In case anyone wanted it in a non-submission form here's my mckirk ficlet I wrote for Lauren
Jim’s always been a hands-y person. Everyone who knew him could testify to that.
It starts simple. Jim patting Bones on the shoulder during the beginning of their friendship because boundaries are a thing and Jim Kirk may not like them but they are there.
From there it’s still small things, a handshake or a very manly and non-drunk hug.
By the middle of their second year at the Academy it’s sitting so close to each other in the booths of bars that their shoulders are pressed together and holy shit are we holding hands right now because either we’re holding hands on this booth has grown an arm.
They decide not to talk about it because it was weird but kind of nice? In a total he’s my best friend and we’re both comfortable enough with our masculinity that yeah we hold hands. Good bonding exercises.
And if one morning before Bones has his morning classes and Jim, being a good friend, makes him coffee (black with two sugars which “Technically Bones, that’s not black.” “Technically, I don’t give a shit.”) is totally friendly because that’s what they are. Friends. He does it because he’s already up and not to see the small smile that Bones has after he takes the first sip of it because it’s totally not adorable.
And when their hands brush against each other nope there was no spark between us.
And who knows, maybe when they’re back in their dorm later that night kissing each other like they’ve got five minutes until the Earth blows up and fumbling with each others clothes like teenagers about to have sex for the first time, they totally do not mention it because platonic sex is a thing right?