"Not planning on it," Jim says softly. Of all the ways his life has changed over the last year or so, Bones is among the biggest. He's not a fuck up anymore. He's a cadet in Starfleet and he's doing well, even if he could do a little bit better. All that aimlessness that has plagued him his whole life is channeled into getting his own ship someday and he thinks Bones is a part of that. Bones needs a place in the universe too - especially since his wife did a number on him.

"Who else would I want with me?"