Fandom: Star Trek
Pairings/characters: Jim Kirk x female, Montgomery Scott, Hikaru Sulu
Words: 713

Thank you to @dirajunara for helping me with Scotty-Scottish!

The sound of my communicator going off made me jump, and I bumped my head on a pipe.

"Bloody hell! Not now..." I ignored the ringing and kept trying to fit the circuit board into the slot. My communicator had gone off several times throughout the day, but I had ignored it. Scotty wanted me to improve the sensors, and we had picked up the new parts the other day, and today was the first opportunity I had to work on it.

The communicator had been quiet for about a minute before it started again. "No no no, I don't have time for you right now. Whatever it is, it can wait."

Finally, it seemed like whoever was bothering me gave up. I continued my work in peace, ignoring the growling of my stomach. It must be lunchtime, but I'll be damned if I don't get this done before I allow myself to eat.

"Oy! Lassie! Why aren't ya answering yer communicator?" Scotty marched over, his voice stern.

"Because I'm trying to get this done, but the bloody circuit board won't..." Grunt. "Fit."

"Wha' if it's something important?" There was something in his voice that made me pause, and slowly peek out from under the panel.

"Is it important?"

"Capt'n says there's something urgent for ya to attend to in his ready room."

I instantly felt calmer and went back inside the panel to try to force the circuit board in where I wanted it. "Tell the Captain I can attend to his boner later." I wouldn't say something like that to anyone, but I was comfortable enough with Scotty to dare it.

"Sorry, lassie. He asked me to pull rank on ya. He spouted something about regulations and Starfleet and very, very urgent." Scotty mimicked Jim's voice. "I'll finish up for ya."

I groaned but felt my heart beat a bit faster from nerves. There really must be something urgent then. What could I have done to make Starfleet want a meeting with me? I put the circuit board and tools down, wiggled my way free and stood up.

"Bit dusty there." Scotty brushed something off my shoulder. "Better look presentable."

"Yeah. Did he say what this was about?"

"Maybe. He yammered on about this and that, dinnae catch it all."

I just nodded and strode out of engineering. I reached the turbolift quickly. Thankfully, it was empty. "Bridge," I said, and leant back against the wall, a million thoughts racing through my head. I hadn't broken any regulations. Had I?

All too quickly, the turbolift came to a halt and the door slid open to reveal the bridge. "Permission to enter the bridge," I said.

Hikaru was in the captain's chair, and he swivelled around. "Granted. The captain is expecting you in his ready room."

"Thank you, Mr Sulu."

I walked as quickly as I could across the bridge without looking stressed. The door opened as soon as I pressed my thumb to the panel near the door. At first, I didn't see Jim. But as I walked further in, he was sitting on the couch just out of the view from anyone who may see inside from the bridge through the open door.

"Jim, what on earth...?"

The table was filled with food, two plates, one steaming cup of coffee and one cup of iced raktajino, judging by the condensation on outside of the cup.

"I've been trying to reach you all day," he said and stood up. He didn't look happy with me.

"That was you... I was finally able to start working on the sensors today and was kinda stuck inside a panel."

Jim walked slowly towards me, and even though he looked pissed, my heart started beating faster again, but not out of nerves this time. "You should still answer your communicator when your Captain calls you." He was right in front of me now, staring me down, eyes icy.

"I am sorry, sir. I will answer next time. What did you want?"

"You." His arms snuck around my waist, pulled me flush against his body and I squeaked. "For lunch."

"You want to have me for lunch, or do you want me to have lunch with you?"

He cocked his head and licked his lips. "Yes."