[ the thing is, he visibly relaxes when the gesture is returned and some of the matching light in his eyes brightens up too. ]
Yeah. It is a good thing.
[ one more little nudge and he heads out, albeit reluctantly. he doesn't pick up captain duties again yet, leaving it to spock just a little longer, but he does check on some things and put some face time in so people can see him alive and relatively well. it's me tiring than he'd anticipated; he eats some lunch and then goes to his quarters for the rest of the day, though he does message bones a couple of status updates in the meantime.
he figures he'll stay in the rest of the we day and occupy himself with reading things not reports until it's time to eat dinner and then also after that get the cuddling they both deserve. ]
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Yeah. It is a good thing.
[ one more little nudge and he heads out, albeit reluctantly. he doesn't pick up captain duties again yet, leaving it to spock just a little longer, but he does check on some things and put some face time in so people can see him alive and relatively well. it's me tiring than he'd anticipated; he eats some lunch and then goes to his quarters for the rest of the day, though he does message bones a couple of status updates in the meantime.
he figures he'll stay in the rest of the we day and occupy himself with reading things not reports until it's time to eat dinner and then also after that get the cuddling they both deserve. ]