She lingered a little while longer than she might have otherwise and when she pulled away her fingertips rested gently on his chin. Uhura's eyes searched his face and she placed a single kiss against his lips, brief, but warm. It left her lips tingling but she said nothing, just paused a few centimeters away and smiled, her lips curving.

Uhura asked nothing more of him than he was willing to give. Balance, she always had to consider the balance of the moment. Never too much, never too little.

Just right.