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           The wolf knows when he’s downwind of something dangerous. Bones pauses soundlessly in the forest, a generation of pine needles thick and muffling beneath the pads of his feet, and cants his muzzle upward to breathe the air. What is it? 

         Not enough information. The humanity lingering in Bones’s mind is uncertain, as it often is. But instinct remains, tenacious and sure, determined to survive. Instinct says move, dart from the path and into the dense ferns decorating this wilderness. Head towards water. Circle back, until there a shift in the wind, a flash of red between the trees. 

         Hair, humanity provides, recognizing its own. Whatever this is, it seems human. At least at first. Perhaps, Bones thinks, crouched low and intent on a rocky outcropping, muscles coiled in lazy readiness. Perhaps it is human in the same way Leonard is lycan. 

The first memory he could recall was fear, quick breathes, and then blinding pain. Teeth sank into his shoulder causing him to scream and the yelling of others managed to scare the beast off. He was carried back to the healers and for several days was severely ill by fever. On the 8th day the fever finally broke and he was allowed to leave his bed. 

The second memory was the first full moon. He felt a fever break over his skin and tried to cool himself off any means necessary but nothing worked. Then his bones began to pop and break causing him to collapse in pain. Blinding pain then nothing. When he awoke again it was dawn and he lay naked in the middle of the forest with several dead animal bodies laying around him. 

Eight weeks in uncharted space. It was enough to drive anyone a little stir crazy. But for a Lycanthrope, the restlessness of being confined in an artificial atmosphere was… particularly bothersome. Leonard McCoy was a reasonable man, but his inner wolf was not, and he could say that his lycan side was fairly salivating for some fresh air by the time the planet Soukara appeared on the Bridge's view screen.  Even without its three moons, the pull of that lush, jungle-like planet would have been more than Bones could resist… When he heard the Captain's intention to make port there, the CMO immediately made arrangements to join the landing party. Though Soukara itself had little to offer the Enterprise in regards to goods or trade, it seemed that Leonard wasn't the only one eager to spend time planet-side, and soon a modest group of crewmembers were beaming to the surface, somewhere just beyond Soukaran native civilization. That suited Bones right down to the ground. Hours later, the second moon was setting in a northeasterly direction and McCoy's inner wolf was feeling particularly satisfied. Transforming into his lycan form had been like uncoiling a tightly wound spring, the dark-coated werewolf all too eager to stretch his legs in the wide open space this planet provided. Leonard trotted through the dense underbrush of the jungle-like region located at the outskirts of Soukara's largest township, dark coat rippling in the perpetual night, feeling more at ease than he had in weeks. His eyes tracked the movement of native animal life, breathing deep to scent the unique smells on this planet. The Wolf wanted to run, so he ran. Eventually, though, all things must end. Bones gradually, steadily, re-asserted control over his feral side, bringing awareness of things like Time and Obligation back to the forefront of his mind. The inner wolf gave up control only begrudgingly, though he was contented by the night spent running until his lungs and legs burned. Turning towards the landing party site, Leonard let his tongue loll out of the side of his mouth, panting the humid jungle air as he loped back from where he'd come.  Drawing nearer to the designated rendezvous point, the wolf paused, ears swiveling forward as a fresh -familiar- scent caught his attention. Bones huffed, silently amused. It seemed Jim Kirk had decided to beam down to the surface as well. The wolf was pleased, his tail twitching upright as he followed the enticing smell of friendpackmateleader to its source. Emerging on silent feet from the deep underbrush, Bones lifted his Lycan head and grinned doggishly at the sight of Kirk himself. 

Alternate Universe - Star Trek Lycan Verse - Leonard "Bones" McCoy as a Werewolf

Inspired by "Twice Shy" by SarkasticFics

Possible spoiler alert so under a cut. Not a major one, cause I would hope you would figure this was coming but IDK just to be safe.