Drabble: Star Trek TOS
Switching fandom hats, another drabble for stories_100.
Title: Tinker, Tailor
Fandom: Star Trek: TOS
Characters: McCoy
Rating: G
Words: 100
Sometimes he felt more like a tailor than a doctor, stitching together damaged organs and flesh like torn cloth on a haberdasher's mannequin. There was a time when the analogy was horrifically appropriate; when doctors literally sewed their patients together with needle and thread. Despite all their medical advancements, the human body remained a fragile tapestry of flesh and blood and bone that could be easily damaged, requiring a skilled professional to keep the whole from unraveling.
If a tailor failed to repair a garment, he might lose his wages, but if McCoy failed, the price was paid in blood.
Title: Tinker, Tailor
Fandom: Star Trek: TOS
Characters: McCoy
Rating: G
Words: 100
Sometimes he felt more like a tailor than a doctor, stitching together damaged organs and flesh like torn cloth on a haberdasher's mannequin. There was a time when the analogy was horrifically appropriate; when doctors literally sewed their patients together with needle and thread. Despite all their medical advancements, the human body remained a fragile tapestry of flesh and blood and bone that could be easily damaged, requiring a skilled professional to keep the whole from unraveling.
If a tailor failed to repair a garment, he might lose his wages, but if McCoy failed, the price was paid in blood.