“Hey Bones.”

McCoy looked up from a PADD he was scrutinizing.

“What are you doing?”

“Doctor stuff.”

Jim smiled faintly. “About time. Anything I need to know?”

“Nah. What’s up, Jim?” McCoy put his PADD in a nearby drawer. “You here for a reason or just showing up to annoy me?”

“I have a reason. Getting to annoy you is just an extra benefit.”

“Mmm. Coffee?”

He made his way to the replicator so Jim followed him.

“Yeah. Extra cream.”

“I know,” Bones grumbled.

“Do you know why Spock and Uhura broke up?”

“Probably seemed logical.” He handed the coffee to Jim and then made himself one. “Not really sure how she put up with him that long. I know before it was when he was going to go to the colony.”

“Right. This time, I guess, he confessed or whatever that he had feelings for someone else.”

McCoy took a swallow of coffee. “Is that right? He has feelings?”

“Bones.”

Bones shrugged. “Can’t help but wonder. They were together, what, a hundred years, and he never did fully commit.”

Jim frowned. “Maybe she didn’t either. It doesn’t have to be all Spock’s fault.”

“I suppose. Do you have a point, Jim, or did you just come here to gossip?”

Jim’s gaze narrowed. “About as much point as you do when you show up uninvited to the bridge.”

His friend smirked. “Touche. All right. Continue.”

“He said it was a he.”

“What was a he?”

“The one he has feelings for.”

Bones got a strange look then. Well, stranger then Bones usually looked, which was strange.

“Did he now? How interesting.”

Jim nodded. “I thought so.” He sipped his own coffee.  “Any ideas who? HE wouldn’t tell me. Said I could figure it out.”

“And you haven’t?”

“No. It’s driving me a bit crazy,” Jim admitted. “So? No ideas?”

“Well, I do have an idea, but I’m afraid I have to get back to work.”

“Huh? What?”

“I’m running a sickbay here, Jim.”

“I have to agree with Spock. Figure it out.”

Jim huffed. “Fine. You’re as annoying as he is.”

“I’m sure.” Bones grinned and padded Jim’s arm. “Good luck.”