#i read a fic a while back where Jim has located some vulcan tea after vulcan and it was very cute

[crystal-mouse]

If you still need a distraction, I present this for you to think about:

Jim being in an area that sells Vulcan incense and easily finding the kind Spock uses despite Spock never telling him the name, because he always stands so close to him that he gets a whiff of it after Spock meditates

He then starts agonizing over getting Spock a gift he knows he’ll use but he’s worried about his feelings being apparent if he does and what Spock will think about Jim just *knowing* what incense he uses

- theshadowrealmitself

(Spock has already picked up a bottle of whatever Jim uses without a second thought because it’s only logical he get his friend a practical gift and if anyone calls him out and noticing Jim’s scent he already has a “Vulcan’s awareness/sense of smell/etc” in his pocket to use)

Hey! This is very good thank you sm :'))

I really love the idea of jim hunting down something special for spock and the idea of spock having done the same is really cute :')

Depending on which spirk it is as well there's definitely interesting ideas to apply to the idea.

aos spirk and vulcans destruction meaning that Jim's gift is so precious (and because it is, the weight of giving/ having being able to find that gift) the pressure of keeping the giving "platonic" but after finding it he KNEW that he had to buy it. (Also interesting if they were at the point of not being super close so that adds to the pressure)

vs tos spirk being very much "well I'm the captain I can't give my first officer this kind of gift.." etc etc so it sits in his room for ages and ages while he deliberates until spock comes over to play chess and notices the smell more clearly (he could smell something familiar on him before but figured it was cuz they were close in the turbolift/bridge) and it gets revealed and Jim realises it was all silly because now spock has this soft look in his eyes

Meanwhile during all this spock has been experiencing the same thing next door trying to tell himself it's purely logical and that gift giving is a practical idea to show his captain his appreciation for his work ethic (definitely no other reason...)

Thank you for this very good soup >:)) 10/10

(it's definitely helped, I feel a lot better now thank you :') )