Star Trek double drabble: Hope of Resurrection [Kirk/McCoy, general]
Title: Hope of Resurrection Author: celandineb Fandom: Star Trek AOS Pairing: Kirk/McCoy Rating: general Length: 200 words Summary: After Jim's self-sacrifice in saving the Enterprise, Leonard hides his grief. Note: I re-watched Star Trek: Into Darkness recently, and this resulted.
Leonard was more used to seeing the dying and the dead than he would have preferred, but it came with the territory when one was a doctor, especially the chief medical officer on a starship.
Treating shipmates with whom he had only a nodding acquaintance was a far cry from being presented with the dead body of his lover, however. He could show no more grief than any other member of the crew might. Since medical officers were not in the line of command, his relationship with Jim was not technically forbidden, but neither of them had wanted to make it public, either.
Thus Leonard clamped his teeth and refused to show emotion, pretending that he was as cold as Spock, as unresponsive as the long-dead Tribble squeaking… Squeaking. Not dead. Not dead. The serum from that bastard Khan's blood had brought it back to life. And that meant…
He hardly knew what he said, calling for a cryo tube, the only way to keep Jim's body and brain from deteriorating, yelling at Sulu that they had to get Khan back alive, that it was the only chance of saving the captain. And then—he could only wait, and hope.