Prompt: Enterprise Crew - In Pennsylvania it is illegal to have over 16 women live in a house together because that constitutes a brothel...however up to 120 men can live together, without breaking the law.
Pimp Ship Flying High
Jim Kirk had a habit of twiddling a stylus between his fingers through staff meetings and debriefings, a habit that apparently helped him to concentrate. So when he fumbled the stylus and it went clattering across the conference room table as he gaped at her following her pronouncement, Uhura knew she'd really thrown him off his game. Finally.
To be fair, he wasn't the only one staring at her in shock. The entirety of the senior staff members at the meeting were similarly gawking at her save for Spock, and even he had his eyebrows lifted high enough to be nearly merging with his hairline.
Once he recovered, Kirk sputtered for a moment before blurting out, "So what you're saying is that the people of Myron III think that, since we all live in such close quarters to one another and there are more than 120 of us, that our ship is a brothel?"
Uhura nodded. "Yes sir. Your attempts at speaking with them before I had the universal translator properly calibrated, though an admirable effort, gave them the wrong impression."
Sulu broke into the conversation, "And what? They think you're our pimp?"
"I think the proper term is Madame, but yes, essentially." Uhura successfully managed to hide her grin. It wasn't funny, really it wasn't. Really. She was forced to cover her snort with a small cough, though she suspected that Spock wasn't fooled.
The tension was finally broken by Doctor McCoy who dropped his face into his hands, and, in nothing less than a growly sort of wail, said, "Oh for Christ's sake, Jim! How the hell do you manage to get us into these situations?"
No one had an answer for him.