Broken Symbols 11/13
Title: Broken Symbols
Rating: R
Disclaimer: Star Trek belongs to Gene Roddenberry and the reboot to JJ Abrams. Doom belongs to someone else. Everything else is mine.
Warnings: Slash, Crossover (Doom), medical ickiness, spoilers (Doom, Star Trek), Language, Angst, Questionable Science
Summary: McCoy deals with too many things at once, while Kirk finally figures out his feelings for the doctor.
Author's Notes: Let the end game begin...
Chapter Eleven: The Answer Found?
Private Recovery Room, Sickbay, USS Enterprise
It only took two days for Janet, Matherson, Spock, and the entire science and medical departments to develop a cure for McCoy's particular strain of xenopolycythemia. But even though they had given McCoy the cure already, he still had a long way to go before he could return to duty-the xenopolycythemia had taken a lot out of the doctor, even with the advantages his extra chromosome gave him.
M'Benga, Matherson, Spock, Selik, and Giotto had cornered Kirk in his ready room to inform the captain that he had been declared temporarily unfit for command due to emotional concerns. Kirk gave up his command without a struggle, knowing that they were right-and since McCoy's life was no longer in his half-Vulcan first officer's hands, the captain no longer had any qualms about temporarily stepping down from command.
Now Kirk kept vigil at his friend's bedside, eagerly awaiting the hour when the doctor would finally regain consciousness.
"Jim?" McCoy weakly mumbled. "Are you really there?"
"Yeah, I'm really here, Bones," Kirk replied. "How are you feeling?"
"Isn't it the middle of Alpha shift?" McCoy wondered, ignoring Kirk's question.
"Yes, it is," Kirk confirmed, knowing that when McCoy got focused on something, there was no distracting him.
"Shouldn't you be on the Bridge right now?" McCoy pressed.
Kirk really didn't want to talk about this now, but McCoy would be able to tell if he lied, even in his weakened state, so he told the doctor the truth.
"I was emotionally compromised, so Spock had me declared temporarily unfit for command as soon as you started responding to the cure," he informed the doctor.
"Emotionally compromised?" McCoy asked. "What aren't you tellin' me, Jim?"
"I love you, Bones," Kirk admitted.
"Dammit, Jim," groaned McCoy.
"Bones, I wasn't going to ever admit my feelings to you, especially since it wouldn't be fair to you, you've already had enough heartbreak in your long life, but Old Spock convinced me that I should tell you," Kirk admitted.
"Old Spock?" McCoy asked, surprised.
"You know, Ambassador Selik," Kirk clarified.
"I damn well know who he is, Jim," McCoy growled. "What did he say to change your mind?"
"He told me about the relationship his Kirk had with his McCoy-with Matherson," Kirk replied.
"And you want that life? Jim, I will outlive you!" McCoy snapped.
Kirk shook his head.
"No, Bones, you're wrong," he corrected the doctor. "In that other timeline, I'm still alive and well."
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Rating: R
Disclaimer: Star Trek belongs to Gene Roddenberry and the reboot to JJ Abrams. Doom belongs to someone else. Everything else is mine.
Warnings: Slash, Crossover (Doom), medical ickiness, spoilers (Doom, Star Trek), Language, Angst, Questionable Science
Summary: McCoy deals with too many things at once, while Kirk finally figures out his feelings for the doctor.
Author's Notes: Let the end game begin...
Chapter Eleven: The Answer Found?
Private Recovery Room, Sickbay, USS Enterprise
It only took two days for Janet, Matherson, Spock, and the entire science and medical departments to develop a cure for McCoy's particular strain of xenopolycythemia. But even though they had given McCoy the cure already, he still had a long way to go before he could return to duty-the xenopolycythemia had taken a lot out of the doctor, even with the advantages his extra chromosome gave him.
M'Benga, Matherson, Spock, Selik, and Giotto had cornered Kirk in his ready room to inform the captain that he had been declared temporarily unfit for command due to emotional concerns. Kirk gave up his command without a struggle, knowing that they were right-and since McCoy's life was no longer in his half-Vulcan first officer's hands, the captain no longer had any qualms about temporarily stepping down from command.
Now Kirk kept vigil at his friend's bedside, eagerly awaiting the hour when the doctor would finally regain consciousness.
"Jim?" McCoy weakly mumbled. "Are you really there?"
"Yeah, I'm really here, Bones," Kirk replied. "How are you feeling?"
"Isn't it the middle of Alpha shift?" McCoy wondered, ignoring Kirk's question.
"Yes, it is," Kirk confirmed, knowing that when McCoy got focused on something, there was no distracting him.
"Shouldn't you be on the Bridge right now?" McCoy pressed.
Kirk really didn't want to talk about this now, but McCoy would be able to tell if he lied, even in his weakened state, so he told the doctor the truth.
"I was emotionally compromised, so Spock had me declared temporarily unfit for command as soon as you started responding to the cure," he informed the doctor.
"Emotionally compromised?" McCoy asked. "What aren't you tellin' me, Jim?"
"I love you, Bones," Kirk admitted.
"Dammit, Jim," groaned McCoy.
"Bones, I wasn't going to ever admit my feelings to you, especially since it wouldn't be fair to you, you've already had enough heartbreak in your long life, but Old Spock convinced me that I should tell you," Kirk admitted.
"Old Spock?" McCoy asked, surprised.
"You know, Ambassador Selik," Kirk clarified.
"I damn well know who he is, Jim," McCoy growled. "What did he say to change your mind?"
"He told me about the relationship his Kirk had with his McCoy-with Matherson," Kirk replied.
"And you want that life? Jim, I will outlive you!" McCoy snapped.
Kirk shook his head.
"No, Bones, you're wrong," he corrected the doctor. "In that other timeline, I'm still alive and well."
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