Scum & Villainy // Nick & Tonic

[potionandpoison]

It's a quiet day on the ship. Most of the crew is out gathering supplies or ship parts, or holed up in whatever nook of the ship they've taken over as their own. Tonic is at the galley table today, dressed in what he would consider very casual clothing and whatever eyeliner didn't get scrubbed off the night before, picking through a datapad to research potential leads.

Whatever Nick is doing in the galley, it has been happening without interruption for a blessedly long time... But eventually, Tonic's attention wanders, and he suddenly asks one of those blunt questions that are becoming the trademark way the doctor chooses to interact with him.

"Why's your face look like that, anyway?" Perfectly casual, he rests his chin on his hand. "What's the deal?"

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[mohylnyk]

"I have trouble finding working ones too," Nick admitted, stopping just shy of admitting to his migraines.

The distrust isn't about Tonic, it's about Nick learning that it doesnt6make you weak to reach a hand out.

[potionandpoison]

"Ah, then it could benefit you as well."

Tonic kind of assumes that he is distrusted, in the same way he assumes that all others are innately untrustworthy... But it doesn't bother him. That's just the way of the world. He reaches for his datapad again as if considering going back to his work, but keeps his attention on Nick just a little longer.

"Either way, as much as I love to joke about my office hours--I do mean that you can drop by whenever. I'm usually awake."

[mohylnyk]

"Thank you," While the words were a struggle to get out and Nick couldn't make eye contact while he said them, there was no less sincerity for it. He was fine now, but even without his migraines he had a bit of a glass jaw and it would be a big help to have someone else assist with that instead of having to do it all himself.