“This is—” Spock jerked once, then contained himself—“this, it’s—fascinating.”

SPOOOOOCK. YOU ARE SO... SPOCK. "Fascinating," like hell. Damn, logic has never been so sexy.

I simultaneously find this Kirk hot, and want to punch him in the face repeatedly. Is that weird? I hope he gets some sense knocked into him in Part Two, because the authority dynamic has so much sexy potential, but he needs to realize that he's being kind of a dick, AND REMEDY THAT.

...On that note, HOORAY, PART TWO! *hurries over to keep reading*