{a visit to the hospital} McCoy

[little_duck]

Truthfully, Prim is still a little frightened of the hospital. A pink line on her left arm serves as a reminder of her close call with the terrible nurses. She hasn't told anyone she's going here by herself today, not directly.

She knows she needs to do it herself. Katniss can't walk with her everywhere, and besides, the possible bow and arrow threats aren't going to get Prim what she wants here.

"Hi," she says, stopping at the very first front desk. There's a nice woman working there with dark hair and a round face. Prim tells the woman who she's here to see, and it's easy, from there, to follow the signs and maps until she's in the right place.

Prim takes a deep breath. She's taken pains with her appearance today. Her hair is braided and wound around her head, and she's wearing a white sundress and blue jacket. She dabs a tiny bit of stolen lip gloss on her mouth, and knocks on the closed door as it stands in front of her.

"Hello?" she calls. "Doctor McCoy?"

Her heart pounds in her ribcage.

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[goodgodman]

McCoy has only put his head down for a minute. He was pulling a double, trying to get in some extra hours at the Hospital. But after a full shift on his feet the time had come for 15 minutes in a dark room to get his head straight. Sighing noisily he stands up from behind the desk and is fully prepared to bite the head off of the vile sleep-interrupter. Then he opens the door (a touch violently) and sees that it's not one of the nurses but a young girl.

He stops in his tracks, mouth partly open in surprise. But he composes quickly and runs a hand through his hair. "Oh, ah," McCoy pauses and clears his throat, glancing up and down the hall. "I'm Doctor McCoy. Something I can help you with?"