[ Was that a... She can't tell, the feeling so barely there that it could have been her imagination. A longing for what she can't have, nothing more. She can't let herself hope for more, not even when he says her name like that. There's so much in those two syllables she can't even begin to define, so she doesn't try. All that matters is the Kirk brothers are both safe, as they should be.

Jim is solid and warm and so strong. With his arms around her, she can almost pretend that she really is okay. For just a moment, there's nothing wrong in her world — but it's dangerous to linger too long in moments like those. She can't allow her reality to fracture more than it already has. ]

He's going to need you. [ Softly, she tries to help him the way no one else on the ship can. ] To help remind him he isn't there anymore, and to understand when he can't just be his old self again.