Slowly waking up in her big, cozy bed, Daniela scooted back a bit, wanting Leonard's warmth to encompass her. Not feeling any warmer, she scooted back a bit more, then more. She gave a sleepy pout. He must have gone into the bathroom
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He hummed quietly that he loved her, pressed a sleepy kiss to the back of her neck and then froze when he heard the reply. That was not a voice he expected to hear. Especially not in this setting! As the body turned in his arms and kissed his chin, his eyes widened further. Jocelyn?!
She slipped out of the bed and he forced his gaze away when too much flesh came on show that he hadn't seen in a very long time, as she teased him about how he looked stunned this morning. This had to be a dream. A very odd dream. But before he could say anything, in came another familiar face, bounding into the room and jumping onto the bed with enthusiasm to hug him good morning. Joanna.
This felt entirely too real. What the hell was going on here?
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Then there was someone ringing the door chime and Dani's heart leapt thinking it might be Leonard. But when she answered the door it was Janice, clicking her tongue.
"Not even dressed yet, ma'am? You're expected on the bridge."
Not knowing what else to do, Dani headed back into the bedroom and put on a gold uniform.
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He had to go find Daniela. He had to work out what was going on here.
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Heading up to the bridge, she nervously stepped through the doors and a voice said, "Captain on the bridge!" She nearly jumped out of her skin and suddenly Spock was at her elbow, giving her his report. Spock, who she tried to avoid because he always made her feel stupid.
She forced her feet to move towards the Captain's chair and... someone, not Mr. Sulu, in the helmsman's seat said, "The course has been laid in, Captain."
"Ok?" She forced herself to sit down as Spock stood beside her chair, hands clasped behind his back.
The helmsman gave her a confused look and added, "Should I go into warp then, ma'am?"
"...Sure."
"What warp factor, ma'am?"
Oh sweet Jesus, just GO! she yelled in her head. "Use your best judgment... Helmsman." Oh God, she didn't even know his name! She was in so much trouble. She had to find Leonard.
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He had more photos than usual. All of them either of Joanna, or he and Jocelyn, or the three as a family. Swallowing thickly, he sat at his terminal and immediately asked the computer to locate Daniela McCoy. Once told she was not a crewman, he asked for Daniela Mears, to be told she was up on the bridge.
But... what if this wasn't the Daniela he knew? He couldn't just go up there and talk about this, could he?
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After that, she asked the computer to locate Doctor McCoy, crossing her fingers that he was aboard. If he wasn't, what was she going to do? Confide everything to Spock and have him escort her to the med bay for a psych evaluation?
The computer answered that Leonard was in his office in the med bay and she let out a relieved breath, standing up. But then a thought struck her and she sat back down. What if he was like everyone else? What if he thought she was the captain? She hated being alone in all this, and all she wanted was her old life. The only thing she could do was go and see Leonard, and then she'd know if she had an ally in this whole mess, or if she was alone. She smiled ruefully as she realized what a captain-y thought that was.
Standing back up, she exited to the bridge and started to head out when she remembered she had to hand over the bridge to someone else.
"Mr. Spock," she said, as clearly as she could, "I have something to attend to. The bridge is yours in my absence."
He nodded. "Yes, captain."
Then she headed towards medical to speak to Leonard, a spring in her step at not messing up so far.
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But then he couldn't help and look into his own file. Into Jocelyn's too. She was still McCoy. Still his wife. They had never divorced; she had become a diplomat and as her career in Starfleet began, it seemed his did too. They must have chosen this together.
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She entered the med bay soon enough and headed straight for Leonard's office, stopping before the door and taking a deep breath to compose herself. She couldn't just throw herself at him. She had to be professional, just in case... Well, she didn't want to think about that possibility. It was time to dive in.
She hit the chime and waited.
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"Hello, Doctor. How are things in here today?" She figured that was a good way to start. Feeling that she was going to start fidgeting soon, she clasped her hands behind her back like Spock.
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"Things are... good, yeah. Yes. Uhh, I just wanted to, see if everything was... in order in here today." Meeting his eyes carefully, she added, "A lot can change overnight, don't you think?"
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