"Ever think that maybe I don't have any expectations?" Jim laughed a little to himself. "I really don't, Spock. I want us to be friends. I want us to work together for as long as I can damn well keep you as my first officer. This bond... well, however it is, it is. It is what we make it, I guess, but right now I'd like to fix what was broken before the bond even existed."

Or was that too subtle for a Vulcan?