“Oh yeah, that was Jensen. She’s an admiral now, but back then—”
“Captain,” Spock interrupted. Though to do so was rude. Spock knew. “I have no desire to listen to your past conquests.”
Judging by the suddenly closed off look on Jim’s face, Spock had managed to cause offense. That had not been his intention, but it was quite true he had no desire to hear about Jim and others. Spock experienced a not insignificant amount of jealousy during such discussions.
“Okay.”
It was all Jim said and it was said softly.
They were on shore leave in a booth in a quiet little bar of Jim’s choosing. Spock would have rather sat at a café but Jim wanted a drink and since these days Jim rarely got to relax and indulge, Spock did not disagree.
“It is not that I do not wish to hear about your life, it is—”
“It’s fine, Spock. I get it.”
“I meant no offense,” Spock tried again.
Jim smiled, but it was a fake smile. Spock knew the difference.
“I’m not offended. But I am tired. What do you say I finish this drink and we go back to the ship?”
“But I thought we had dinner reservations at that restaurant you wished to try. The one recommended by your brother.”
Jim waved that away. “Sam always had terrible taste. Let’s just cancel that. We can always grab something in the mess room later.”
When Jim made to slide out of the booth, Spock stopped him with his hand on Jim’s wrist. Blue eyes flew up to look at him in surprise.
“I find you and anything to do with you endlessly fascinating. My reasons for not wishing to hear about past paramours are purely selfish. I am…jealous of anyone that has ever gotten to touch you before me.”
This time Jim smiled genuinely.
“You silly Vulcan. None of them matter. I only have eyes for you.”
“And all your other body parts, I hope.” Spock arched a brow.
Jim laughed. “Definitely. Come on. Let me finish this and then we’ll make that reservation.”
“What about Sam’s poor taste?”
“Maybe he got this right.” Jim winked. “He did tell me you were perfect for me.”
Spock inclined his head. “And for that push in my direction, I am grateful.”
Spirk (with a small dose of Pinto) 
November 3, 2021 at 4:46 am
Oooh. I love this. I love Jim’s reactions. Spock messed up but he fixed it and Jim is just so dang adorable about the whole thing. And I loved the banter at the end.
Well done!
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November 3, 2021 at 6:48 am
Thank you yeah I suppose Spock isn’t all wrong but all is well now!
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November 3, 2021 at 5:51 am
Jim, Jim, Jim. You are absolutely perfect!
Except this time. It’s a date, oh dorky one. You gotta know. That’s not the best kind of entertainment on a date, to va va va voom about a former…..date.
Spock was very gracious, you know. He took the blame for this one. When clearly…well….I hate to take sides (ok, I don’t actually), but I’m on Spock’s side this time! Oh stop pouting, blue eyes. And be nicer on dates. It’s not the locker room, oh thou Romeo. Don’t take the Vulcan for granted. He deserves your undivided…sensitivity… in that way, ya know? Maybe jealousy isn’t the best thing, but instigating it has to be equally…well, insensitive!
I have no idea why a line from Shine Like the Sun comes to mind, except this time in reverse, when Spock Prime would say “Fix this or I’ll see Spock taken from you!” LOL. Ok, so the situations are nowhere equal. I’m just saying that line came to mind!
Wow, I can just see them in this very room in front of me as I read this. So good!
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November 3, 2021 at 6:47 am
Ah perhaps what Jim had to say about Jensen had nothing to do with that part of his life. Spock assumed which as my mother used to say made an ass at of u and me. Or in this case Jim and Spock. HA
Thank you. I see Kris was more more generous to Jim then you were! 😀
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November 3, 2021 at 6:59 am
Ah, but Jim didn’t deny that was what he was doing either! So…..if that were the case, Jim still instigated Spock’s jealousy by not assuring Spock that whatever he was going to say had nothing to do with a ….date with her.
Guess we’ll never know. Either way, Jim was being insensitive about it on his date with Spock. “Spock experienced a not insignificant amount of jealousy during such discussions.” So there was a history there of Jim bringing up past relationships with Spock.
I guess that’s where I was getting the idea that Spock was probably right and Jim was insensitive about this subject.
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November 3, 2021 at 7:21 am
Your theory could be quite correct 🙂 ❤
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November 3, 2021 at 7:22 am
why does word press suddenly turn hearts into black hearts I wonder, they didn’t do that before, strange
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November 3, 2021 at 7:32 am
I don’t know. A temporary glitch maybe? It shows red here and in the notification email.
But on the emoji copy/paste site I use, black hearts show up too. You just know from experience that they don’t come across black. I’ve never understood that one either.
Does it still look black on your computer?
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November 3, 2021 at 7:51 am
Yes! which is why I thought it odd. It’s never done that before, very strange!
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November 5, 2021 at 6:24 pm
It seems that I never commented on this flash. I enjoyed reading it.
Spock not wanting to hear about Jim’s prior relationships is the real “Spock response” to Jim, but he realizes he did it too curtly.
He tries to apologize and finally has to admit that he’s jealous. I love Jim’s response. “You silly Vulcan. None of them matter. I only have eyes for you.” Makes me think of the song titled with those words.
❤️💚😘🖖
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November 5, 2021 at 7:21 pm
AH what a classic song 🙂
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