[For someone who touches other people so casually, so freely, Jim really doesn't like being touched himself. Contact he doesn't initialize is usually either sexual - women at bars, lingering little touches that hold the promise of a wild night - or violent, and he thinks of Spock's hand around his throat and squeezing.
He freezes at the contact, hands held well out of the way to forestall a more visceral reaction, and he just lets Kyle hug him.
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He freezes at the contact, hands held well out of the way to forestall a more visceral reaction, and he just lets Kyle hug him.
Then, lightly,]
Wow, is it just me or was that first base?
[I get it.]