[Powers Plot] Sept. 16: With all my shields and protection, it's only me I deceive

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Magnus's words you could be lovely together are ringing in Kate's ears when she wakes in Declan's hut before him and before the sunrise. In Declan's arms, wrapped as firmly around him as Will's stupid sloth and smiling as stupidly in her sleep.

She doesn't want to "be lovely" with anyone. It's too much responsibility. Too much for her to take on. She has to focus on getting them out of here and on getting better. Being better. Declan needs someone who isn't her. Someone who won't just break his heart a million times. If he even wants her.

There's no reluctance to leave his bed or his arms today. She's not even sure why she came here last night since they're not fucking and she shouldn't have, even though she's grateful he lets her. Kate lifts his arm and squirms out from under it, murmuring, "Be right back," when he rouses.

She grabs her clothes and her boots without stopping to put them on, steals off into the trees to do what he probably thinks she's doing, then quickly dresses and stows her knives. Not three minutes have passed before Kate's racing across the island toward the Compound for coffee and information.

It's not long before she realizes something is very wrong on the island. Something is very very wrong.

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Title and lj-cut lyrics from Melissa Etheridge's Dance Without Sleeping.

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Re: After Will and Magnus

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Kate breathes out a little sigh of relief. "You can just stay with me, if you want. We're meeting at the Winchester at sundown. Me, him, and Declan. I figured you might go to Trixa if you couldn't find us."

Re: After Will and Magnus

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"Or Nikola, both of whom are likely to be found near alcohol," Helen said, smirking a bit. "Trixa of course because she sells it and Nikola, well. We all know about Nikola's habits."

Re: After Will and Magnus

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"Yeah, I couldn't find him though," Kate says and now that she thinks about it, that's pretty weird. She can almost always find him. "I'll look for him after we get you back to Will, okay?"

Re: After Will and Magnus

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"That seems like the most prudent course of action," Helen agreed. "Thank you, Kate. For listening for a bit while I had a crisis?"

Re: After Will and Magnus

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Kate shrugs and smiles just a little. It's always weird, good weird, but weird when Magnus thanks her for something or trusts her or praises her. "Sure. It's not like it's a hardship to be your friend or anything."

Not like it at all. Even if this isn't her Magnus, and she wants to go home to her, she's still Magnus. Any Magnus thinking enough of her to trust her with this stuff is... a lot more than Kate ever expected. A lot more.