( "The Nero incident". So that's what they'll call the past forty-eight hours. It's still so fresh for Bones, but five years ago for Jim, five years with his own ship, his own crew... Leonard manages a small smile, lost at that second, equally sudden bit of news.
Bones practically goggles at him, in fact, astonishment in his hazel eyes. Youngest captain in the fleet is an impressive achievement all its own, but Starfleet also isn't in the habit of passing out the position of CMO to younger physicians, and he's under no illusions that he was anything but still too low on the totem pole for something as important as that, and on the flagship, no less. Dr. Puri had years out in the black under his belt before his untimely passing; surely they'd pull in someone just as seasoned, maybe Dr. Boyce from SFM, to fill his shoes.
For Leonard, whose life felt like it was over only three years ago, who was satisfied enough for his sudden Enterprise posting when he was just there to be part of the medical team, it's staggering. )
...oh. That's... ( hang on, he has to let that sink in, feeling his face grow hot. )
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Bones practically goggles at him, in fact, astonishment in his hazel eyes. Youngest captain in the fleet is an impressive achievement all its own, but Starfleet also isn't in the habit of passing out the position of CMO to younger physicians, and he's under no illusions that he was anything but still too low on the totem pole for something as important as that, and on the flagship, no less. Dr. Puri had years out in the black under his belt before his untimely passing; surely they'd pull in someone just as seasoned, maybe Dr. Boyce from SFM, to fill his shoes.
For Leonard, whose life felt like it was over only three years ago, who was satisfied enough for his sudden Enterprise posting when he was just there to be part of the medical team, it's staggering. )
...oh. That's... ( hang on, he has to let that sink in, feeling his face grow hot. )
God, that's amazing.