The
call from the hospital ended up being less of an 'emergency' and more of 'we're swamped by all these extra people on the planet and you need to take care of your own', but Bones accepted that. Fuck, he wanted to be the one to take care of his own Enterprise people, but for legitimate illnesses, not this heat-stroke shit that everyone and their mother was coming down with at one time or another on this goddamn planet
"Leonard, here," one of the Catian doctors called out. Bones turned just in time to catch the drink being tossed at him. "You gotta leave?" she asked, walking toward him, her tail swishing provocatively. Touching his arm a little more friendly than he normally liked, she stroked it with an extremely long finger. She was smiling widely, almost unusually wide, showing some pointed teeth. "Some of us are heading back to-"
"Um, yeah," Bones said with an embarrassed smile. She looked disappointed. "But thanks for this," he added, trying to make her feel better, taking a big swig and heading out the physican entrance.
Normally he didn't go for the fruity sugar-laden pops but fuck, it was hot, even at night, and it wasn't like anyone was tossing bottles of sweet tea at him.
Still, it was good. Really good, enough that he'd finished the bottle by the time he walked back to their apartment. Fuck, it was so good he picked up another four bottles from the vendor selling them in the lobby of the guest quarters, and headed up to go find Jim.
He was feeling hot. A shower sounded fucking good right now, he thought, as he opened the door and entered the darkened room. Dark? Where was Jim? He dropped the drinks on the table and headed into the room.