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Title: Vocation
Prompt: 19. McCoy, career changes
Genre: Gen, Angst
Rating: G
Characters: McCoy, mentions of family, Kirk
Pairings: None
Word count: 200
Spoilers/Warnings: Vague movie spoilers, and also draws on backstory from TOS.
Summary: McCoy thought his career was over. Then he joined Starfleet.
There was never really a choice for him when it came to picking a career. The McCoys had been doctors for generations, so it was always assumed he would follow that tradition.
And really, it's all he's ever wanted to do. As a child, he dreamed about being in charge of the small Georgia hospital, saving lives on a daily basis and raising a bunch of kids with a loving wife.
He gets the hospital and the family; the job is far from glamorous, and his wife is far from loving.
He tries to keep up the pretense that he enjoys his life, but as the years go by he starts to wonder if he should even be doing this.
After the death of his father and the destruction of his marriage, he wanders for awhile, traveling across the country, trying the odd job here and there but never finding something he actually enjoys.
He knows he can't be a doctor again. No one would want to hire a doctor with as many professional and personal problems as he's got. His career is over.
Four years later, when he applies to be Jim's CMO, he realizes that his true career is just beginning.
Prompt: 19. McCoy, career changes
Genre: Gen, Angst
Rating: G
Characters: McCoy, mentions of family, Kirk
Pairings: None
Word count: 200
Spoilers/Warnings: Vague movie spoilers, and also draws on backstory from TOS.
Summary: McCoy thought his career was over. Then he joined Starfleet.
There was never really a choice for him when it came to picking a career. The McCoys had been doctors for generations, so it was always assumed he would follow that tradition.
And really, it's all he's ever wanted to do. As a child, he dreamed about being in charge of the small Georgia hospital, saving lives on a daily basis and raising a bunch of kids with a loving wife.
He gets the hospital and the family; the job is far from glamorous, and his wife is far from loving.
He tries to keep up the pretense that he enjoys his life, but as the years go by he starts to wonder if he should even be doing this.
After the death of his father and the destruction of his marriage, he wanders for awhile, traveling across the country, trying the odd job here and there but never finding something he actually enjoys.
He knows he can't be a doctor again. No one would want to hire a doctor with as many professional and personal problems as he's got. His career is over.
Four years later, when he applies to be Jim's CMO, he realizes that his true career is just beginning.
