[Oct. 13-20] full stops and exclamation marks

[girlsolo]

Kate's back to drinking tequila again. That's never a good sign. Tonight it's a sign she's bouncing between sexy check-in notes with Declan that make this island seem all right and people like Coraline screaming and crying over how much it fucking sucks.

The smart thing to do would be find Will or Magnus, talk some of this out. Even finding someone to spar with, that would work. Thing is, Kate's not that kind of smart. When it comes to helping Coraline? Sure. Yeah. She's been listening to Will do his shrink thing for years now. But when it comes to herself?

Fuck that noise. She'd still rather fuck and forget.

Kate leans her back against a post to watch the room, drinks another shot (hot wheels only, no training), and flirts at whatever makes eye contact. Whether she's Go or just Show, she hasn't decided yet. Mostly, she's trying not to look for anyone in particular. She's trying not to wish he'd come in and just...

Take her home.

[OOC: Find her at the Hub or the Winchester (let me know) any evening between now and the 20th. Available for all of your Freelander needs. If you need a specific date, email me, otherwise I'll work them out. For the record, Kate's very bi but a lot less available than she thinks she is.]

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"Well then, you don't think I'll be blinding anyone if I decide to resurrect my bikini?" Helen teased. It was fun to be light and easy with Kate, especially given the difficult emotions of late.

"I'd like to leave the island's residents relatively unscathed."

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"Can't promise unscathed," Kate says with a shrug and orders Magnus another drink. "Put you in a bikini and half the island will walk into walls." She quirks a half-smile, dips her fingers in her beer and flicks them at Magnus. "Stop fishing for compliments. I'll get a black eye if I don't stop falling all over myself giving them."

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"Fair enough. A lady likes to feel special every once in a while," Helen said, blushing a little at being caught. "And you know I'm impossibly vain. It's the old spinster in me rearing her ugly head."

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Kate just lifts an eyebrow, not baited this time. Instead, she rubs her thumb against her forefingers and smirks. "Declan says I'm a lady. So. Pay up, boss."

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"You want me to compliment you? Compliment you how, exactly? As a trusted friend and someone who works for me or as someone I want to sleep with? I assure you, the compliments are very different depending on how you want me to mean them," Helen returned, smirking.

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"Oh, this ought to be good." Kate sits up, stretching her arm across the back of the booth like a guy. She knows what she looks like but she's pretty sure Magnus never thought about her that way a day in her life. "Bring it. Let's hear you try to make me believe you want to sleep with me."

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"Fine," Helen said, getting up to move so she was sitting next to Kate. She flashed a smile before dropping her voice low and brushing her hand back against Kate's cheek. It was dirty pool, perhaps, but she leaned in and whispered against her ear.

"You're beautiful, Kate. I want that mouth of yours all over me, love, if that can be arranged? I promise to make it worth your while."

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"Not bad." Not bad, her ass. Kate's warm and the image in her head is vivid. But it's just that. An image. Not a desire.

Fuck. Guess that answers the question of how she knows.

None of that shows on Kate's face, though, and it's definitely not in her voice when she answers, "Magnus, beautiful, if I get my mouth all over you, you won't be doing anything for awhile except screaming my name," at a low, promising purr.

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Helen flushed a little. Kate was actually very good at this whole thing but that shouldn't have surprised her very much; Kate was a con.

She leaned in and kissed just to the corner of Kate's lips. "We should get out of here, then, unless you want to put on a show? I would hate for it to get around when all I want is you around me."

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The kiss actually makes Kate awkward. It feels more like cheating than anything she's done with other people.

She lifts her hand and slides Magnus's hair back behind her ear, then seamlessly puts a little more space between them as part of the con. "A little anticipation's a good thing. Why don't we finish our drinks first?"

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Helen leaned back and went back to her drink. "Is that how you'd play me, then? If you were honestly trying to get me to go home with you?"

Helen didn't think Kate would be shy about public affection but it was hard to tell, given Helen wasn't willing to go far enough to make it a possibility. She loved Will too much to fathom it.

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Kate cocks her head and thinks about that. It only takes a few seconds for her to know it's wrong. "No. I'd probably just tell you I was interested or wait until the right moment and kiss you. I respect you too much to pick you up when we've both been drinking. I wouldn't want you ever to think it'd been a mistake or a game."

She smiles again, takes a long sip of her beer and then shrugs. "I'm pretty straightforward when I'm serious, I guess."

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"That's rather sweet, Kate," Helen said, still feeling a bit pink and pleased about the whole situation. "I'm actually fairly serious when I'm pursuing someone I care about too."

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"I've been called a lot of things in my life, doc, but sweet's not one of them." But she grins anyway. It's nice to be able to let Magnus know how much she cares about her without anyone being at death's door.

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"I think you can be, sometimes," Helen countered. "You are right now. I'm fond of this side of you, Kate, I truly am."

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"Let's just let that be our secret, okay?" Magnus's drink is sitting untouched at the edge of the table. Kate pushes it across to her on two fingers, then lifts one to her lips, shushing.

"So, are we on for the beach?"