Overland Park, KS, An Afternoon in May [Friday Fandom Time]

[vanillajello]

Big surprise, Kate had run away from Fandom to Overland Park again. It was starting to become a thing with her, but she didn't care, sometimes it was good to be elsewherer. She'd been here since Wednesday night – or, they had, since Bod had come along with her, but right now he was on his class-and-diner trip back to Fandom. Or getting takeout, if you looked at it from the official OP standpoint that was oblivious to portals.

And Kate? Kate was glueing lace and fake gems and sequins to headbands, because Charmaine had decided that was going to be her new business. Making tiaras and selling them on Etsy. Generally, Kate might have mocked the idea (even if she was pretty sure it came from when she'd shown off her own prom queen tiara) but right now it was just kind of nice to be working with her hands.

And when she watched Charmaine and her big belly out of the corner of her eye, she couldn't help thinking a little about Alice. Not that she got very far with those thoughts, because Char was in a chatty mood. "-- and I don't want you turning this place into a den of sin," she was saying. "With your James Bund of a gentleman caller."

Kate snorted. "What?"

"Well, you know," Charmaine said, with what Kate assumed to be her best trying-to-be-an-adult voice. "There's going to be a baby in the house in a few months. I don't want you corrupting her."

"The baby you got pregnant with while dating someone who wasn't the father?" Kate checked with an eyebrow raise. "Tell me you're joking."

Charmaine deflated. "Okay so I don't really give a rat's ass what you two get up to as long as it's in your room, I was just trying to be, y'know, assertive and and authoritative and motherly. How'd I do?"

Kate just snorted again and shook her head.

[ooc: NFB, but open for calls/texts, and that guy.]

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[therewaslife]

Bod wasn't sure himself, actually. It happened every so often where she'd become suddenly distant and quiet and Bod never really knew how to handle it. Bod leaned over towards Kate and kissed the side of her head lightly.

"Are you all right?" Yes, he was going to do this in front of her aunt but he wanted to make sure. "Do you need to go outside and get some air?"

[vanillajello]

Kate breathed a quiet laugh and glanced over at him. "God, I know I ate a lot but not that much," she joked, hoping it was as good a way as any to signal she was fine, really. "I'm fine."

That worked too.

[therewaslife]

"Good," he said and kissed the side of her head again before actually nuzzling against her. It took him a moment to realize that her aunt was right there before he pulled away. "I'm fine as well. So, I think that makes all three of us fine if your aunt's fine, that is."

[vanillajello]

Charmaine nodded with a quick smile. "Oh, I'm fine." If surprisingly a little envious. Not of them specifically but the general happy couple feel they were projecting right now. "I'm full. It was a lovely meal."

[therewaslife]

"I can clear the table," Bod volunteered, standing up and reaching for the plates. "Do you have a dishwasher or should I do your dishes by hand?"

[vanillajello]

"There's no dishwasher," Charmaine replied, glancing over. "It'd be amazing if you did them but they can wait if you'd rather be doing something else now..."

Kate, meanwhile, wasn't really listening because she'd gotten up to help Bod without really thinking about it, and was starting to put the leftovers in the fridge. "Oh, hey," she said, peering in. "Dessert. Are we saving that for later?"

[therewaslife]

"I'm fine either but if you're full, perhaps we should wait?" Bod suggested, carefully scraping any remaining food off the plates and into the trashcan. "And even if I do them later, I'll do your dishes, ma'am. It's no problem at all."

[vanillajello]

"Ma'am," Charmaine repeated half aloud, amused. While her sister felt old when addressed with the word, she just felt fancy. She waved a hand at them. "You two should just go do... whatever obnoxiously cute teen couple thing you wanna do."

Kate shrugged. "Well, that works for me."

[therewaslife]

"It's fine with me as well," Bod said, washing his hands and drying them before smiling over at Kate. "It's your lead, Kate from Kansas. I'm right behind you."

[vanillajello]

"Okay," Kate said, reaching for his hand to tug him along. "Think we could use a little afternoon rest."

And by 'rest', she probably meant 'make out a bit and cuddle'.

[therewaslife]

Bod wondered if her aunt knew that code but he wasn't going to ask. He just gave her aunt a wave before following behind Kate and laughing.

"Rest does sound needed, doesn't it?" he laughed, giving her hand a squeeze.

[vanillajello]

Charmaine probably knew the code. Kate wasn't too concerned about that, pulling him along with her to the stairs.

"Well, I'm seriously pretty full," she said, and that wasn't a joke. "Rest sounds like a good thing for that, right?"

[therewaslife]

"It does, indeed," Bod agreed, still grinning as he followed her up the stairs. "I'm full but not too full so I'll be sure to be as helpful as I can should you need it."

[vanillajello]

"Such a gentleman," Kate teased. "Such good manners."

[therewaslife]

"I do try, I do try," Bod said, coming up closer behind her to get his arms around her waist from behind. "I'm a very well mannered lad."

[vanillajello]

"Who's now making it harder for me to get up these last few steps," Kate noted, snickering. "Yes, that's good manners all right."

Note that she wasn't objecting.

[therewaslife]

"I think if we walk up the stairs together, we'll be fine," he said, lips near her ear. "That or we'll both fall flat on our faces."

[vanillajello]

"I think I'd prefer the first option." By far. Injuries weren't needed. "Just follow my lead and we'll be fine."

They just needed to go slow.

[therewaslife]

"I'm right behind you and around and in love with you," Bod said, adding that last one just for fun. Plus, he just liked telling her that and thought hearing it often didn't hurt.

[vanillajello]

It didn't. "You're gonna make me fall down," she laughed, anyway.

But they got to the top of the stairs safe and sound, and she steered them towards their room.

[therewaslife]

"If you fall, I fall so I'm glad you didn't fall," he murmured, arms still wrapped around her as they walked to their room.

[vanillajello]

The sofabed was there, all laid out for two from the previous night and unmade from the morning, but Kate wasn't immediately pulling them to it because she was just enjoying having him wrapped around her as he was.

Instead, she just stopped once they were in the room, and reached out from the circle of his arms to push the door closed.

[therewaslife]

"I like this room," he said, leaning down to kiss her neck and behind her ear. "It's quiet and bigger and there's only one person who might walk in instead of three."

[vanillajello]

"I like this room too," she sighed, closing her eyes and just enjoying the touch. "There's two people in it."

[therewaslife]

"There are," he murmured, tightening his arms around her and kissing her ear. "There's you and there's me and that's how it should be. You and me."