Background: “Things happen at the time when the Earth and Vulcan haven’t reached their first contact yet. Spock comes to the Earth by accident and he is now about to leave the Terran world (and maybe never come back).”
on a day when bones is being extra cranky, picture spock walking up to him and saying: ‘the captain has informed me that the cure for what ails your personality is that you are, apparently, in need of a “good, hard” hug.‘
picture spock holding bones tightly. picture bones going limp, his legs dangling somewhere just above the ground. picture jim’s pride at simultaneously encouraging spock to be more physical and ensuring that bones won’t complain for at least another three or four hours