[Ok, now he looks more worried than disbelieving.]


Jim, it's ok. You're allowed to like someone, you know that right? I know I make funa you a lot, but you're not that bad a romantic choice. With the right person, I think you'd be a pretty good boyfriend.


[Because seeing the men together had felt more romantic than platonic. Sure, McCoy could be reading things wrong, it was a little different seeing Jim with a guy still, but if they made each other happy . . . That was what mattered.]