Bones makes them wait until the end of Alpha and Felix getting his hands freshly dressed before he'll examine the man again and consider letting him be moved back to quarters. He's still a bit loathe to let Felix out of his sight, but he has to concede the Imperial isn't in danger of getting worse provided one of the medical staff changes his dressings regularly over the coming days. And provided he stays still. He's better at that than Jim, by far, but Bones is not a trusting man when it comes to these two.

He relents, in the end, in favor of getting the space back and getting Jim somewhere he'll sleep properly. But only after the captain's promised to make sure Felix doesn't go anywhere.

The upshot is that it'll be well into Beta shift before they're back in their own quarters and properly alone with each other once more. Felix sighs and relaxes back into the relative softness of their own pillows.

"You must be getting hungry by now. Or do you want a nap first?"