Bubbles

"Dammit women, I'm a doctor not a relationship counselor!" Doctor McCoy growled over his shoulder at Uhura, who had followed him into his quarters. "If you and Spock are having problems there's nothing I can do about it! Serves you right for getting into a relationship with the pointy-eared bastard in the first place!"

"Bones, I came to you because you know Spock well even if you don't like him." Uhura said giving McCoy her best puppy dog eyes.

"What about Jim? He knows Spock better then I do, on account of the fact the Jim gets along with him!" McCoy rumbled, one brow arcing and eyes widening until he looked completely insane. "Now leave me alone, I'm going take a bath forgive me for not wanting you to take one with me." McCoy said stomping across his room to the small bathroom. His escape did not go as planned, Uhura followed him into the bathroom still arguing, "I don't want to talk to Jim about this, He'll laugh at me, then give me ridiculous advice and demand to know why I didn't tell him my first name! You at least will keep it to yourself." Uhura glared at McCoy, who glared right back and started to take off his uniform shirt.

"If you let me take my bath in peace I'll think about it, now go," he said.

"If I run your bath and make you a drink will you talk to him about it?" Uhura pleaded, banking on McCoy's southern upbringing, hoping it would drive him to be kind to her.

"Dammit alright, alright! But it had better be a really nice bath, and a really strong drink, nothing to girly now you hear me?"

"Yes Leonard, don't worry you're in good hands." Uhura said in a sing-song voice grinning at McCoy, "Thank you so much for agreeing to talk to him. Your bath will be ready in a minute. "She handed the Doctor a towel, "Now go and get undressed, I'll see to the rest."

McCoy took the proffered towel and went back to his small living space flinging clothes off, muttering about green blooded hobgoblins and that there was a reason that humans and Vulcans paired up so infrequently.

Now nude, he wrapped the towel around himself and turned his attention to the blinking padd that was sitting on his desk. The message was from Jim,

Bones, I have a very irritated half-Vulcan on the bridge, wants to talk to you about something and keeps saying that he, and I quote "wishes not to be forced to wait until the end of his shift at 2100." I know you just got off duty, but is it alright if I send him up to talk to you for a little bit? I'll make sure he knows not to keep from your rest longer then necessary. Promise ^.~

-Jim

McCoy smiled, sometimes Jim could be very considerate, though he had to doubt that his Captain would be asking for a favor sometime soon. Jim was always trying to find new ways to get the Doctor to give him some slack. Something that McCoy gave only grudgingly because of his respect for Jim as Captain. McCoy wrote back,

Jim, I'm going to take a bath now, give me an hour and then send in the clowns. It's probably important if it's got that green blooded goblin worked up.

-Leonard

He replaced the padd back on his desk and leaned back happily anticipating a hot bath, hopefully Uhura hadn't added girly bubbles, though from the smell that was coming from the bathroom it seemed she had dumped plenty of his body wash into it. There was the sound of something being dropped into water and then Uhura was in front of him,

"Your bath is ready, what kind of drink do you want?" she said smiling in a way that told McCoy he was lucky she wasn't slowly shredding him to bits for being such a grouch.

"Thanks Nyota, I appreciate it, if you would mix me a Brown Russian, not replicate it I won't make you into my maid again for a long time" McCoy said gruffly as he made his toward the bathroom and his awaiting bath.

When he entered the bathroom and turned in the direction of tub he found the beginnings of Uhura's revenge. Where the tub normally was there was instead a very large mound of bubbles, apparently his body wash could be convinced to bubble quite a lot. McCoy eyed the mountain of bubbles dubiously for a few seconds before climbing in, standing in the tub the bubbles reached to mid-thigh and the water underneath was perfect. Slowly trying not inhale, McCoy sat, sighing as he felt stress from long hours of work start to leave his body. A minute or so later there was a knock on the door and Uhura called, "your drink is ready, are you decent?"

"No" McCoy called back, "but I'm under so many goddam bubbles that it wouldn't matter if I was wearing a dress."

Uhura smiled and remarked as she opened the door and handed him his drink, "I didn't think you were the chocolate liquor type Bones, you seem more like a brandy on the rocks type."

Bones snorted, "guess I'm just feeling a bit daring tonight," he said voice dripping with sarcasm. Then, "thanks Nyota you're a doll, I'll let you know how it goes."

"Thanks Bones you old grouch see you in a couple hours."

McCoy raised an eyebrow in answer, sipping his drink and enjoying the hot water. He placed his drink on the floor and slid down until he was up to his neck in hot foamy water, letting his eyes close and his mind wander.