The Roof, Monday Afternoon

[vanillajello]

Kate had only returned to Fandom about an hour or so ago. She'd offered to stay in Kansas, to help, but then she'd been asked "What with?" and she hadn't been able to come up with any real answer, so they'd sent her off, and she'd grabbed a portal back. She'd soon realized she didn't want to stay cooped up in her room, so she'd just dumped her bags there and headed up.

And now Kate was on the roof.

It probably didn't seem like much of a momentous occasion to anyone else, but it kind of was one for her. She didn't even care that the weather was much, much chillier than it had been back home. She had her monkey hat and her golden jacket on, and she was good, just leaning against the railing, looking out over the island.

Everything felt calm. She felt weird, but it wasn't really a bad weird. She just felt like the world had shifted somehow, just a subtle little bit. Something had fallen into place and she could really breathe again for the first time in months. That seemed liberating and totally fucked up all at the same time.

It almost made her smile.

[ooc: It doesn't get much more open than the roof.]

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[vanillajello]

"Mm, I'd be delighted, I'm sure," Kate replied with a little smirk. "My friend Hannibal used to work there, I got used to that. Which night are you on?"

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

"Wednesdays," he told her, smirking. "Hump day is mine, all mine. Are you surprised?"

[And now I scuttle off to job #2!]

[vanillajello]

Kate snorted and shook her head. "Not in the slightest. That's convenient for me, I can swing by for an after-work drink."

[And I must sleeep. See you tomorrow!]

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

"I'll keep a seat warm for you," Nathan promised, grinning. "Tino will love me for bringing in yet another lovely lady. He and I, we're tight."

They weren't.

[vanillajello]

"I doubt that," Kate replied because no. No, they probably weren't. "Besides, Tino has already met me, so I don't think you'd get much credit."

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

"Well, whatever," Nathan said, waving a hand. "You should still come. I'd make sure your booze was free and provide the delightful addition of my company while I was at it."

[vanillajello]

"Well, when you put it like that, how could I possibly resist?" Kate wondered, purely rhetorically, with a lazy smirk. "You're a good friend, Nathaniel."

Saying that was fun because it was affectionate and annoying all at once.

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

"Ugh, Nathan," he said, pushing away from the edge of the roof and heading back towards the door since his cigarette was well and done. "Nathan. Get it right or I'll make you pay for your booze."

[vanillajello]

Kate just laughed, watching him. "Nathaaaniel." Yeah, it'd take a lot more to get her to stop. She had a job, she had the money to pay for her drinks if need be. "You'll have forgotten this by the time we see each other again, anyway."

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

"I hate you," Nathan said, giving her both the fingers and a few other choice words before opening the door to the roof and heading back inside where it was warmer and he wouldn't fucking freeze his balls off.