Daniel Jackson | Stargate (daniel_jackson) wrote in valarlogs, @ 2014-11-05 16:57:00 |
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Entry tags: | !complete, daniel jackson, leonard mccoy |
Who: Daniel Jackson and Leonard McCoy
When: Circa Oct 7 (after the tethering plot)
Where: McCoy residence
What: Catching up
Rating/Warnings: Low/None
Status: Complete
Daniel found that he quite liked McCoy when it came down to it. He was good for Elizabeth too which he was grateful for and it was obvious that he cared about her and she him, which meant a lot. He had spent some time with him but he wouldn’t call them close friends though he did appreciate the time he got to spend in the man’s company. Knocking on the door to the McCoy, resident he was dressed in just a simple jeans and a t-shirt. He had a few beers with him - better not turn up empty handed after all and waited for the door to open. While he did so, he ran a hand through his hair. He figured McCoy was going to appreciate the beer, especially after what had happened. He had heard about him being connected to someone else and he could imagine that it would have been rather awkward being connected to someone you might not know, especially when you had your own lives and relationships to navigate. McCoy was thankful for Daniel’s friendship. It was good to know someone who knew about Elizabeth’s dreams, just in case he had questions. Though, he didn’t normally. McCoy and Elizabeth didn’t talk about their dreams much. It didn’t seem to matter. So far so good, anyway. Now that Jim was gone, it didn’t seem like there was much point in McCoy talking to anyone about his Dreams. Anyway, made plans to meet up with Daniel, who was a friend of Elizabeth’s and had become a friend of his. Elizabeth and Joanna were out for the night, so the guys had the place to themselves. And McCoy cooked pizza. He answered the door looking about as casual as he ever got; white button-down shirt with the sleeves rolled up, untucked, khaki slacks. He was barefoot. “Hey, Daniel. Come on in.” “Hey,” he said as he entered. He could smell the pizza cooking and grinned. “Smells good,” he told McCoy. It was an odd friendship, mostly because Daniel didn’t really do friends with how busy he was with work and everything else. It just seemed to consume his soul and apart from Audrey who he saw to and from work for his coffee hit there wasn’t all that many people that he saw outside of work. So he supposed it did make sense that if he was to make another friend it was a friend of Elizabeth’s. He valued her friendship and trusted her judgement when it came to things. ‘How are you after everything?” he said vaguely while waving his hand around that had the beer in it. "Just some pizza." McCoy said. Though, he was pleased that it'd gone well. He never knew what to do about these things. He and Jim would hang out and eat and drink, but Jim knew him so well that he didn't have to try. "All right." McCoy reached out to accept the beers from Daniel, then moved into the kitchen ti get his churchkey and open them. Well, two of them. They didn't need to open the others until they were ready to drink them. "Ruby was here for five days or so. She's a good kid. Joanna liked her." Elizabeth hadn’t been that happy about it, though. “Still smells good,” he said with a shrug. Pizza was simple and good in Daniel’s opinion and it lasted forever which was also an excellent thing. It saved him or anyone from having to cook a lot. “I suppose that is something still I imagine it would have been rather awkward for you and Elizabeth?” Daniel said. “I’m kind of glad it didn’t happen to me. I think I probably would have killed them so points to you for not doing so,” he said in a way hopefully to lighten the mood slightly. McCoy simply smirked. That was nice. He was glad that Daniel was going to be okay with some simple pizza. “Oh. Well. I don’t think Elizabeth liked it very much. She gets… jealous.” Not that McCoy really minded. He actually quite liked that Elizabeth was so possessive. A chuckle escaped him. “Killed them?” He asked, eyebrow raised as he held out one of the beer bottles to Daniel. Daniel nodded. “Thanks,” he said taking the beer that was offered. “I actually had lunch with her the other day,” he admitted. She had talked a lot about all of that and while she had admitted she might have over reacted Daniel didn’t think it was his place to talk about the things she had told him. If she wanted McCoy to know then it was her place to tell him. “I just like my privacy too much,” he admitted to him. ‘You’re probably one of the few people I’ve talked to more than a couple of times since I got here if that says anything?” “I’m glad she’s got someone else to talk to about all of this.” McCoy responded. He wasn’t going to pry. He gave Elizabeth her space. That was part of how they worked so well together. At least, on his end, anyway. He trusted her, and gave her space to have her own life. “I don’t… I don’t think that’s something you should brag about, Dan.” McCoy raised an eyebrow. “You don’t have any other friends?” ...as if McCoy had other friends. He was too busy with work and his daughter to have friends. “One or two,” he said with a shrug. “Audrey is rather nice and so are the people I work with I just don’t really see them outside of work to call them friends?” he shrugged. “Unless you count when they pull me away from my work and make sure I eat.” That was probably one of his biggest failings but he didn’t care, he was happy and to him that was what mattered. “Yeah, maybe you should work on that.” Again, McCoy wasn’t really one to talk. Aside from Elizabeth, he didn’t have many friends. Not much going on in his life. Work and his daughter took up almost all of his time. Elizabeth took up the rest. “...maybe you and I should both work on that. Are you… seeing anyone?” Surely Lizzie and Sam would set him up with one of their friends if he wasn’t. “Probably but I’m happy with how things are truthfully,” he admitted with a shrug. “Do you really want to change how things are with you though? I’ve never seen the point of having a lot of friends when you could have a smaller number and be closer to them than you might be otherwise.” Daniel shook his head at that question. “No, truth be told it’s been years since I’ve been seen anyone,” he admitted. “I dunno.” McCoy said. “I’ve never thought of it. I’ve never needed anyone else in my life.” Not aside from Joanna and Elizabeth. He nodded, then moved to get the pizza from the oven. “Really? That’s… surprising.” He said, and pulled the oven mitts on to get the pizza out. “You’re not… interested in finding someone?” Because even though McCoy was fairly solitary, he had needs. Didn’t everyone? “Then I’d say you’re happy and I wouldn’t bother. No point in forcing something you want,” he said with a shrug. “You think I’d attract more attention?” he asked curiously. “Not really I mean if it happens it happens but I’m happy and not many people can put up with how much I work truthfully.” He didn’t have time for it, anyway. McCoy pulled the pizza from the oven, and then cut and plated a couple of slices each for them. “I’m sure if you found someone you honestly wanted to be with, then your work situation might change.” He suggested, and held out the plate to his friend. “That’s true and thanks, it looks great,” he said taking the plate that was offered to him. He was glad to get the chance to eat, he hadn’t really eaten all day but then that wasn’t really surprising. He’d had a few biscuits here and there but nothing much. “Did things change when you met Elizabeth? I know how demanding being a doctor can be,” he asked curiously. McCoy shrugged his shoulders. “Everything changed when Elizabeth and I grew a bit more serious.” He had very little alone time now. Every second not taken up by work was taken by either his daughter or his girlfriend. Not that he minded, really. “I’ve shifted a few things in my schedule to be more accommodating to her. And for Joanna, too.” “That’s understandable,” he said with a nod. “It must have been hard being a single father with so much work. I applaud you for managing to do it,” he said before taking a bite of his pizza. “Very good,” he told the other man. “I guess getting serious with someone does have that effect that. I was like that once before she dumped me for another man - while we were engaged,” he added with a shrug of his own. Even after all this time it hurt despite the fact he had moved on from Sarah. He supposed it was because she was the first person he had truly loved besides his parents and probably still loved in many ways. He had accepted the fact that it was in the past and there was nothing that he could do about it. McCoy started in on the pizza, too. “Thanks,” he responded. “I have a pre-teen daughter. Pizza is one thing I can make fairly well.” He listened quietly, and frowned. “Ouch.” No wonder Daniel shied away from relationships if that was his last one. “Yeah, I can see how that might turn you off of skirt chasing.” “True, I can imagine she would like eating that a lot,” Daniel grinned. He knew at that age he ate it whenever he could, mostly because with all of the traveling that he did with his parents before they died meant that he had such a variety of foods that it sometimes was good just to eat a good old American pizza (or Australian or wherever they were). “Yeah and the fact no one has really interested me since then so work it is.” “Well, you gotta do what’s best for you.” McCoy shrugged his shoulders. He went for his drink and gulped from it, then tossed the empty bottle in the recycling bin. “And what works for you might not work for other people. Just make sure you haven’t closed doors permanently. You never know what’s coming up in the future.” “Of course, I won’t turn something away if it happens - I mean in the other world I end up with someone. No idea if they’re here though,” he said with a shrug before finishing the rest of his slice of pizza off. “Maybe.” McCoy shrugged. “All right, we’ve got a game to watch.” Surely there was some sporting event that the two could sit down and watch. “Sounds like a plan,” Daniel said following McCoy into the living room to watch whatever was on. |