Poison

 

-Poison-

Paired Couple: Jim HawkinsXDimitri Sudayev

A/N: And so we continue! Same legal ramifications still apply!

"Okay, Sarah, I found out what's been going on with Jim... He's gay and is dating his therapist-No that doesn't sound right at all!" Delbert said to himself, slapping his face into his hands, as he tried to find the right words.

"Sarah, I know this might come as a shock, but I found Jim making out with Dr. Sudayev earlier today-Gah! That's worse!" He sat down on an overstuffed armchair in the living room, sighing. "Maybe I shouldn't say anything." He mused aloud, pinching the bridge of his nose between his forefinger and thumb.

Suddenly, the person he least wanted to see at that moment came walking in to the Inn. "Hey, Dr. Doppler! How're you, today?"

Delbert jumped. "I don't know anything!"

Jim wrinkled his nose in confusion.

"I... Uhh... I mean, I'm doing fine, Jim." He cleared his throat distractingly. "How was community service today?"

"Ugh! It was horrible! They held us back for an hour and a half because Jones decided to sleep on the job!"

"Oh... I can imagine..." Delbert muttered sarcastically into a cup of tea that he had been sipping from since he got back from delivering the note.

"What?"

"I mean, I can imagine that it was just a pain in the butt today." Delbert reiterated, sounding genuinely concerned, but cringing at those last words as he was sharply reminded of what exactly happened today. And what probably did happen after he had left...

"Yea, no kidding..." Jim groaned, stretching. "I'm just sore all over-"

"-Anyway, you should probably take a shower! It would loosen up your muscles a bit!" Delbert interrupted, trying to get Jim to stop talking about how sore he was.

"That sounds like a good idea." Jim made his way to the bathroom upstairs with Doppler in tow.

"While you're at it, you mine as well make it a cold shower!" Delbert called from the bathroom doorway.

"Why do I need a cold shower?"

Doppler slammed the door closed, not answering. He walked back downstairs and almost ran into Sarah, who was carrying a tray of drinks.

"Sorry! I'm so terribly sorry, Sarah!"

"It's alright, Delbert. Nothing's broken."

He followed her into the kitchen.

"So, how did your visit go?" She asked as she set the tray down on the counter. "Did you deliver the note to Sudayev?"

"Yes, I did."

"Well, what did he say? Did he give you the progress report?"

"No, no. He didn't."

"When is he sending me one?"

"I don't know." Delbert began to sweat. Was he never going to forget what had happened?

"What do you mean? Didn't you talk to him?"

"I talked with his receptionist."

"What did his receptionist say?"

"Nothing. She just delivered the note. So I guess we can wait for his reply."

"Hmm... I suppose so. I would just like to find out how Sudayev got Jim to be so pacified. It's unusual."

"No, you wouldn't." Delbert whispered under his breath.

While almost every species within the galaxy, as far as Delbert could tell, was open-minded about same sex relationships, he was pretty sure that a professional getting involved with his patient in that way was crossing a few boundaries, as well as a few laws. For such an obvious breach in the code of professional-clientel relationships, he was sure that Dr. Sudayev would lose his license and his reputation if word got out about him and Jim.

What boggled the astrophysicist most was that Jim would so willingly sacrifice so much for an instant, self-gratifying decision. Did that boy never learn from his mistakes? What was Delbert to do with such knowledge? He couldn't very well go straight to the courts or any authority figure about this. Jim would end up in jail and Sudayev would lose his license and credibility; possibly to end up in jail as well. But he wasn't sure if he could keep this silent. It was wrong. If, perhaps, Jim and Dimitri had met outside of such a professional relationship, they wouldn't be risking so much. Well, now he couldn't push off talking to Jim any longer. He just wished it didn't have to happen at an awkward time such as this.

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A/N: What do you think Delbert will do? Stay tuned to find out more... ^^