"Let's not mention that last thing to Scotty; he'll get ideas and try to set something up in the shuttle bays."
McCoy has mentioned his daughter, yes. But while his CMO is usually quick to share opinions and information about everything else under the sun, he doesn't much discuss Jo (or his marriage to Jo's mother) in anything but passing terms.
Which tells Jim everything he needs to know. It's only been a few years since the breakup so bad that it drove this doctor, who was scared to fly and loathed space, to enlist in Starfleet. And Jim has been with him damn near every day since; he knows McCoy hasn't spent any significant time with his daughter, that theirs is a relationship mostly carried out by video calls.
"Well." He puts a hand on McCoy's shoulder, warm, friendly--a light enough touch that he could pass it off as brotherly friendship should the doctor start in with what the hell are you doing get your paws off me. But he means it in empathy, in sorrow for what he knows his friend doesn't have and must miss, and maybe even in mild apology for dredging those feelings up. "I may need your help with that, some nights."
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McCoy has mentioned his daughter, yes. But while his CMO is usually quick to share opinions and information about everything else under the sun, he doesn't much discuss Jo (or his marriage to Jo's mother) in anything but passing terms.
Which tells Jim everything he needs to know. It's only been a few years since the breakup so bad that it drove this doctor, who was scared to fly and loathed space, to enlist in Starfleet. And Jim has been with him damn near every day since; he knows McCoy hasn't spent any significant time with his daughter, that theirs is a relationship mostly carried out by video calls.
"Well." He puts a hand on McCoy's shoulder, warm, friendly--a light enough touch that he could pass it off as brotherly friendship should the doctor start in with what the hell are you doing get your paws off me. But he means it in empathy, in sorrow for what he knows his friend doesn't have and must miss, and maybe even in mild apology for dredging those feelings up. "I may need your help with that, some nights."