Oh, this is brutal and raw! As bad as I feel for Pavel, I can't help but feel super sorry for the crew here, because they lost Pavel and can't get him back. My heart breaks for Jim.
Being captain meant he had to make the hard choices – who lived, who died, who fought, who worked even when they were bleeding. Who they had to part with for a time to ensure that person's health, even if it meant he'd be facing the anger of his crew for what they'd see as rejection.
“Jim, it's the right thing,” McCoy murmured as Kirk slipped from the room. He nearly missed Jim's response to the noise of the closing door, only just managing to make out the, “No. It's not,” over the metallic hiss.
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Date: 2009-09-15 01:22 am (UTC)Pavel! ;_;
Oh, this is brutal and raw! As bad as I feel for Pavel, I can't help but feel super sorry for the crew here, because they lost Pavel and can't get him back. My heart breaks for Jim.
Being captain meant he had to make the hard choices – who lived, who died, who fought, who worked even when they were bleeding. Who they had to part with for a time to ensure that person's health, even if it meant he'd be facing the anger of his crew for what they'd see as rejection.
“Jim, it's the right thing,” McCoy murmured as Kirk slipped from the room. He nearly missed Jim's response to the noise of the closing door, only just managing to make out the, “No. It's not,” over the metallic hiss.
Wow. Just wow.