Dr. Hutchinson

(Variation on a Theme I)

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Starsky’s home.

Thanks to Susan.

Originally published in SHareCon 2008 zine.

Starsky calls him Dr. Hutchinson.

He starts that after he gets home from the hospital to hear Hutch talking about “positive outcomes” and calling aspirins “anti-pyretics.” He sticks with it after Hutch starts lecturing him on macrobiotics and hides his stash of Hershey bars. And he makes a vow not to stop after Hutch makes them leave Huggy’s just as Starsky’s about to get a girl’s number for the first time since the shooting.

But late at night, when Hutch crawls carefully into his bed, lying half-upright so Starsky can rest against him, Starsky whispers into the darkness, “Thanks, Hutch.”