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Jim and Spock were hot.
Truly, a universal axiom. Leonard could stare at them for hours, drinking in their shapes, their hardness and their softness, their lips, their eyes, them.
And they pulled bitches, too. Soooooo many bitches. Jim had an ex at every starbase. And Spock may not act like it, but Leonard knew like ten people who secretly had a crush on him. And he was gay. A hot gay Vulcan. And a hot bisexual Human.
Hot. So hot. Insanely hot.
Unlike Leonard.
Leonard was kind of just a skinny-ass twink who was old and wrinkled and definitely not on par with his boyfriends. They were waaaaaay out of his league. Like they were tens, and he was at best a six, maybe a seven if he’s being delusional. The way he saw it, be better get his licks in before they realize they’re too good for him and leave him. Because the second they focused their eyes, Leonard knew there was no way they would stay.
So when they beamed down to the colony on Resumpet and everyone’s eyes went immediately to Spock and Jim, Leonard may or may not have felt a little insecure. Just a little.
They don’t even notice. Why do hot people never realize they’re hot?
They went to their room afterward and got into bed. Leonard stole Spock’s usual middle spot. He raised an eyebrow, but doesn’t comment.
Leonard snuggled into Jim, who was very good at snuggling. He was very soft, like a giant-ass pillow. Spock slid in on Leonard’s other side, putting his hand on Leonard’s arm sending waves of love and comfort through the contact.
“You guys are so fucking hot,” Leonard sighed. “It is actually unfair how hot you are.”
“You’re hot too, Bones,” Jim muttered, already half asleep.
“Pshh,” Leonard said quietly.
“Don’t you say ‘pshh,’ Leonard Horatio McCoy!” Jim chastised. “You’re so fucking hot. So hot. The hottest.”
“Indeed,” said Spock, voice slightly muffled from being buried in Leonard’s shoulder.
“Oh lord,” he said, smiling against his will. “It is so hard to be angsty around you guys.”
“Good,” said Jim sleepily.
Spock didn’t even say anything, just pushing a huge wave of affection through every inch of skin that was touching. Leonard smiled a bit more willingly now.
He loved his boyfriends.
They drifted off to sleep, and Leonard watched their hot, hot chests move up and down as they breathed.
After a while--he didn’t know how long, but it was long enough to pull himself out of this stupid pity party and convince himself he too, was a stud--he closed his eyes, comforted by the calm, sleeping sounds of Jim and Spock on either side of him.