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Bullshit. Aren't you the one always telling me the exact opposite?

There are always exceptions, Jane.

Oh yeah? And what's the exception?

When two of my best nurses are making eyes at each other, that's when. [He huffs a little.]

It's just too damn cute.

[Jane tries so hard to repress a smile, and she knows she's shit at it.]

Which two?

Sofie and Hal. If I didn't know better, I'd say they were trying to take the title of most obvious from Chekov and Sulu.

[And Bones grins too, because now it's almost a matter of pride.]

Man, I need to get you on the bridge more often.

[Jane hops into his desk, pushing his padd aside.]

They've graduated to unsubtle touching whenever they walk by each other.

[She pats the space next to her and the holds out a hand toward him, wiggling her fingers]

When was the last time we were on the same shift?

How can they still think they're being secretive, at all?

[Speaking of which, Bones gets the hint. He reaches out to capture Jane's hands before she makes the adorable whiny noises that would usually follow.]

Probably two weeks ago, but then I had that emergency appendectomy. [Sliding to sit on his desk with a little more dignity, he settles one arm behind her.]

I think they're trying to make it obvious enough that no one asks.

[She still pouts until he takes her hands and once he's seated, Jane snuggles right up into that open gap he left.

She hums.]

They've succeeded then. I'm sure as hell not going to be the one to nose my way into their business. Uhura maybe. She could get the full story.

[Bones nuzzles against her temple, generally being exactly the kind of sickeningly cute that he was just grumping about.]

Yeah, she could. And she would do it without terrifying them.

[Jane grins against his shoulder. She missed him. Lately the only time they got to talk was for mission briefs and when she gets hurt. It's not the same. It's not even close.]

Face it, Captain, you've got a ship full of lovesick saps.

[He would have to make a point to come up to the bridge more often, again. At least, when they got back on the same shift.]

Off-hand I can think of at least five things worse than that we could have.

[Take it up with Spock. He draws up the duty roster, Jane just signs off on it and tries not to argue with the scary Vulcan.

But if this keeps up another month, she will. It's not even in question. Jane physically cannot run on full power without her best friend. There isn't another person in the universe who quite understands her as well as Bones does, and only part of that is because he has her medical file memorized forward and back.

She needs him plain and simple.]