[ again, that makes two of them. something else that should be unsettling in the back of his mind given the knowledge that, under any normal circumstances, they seem unable to stand to be in one another's presence for longer than five minutes without bickering, but isn't.

nope. for once in his adult life he's more than content to just exist, to let the amicable stretch of silence and occasional bit of banter between the two of them continue until it can't any longer.

( file this under why ruin a good thing that neither party will acknowledge and call it a day. basically. )

bones rolls his shoulders in a lazy shrug. ] Maybe, but it says somethin' 'bout you that you actually know what to do for lacerations 'n shit.

[ and there isn't even a flinch from the doctor as that hypo is pressed to his skin. he may not have been expecting it, not prepared for it, but unlike certain captains that flinch away from them as soon as they come into his line of sight, he's not going to be a baby about it.

actually, he only gives a small sigh as the other settles next to him again, turning his head to offer a lazy half-smile. ] Thanks, for that. Y'didn't have to, I know I said it already, but .. yeah.

[ what are words. ]