Tom Paris found Harry Kim waiting outside the Ferengi bar on Deep Space Nine. The ensign was impossibly young, a point that had been painfully proven not five minutes before when Paris had saved Kim from the swindling Ferengi bartender.

"Thanks," Kim said simply, glancing away.

He looked so sweet that Paris couldn't resist dropping a light kiss on the ensign's dark hair. "Didn't they warn you about Ferengi at the Academy?" he asked kindly.

Kim froze. Paris passed him, then looked back and winked. "You coming?" The younger man hesitated, then ran after the lieutenant with a broad smile.