communication breakdown

Or 5 times Jim thought Spock and Bones had a 'thing' and one time they really did.
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McCoy is smart enough to know that there's literally nothing he can say at this point to undo the damage; he just has to sit tight, bare face this one and hope for the best. The urge to deck Jim right in the face, however, only gets stronger as each second passes. He only resists because he suspects it wouldn't go over well with Starfleet.