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A/N: Here we go! The final two POVs for the first year at the academy! What a year it has been for Len and Scotty and we’re so glad you joined them on that journey. Thanks for reading and liking!
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Part 759
McCoy
McCoy glanced over at Eugene as their instructor gave the last directions for their final. Eugene noticed and grinned at him. He smiled back, feeling just as confident as the other boy. As soon as he finished the test, their first year at Starfleet would be finished. And what a year it had been. Planning a campus wide party while studying for finals may have been stressful, but it was going to be worth it in just a few hours.
“We’re done!”
McCoy laughed as Eugene joined him outside their classroom. He had finished first and waited, knowing Eugene would be finished soon after him.
“One year down, how many more to go?”
“Don’t spoil the moment,” Eugene pretended to glare at him. They began to walk and leave the classroom behind.
“I know it’s going to keep getting harder,” Eugene continued, “but it feels so good knowing we’ve got this far already.”
“You can say that again,” McCoy agreed. He pushed the door open and held it.
“We got this far, we can keep getting farther. But for now, we deserve a break.”
McCoy tapped in the door code to his room and dropped his things on his desk as he entered.
“How’d ye do?” Scotty turned from working on something at his desk to look at McCoy.
The prince shrugged. “No results until morning. But I think I did good.”
“Of course ye did!” Scotty exclaimed as he got up to embrace McCoy. “Ye’ve done well on every exam.”
“Thanks. You have too.” He moved forward and kissed his husband. He began to smirk as he pulled back. “So, do we have a bit of time? Or does Jim think we all need to be there right away?”
“Mad man,” Scotty murmured. “Ye ken ye and Eugene were the last ones testing. And Jim knows that too. So, no love, we’ve not got the time for that.”
McCoy sighed dramatically. “Dammit Jim.”
“Be nice,” Scotty chuckled. “We’ll have plenty of time tonight and we’ve got a whole summer in front of us.”
“I guess that will have to suffice,” McCoy continued in his dramatic voice.
“Go on,” Scotty laughed at him. “Get changed and we can go help with the rest of set up.”
People were beginning to gather around the plaza.
“Guess it’s time,” Christine said.
“Everything’s ready to go,” Sulu agreed.
“Light it up Jim,” Uhura said with a fond shake of her head.
“Yes!” Jim pumped his fist in the air and moments later music began filling the air.
Slowly more people were coming.
“Just Leonard!” Jaylah cried at him.
“Oh no,” McCoy muttered to himself. He could tell exactly what was on the alien girl’s mind.
“We can dance and then others will join!” Jaylah said and she reached for his arm.
“Why me?” he asked, as he moved to join her. “You’ve got Aporal.”
Jaylah laughed. “You are the better dancer,” she leaned in and said in his ear. “Don’t tell him!”
McCoy threw a sly glance at Aporal, but the Andorian didn’t seem to notice. Somehow he knew Aporal wouldn’t want to be in the spotlight as the first pair dancing.
“What if I want to dance with Scotty?” McCoy continued his fake protest.
“Later,” Jaylah said, grinning.
McCoy sighed and shook his head like Uhura had done at Jim. “Let’s dance.”
Part 760
Scotty
The party was a complete success. Not only were most of the cadets there, but Scotty—who was busy selling popcorn and snacks—even spotted a couple of teachers.
He smiled conspiratorially when he saw Flores and Flemming not too far away, enjoying a few drinks together at the bar. When Lt. Flemming glanced around and noticed that the Scotsman had spotted her with the other instructor, she blushed slightly, but Scotty just gave her a friendly nod. He was happy for his advisor. She deserved it. And so did Flores.
He let his eyes wander further and saw many happy people moving to the beat of the music.
His friends, whom he’d known for ages.
Nyota, chatting with Keenser. Pavel, trying to flirt with a pretty cadet, who was simply ignoring him. Christine, dancing with Roger. Spock and Sulu, standing behind the bar and handing out drinks. Jim, who had taken on the role of the DJ and was jumping around wildly. And, of course, Jaylah, who had once again dragged Leonard onto the dance floor. Everyone was celebrating exuberantly after successfully completing their first year.
And their new friends were enjoying the evening, too.
Scotty spotted Eugene dancing with Cora. All under Declan’s watchful eye. Even though he liked Eugene, he still kept a close eye on his little sister.
The Scotsman paused as he scanned the crowd for another familiar face but couldn’t see it anywhere. Where was—
“Hey, Scottish boy. Want me to take over for you?”
Scotty turned around in surprise before smiling.
“There ye are, Aporal. I was starting to think ye were hiding somewhere amid all this commotion.”
The Andorian just shrugged.
“It’s actually pretty okay here. I’m not alone, after all.”
Scotty couldn’t help but smile even more when he heard those words.
Aporal. A cadet whom he’d initially thought of as quite the show-off and a jerk had, over time, become one of his closest friends. He’d slowly warmed up, and beneath his tough exterior, a loyal, gentle core had emerged.
“Nay. Ye’re not alone. Never.”
For a moment, Scotty thought he saw a few tears in his Andorian friend’s eyes, but the man quickly blinked them away and nudged the Scotsman aside.
“Come on. I’ll take it from here. Go dance with your prince.”
Scotty just grinned and patted the other man on the shoulder.
“Thanks, laddie.”
“May I?” Scotty asked when the music slowed down. He had quickly found Leonard and Jaylah in the crowd.
“Sure, Montgomery Scotty. I do not want to dance slow with Just Leonard anyway. He’s better at fast dancing,” Jaylah said and eventually released Leonard from her grip.
“Hey! Not true.”
Scotty just chuckled softly as he took his husband’s hand and watched Jaylah heading towards the bar.
“Finally time to relax,” Leonard breathed in relief once their friend was gone. “You can’t believe how much energy that girl has.”
“Oh, trust me, I can. Who do ye think danced with her before ye joined our group of friends?”
“Well, I guess we both deserve a break and a slow dance,” Leonard said as they began to move to the beat.
“Aye.”
The two of them fell silent, quietly enjoying each other’s company. They had done it. They had actually finished their first year at the academy. Everything that had happened led to this evening. All the highs and lows. All the fun and sad times. It had been one hell of a year, but when they looked back at it now, they couldn’t help but feel happy and grateful.
“Leannan?”
Scotty looked up at hearing Leonard’s voice.
“Hmm?”
“I love you.”
“Tha gaol agam ort,” the Scotsman softly returned and when the two of them kissed, they knew that much more happiness was going to come their way. After all, a whole summer together awaited them.
McCoy headed across campus towards the dining hall for lunch. The group’s party planning had picked up steam over the last weeks. There had been more than a few arguments- fortunately, quickly sorted out- but McCoy knew that on this day temper’s would be short. He took a deep breath himself, knowing once again Jim wouldn’t be happy that McCoy would be late to their last planning meeting that afternoon.
Though, everything that could be possibly thought of, or planned for was taken care of. All that was left was to throw the thing and that would happen the following evening.
He sighed. What had they been thinking to take on such a task at the same time they all had to be studying for their final exams? That alone had caused most of the disagreements. There had been two sides. One group of them wanted to have the party the week before finals and the other wanted it as a celebration after everyone’s last final. Slowly, the second group had won everyone over.
So now it was Thursday of finals week. Someone, McCoy was sure it was one of the girls, had convinced Jim to let them all study and focus on their tests the last week. Jim had agreed, but only if they had one last meeting the day before.
Campus had been quiet all week as everyone studied. McCoy had noticed one cadet quietly weeping in the library earlier in the week. He could imagine what they were feeling, he had felt like screaming a few times too when all his reading and studying had kept him from spending time with Scotty like he wanted. But now he was almost there. Another final that afternoon and one on Friday and he would be done with their first year at Starfleet. A smile slowly spread on his face. Who would ever have guessed this was where Georgiares’ prince would end up?
Stress was in the air of the dining hall as McCoy sat down with his lunch at the normal table. He bumped his knee into Scotty’s.
“Ok?”
Scotty turned a tight smile at him.
“Just want to be done,” Scotty said softly.
McCoy grinned. “At least we finished with Madison already.”
Scotty shook his head. “Mad man.”
“Hey Jaylah,” McCoy greeted her as she sat down across from him. “How’d your Fed history final go?”
“I do not want to talk about it Just Leonard,” Jaylah sighed. “I am sure I mixed up all my dates.”
“I’m sure you did fine,” Aporal said next to her. “You’ve been reciting them in your sleep.” Aporal suddenly colored as he realized what he had said, and glanced around at the few friends at the table.
“That would be great if I could take the test while I slept,” Jaylah snapped back, oblivious to the look Chekov was giving her and Aporal.
“It’s alright lass,” Scotty soothed. “I’m sure we’ve all passed. I struggled with my first aid basics, but I did alright. Ye will too.”
“Hey guys!” Jim said as he sat. “I think people are getting excited for tomorrow! I’ve heard some buzz about it while walking around.”
“That’s good,” McCoy said. “Hate to stress ourselves out and not have it be good.”
“Of course it’s going to be good! It’s going to be great!” Jim enthused. “Good thing we put those fliers out early. I had a couple ideas—”
“No. No more ideas,” Uhura said as she and Christine joined them. “We’re not changing a thing.”
“But—”
“No. It’s perfect and today’s meeting is just for running through how everything will go,” Christine said. “You have more ideas, save them for next time.”
“Next time?” Jim jumped on the words. “Should we do this every year?”
Everyone groaned.
“Do not make us think about that yet!” Chekov pleaded.
Part 758
Scotty
“I’m so done.” Scotty let out a heavy sigh as he dropped his back onto the ground and fell face forward onto the bed. “Finally! Semester break,” he exclaimed, however, his words were muffled by the pillow.
“Yeah, well, I wish I could say the same,” Leonard said, a forced smile on his lips. He had sat down in his office chair. Scotty moved his head to the side to look at his husband, sympathetically.
“Oh, I’m sorry, mo ghràdh. I totally forgot that ye have one more test tomorrow,” he apologized, but Leonard waved it off.
“It’s okay. I’m happy for you. And tomorrow we’ll celebrate together.”
Scotty smiled softly.
“Aye, we will. I just hope that everything will go according to plan. We worked so hard for this party to be good and I really don’t want anything to go wrong.”
After all, there were so many things that could get out of hand or be forgotten or–
“Everything will be just fine,” Leonard assured him, interrupting his worried thoughts, but the Scotsman couldn’t help a critical noise leaving his mouth.
“I’m not so sure. Ye know our bad luck, don’t ye?” he reminded Leonard who just shrugged his shoulders.
“Even more of a reason for everything to go as planned. We deserve it.”
That made Scotty chuckle.
“Well, for now we deserve some well earned rest.” He patted the free space next to him.
“But I need to go through my notes again. Just to be sure I won’t fail the test tomorrow,” Leonard protested.
“Ye’ve learned enough. Time to ease yer mind and just relax.”
Finally, a smile crossed the prince’s lips.
“How can I say no to that look on the pretty face of yours?”
Scotty smirked.
“Ye cannae.”
“I can’t believe it! We did it! We finally finished all our exams!” Jim exclaimed happily when they all gathered at the huge plaza where their party would take place. “This calls for the biggest party ever!”
“Sounds like a great plan to me.”
Everyone turned at hearing that voice. Florian was walking over to them, hands in his pockets. He was smiling.
“Florian! Hey. How did your exams go?” Nyota asked cheerfully.
Scotty couldn’t help but notice just how enthusiastic she sounded. Now that he came to think of it, his friend had actually spent quite a lot of her time with the senior cadet over the last few weeks. The Scotsman smiled at the thought. That was really interesting.
“All done. And I have a pretty good feeling about it. I won’t get the results until tomorrow though. But I’m pretty sure soon enough I’ll be up there.” He nodded towards the sky.
“Congratulations!” Uhura wrapped her arms around the German who hugged her back.
“Thanks, Nyota.”
Scotty exchanged a curious glance with Leonard who just smiled at him. They were obviously both thinking the same thing.
And even though Scotty was happy for Uhura, he couldn’t help but feel worry for her too. After all, Florian was going to leave the planet quite soon probably. What would that mean to her?
“Now, how can I help you? Or is everything ready?”
Okay, I'm gonna come out and say it - and let me preface that this only refers to a specific branch of people who watch SNW - but if the only reason you're watching a show is so that you can bitch about it on Tumblr after every single damn episode maybe stop watching it and let the rest of us who do love the show enjoy it in peace.
(FYI I will be blocking these sorts of folks from now on)
Just rewatched “The Wild Robot“ and when that one line comes up, I just can’t keep it together. It always gets me.
“What if I want to tell you something … and you’re not here.“
Cause like … that line describes the loss of someone you love in a way not many other words can describe it. Because yeah! What if I want to tell that person about my day or about my worries or my hopes and dreams? And I can’t! Because they aren’t here anymore. But then again, there’s still hope. Because maybe, just maybe, wherever that person is right now, they can hear us. And that brings us to the amazing end credit song.
“I’ll always love you and I’ll never stop. I’ll always be there. Even when I’m not.“
Tuesday afternoon found McCoy leaving his last class and heading toward another of Jim’s party planning meetings. Jim’s senior cadet friend had told them about parties he had helped with and had promised to join them today.
McCoy supposed he was looking forward to throwing the party, but at the moment it seemed like an incredible amount of work on top of the schoolwork and preparing for end of year exams. He sighed. They were doing the right thing and it would benefit so many other cadets.
He found the room Jim had reserved- the same as the previous Thursday- and threw a look around to see who was already there. Jim was showing something to Florian on his PADD. Spock and Sulu sat nearby. McCoy nodded his head in greeting at them as he picked a chair and sat. Uhura came in behind him.
McCoy rested his PADD on his knee and began to look through his homework. It didn’t seem as if Jim was going to start until they were all there, so he might as well use the time.
“Hello love.”
McCoy startled and looked up. He smiled at his husband and Aporal sitting down beside him.
“Hey darlin’,” he smiled back. “Hey Aporal.”
“You should be more aware of your surroundings, Prince. You always jump,” Aporal said and raised an eyebrow.
“Maybe that’s just to lull you in,” McCoy grinned.
“Prince?” Over by Jim, Florian gave McCoy a confused look. Suddenly his expression cleared. “That’s why you’re familiar,” he said. “You’re that prince from Georgiares.”
McCoy chuckled. “Yep.”
“I should have realized sooner.” Florian appeared to color. “My little sister had posters of you.” He covered his face with a hand. “She still might.” Florian let out a small laugh.
McCoy laughed with him. “I haven’t heard that before,” he said. “I didn’t know posters of me existed. Though I guess that makes sense.”
“Where can I get one?” Scotty joked. The others in the room laughed.
“What is Montgomery Scotty getting?” Jaylah asked quietly to Aporal. She had just walked in with Keenser.
“Don’t ask,” Aporal shook his head.
“If anyone should have a poster made of themselves it should be me,” said Jim. “As Starfleet’s future greatest captain.” He grinned at everyone in the room.
“Ignore him,” Sulu said to Florian. “He forgets that Starfleet’s best captain could still be me or Cora.”
Jim threw a hand to his chest in mock outrage. “So mutinous! I promise they’re normally a very well behaved crew,” he told Florian.
Groans and laughs came from the others. Florian just smiled.
“You guys are going to throw a great party, you’re a lot of fun.”
Part 756
Scotty
They talked for quite a while about various ideas and divided up a few tasks before it was time for dinner. Everyone headed to the dining hall together.
Scotty walked beside Florian.
“It’s really cool that ye’re helping us, but don’t ye think this might be a bit too much? I mean… with your final exams coming up?” asked the Scotsman, and Florian waved his hand dismissively.
“Oh, don’t worry about it. I’m already done with most of my exams anyway.”
“And what are your plans for the future? Which division did you choose?” asked Leonard, who was walking next to Scotty.
“Command. I’m going to be a pilot,” Florian explained with a proud grin.
“It must be really exciting to be a senior. Ye’re so close to finally seeing yer dream come true.”
“I’m really looking forward to finally working aboard a ship, but I admit I’m also going to miss the academy a lot. Out there‘s where the real challenges of life begin.” Florian pointed toward the sky. “So I can only advise you to enjoy your semesters here at the academy as much as you can. And make the most of every campus party.”
“We’ll definitely do that,” Leonard laughed.
“Aye,” Scotty agreed with a smile.
After dinner, the boys got down to their homework, but Scotty couldn’t really concentrate. He kept stopping to write and stared thoughtfully at his PADD.
Leonard noticed.
“What’s up, leannan?”
Scotty just shook his head.
“Oh, nothing really. It’s just… I’ve been thinking about what Florian said earlier.”
Leonard set aside the book he’d been reading.
“What do you mean?” He smirked. “Do you really want a poster of me that badly? Then I’d be happy to pose for you.”
Scotty laughed.
“Oh, come on! It’s not about the poster.”
The Scotsman grew more serious.
“Nay, I mean the serious side of life, the real challenges. When we started here at the academy, I thought it was just a phase in life that I wanted to get through as quickly as possible so I could finally fly to space. But… it’s such an important time. These are the last few years we don’t quite have to be adults yet. We have a lot of free time and can enjoy life.”
Leonard took his husband’s hand and squeezed it tightly.
“And that’s exactly what we’ll do! We’ll savor every moment of our time here. And when the time finally comes for us to serve on a ship, something new and wonderful will begin. Every stage of our lives is important. And as long as we walk these paths together, they’re precious moments, too.”
