What do we owe to each other? (TGP)

“Besides, some of us are hungry,” Sulu said, clapping his hand on Jim’s shoulder. “I’ve been listening to your stomach rumbling for the last thirty minutes.”

“Hey! No it hasn’t!” Jim laughed.

“Twenty seven minutes actually,” Spock said dryly on Jim’s other side. The rest of the friends laughed at that.

“Ok, ok,” Jim grinned and pushed back from the table. “I suppose we have done good work. I just hope we hear something soon.”

“We will,” Uhura said.

Everyone began to gather their things and stand up.

“Suppose we’ll see you all soon,” McCoy said. He didn’t know about the others, but he wanted to go to their dorm room and drop off his books and PADD.

“How did your talk go?” Scotty asked as they entered their room.

“Good,” McCoy said. He crossed to his desk. “We talked about how to move forward now that I passed my exam.”

“And?”

“And I’ll still see Dr. Cuthbert, but we’ll do every other week. Now that I’ve passed flight I’ll have to keep up my qualifications.” A small shiver went down McCoy’s spine.

“Ah, and Flores will make sure ye do,” Scotty nodded.

“So I’ll still need some help. And we’ve just gotten me to be somewhat comfortable in a shuttle, we haven’t really solved what’s wrong in here.” McCoy gestured to the side of his head.

“Hey!” Scotty protested. “Nothing’s wrong in there!”

“Isn’t there?” McCoy grinned at his husband and made him laugh.

“Ye ken what I mean,” Scotty said.

“I know,” McCoy said. He stepped closer to Scotty and his husband’s arms went around him.

“And I’ll give ye any help ye need,” Scotty said softly before their mouths met in a soft kiss.

“I may need some help after dinner,” McCoy smirked. He pulled Scotty’s body closer to his own.

Scotty shook his head gently. “Incorrigible love, incorrigible.”

Part 754

Scotty

On the next Monday, after classes, while doing his homework, Scotty eventually received a message from Raleigh. A glance at his PADD told him what it said.

“We have the commanders‘ go,“ he told Leonard, a happy smile forming on his face.

“Really? Oh, that’s awesome, leannan. Just wait until Jim hears the good news,“ Leonard replied with a grin. the prince replied, grin spreading from ear to ear.

Scotty rolled his eyes.

“Ha! Ye ken Jim. He’ll tell us he knew it right away.”

“True.” Leonard nodded, then leaned over to whisper the next words into his husband’s ear, as if anyone could hear them. “But I bet he’ll be quite relieved on the inside.”

Scotty laughed out loud.

“Aye, he’ll be. Think I should wait until dinner to tell the others or should I send a message to the group chat right away?”

Leonard mused for a moment, then smirked.

“Wait until dinner. After all, we all want to see Jim’s reaction.”

“Awesome!” Jim exclaimed once Scotty had revealed the news to everyone. However, he quickly relaxed and tried to play casual. “I mean… not like I’m surprised. After all, it’s a great project.”

The others just exchanged smirks and glances. Everyone knew just how happy Jim really was.

“So, that means we need to flesh out our plans now. Of course there’s still time, but we all know how fast it flies with exams and stuff like that,” Christine said.

“How about we plan a meeting tomorrow? We can discuss– oh, wait a minute,” Jim interrupted himself. His eyes were focused on a spot behind Scotty. “Florian! Hey! Hey, Flo!” Jim waved frantically.

Scotty turned around and saw a young redhead. The tall cadet looked over to them, then waved. He slowly walked over to their table.

“Hey Jim,” he greeted the blond. “And… hey everyone else.”

“Guys! This is the senior I told you about! He’s gonna help us with our party plans!”

“I’m Florian Meyer. Nice to meet you. Jim told me about your idea. Sounds pretty cool,” the redhead introduced himself.

“Florian Meyer…” Uhura sounded thoughtful. “That isn’t a very common name around here. Are you from Germany?”

Florian smiled and nodded.

“Sure am. But my aunt lives in San Francisco. I’ve been a fan of Starfleet since I was a little boy and when I was old enough, I moved in with her.”

“Es ist wirklich nett von dir, dass du uns hilfst.”

Scotty looked at Nyota in surprise. Of course he knew that she was very talented with languages, but he hadn’t known that German was one of them.

“Ach, das mache ich doch gerne.”

Eugene raised his hand.

“Sorry to interrupt you, but not everyone at this table understands German?”

Florian chuckled.

“Sorry, bro. I just said that it’s my pleasure to help you.”

“How about you have dinner with us and we can tell you a few details,” Jim offered and the senior cadet shrugged.

“Sure. If you don’t mind.”

“Not at all,” Leonard said and made space so that the German could sit down next to him.

“Thanks.” As soon as Florian sat, he looked closer at Leonard and frowned. “Wait… do I know you? You seem familiar.”

Leonard just looked at the others before he turned his gaze back on the man next to him.

“I suppose you’re wondering if we need to keep meeting,” Dr. Cuthbert said when they were settled in his office.

McCoy blinked in surprise. He hadn’t actually had that thought, but now he wondered.

“No sir,” McCoy said honestly. “I hadn’t thought that until now.”

“You passed your flight test last week,” Dr. Cuthbert smiled at him.

“Yes,” McCoy agreed slowly. He wondered where the doctor was going with this.

“Do you feel as if we’ve completed what we needed?”

McCoy sat back in his chair and frowned as he thought.

“Yes and no,” he said, the words very deliberate. “We’ve helped me pass a test, but we haven’t completely solved my issues with flying.”

“Very good Leonard,” Dr. Cuthbert nodded. “How would you like to move forward?”

“Oh.” McCoy’s thoughts flew. How did one know when they no longer needed help in a situation like this? Their sessions with Dr. Hudson had ended because they had graduated.

“I- I don’t know what we’re supposed to do,” he replied, letting his confusion into his voice. “What do you suggest?”

“Not knowing what classes you will have next year doesn’t help much yet, however, especially with Lt. Flores as your advisor, I think we can be certain that he will keep you up to date on flying qualifications.”

“Which means who knows when I may have to fly at any given time,” McCoy grumbled.

“I would recommend we continue to meet—”

McCoy nodded.

“—though perhaps we could move to every other week. We can continue to work on strategies and work at the cause of your issue with flying. What do you think?”

“I think that would probably be for the best,” McCoy agreed.

“Though we could meet more frequently if it was needed of course.”

McCoy nodded again. “That sounds good.”

McCoy did not expect Scotty to meet him after his session; he had already messaged his husband that he would meet him at Jim’s meeting. With a sigh, McCoy pulled out his comm and turned it back on. It buzzed many times as messages he hadn’t seen came through, most from Jim. McCoy smiled and hurried out the door to go join his friends.

Part 752

Scotty

“I can’t believe Bones just leaves us hanging like that,” Jim complained as he and Scotty left the lecture hall together after their last class together.

Scotty rolled his eyes. He knew exactly where his husband was and that he was in fact not leaving them hanging. It was Thursday. He was meeting up with Dr. Cuthbert. And the Scotsman was really curious about what they were talking about after Leonard had successfully passed his flight test.

“Oh, come on, Jimbo, ye know it’s not like that! He’s going to join us as soon as he can.”

“What in the world could be more important than this meeting? I know when his last class ends! He could come right away!”

“Aye, well, I can name several things that are more important than this meeting,” Scotty started, but stopped when Jim sent him a glare. He sighed before he continued. “Look, I know that it’s important to ye, but trust me when I say that Len has a good reason.”

“One you’re not going to tell me about,” Jim concluded and Scotty nodded.

“I can’t. It’s private. And I would appreciate it if ye don’t push.”

“Tch, fine. I won’t. But I really hope that Bones won’t take too long,” Jim groaned and Scotty placed a hand on his shoulder and patted it.

“I promise ye that he’ll be there as soon as he can.”

“So, I have good news. I met a cadet who’s a senior. And he said that he’ll help us with our plan. He actually was part of a committee in his first year at the academy and they too planned a campus wide party. And, according to his stories, it was pretty neat.”

“Where did you of all people meet a senior cadet?” Nyota asked, raising an eyebrow curiously.

“I have my contacts,” Jim answered, sounding mysterious.

“He applied for the chess club,” Spock said at the same time.

“Yeah, okay, fine, I applied for the chess club. Anyhow, this guy is pretty cool. And he gave me some tips that I want to discuss with y’all today.”

“Sounds good. Tell us more about it,” Chekov said and Jim started to explain his ideas.

“Bones! Finally! I thought you’d never join us,” Jim exclaimed when there was a knock at the door and Leonard stepped into the room.

“Sorry, sorry, took me a bit longer. Scotty can fill me in on the details later, right?” The prince made his way over to the free seat next to his husband and sat down.

“I suppose he can, yeah. Now, where were we?”

“We were discussing food and drinks,” Christine reminded Jim who quickly got back into talking.

Scotty sent Leonard a questioning look, silently asking if everything went well, and Leonard smiled at him. He nodded slightly and bumped his knee against Scotty’s.

His story takes place in the Farie-verse (June of Doom version)

He was rescued by Starfleet after escaping Thyriuk IV in a shuttle. Even though he has technical knowledge, being interested in medicine, he joins the science department. He really admires McCoy and wants to learn from him.

He’s a gentle, shy man, but he doesn’t trust easily. He doesn’t talk much, very traumatized by what he lived through. To others he comes off as strange and tense. However, once someone gains his trust, he can be quite relaxed around them, even smiling/laughing.

When he was 22 years old, Tolay wanted to join Starfleet Academy. Even though the planet he originated from wasn’t part of the Federation, his kind knew about it. Tolay was fascinated by the concept and wanted to be part of it. He left his home, hiding on a cargo ship. Unfortunately, the crew of that ship was caught by Miss Farie and her people.