Montgomery Scott is not a glutton. Yes, sandwiches are wonderful, delicious things of joy and deliciousness, but they're not the be all and end all of his world. Of the seven deadly, his burden of sin is pride. Associated with Lucifer himself, it's a bitch of a sin to deal with and he wishes he could handle it better.
But the truth is, he's good and he knows it. He souped up a forty year old Mercedes Benz when he was fourteen and made it purr like a kitten. When he was eighteen he drew up engineering plans for the construction of a small, one man space craft that could complete short errands. A personal spacecraft with better fuel economy than the versions Starfleet was using.
It got their attention. "Mr. Scott," The admissions officer purses her lips and arches an eyebrow. "you're very talented."
"Thank you." He knows that already. "Always nice to meet a fan." It's a dumb joke and her nervous laugh was off putting.
"Heh. Ah…tell me how you think you can help Starfleet achieve its mission of intergalactic unity."
That's an easy question and he blows it with realizing what he's doing. He's admitted anyway and for the next four years wows his teachers, astounds his friends and impresses girls.
Except his teachers are used to talented students, his friends are just like him and the girls prefer guys who talk about something other than themselves. Bored, he turns to his studies and original research.
Admiral Archer was not wowed, astounded or impressed when his beagle disappeared. It's not until Scotty sitting in frigid tin box on a planet inhabited by monsters that look like they were rejected by twenty-first century movie makers that he realized that he wasn't so great.
Fin.
Author's notes: This was hell to write and I don't know why. Scotty is very cool and Simon Pegg is more awesome than a can of awesome sauce. This should have been easy to write.
Bah. You can flog me with a wet noodle because it took me so long to post this.
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