70.) Blush*
He had only seen Spock blush once. And that had happened because he was suffering from hallucinations and for some reason saw fit to molest his First Officer's hands. If Bones hadn't also been there, Jim would have written the entire thing off as a hallucination.
Armed with the knowledge that Spock could in fact blush, he made it his new personal mission to make the half-Vulcan do so again. So far, it was proving to be a difficult mission, but Jim wasn't about to molest Spock's hands again just so he could see that fascinating green blush.
That would not only be admitting defeat, Spock was very likely to strangle him again. That was an experience Jim would rather never repeat if he had any say in the matter. Which meant he had only one option. Try, try, and try again until something succeeded. After all, James T. Kirk didn't believe in no-win scenarios.
Written: 8-11-2011
Word Count: 155