katikat | Fic rec: Star Trek Reboot

"Isolation" by laughter_now | Kirk/McCoy | H/c, schmoop | Life aboard a starship was busy, he understood that everyone had better things to do than to come by and watch him die a slow and painful death. But was it really so much to ask that someone occasionally walked by the window separating his ward from the rest of Medical? Just to give him a quick wave or something? | 5.700 words

"Apparently, since you were infected, there was – and I quote - a heightened risk of me infecting myself through prolonged physical contact, let alone the exchange of body fluids. Which translated into the more sex we had, the more likely it was that I had infected myself, and he insisted that I told him an exact number."

Which, Leonard had to admit, was a medically sound inquiry, whether they liked it or not.

"What did you do?"

Again, Jim shrugged. "I told him the truth, what else should I have done?" He chuckled to himself as he filled the spoon again. "And then I told him that no, I wasn't exaggerating, and now I think he's maybe a little envious."

This is basically schmoop pure, just what the doctor ordered ;)