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CHARACTERS: derek hale and leonard mccoy.
LOCATION: medbay.
WARNINGS: none!
SUMMARY: grumps being grumps.

[ it's maybe just a little clingy, the way derek spends all the time not in the gardens hanging around medical. or in the hall around medical, or just in the general area, as if that's any kind of subtle. he's meant to have grown out of this, but after the split beween the sides of the ship, listening to cora's voice going tight with fear while fire flares in the background, it's inspired a return to derek's less flattering habits.

of course, the drawback to creepy loitering without werewolf senses is that it's so much easier to get caught that way. while derek's trying to look casual, it's all too easy for someone to sneak up on him. or just walk up behind him. derek doesn't jump, but he goes tense immediately, looking around to find mccoy next to him. ]

What?

[ polite as ever. ]

Were you going in to medical?

[ this question somehow sounds defensive. derek isn't technically doing anything wrong, but even so. ]

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[ Leonard had been heading into the MedBay to spend some time getting acquainted with everything there. The tech was advanced but also alternated between being far beyond the Enterprises' top of the line equipment to being almost archaic in origin. They still used scalpels. It was absurd.

It was there that he stumbled upon the scruff faced young man loitering in the hall. Quite literally stumbled. ]

Jesus H. Christ!

[ Leonard had jumped back half a foot, only noticing the man in the moment he'd spoken. He clutched his chest now, eyebrows hunched and glaring. ]

God damn it, man. I should ask you the same thing! What in gods name are you doing skulking around here?

[ is he being scolded? derek looks momentarily taken aback before steeling himself, frowning right back. ]

I'm not skulking.

[ he was totally skulking. but derek clearly operates under the assumption that if he denies it hard enough that will make it so. ]

I was waiting for someone.

[ aka his baby sister who would probably get mad at him for hovering, but that's neither here nor there. ]

[ Leonard gives him a flat look. You ain't fooling anyone. ]

Right. [ he drawls, rolling his eyes and walking past him. ]

Instead of standing in the hall glaring at the walls n' gathering dust, why don't you come wait inside. There's chairs, if you like that sort of thing.

[ He's not really asking. ]

I know there's chairs. [ faintly defensive, though he follows it up with, ] I'd rather stand.

[ though he trails after mccoy, plants himself awkwardly just inside of medical. derek's shoulders are tense, hesitating as if he hasn't decided whether or not he's actually going to stay or he's going to flee back out into the hallway. ]

Who are you? I haven't seen you here before.

Sure, stand sit, I don't care. [ Of all the stubborn- ]

[ Leonard really wants to just brush up on the technology in Medbay, many of the instruments are familiar enough that he can figure it out. Others are too out there for him to begin to understand without help. He taps a console and a holographic display comes up. Somewhere in here must be a 'help' file. ]

[ He looks up at the question, ] Hm? Yeah, I'm new here. I'm Leonard McCoy, I'm a doctor. How about yourself? Been here long?

[ He pauses, ] Were you waiting for a doctor?

[ the name sounds familiar, but derek doesn't volunteer anything. he didn't know the last mccoy who had been here, and it's never an easy conversation to have, informing someone they'd been here before. derek watches him, eyeing the holographic display skeptically before shaking his head. ]

My sister works in this department.

[ and derek's hovering, which is unappreciated. but that's also besides the point. ]

I've been here for a long time. Since the ninth jump. [ derek's been around the block, so to speak. ] You don't really get used to it.

[ sorry leonard. derek's not the brightest ray of sunshine around here. ]

[ He looks up at that. Nineth? Shit. ]

That's a long time. And your sister, too? [ He's giving Derek more of his focus now, sitting on a stool and crossing his arms. Scrutinizing him with a concerned crease between his brows. ]

What's your name?

Derek Hale.

[ blatantly ignoring that observation. it's a long time. derek's aware. painfully aware, some days. ]

My sister is Cora. You'll see her around, if you spend any time in medical.