[Day 6 NVC] -- [Can't Protect You When I'm Asleep] -- [Jim and Bones]
Jim well knew the difference between waking up from normal sleep and waking up from drug-induced sleep. There was a film that had to be clawed away every time he woke up from a drug-induced sleep, no matter how good it was. That was how Jim woke up, clawing fiercely to get that thick feeling away from his eyes and mouth until he woke up properly.
He stared up at the ceiling in confusion. ...He hurt less than he could remember previously, and he couldn't hear anything in the room. His limbs felt thick, numb... he tried to push himself up to his elbows.
His whole body shuddered, and he had to roll over onto his side. A groan came out of him, and he tried to focus on getting the world to balance correctly. "...'ones?" He said through the dry-thick mouth.
Then sudden reality. He had been trying to protect Bones. Trying to keep Spock away...
He forced himself up with a gasp as stiff muscles complained, and he looked around as his hand clawed at the side of his neck. The feeling of a hypo against his skin.
He stared up at the ceiling in confusion. ...He hurt less than he could remember previously, and he couldn't hear anything in the room. His limbs felt thick, numb... he tried to push himself up to his elbows.
His whole body shuddered, and he had to roll over onto his side. A groan came out of him, and he tried to focus on getting the world to balance correctly. "...'ones?" He said through the dry-thick mouth.
Then sudden reality. He had been trying to protect Bones. Trying to keep Spock away...
He forced himself up with a gasp as stiff muscles complained, and he looked around as his hand clawed at the side of his neck. The feeling of a hypo against his skin.