But you know I know when it's a dream

I just watched The Empath, because of your picspam, and so I went to re-read this again. OMG IT'S EVEN BETTER THIS TIME XD I'm really glad you wrote it, because this episode begged for some reaction to all the badness that went on in the episode. Gah, the three of them! All touchy and protective. Spock calling Kirk "Jim" when he was telling him that McCoy was dying was lovely, too. And the hair-stroking. Mguh.