A Star to Steer Her By

by KCS

Drabbles, ficlets, and miscellaneous meme fills, both missing scenes and original fic, that aren't long or polished enough to be stand-alones. Gen. Various characters, mainly Kirk-Spock-McCoy. New: Even sick as a dog, Jim Kirk is a very lucky man.

34. 18 of 20, Depression

Title: #05 - Depression
Pairing: Kirk, Spock
Word Count: 150, including title word
Drabbles completed for 20paperplanes : 18/20

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#05 – Depression
While usually a sunny, well-adjusted individual, Captain Kirk is still human, and as such occasionally has mood swings. These instances are few, and triggered by boredom or tragedy rather than pettiness, but they do occur.

A Vulcan can do little here; if James T. Kirk does not wish to be 'cheered up,' then he simply will not be. Kirk will stare at a blank viewscreen for hours, and will barely respond to anything short of a red-alert.

This is why, when Dr. McCoy pops in and promptly begins his favored pastime of laying-into-the-hobgoblin, instead of doing what any true Vulcan would and ignoring the physician, Spock returns the verbal poking, and even allows it to escalate.

It is well worth it, to watch the Bridge crew metaphorically run for cover, and to see how long Jim will fight this time to keep the twitching grin off his lips.