For the Prompt I gave many moons back: Kirk: "Trust Bones Spock," Spock: "One can not cheat death forever Jim," Kirk: "He can. I'm pretty sure Bones scares the shit out of death…" Spock: "A Metaphor sir?" Kirk: "Something like that. He's done this song and dance before." *Spock raises an eyebrow and Jim simply smiles*
Doctor Leonard "Bones" McCoy was actually happy for the first time in a long, long time. The Enterprise was a home filled with a family he thought he would never again have. But he had a weight forever on his shoulders; Doctor McCoy was nothing but a mask, a simple role he had to play. A mask that he's going to have to shed in order to save his new family from his past.