@nursc said: “say it again.”
he has to bite down on the inside of his cheek to stop from smiling, doing his best to keep a stern look on his face. it's not as easy with her as it is with a stubborn, unruly patient... but this is all his own fault, anyway. he should never have said it. he should have known from the second it slipped out of his mouth that she would grab hold and not let it go. not until they were both too old and senile to remember it - and possibly not even then...
his expression under control, he hands her the data pad. " i said - you were right. " they had spent all afternoon debating - well, bickering - about an array of test results they were waiting for. an away team had come back with baffling rashes, and every doctor and nurse in sickbay had had their theory as to what caused it. and now the results were in - and christine was right. he was proud of her. though it would have been easier to show it if she weren't quite so smug... " is there anything else i can do for you? any other commands? " he adds, a lopsided smile finally peeking through.
