I knew there was no possible way I could pitch Kirk & McCoy into bed together without dragging the story out for another 50K words, to give McCoy time to get used to the whole men thing.

I would kill to read that story. Not that you didn't end in the perfect place...just saying. I was really sucked into their relationship, and the question of how they'd deal with homosexuality in this era was so interesting. :-)

And the bit about blue coats was just a riff on medical-blue.

I picked up on that. \o/

Jamie had been stuck dancing with a lot of young women he did not want to dance with for the entire story (well, he didn't mind dancing with Eve, but she wasn't his type, as we all know) so I figured it would be nice to let him dance with someone he actually wanted to dance with.

But I didn't consciously pick up on this! Although it's so clear and right now that you say it. :-)

I think they're not wearing gloves here, which is okay since they're at home and not in public, but it also makes it that much racier. ;)

HOT! ;-)

Interesting point about McCoy being more freaked out about the physical attraction than the emotions -- makes sense to me.

Thanks for writing this up!