Jim read Kirk's glance away at concern over the situation with Nero, and resolved to talk openly with him about it soon. For now, he just grinned.

"Great," he said. "Good. I keep imagining me-in-a-dress, and..." He shuddered, but put an arm across Spock's shoulders unconsciously. There was something buzzing under his skin--no, Spock's. Not quite jealousy. Something. "Look, not to be entirely frivolous: once we've done the medical thing and you do whatever you need to do to secure Nero, we should talk."