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[boldygoing]

Jim Kirk enters the Nexus in a mild daze, still a little stunned at the news he's just received from Command. He doesn't look like he's shaved for a few weeks, but his black Starfleet Academy instructor's uniform is clean and his hair is neatly combed, so it's not like he's been letting himself go or anything.

He gets a cup of coffee on autopilot, before finding a seat to really think over what the hell just happened, a look of hopeful disbelief on his face, like he's been told something that's too good to be true.

"Have you ever had a dream job you never expected to get?" he asks after several minutes, looking up. "For those that haven't, if you knew you wouldn't be home for a couple years, what would you not leave without?"

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[boldygoing]

"Oh, that's easy," Jim counters, grinning. "It'd be alternating pages of 'yell at Jim for being such an idiot' and 'stick him with hypos as revenge.'"

[losthunter]

"At least you are a loveable idiot." Hunter laughs.

[boldygoing]

"I'll add that to my list of nicknames and titles," Jim says, raising his hand to mime following along with some floating text in the air. "James Tiberius Kirk, commander of the USS Enterprise, youngest captain in Starfleet, Breaker of a Thousand Hearts, loveable idiot."

[losthunter]

"Not mine." Hunter notes softly. He leans in to nuzzle Jim's neck, and has to chuckle a little at the sensation of those beard hairs tickling at his cheek.

"You have not... and will not break mine."

"No matter what happens... you made my heart fuller and happier."

[boldygoing]

Jim smiles, leaning in to the touch a little. "You know how to make a guy feel special."

[losthunter]

Hunter finishes the last of his champagne. "So, can I take you home and make you feel even more special? Or do you have to report back to duty?"

[boldygoing]

Jim downs the rest of his, too. Not that there was much left. "I think Command waited 'til my last class on purpose, because I'm pretty sure if I had to go back and lecture after getting that news, I wouldn't have my mind anywhere near Tactics," he admits.

[losthunter]

"Good." Hunter settles the bill quickly. The offers his hand to Jim. "We have a lot to celebrate, handsome."

[boldygoing]

Jim takes his hand gladly. "Lead the way."