[Jim's been flying plenty of times. He's got his pilot's certification from the Academy and everything, even if it was never his focus. He's got the reflexes for it, and the dumbass daring you need to be a pilot in the first place. And he always had a decent sense of spatial awareness, an ability to know the dimensions of his craft and how it related to his surroundings without really having to think about it.
And he's done things like, you know, jumped out of low orbit to a planet's surface. He's skydived.
Okay, so maybe that's more 'artful falling' than 'flying' per se, but there was always such a sense of sheer exhilaration in doing it he didn't even care. There's nothing like being able to hear your heartbeat in the rush of air in your ears and the knowledge that you're relying on your own strength and skill and equipment to survive.
But this? This is relying on a stranger. Admittedly one of the hottest strangers he's ever seen, but that doesn't necessarily mean she wouldn't drop him, and that possibility makes him grin. Jim lives dangerously at the best (worst?) of times, so the added element is excellent.]
Bad time to ask if you come here often?
[He shouts that, over the wind. There's nothing even approaching fear in his tone, expression or body language. James 'Bring it the Fuck On' Kirk, at your service.]
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And he's done things like, you know, jumped out of low orbit to a planet's surface. He's skydived.
Okay, so maybe that's more 'artful falling' than 'flying' per se, but there was always such a sense of sheer exhilaration in doing it he didn't even care. There's nothing like being able to hear your heartbeat in the rush of air in your ears and the knowledge that you're relying on your own strength and skill and equipment to survive.
But this? This is relying on a stranger. Admittedly one of the hottest strangers he's ever seen, but that doesn't necessarily mean she wouldn't drop him, and that possibility makes him grin. Jim lives dangerously at the best (worst?) of times, so the added element is excellent.]
Bad time to ask if you come here often?
[He shouts that, over the wind. There's nothing even approaching fear in his tone, expression or body language. James 'Bring it the Fuck On' Kirk, at your service.]