Bones could see Kirk fighting it, fighting to stay awake, to stay with him, and selfishly he hoped it would work, because he wanted to be with him as long as he could. His hands rested lightly on Kirk, gentle touches, one eye on the biobed monitors, the other on Kirk's face. Everything seemed to be back to normal, and Bones relaxed a little. Maybe this is what Kirk needed right now, to slowly come back from whatever it was that happened to him out there.

Maybe it was what they both needed.

Holding Kirk, he felt the other man settle next to him, and Bones frowned a little. He wished he could crawl inside Kirk's head and find out what torture his body had been subjected. Bones saw the end result of that torture, and he could treat the physical wounds, would treat them. But the pain that would come when Kirk delved into the memories of what happened, into the realization of what had happened to his body...

Without realizing it Bones had wrapped his arms around Kirk and subconsciously pressed a kiss to his temple.