"Well, it's a lot harder this time." Jim admits. Spock doesn't sound disappointed, but Jim squirms a little all the same. He should have gotten further. He wants to see more of those Looks when he manages to impress his shy room mate.
Jim's just got to keep trying.
Sam keeps telling Jim he's crazy. Jim tells Sam to fuck off. Bones tells Jim that if the man's interested at all he's a goddamn idiot. Him...well, Jim doesn't tell Bones to fuck off but he sticks up for Spock so much it's clear that whatever Spock thinks of his room mate, JIM thinks the world of Spock. It's a little weird to see the guy who spent his first month returning every flirt he got and dishing out just as many all but ignoring the world in favor of one nerdy, socially maladjusted Vulcan.
Maybe all Vulcans are socially maladjusted. Bones wouldn't know.
Jim's managed to coax Spock out of their room a few times now. Out to a tea shop he found because he wanted to impress the other. Out for food to a Chinese restaurant he found that had really good vegetarian options for a change of pace from their usual fare. And he's kept an eye out for Spock more when he's in the library now that he knows the other frequents there. He thinks he's making progress.
The day after he solves the fourth kal-toh configuration Spock made for him (a good week of work, this time, goddamn are they getting tough) Spock asks him to take the set with him while they head out across campus. It's the very first time Spock has asked Jim to go out anywhere with him, so he's pretty stoked. Trailing along after the Vulcan toting the game set with little hearts practically floating off his head with every other step.
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Jim's just got to keep trying.
Sam keeps telling Jim he's crazy. Jim tells Sam to fuck off. Bones tells Jim that if the man's interested at all he's a goddamn idiot. Him...well, Jim doesn't tell Bones to fuck off but he sticks up for Spock so much it's clear that whatever Spock thinks of his room mate, JIM thinks the world of Spock. It's a little weird to see the guy who spent his first month returning every flirt he got and dishing out just as many all but ignoring the world in favor of one nerdy, socially maladjusted Vulcan.
Maybe all Vulcans are socially maladjusted. Bones wouldn't know.
Jim's managed to coax Spock out of their room a few times now. Out to a tea shop he found because he wanted to impress the other. Out for food to a Chinese restaurant he found that had really good vegetarian options for a change of pace from their usual fare. And he's kept an eye out for Spock more when he's in the library now that he knows the other frequents there. He thinks he's making progress.
The day after he solves the fourth kal-toh configuration Spock made for him (a good week of work, this time, goddamn are they getting tough) Spock asks him to take the set with him while they head out across campus. It's the very first time Spock has asked Jim to go out anywhere with him, so he's pretty stoked. Trailing along after the Vulcan toting the game set with little hearts practically floating off his head with every other step.