The bridge of the Enterprise was unusually quiet. This was in all likelihood because Nyota was the only one left on it awake.
They were orbiting a small planet, waiting for the landing party (which consisted of Spock, Chekov, and a red shirt whose name Nyota didn't know) to return. And Captain Kirk had fallen asleep.
Not that she was surprised. Jim had refused sleep since the landing party had touched down… making that a day and a half he'd stayed up. Even for Jim, that was pretty impressive, considering he'd been fully functioning until about half an hour ago.
"Lieutenant Uhura?" The clear male voice that Nyota instantly recognized as Spock's came over the communicator.
"I'm here," said Nyota.
"Please inform Mr. Scott to prepare for transport in approximately seven minutes."
"Right," said Nyota. "Will do." She called Scotty and let him know.
"Aye aye, ma'am, right away!" he said cheerfully.
In his sleep, Jim Kirk mumbled something semi-incoherent about Spock and unicorns.
Nyota had to cover her mouth with one hand to keep from bursting out into laughter. She didn't even think that she wanted to know–
Oh. Well, that was interesting, wasn't it. Somebody… she glanced over at the still-sleeping captain… was having a dream about his first officer. Well, that certainly was interesting…
It wasn't as if she hadn't seen the looks they sent at each other when the other one wasn't looking. In fact, Nyota suspected that the captain had been the final wrench thrown in her already-failing relationship with Spock.
Despite popular belief, Nyota wasn't bitter at all about the breakup. She'd known it was coming, and in fact, when it had come, it had been a bit of a relief. Sure, she'd been attracted to him, but as time wore on, the spark they'd had faded, he became more distant, and she'd realized that there was no love between them, save for that of good friends. Which they still were.
Besides, being single was a hell of a lot more fun.
So, Jim was having dreams about Spock, was he? Nyota shook her head despairingly. Boys were boys, which meant that they would be clueless idiots from time to time. It amused her that two men as intelligent as Jim and Spock could be so stupid at times.
And, quite frankly, she was getting fed up with them both acting like angsty, lovesick puppies. Everybody (oh, she wasn't the only one to have noticed this!) was.
And then, suddenly, she had an idea. It was a very good idea, if slightly vague around the details, and she thought that she had just the plan to go with it.
She smiled, a slightly mischievous smile to herself, and then Lieutenant Nyota Uhura began to formulate a plan.