Work Text:
A novel phenomenon, in relative terms.
It had started one day when 007 had returned from a particularly rough mission with three broken ribs. A secret is what Q had told him through the headset as a distraction from the pain – that he’d thought ‘French kissing’ was nationality-based until the ripe age of twenty-eight.
Later, when Q had been the one in pain after an experiment gone wrong, Bond had been first on the scene at Q Branch to see him off to Medical. Another distraction – that 007 had an irrational aversion to Nutella.
Back and forth, unusually effective painkillers.