for ZEX, it's time to par-tay

[bornsnarky]

[standing at the bar, yanking on the collar of this damn dress uniform]

[reeeeeeally hoping these Thraddash people don't approach me, surely there're enough interesting people around here that I can just get convivially drunk with Scotty and ZEX and Uhura]

[I can see Jim in the corner being all charming and shit, and there're a couple more being entertained by Chekov and Gaila, excellent, maybe I can get out of this formal reception with my sanity relatively intact]

[then a gravelly voice behind me says he'll buy me a drink]

[...turning]

Ah. Um. Thanks, I guess. I'm Leonard McCoy.


[he says he knows]

Comments

[zexyandiknowit]

[...Same... but also:]

Which is the flaw? Not liking everyone, or liking anyone at all?

[bornsnarky]

Liking everyone. Well, by default.

See, I hate everyone by default. I only like the exceptions.

[surely that makes perfect sense]

[zexyandiknowit]

[Thinks about this]

...That sounds very exhausting.

[bornsnarky]

[shrugs comfortably]

Works for me. And it means I treasure the non-assholes.

[zexyandiknowit]

Drinking makes you startlingly open, friend doctor.

[bornsnarky]

[thinking about that, I suspect that's right but there's more to it]

[zexyandiknowit]

...

[Yeah petting your hair again, I'M WEAK]

[bornsnarky]

[maybe because it's you-]

[nah, surely not for that reason]

Mm.

Probably shouldn't drink around you. You'll find out all my deepest secrets.

[zexyandiknowit]

[Jokingly]

Which are?

[bornsnarky]

[laughs]

Um. I used to be a nun?

[zexyandiknowit]

[LAUGHS]

Goodness. I had no idea I wanted to see you in a wimple.

[bornsnarky]

I have the shoulders for it.

[zexyandiknowit]

[...Well]

I have noticed.

[bornsnarky]

[laughs]

Have you, now.

[zexyandiknowit]

[Gyah of all the things you notice]

Certainly.

[bornsnarky]

[still mostly convinced you're teasing but hey I'm teasing back]

[even if it sounds like flirting]

I bet you tell all the boys they'd look good a a nun.

[zexyandiknowit]

If I did, I would not be very popular with the boys, I'm afraid.

I could see you in the collar, as well. Not for very long, obviously.

[bornsnarky]

[laughs] In that voice, just about anything sounds like a compliment.

...not for long?

[zexyandiknowit]

Goodness, you are complimentary, this evening.

Well, the collar must be removed for debauchery. I do not understand exactly what it is for, but I understand this.

[bornsnarky]

[blinking] Am I? Good Lord.

[SPLUTTER]

Really?

[zexyandiknowit]

[Giggles and resumes the pettin']

[Coy silence seems like a good move, here]

[bornsnarky]

I, uh...

[relaxing back against you]

I don't know that that's quite what it's meant for, y'know.

[zexyandiknowit]

I understand approximately zero Earth religions, but I do admire the aesthetic.

[Which is not an answer to your statement but nevermind]

[bornsnarky]

The worship of a higher power aesthetic, or the bondage aesthetic?

[genuinely curious/amused]

[zexyandiknowit]

Both. Either? It is interesting to consider, at least.

[Hearing those words in McCoy's voice has caused ZEX to cross his legs, hilariously]