FILLED!! Prompt: STXI, Kirk/McCoy abigail89June 26 2011, 21:11:59 UTC
"Hey!" Jim yells at the guard's retreating back, "don't forget to bring a osteo-regerator. My CMO has a broken ankle. And some freeze gel!"
"Jim, please," Len says, letting his head fall back against the stone wall. "M'head's pounding."
Jim walks back to where Len has staked out the bench by putting up his injured leg. The Nausicaan patrol, three of them, were passed out on the floor near the front of the cell. "Y'know, Bones, even I have to admit this is a pretty gross. Jesus, don't the Riisians ever clean these places?"
"Apparently not," Len says, his voice conveying disgust and pain. "Here. Lemme see your eye."
"It's fine."
"No, it's not."
"Bones, really..."
"Goddammit, Jim. Shut the fuck up and let me look at your eye which is about four times the size it should be."
"It's fine, Bones."
One eyebrow rises. "Yeah, and how many fingers am I holding up?"
Jim swivels his head around to find the hand because he can't see out of his right eye. At all. "Umm..."
"Yeah, that's what I thought." Len's scowl is epic.
Jim relents; when Len gets this way, especially if he's in pain himself, it's better just to give in and let him do something to take his mind off thing, ergo, take care of Jim's own injuries.
One of the dead-drunk Nausicaans grunts.
Jim gently lifts Len's injured leg and sits, and then lowers it onto his lap; Len hisses as it touches down. "Ow. Fuck." Len palpates the bone around his eye, his hazel eyes clear and assessing. "The good news is I don't think anything's fractured, just really banged."
"As opposed to you," Jim says, with a half-laugh, "who decided kicking a Nausicaan was a good plan of assault."
"Well, your fists weren't exactly getting the job done."
They fell silent, then they looked at each other and started laughing. Low chuckles gave way to guffaws; then the deep belly laughs came rolling out.
"Oh my god," Jim says, wiping the tears rolling down his face (and leaking out of his swollen eye), "You were awesome." He stops laughing and looks at him with a serious expression. "I love you so much."
Len takes his hand, interlacing their fingers. "Yeah, kid. I love you, too."
"Marry me?"
The laughter dies in Len's eyes. "What?"
"Marry me." Jim's eyes, well, the one not swollen shut, shines brightly. "Come on. It's time. We've talked about it. We can do it when Spock gets us out of her, and we'll still even have time before shore leave ends."
"Now? You propose to me now?"
"What? You expected candlelight and roses?"
"No, but at least something a little nicer than a Risian jail cell that smells like something died in it two days ago and three drunk Nausicaans as witnesses!"
"Still. Marry me, Bones."
Len sighs. "Oh, fuck it. Of course I'll marry you."
Jim leans over and kisses him sweetly. One of the Nausicaans farts long and loudly.
Re: FILLED!! Prompt: STXI, Kirk/McCoy abigail89June 26 2011, 22:11:42 UTC
My work here is done. *bows* All for you, my dear lady, because of that awesome prompt!
Even with misspellings and verb tense shifts--my kid kept bugging the crap out of me to pay to renew his WoW account while I was writing. I'll clean it up and repost at my LJ.
"Jim, please," Len says, letting his head fall back against the stone wall. "M'head's pounding."
Jim walks back to where Len has staked out the bench by putting up his injured leg. The Nausicaan patrol, three of them, were passed out on the floor near the front of the cell. "Y'know, Bones, even I have to admit this is a pretty gross. Jesus, don't the Riisians ever clean these places?"
"Apparently not," Len says, his voice conveying disgust and pain. "Here. Lemme see your eye."
"It's fine."
"No, it's not."
"Bones, really..."
"Goddammit, Jim. Shut the fuck up and let me look at your eye which is about four times the size it should be."
"It's fine, Bones."
One eyebrow rises. "Yeah, and how many fingers am I holding up?"
Jim swivels his head around to find the hand because he can't see out of his right eye. At all. "Umm..."
"Yeah, that's what I thought." Len's scowl is epic.
Jim relents; when Len gets this way, especially if he's in pain himself, it's better just to give in and let him do something to take his mind off thing, ergo, take care of Jim's own injuries.
One of the dead-drunk Nausicaans grunts.
Jim gently lifts Len's injured leg and sits, and then lowers it onto his lap; Len hisses as it touches down. "Ow. Fuck." Len palpates the bone around his eye, his hazel eyes clear and assessing. "The good news is I don't think anything's fractured, just really banged."
"As opposed to you," Jim says, with a half-laugh, "who decided kicking a Nausicaan was a good plan of assault."
"Well, your fists weren't exactly getting the job done."
They fell silent, then they looked at each other and started laughing. Low chuckles gave way to guffaws; then the deep belly laughs came rolling out.
"Oh my god," Jim says, wiping the tears rolling down his face (and leaking out of his swollen eye), "You were awesome." He stops laughing and looks at him with a serious expression. "I love you so much."
Len takes his hand, interlacing their fingers. "Yeah, kid. I love you, too."
"Marry me?"
The laughter dies in Len's eyes. "What?"
"Marry me." Jim's eyes, well, the one not swollen shut, shines brightly. "Come on. It's time. We've talked about it. We can do it when Spock gets us out of her, and we'll still even have time before shore leave ends."
"Now? You propose to me now?"
"What? You expected candlelight and roses?"
"No, but at least something a little nicer than a Risian jail cell that smells like something died in it two days ago and three drunk Nausicaans as witnesses!"
"Still. Marry me, Bones."
Len sighs. "Oh, fuck it. Of course I'll marry you."
Jim leans over and kisses him sweetly. One of the Nausicaans farts long and loudly.
They didn't seem to notice.
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I laughed, I snorted, I had eye hearts
YOU GAVE ME EYE HEARTS.
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So much love for this
It's so them
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