with piotr, upon his return

[prydeful]

There's a lot to talk about.

One thing in particular. Dancing and a kiss and waking and wondering.

But there's a lot to talk about, and Piotr's face is serious enough she hasn't kissed him yet, just silently tilted her head towards the door and moved with him back to Serenity and her bunk, silent and in the mood for business before anything else.

Because that's what has to be done now.

(She's still holding his hand.)

The door closes behind them, and Kate sits on the bunk.

"So what's happened?"

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[steelartisan]

He was serious -- was, and is -- but glad to be back, too.

Glad to see her.

It's only been three days for him, and their moods feed off each other; the more businesslike one gets, the more the other responds in kind.

(But his fingers are tangled with hers, and his thumb strokes her knuckles once lightly as he sits down on the end of the bunk.)

"I talked to Beast. He has nothing new."

"And Captain America is dead. Assassinated."