New Fic: Point

[jackwabbit]

Point

Fandom: Star Trek Discovery
Rated: G
Category: Double Drabble. Angst, Hugh Culber Focus.
Season: Post-Two, Pre-Three.
Spoilers: General Series Knowledge Only.
Summary: Most doctors shrug off accolades. They say they’re just doing their jobs. He was no exception.
Note: This little plot bunny was the first to hop into my pasture in over a year. This double drabble was written before all the other stories in this series, and is responsible for all of them, in one way or another. Bunnies spawn more bunnies, as we know. I’m glad. It’s good to be writing again. Of course, this fic is also the reason I’ve been slow to post these stories, as I keep contradicting my own headcanon here. But I’ve decided to just post all the viewpoints I came up with, so more shortly!

Also, this is part of the "I Rang The Bell With My Heart In My Mouth" series, and stories in this series are presented as inspiration strikes, not chronologically. See notes above for timeframe/related stories.

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They call medicine a science, but he knows better.

They also say it’s an art, but anyone who has done it for any length of time knows that’s not right, either.

No, medicine, or at least a career in it, he thinks, is mostly down to luck.

So much of medicine is being in the right place at the right time.

It’s circumstance and serendipity.

Sure, experience plays a role, but at the end of the day, bodies don’t always follow the rules, and who’s on shift when the big trauma hits is just scheduling.

So most doctors shrug off accolades.

They say they’re just doing their jobs. That anyone in their situation would do the same.

He’s no exception. He’s saved a lot of lives, and has awards to prove it, but he’s never cared about recognition.

Until now.

Because now, which is somehow about a thousand years in the future, as he sits on the edge of the bed with his newest medal – the one he didn’t even accept –  heavy in his hands and with eyes drawn to the man sleeping on the couch across his quarters, for the first time, Hugh Culber feels like he’s earned it.