Star Trek: Reasons cut scene
Okay, this is from a fic that I'm currently writing. And when I say "currently," I mean "right this very minute." It's been percolating in my head all day, and I think it's time to get it out. Anyway, this scene doesn't work with the fic I originally wrote it for, and I don't think it stands on its own. Nonetheless, I really like it, and I think I want to keep it in the series canon. So, here you are. It's a conversation between Bones and Kirk, after the movie and before Bones goes in to give Starfleet an accounting of what's been going on on their flagship without their permission. This is the raw, unedited first draft, so yeah. You know what that means.
Change of plans. This is going back in the fic. So, consider this a teaser.
“We saved this whole damn planet,” he muttered while he waited for his turn, “what more do they want?”
“To be the ones who gave the order,” Jim replied just as softly.
“They didn’t even see it coming.”
“Yeah. That’ll make it worse.” Jim sighed heavily, then smiled, lightning-fast and twice as bright when one of his crewmen turned in confusion at the sound. Bones rolled his eyes and summoned his best “yes, he’s really that much of an idiot” look. He hadn’t gotten the kid’s name, and he doubted Jim had, either, but they tried to reassure him as best they could without words. McCoy didn’t see how this could turn out okay after they’d gone so far off their leash, but he still didn’t have it in him to lie about it.
He turned back to Jim as soon as they were no longer being actively watched, but, predictably, Jim didn’t let him get so much as a word in.
“Lay it all on me,” he said, quietly, intently. Bones knew that voice. It never boded well.
“And just why should I do that?” he asked.
“Dammit, Bones!” Jim hissed angrily. “Maybe I am a lost cause, but that doesn’t mean anyone else has to go down with me!”
“Should have thought of that before you decided to become a captain.” The door opened and Leonard went through it before he had to turn around and look at his friend’s face.
Change of plans. This is going back in the fic. So, consider this a teaser.
“We saved this whole damn planet,” he muttered while he waited for his turn, “what more do they want?”
“To be the ones who gave the order,” Jim replied just as softly.
“They didn’t even see it coming.”
“Yeah. That’ll make it worse.” Jim sighed heavily, then smiled, lightning-fast and twice as bright when one of his crewmen turned in confusion at the sound. Bones rolled his eyes and summoned his best “yes, he’s really that much of an idiot” look. He hadn’t gotten the kid’s name, and he doubted Jim had, either, but they tried to reassure him as best they could without words. McCoy didn’t see how this could turn out okay after they’d gone so far off their leash, but he still didn’t have it in him to lie about it.
He turned back to Jim as soon as they were no longer being actively watched, but, predictably, Jim didn’t let him get so much as a word in.
“Lay it all on me,” he said, quietly, intently. Bones knew that voice. It never boded well.
“And just why should I do that?” he asked.
“Dammit, Bones!” Jim hissed angrily. “Maybe I am a lost cause, but that doesn’t mean anyone else has to go down with me!”
“Should have thought of that before you decided to become a captain.” The door opened and Leonard went through it before he had to turn around and look at his friend’s face.