A little mix up [H/C - Demütigung - für mich]

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Team: Schneewittchen
Challenge: H/C - Demütigung - für mich
Titel: A little mix up
Fandom: Star Trek (Crossover zwischen AOS und TOS)
Charaktere: Jim Kirk (TOS), Leonard McCoy (AOS), Jim Kirk (TOS), Scotty (AOS)
Wörter: 1381
Sprache: Englisch


As soon as Jim materialized on the transporter platform Leonard was next to him, scanning him with his medical tricorder. “You’re okay, Jim?” They had some trouble with the transporter and Jim had stayed behind on the planet due to some ion storm. Much too long for Leonard’s liking. He just wanted to make sure that he was alright.
Jim only smiled fondly. “I’m fine, Bones. You can stop now.” Jim grabbed his hand gently, forcing him to stop.
“I’m just doing my damn job, Jim.”

“I know. And I love you for it.” Jim’s smile grew wider and before Leonard realized what was going on, Jim leaned down and gave him a kiss on his hand. Time stopped for a second before he was cruelly reminded that they were not alone in the room when Scotty made a sound. Leonard felt the heat rushing to his cheeks and wished he would be somewhere else. He turned around and saw Scotty giving them an awkward smile. Spock only had one raised eyebrow but Leonard could almost hear his soft “Fascinating!”

With a strong pull he freed his hand out of Jim’s grasp and vanished out of the room with a fast pace. He could hear Jim shouting his name but he just ignored it.
He was not even entirely in his office when Jim rushed after him, pushed him inside and closed the door.

“What was that?”
“What was that? I could ask you the same question.” Leonard concentrated on being angry. This was easier than dealing with his confused emotions that wanted him to do so many other things, like kissing Jim again.

Jim came a step closer and only out of caution Leonard stepped backwards - he didn’t trust himself around Jim right now. A hurt expression crossed Jim’s face. “What’s going on? What did I do?”
“How about you humiliated me in front of Spock and Scotty?”
“Humiliated? I kissed you. That’s all.”
“You’re acting as if this is completely normal.”
“It isn’t?” Suddenly Jim looked around as if he was searching for something. “Looks like the Enterprise.”

“Of course we’re on the Enterprise. You’re acting weird, Jim.” Once more Leonard had his medical tricorder in hand, scanning Jim and reading the results. “Looks fine to me,” he mumbled to himself. “But maybe we should do some more tests.”
Jim though kept talking as if he hadn’t noticed Leonard’s attempt to examine him once more. “Since we landed in an evil parallel universe you can’t be too careful, eh, Bones?”

Bones frowned confused. “What are you talking about?”
“I’m talking about-” Jim started and stopped right after, watching Bones closely. “Are you my Bones?”
“You’re worrying me, Jim. What the hell are you talking about?”
“We’re not together, right?”

Leonard couldn’t fight the heat rushing to his cheeks. “No, we’re not,” he said in the end.
“See? Where I’ve come from we are. I must have landed in some alternative dimension. At least it seems nicer than the last one. No one tried to kill me so far.”
“Okay, okay, stop for a second.” With a deep sigh Leonard went with his hand through his hair. “You’re saying you come from a different reality? That you are not the James T. Kirk I know?”
Jim shrugged. “Could be one explanation. I mean I doubt you’d just forget about us.”

Leonard’s first thought was to contact the old Spock. If Leonard had understood it correctly he came from a different reality too - or he changed this one. Leonard had never understood it completely - though Scotty had tried to explain it to him on various occasion. Scotty! They should ask the engineer. Before Leonard could propose this, Scotty rushed into his office though. “Excuse the interruption but I just went over the data of the last transport. We have a wee problem, sir.”

Jim just laughed. “We know, Scotty. Can we fix it?”
Scotty swayed his head. “Probably … maybe.”
“Get to work then,” Jim ordered and though Jim wasn’t really their captain Scotty immediately went working. Leonard didn’t blame him because this man in front of him seemed just like his Jim. He was even more sure when he turned back to him with a wide grin and mischief in his eyes. “So what stopped us?”
“What?”
“Why aren’t we together? Don’t say you don’t like me?”

“I think you’re annoying.”
“Just as my Bones does. Doesn’t hold him back.” Once more Jim stepped closer. This time Leonard didn’t waver. Jim watched him closely and then tilted his head a little to the side. “Oh, it’s not you as it seems.”

Leonard shook his head. “Just stop it, please.”
Jim stepped quickly away. “I’m sorry, I didn’t want to offend you. It’s normal that I tease him, I didn’t think. I’m truly sorry.”
“Where is my Jim?” This had been Leonard’s second thought. If this Jim wasn’t his then his captain was still somewhere out there. “Is he in your world?”
“Probably. If we were using the transporter at the exact same time during the storm he most likely landed in my dimension. He’ll be fine, don’t worry.”

Leonard smiled shortly. “You’re a lot like him. If it wasn’t for our other kind of relationship I wonder if we’d had noticed this quickly.” Without even realizing Leonard had looked up to him again, asking himself how this worked. It wasn’t the first time that Leonard had imagined them to be together and how this would work on this ship, both as commanding officers. Leonard always feared that it would get in the way of their job. But as it seemed it could actually work.

“Oh, I’m sure we would have. We’re both pretty smart.”
Leonard could feel Jim’s gaze on him, and it made him feel kind of uncomfortable, not because he was in a relationship with him where he came from, no, because Leonard had the feeling that Jim could see right through him, like his version could as well.
And Leonard was right. “What do you want to know?”
“How does it work?” Leonard asked after a little hesitation.

They talked for two whole hours, so long until Scotty called them because he had figured out a way to send him back, and hopefully get their captain back as well. He reported that it would only work if the other side would come to the same conclusions.
“My Scotty is pretty clever too. I don’t think you have anything to worry about,” Jim said while they were standing in the reporter room.

“I’m ready when you are,” Mr. Scott said behind the console.
“One more second.” Jim turned to Leonard with a big smile on his face. Gently he took his hand and gave him another kiss on the back of it. “I hope you get what you want,” he whispered for only Leonard to hear.

“Save travels,” Leonard wished him and watched Jim vanish into the bright light colours only to get replaced by another Jim. Leonard looked closely at him. “You’re my stupid captain?”
“I think I am.”
“Welcome back, sir,” Scotty and Spock said in unison.

Jim nodded to them and then threw his arm around Leonard’s shoulder, leading him outside. “The craziest thing happened over there.”
“Yeah?” Leonard tried to act casual. He had no idea how much Jim had found out while being there.
Jim though waited with any explanation until they were in medbay and in Leonard’s closed office. “So what happened?” Leonard asked again, slowly getting impatient.

“This,” Jim mumbled, stepped closer and pressed a kiss on Jim’s lips.
“The other Doctor McCoy kissed you?” Leonard asked when Jim pulled back a little.
“Yeah, and I liked it so much that I wanted to test it on - wait, the other Jim didn’t kiss you? Oh my god, I’m so sorry, I thought you’d know as well.”

Leonard laughed. “Relax, Jim, he did kiss me, although only on the hand. The other Jim seemed to be a bigger gentleman than you are. Maybe I should have kept him.”
“Oh, you don’t mean that.” Jim pouted adorably and Leonard grinned at the sight.
“No, wouldn’t give you away ever,” Leonard whispered and stole another kiss from Jim.