And I Am Not the Doctor [Closed]

[iselldrugstothecommunity]

Howard prefers the follow-ups and the desk work to the actual field work. The field work usually ends up with him almost getting crushed, getting shot at, getting various cuts and scrapes, getting chased by wild animals, getting choked, so on, so forth, ad nauseum. The follow-ups just mean he has to hound people he bandaged up to come back in make sure they're healing, and deal with some bad attitudes. And most people's bad attitudes have little on Howard's, certain coworkers exempted.

The unfortunate thing about Stacy's weird sense of time is that nobody can be expected to keep exactly to an appointment, so Howard's been puttering around the Med Bay for a little while before Sandy and Hana show up. Mostly going through people's files and poking his pen at one of the machines they grabbed on Galilee, although he doesn't dare turn it on - for all he knows, it's for seamless amputation of body parts.

"Finally," he huffs when they get here.

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[justoutrunyou.livejournal.com]

Sandy gave an amused smile at Hana before Howard answered her question, "You're kidding right?" She raised a skeptical eyebrow. Back home drugs had always been a presence in her life, but something in the backround, off to the side. Drugs was something people did that made them crazy for awhile and then miserable for longer. Sandy had learned enough to know how to avoid the people who were like that for her own safety.

[iselldrugstothecommunity]

"Public Displays of Affection," Howard clarifies. "Nix it. Now. My workplace, my rules."

He tilts his head at Sandy. "Mostly. I don't use, if that's what you're asking. Never have." He finishes packing up the med kit. "I joined up here because it gives me something to do and you have to be a real douchebag to shoot the medic."

[moms-temperment.livejournal.com]

"Whatever." Hana didn't say anything else. He also didn't stop the one-armed hug he was giving Sandy.

His hand idly went back to playing with Sandys hair as she spoke to Howard.

[justoutrunyou.livejournal.com]

Sandy laughed gently and pulled on her shirt again (With only minor difficulty because of Hana's location) A smile on her face as her head popped through, "Guess you've got a point there. I just hope the big bad bugs feel that way too." She gave Howard a cheerful thumbs up. "Thanks again."

So maybe he didn't have the most noble intentions, he was doing good work, something she wanted to do as well.

[iselldrugstothecommunity]

"Oh, they probably don't. But we fight other people too, kid. You saw that when you got those scorches."

He returns her thumbs up, a trace of a genuine smile on his face. He still doesn't like Sandy (and certainly not Hana), but it does feel nice to be appreciated. "You're welcome. Now go home and cuddle or do whatever gross touchy-feely stuff to your heart's content."