saturday the 14th

[leftwithmybones]

He's not sure what it is that convinces him, but midway through the month, McCoy wakes up with Jim at his side breathing heavily and he thinks to himself: What the hell am I doing running around like a stressed idiot? It's the thought in mind as he takes hold of a towel, a bag with food, sunscreen, and other paraphernalia, and heads down to the little stretch of beach that's only a ten minute walk from their home. Sometimes, he forgets how nice it is to enjoy the small things. It's what he's doing now, lying on his back with sunglasses blocking out the UV rays.

So maybe Jim still doesn't remember and maybe he's got a full battery of patients and amnesia cases in his friends to worry about. All that will still be there in an hour. Right now? Right now, he just wants to relax.

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[leftwithmybones]

"I'm not giving you her name," he says, adjusting their position enough to wrap his arm comfortably around Jim in a manner that they could easily fall asleep in. "But yeah, I get real happy when I'm being regularly sexed. God knows you do it in enough different flexible ways to keep me going for years."

[chasedthestars]

"Stop trying to flatter me when I'm consumed with jealousy," Jim replies, though he's somewhat comforted that it'd been a woman, for some reason. Maneuvering his head onto Bones' shoulder, Jim sighs. "That was free license, by the way, to have sex with you every day. It's for your own happiness."

[leftwithmybones]

"I'm good at it, though," he points out, laughing rich and deep and settled when Jim gives him the permission. "Well, thanks, James," he drawls. "I'm real glad that I've been given the okay to have sex. I mean, I do sort of need you involved in the process, so it's good to know you're on board."

[chasedthestars]

"I get free license, too, " Jim laughs, "And I'm going to take it. So prepare yourself. No room, lab, beach, or jungle path will ever be safe again."

[leftwithmybones]

"Really haven't changed my mind, Jim," he points out. "Not available for sex in public places. Not now, not likely ever." And as if he wants to counter-point something before it becomes a thing, he sticks a finger to Jim's torso. "First time doesn't count. Wasn't public, was on a roof."

[chasedthestars]

"Oh, come on," Jim groans, "you can't start us off on a rooftop and then tell me never again, and that was so public, I know for a fact the monkeys saw us. What about a deserted beach? Or an abandoned patch of jungle, huh? Have you even tried sex in public places, Bones?"

[leftwithmybones]

McCoy's brow raises at the question, given that he knows Jim isn't going to like the answer one bit. "Yeah, I've had sex in public. Few times. Local diner, out in the backyard of the family farmhouse. I've done it enough that it's been ruined by the divorce."

[chasedthestars]

"It's not ruined," says Jim. "It's not ruined, because this isn't Georgia, and I'm not her, and I want to do things with you I'm pretty sure she'd never even dream. We can make new memories, Bones."

[leftwithmybones]

"You better not be her or it's the best disguise in the history of the universe and also the cruellest trick anyone's ever played on me," he states flatly, giving Jim a pointed look. "And yeah, we can make plenty of new memories, but none of them are going to involve sex in public."