Jim, I'm a doctor, not a mechanic! I'm a doctor, not a coal miner! Not an escalator, not a psychiatrist! Not a magician or a bricklayer! I'm a doctor!

Yes, Leonard McCoy definitely was a doctor. He pointed it out often enough for everybody to remember. He was a doctor, nothing less and nothing more as well.

But God, he was so much more.

Wasn't he a mechanic? He was the only person James Kirk knew who could repair him so quickly after another unsuccessful mission, after he made some misguided decisions again, which led to a disaster. He could rewire his heart with incredible confidence and gentleness... He really was able to fix everyone and everything.

Wasn't he a miner? Once he got to your heart, he didn't stop digging in search of all the deposits of beauty in you, looking for your wealth, hidden wonders. And once he found them, he brought them out of you, carefully, smiling enthusiastically, because he found a treasure inside you and then you knew you weren't just a bin of rubbish, because someone took the time and effort to show you you were a miracle, you were worth of love...

Did he really say he wasn't an escalator? Did he not know that without him Kirk wouldn't be able to make his way up on the another and another floor? Sometimes he was too weak to use traditional stairs in his life. His friend was always there for him, always there to get him higher.

He also said he wasn't a psychiatrist. What a nonsense. He was one, and one of the best. And not just for him, for every single one member of the crew. He was always willing to listen to everybody, ready to help. People sensed it and trusted him. He was there for them.

He said he wasn't a magician. Oh, Kirk wouldn't agree with that. He wouldn't be able to count the times McCoy saved his or Spock's life, the times he worked several dozen of hours without cessation to find a vaccine which could save them all, the times when he succeeded in an operation when everyone thought, including McCoy himself, that there was nothing to be done to save the patient. How was he able to do all of this if he didn't use magic?

A bricklayer... This was also kind of truth that McCoy actually was one. Kirk knew how much he had suffered in his life. He had experienced rejection, loss, death of a loved one. He knew how it felt to be left alone, broken. And he wasn't going to let anyone hurt him again. So he built a strong wall around his heart, he barricaded himself there, didn't let anyone inside. Almost anyone. Kirk and few others had the privilege to come in. And to stay.

Leonard McCoy was so much more than just a doctor.

He was so much more than he thought he was.

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