Overland Park, KS, A Morning in May [Wednesday Fandom Time]

[vanillajello]

The stupid thing about going to Kansas was that time was much slower. Kate was painfully aware that while she'd already been gone from Fandom over two days, it had barely been 18 hours for her. Still, after a night at home, she was just about starting to feel a little less raw. The general nausea had abated, at least, as had the panic.

The guilt, however irrational she knew it to be, would probably stay for a while.

Stretching out on her bed, Kate reached to get her phone from the nightstand, then turned it on. For a moment, she thought about making a call – to Bod, to Jack, to Mitchell, to Hannibal, to anyone – but she decided against it, unable to really decide what it was she wanted to say to any one of them. (Except maybe Hannibal. There was a certain amount of I get it now present.) She put the phone down on the bed next to her.

She'd be available now; that'd have to be enough.

[ooc: NFB, but open for phone calls and texts! Whoo, taking advantage of my 1,5 days at home.]

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[vanillajello]

"There are more than that." See, she could be agreeable too. "First guy to ever travel through dimensions just to come be with me."

[therewaslife]

"Well, you're worth it and I thought you'd need me as much as I needed you," Bod replied, smiling.

[vanillajello]

you thought it was mitchell.

Kate thought bringing that up had about a 40% chance getting entirely ignored, and 60% to get an excuse.

[vanillajello]

"Did you need me?" she asked, though it was light. "Or were you just bummed no one was around to kiss you and dance with you?"

[therewaslife]

"Actually, I had this rather bad itch that I couldn't reach between my shoulder blades and I came all this way so you could scratch it for me," he said, not even bothering to seem serious about it. "I hoped you could help with that and I came all this way just to request you scratch my back."

[vanillajello]

"Weirdo," Kate snorted. "You could've at least lied and told me you were missing me so much it was affecting your aility to sleep. See if I scratch your back now."

[therewaslife]

"I was missing you, I was worried about you, I felt lonely without you, I wanted to tell you I loved you so you knew because I thought it might help while you were dealing with this, and my back isn't that itchy," Bod assured her, smiling.

[vanillajello]

"Thank you," Kate replied, leaning in to lightly kiss his lips. "And thanks for the... texts, too. They made me cry like a moron but thank you."

[therewaslife]

"I didn't mean to make you cry," Bod said apologetically. "I just thought seeing me would do more to make you believe my words than just getting it in a text message."

[vanillajello]

"They were good tears, Bod, or at least better than what I've generally been crying lately," Kate replied wryly. "Though I approve of everything that gets you to come here like that."

[therewaslife]

Bod smiled and leaned forward to steal a kiss of his own. "I would have come sooner but I wanted you to have time to yourself to decompress for a bit. I know being alone with your thoughts is difficult but it was probably needed, at least at first."

[vanillajello]

"Yeah, that might have kinda been the point in running away." Or, it had totally been the point. "Of course, I didn't account for the fact that everything moves slower here."

[therewaslife]

"You still needed the time even if it's been comparatively less time here than it is on the island," he said, starting a slow, smooth stroking up and down her back with his fingers.

[vanillajello]

"Yeah." Kate sighed, leaning into the touch a bit more. "It'd be totally cowardly to just stay here in never go back, right?"

She wasn't entirely serious.

[therewaslife]

"Your parents might wonder why I'm suddenly living here," he joked, smiling briefly. Yes, he was including himself in the whole 'never leaving again' fantasy she was having. "And I think your friends on the island might miss you or at least regret not being able to say goodbye to you."

[vanillajello]

"Not to mention anyone wanting to come by Luke's on a Friday would be pissy." If he wanted to be included, she'd include him. "As would the Saturday bookworms."

[therewaslife]

"I'm sure they'd find other people that could easily fill those positions," he murmured, leaning forward to rest his forehead against hers. "I'd rather stay with you."

[vanillajello]

"I'm gonna move next door," she replied quietly, and that actually wasn't just fantasy, though she wasn't sure he'd be able to catch that. "There's room for you to stay."

[therewaslife]

He didn't catch on immediately. In fact, he thinking too small. "Next door...into your brother's room?"

[bitten_notshy]

It took the best part of an hour for Jack to get around to answering the text. He'd hoped Kate was going to forget that he'd asked that question, or at least join him in politely pretending to forget it.

stupid question was what he finally returned. Which was not terribly helpful as to the why, which had been a hard-to-explain mix of shock, Mitchell's mood, the fact Jack couldn't imagine Kate trusting another vampire that much, and a general dread that things were just going to keep getting worse. sorry.

[vanillajello]

"Yeah, I'm sure he'd like that," Kate murmured, amused, with a hint of a drawl. "No. Next door, to the old Hubbard house."

[therewaslife]

"That...makes more sense," Bod said, looking sheepish. "Are you really going to move over there? On your own?"

[vanillajello]

She shook her head just a bit, and her nose rubbed against the tip of his. "Not on my own. Charmaine bought it."

[therewaslife]

"Your aunt might mind a strange boy staying there," he mumbled, nuzzling his nose against her cheek. He pressed a kiss against the same cheek.

[vanillajello]

"You were stuck in a basement together for the better part of a day, for one," Kate pointed out, sighing softly, eyes closed. "I doubt she thinks you're a strange boy. I'm sure she thinks you're a perfectly polite young Englishman."