None of this makes any sense, really. Jim's barely laid a hand on her, if he doesn't count the occasional hand-up over difficult terrain, or accidental (mostly accidental) groping when an explosion throws his bridge crew around, and Jim doesn't count that, because if he counted that he'd be at third base with Keenser by now.
Thanks to rubynye for the inspiration and
mari_luvs_gcfa for beta. Various people have heard me threaten this story; this is it.
Imported from Archive of Our Own. Original work id: 8846.