To say this was unexpected was an understatement. Bones watched Kirk's face intently as this conversation went on, looking to see if there was anything in there that could help him understand. It wasn't as if he was surprised, really, though this was the last thing he was expecting tonight.
Sometimes in the dark of the night when they talked and laughed to themselves, Kirk would muse about various parings and configurations he wanted to experience, together with him, and after that night in Risa with the other Jim and Spock, Bones knew that Kirk truly did want him there if possible. But this was one couple never mentioned. Kirk didn't fuck around with crew. Kirk didn't interfere in established relationships. Kirk liked to keep it light and fun and exciting - and the three of them standing there before him was anything but - this situation felt like it had its own gravity and he was being drawn into it, drawn into Jim's eyes.
Then his eyes moved to Nyota... that was a bit of a surprise, he had to admit. Beautiful, strong, her relationship with Spock was such an enigma. Could she really want this? He asked her with his eyes, worried. But she didn't look away.
His eyes lingered on Spock's longest, drawn into the blackness, the slight flush of his skin. This is you keeping away from him.... It was easier to think that than try and decipher the heated look Spock was giving him, taking him apart from the inside, exposing him the same way he did during their mind meld.
"Is this what you want?" he asked Kirk, turning back to him again, a step closer. His eyes were dark in confusion and wonder... and curiosity. Right or wrong, whatever that said about him, for Bones it always came down to that question. What did Jim want?
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Sometimes in the dark of the night when they talked and laughed to themselves, Kirk would muse about various parings and configurations he wanted to experience, together with him, and after that night in Risa with the other Jim and Spock, Bones knew that Kirk truly did want him there if possible. But this was one couple never mentioned. Kirk didn't fuck around with crew. Kirk didn't interfere in established relationships. Kirk liked to keep it light and fun and exciting - and the three of them standing there before him was anything but - this situation felt like it had its own gravity and he was being drawn into it, drawn into Jim's eyes.
Then his eyes moved to Nyota... that was a bit of a surprise, he had to admit. Beautiful, strong, her relationship with Spock was such an enigma. Could she really want this? He asked her with his eyes, worried. But she didn't look away.
His eyes lingered on Spock's longest, drawn into the blackness, the slight flush of his skin. This is you keeping away from him.... It was easier to think that than try and decipher the heated look Spock was giving him, taking him apart from the inside, exposing him the same way he did during their mind meld.
"Is this what you want?" he asked Kirk, turning back to him again, a step closer. His eyes were dark in confusion and wonder... and curiosity. Right or wrong, whatever that said about him, for Bones it always came down to that question. What did Jim want?