Drabble: ST:TOS
Written for stories_100.
Title: Bad Judgment
Fandom: Star Trek: TOS
Character: McCoy, Lt. Riley
Prompt: 99. Writer's Choice
Words: 100
"So what do you think, Sir?" asked Riley.
"I'll be damned." McCoy walked around the tall green display of branches and needles. "It looks like a pine tree." He leaned forward, inhaling. "It even smells like one."
McCoy began to extend a hand to touch the needles when the Lieutenant suddenly caught his wrist.
"I wouldn't, Sir. There's an, erm, 'small problem' with it."
"What sort of problem?"
"Botany thinks the needles exude a kind of hydrochloric acid. But it looks great, doesn't it?"
"Christmas Trees aren't supposed to kill people, Riley. Take it down."
"But--!"
"Take it down."
Title: Bad Judgment
Fandom: Star Trek: TOS
Character: McCoy, Lt. Riley
Prompt: 99. Writer's Choice
Words: 100
"So what do you think, Sir?" asked Riley.
"I'll be damned." McCoy walked around the tall green display of branches and needles. "It looks like a pine tree." He leaned forward, inhaling. "It even smells like one."
McCoy began to extend a hand to touch the needles when the Lieutenant suddenly caught his wrist.
"I wouldn't, Sir. There's an, erm, 'small problem' with it."
"What sort of problem?"
"Botany thinks the needles exude a kind of hydrochloric acid. But it looks great, doesn't it?"
"Christmas Trees aren't supposed to kill people, Riley. Take it down."
"But--!"
"Take it down."