if wishes were horses beggars would ride, all dreams and desires would ride alongside.

[straightontilmorning]

Jim was content.

Most of her crew had gotten the shore leave they so desperately needed, finally; she herself wasn't planning on participating, seeing as how she had some work to catch up on, but she was assured that the planet was entirely beautiful and peaceful - all in all perfect for the crewmember in need of some rest.

She was halfway through a stack of PADDs when Uhura informed her Dr. McCoy was calling from the planet; she pushed them aside for the moment and prepared to fend off another attempt to get her to beam down.

"Yes, Bones?"

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[hesdead-jim.livejournal.com]

"Are you beaming down, Jim?" He spoke up, his brow furrowed as he perched on a log down planetside. What he had just seen would rank up there as one of the most puzzling, and peculiar sights ever. A white rabbit, and Alice. Not just any white rabbit, either. Damned big thing, bigger than him. And talking. Like out of the fairytale.

Either he was ill, or there was something seriously strange about this planet.

[kirk-it.livejournal.com]

She sighed loudly - he could have at least been more subtle about this. "I hadn't planned on it."

[hesdead-jim.livejournal.com]

"Well, you need to," he replied, rubbing at his forehead. "Or at least, you need to get everybody back up to the ship. There's something... odd, about this planet, Jim."

[kirk-it.livejournal.com]

...Oh, hell. Of course there was, they couldn't manage a simple shore leave. She tensed up. "What's going on?"

[hesdead-jim.livejournal.com]

"Well, either our scouting probes and detectors are malfunctioning, or I need to report myself unfit for duty," he replied with a frown tinged drawl. His brow furrowed in thought, and he exhaled. "I just saw a damned white rabbit the size of a man."

[kirk-it.livejournal.com]

One beat.

(No.)



Two.

(No, that's not-)


And she laughed, suddenly, releasing all that tension built up from need to get everybody back up to report myself unfit for duty. "You know, if you want me down there you shouldn't make jokes with a set-up like that."

[hesdead-jim.livejournal.com]

"It isn't a joke," he sounded mildly irritated as he spoke, his brow knitting together. "A white rabbit, that told me they were late. They had this watch and then some girl appeared to follow him. I swear I saw it with my own two eyes Jim."

[hesdead-jim.livejournal.com]

"Right. What are you hiding? You know, if you hide it, you'll keep thinking about it, so it'll only spring up somewhere else for me to see. So get it out of the way now," he replied with amusement.

[kirk-it.livejournal.com]

"It's unicorns," she said, only missing a beat. "I'm a girl, all girls harbor a secret love of unicorns - obviously."

[hesdead-jim.livejournal.com]

"You're Jim Kirk. The only thing remotely Kirk like about you liking unicorns is childlike giggling over it's horn which you no doubt would take to look like something far less innocent," he rolled his eyes. "Anyone would think you were hiding something kinky."

[kirk-it.livejournal.com]

"Of course not, Bones. Why would I hide anything kinky?" Hah! Answer that, if you dare.

She grabbed hold of his arm and steered him towards the exit, either way. "Let's get out of here."

[hesdead-jim.livejournal.com]

"Embarrassment? Oh God, you're not picturing you having sex with yourself, are you?" Because with her ego? Who knew.

[kirk-it.livejournal.com]

"Of course not," she said, just a little bit too sharp. "Can we go back to the subject of unicorns, Bones? Because I think the unicorns were a safer line of-"

She pushed through the door and was greeted by... a unicorn. Eyeing her. Dubiously.

"-thought."

[kirk-it.livejournal.com]

"I can control my... thoughts."

Hrmph.

[hesdead-jim.livejournal.com]

"Try. Because so help me, if it's me that ends up half naked in front of everyone, I will hypo your ass into the next century," he grumped at her.

[kirk-it.livejournal.com]

"...Well, you weren't until you said it."

[hesdead-jim.livejournal.com]

"OH, Jesus, don't think about it!"

[kirk-it.livejournal.com]

"You brought it up, it's like saying don't think about a pink elephant-"






Oh hi scantily-clad Bones.

[hesdead-jim.livejournal.com]

And hi normal Bones groaning like he's been shot when he sees his half naked self.

"Jim!"

[kirk-it.livejournal.com]

Unhelpfully to Jim, the planet chose that moment to grow a video monitor out of the ground for Bones, containing a video feed of the Kobayashi Maru they just went through and helpful cross-referenced files on the Kelvin.

Jim eyed it suspiciously. "What the hell is that?"

[hesdead-jim.livejournal.com]

He watched it carefully, eyebrows raising as his face fell. Oh, crap. "Jim I-- I'm sorry."

[kirk-it.livejournal.com]

"Bones."

This wasn't boding well for her.

[hesdead-jim.livejournal.com]

"If I'd have known, I wouldn't have-- you, I apologise," he frowned then, feeling like the single worst friend, and boyfriend all at once. Way to go.

[kirk-it.livejournal.com]

"Known what?"

She turned the damn thing around so she could see what he was - of course.

Fuck.

[hesdead-jim.livejournal.com]

"That." He replied simply.