Captain Spirk

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A/N: I'm so sorry for the terrible delay! I was away for 2 weeks and just got back and admittedly was a wee bit lazy to write (please don't stone me?). But I'm back (Uh huzzah?) and will now keep to my normal updating speed (whatever that is).

Anyway, thank you SOOOOO much for all the encouraging comments received for the last chapter. I'm glad that everyone liked it! I'll be attempting to be more bold with the ahem, sexy times in the (very near) future. Let's just hope so yeah (nervous grin).

Chapter 11: Dig It In Deeper

Kirk was scandalised.

Even as he lay on his back looking up the Sickbay's ceiling without really seeing it, he tried (extremely hard) to ignore Bones' ridiculous comments and the glare the good doctor is currently throwing his way.

Bones was difficult to handle even in the most normal situations when he starts on an issue and this? This is not even close to be considered 'normal'.

That is, it's not normal to Bones, whose concept of 'normal' had since been reduced to cinders ever since this whole K/S body sharing incident had happened. But Kirk personally does not see the big deal in the whole thing.

After all; it was just a dream. A dream, dammit and nothing else and Bones had not even known what happened in it, except for the little fact that Kirk had apparently blurted less than platonic er, words in his dream-induced conversations.

Certainly it did not help that he was actually loud in his sleep and that Bones was eavesdropping.

Dammit.

'Jim, are you even listening to me?'

Blink, blink…

'Are you ignoring me Captain?'

Uh oh.

The Doctor is calling him 'Captain' and that is almost always not a good sign.

'Hm?' Kirk managed an unintelligible answer.

Bones rolled his eyes and blew an impatient breath. 'I've been dispensing advice like a good friend should for the last five minutes and what do I get in return?'

Kirk didn't miss a bit. 'You get a great, powerful and dashing friend like me Bones, you lucky bastard.'

Bones' sour expression was priceless. Although his next words stung:

'I've never thought you to be a coward before Jim. But I sure am having doubts now.'

Kirk's anger flared at that comment.

'It's none of your business Bones,' he snapped, looking at the Doctor in his most stern 'drop the subject' glare.

It was an exercise in extreme futility.

McCoy did not back down as Kirk had hoped he would. Instead the Doctor rounded up upon him, determined to shake the truth out of Kirk.

'I only care because I am your friend. And the fact remains that I hate to see you so miserable.'

Kirk felt his face reddened and knew that the conversation is about to get out of hand and that he must stop it, and fast before he let out things he does not wish to share with anyone, not even Bones.

'Shut up Bones,' definitely not his most intelligent answer. He looked away.

He expected Bones to come up with another stinging argument, even began formulating possible responses against it, but to his surprised, his friend only let out an exasperated sigh as if a balloon was being deflated.

'I know it's your damn personal business Captain, and I've no right to intrude in it as long as it doesn't affect the running of this ship, but I thought that as your friend, I have the right to tell you when you are being unreasonably stupid.'

With that, Bones left the room, leaving Kirk staring in his wake.

The words hit home very efficiently like Kirk suspected Bones knew it would and it hurts.

And lonely contemplation was never a favourite subject for Kirk.


Spock recovered with not so much as a hangover a couple of hours later. And he was as expected properly annoyed by the whole 'drunken' incident and Kirk suspected, embarrassed by it too. Kirk was almost petrified of even thinking when Spock awoke but since the Vulcan showed no repulsive response whatsoever towards him, he'd taken that as a good sign.

Although, he did not know whether to feel relieve or disappointed. And no, normally James T. Kirk is never as indecisive as this.

As a matter of fact, bar the understandable annoyance Spock felt, the Vulcan seemed even more cheery than usual (for a Vulcan) and when Bones, wearing a grim expression entered the room to examine them, Spock responded not in dismissal (as Kirk thought he would) but had even shared a very Vulcan joke about the whole thing with a very surprised Bones.

Personally Kirk suspected the alcohol.

What else could explain the uncharacteristic cheerfulness of his First Officer? Heck, Spock even allowed the opportunity to carp at Bones slid away which is so unlike him. And as for the Doctor, Bones was wearing a very 'knowing' look and seemed so smug about the whole thing as he exited the room that Kirk was sure done on purpose to annoy him.

Now they are back in Spock's quarters (for a change) and Kirk is still trying very valiantly to shield his thoughts from Spock which prove a ridiculous thing to do.

'You seemed most restrained since our discharge from Sickbay, Captain.'

Spock was calling him 'Captain' and not Jim and Kirk decided not to correct him this time.

'I'm just tired Spock,' a lame excuse that Spock picked up immediately.

'Is something wrong, Jim?'

And Kirk cringed at that question.

To Be Continued…

A/N: It'll be difficult to dodge this one for Jim I supposed…I so apologise that this is a bit short but I'll make it up next chapter-promise.

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