So it takes him a while

[goawayleavemealone]

It takes him a while to pick up the bloody phone and call, because...

Well, things are busy. It's not an actual walk in the park to run a government intelligence agency, and he has a lot on his plate with that, to say nothing of his crazy ol' dad, who's been sick and a sister who hasn't been around much recently.

But he shoulda called sooner.

it's not that he doesn't care. He cares, it's just...

It's Pryde.

It's Pryde and she was gonna marry the bloody Russian.

Still.

Shoulda called sooner.

So he taps her icon in his contacts, sits back in the chair at his office, and he waits.

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[goawayleavemealone]

It would be so easy to fall back into things with Kitty. To just let that smile reassure him that everything will be okay.

"Let's just...we'll see how it goes, yeah?" he says softly.

[enduring_pryde]

"All right," she says and gently gives him a hug. "Thank you for dropping everything and coming out here to talk with me in person--and for whisking me away." She was tickled by that.

[goawayleavemealone]

He kisses her temple, as he gives her a one-armed hug in return, rubbing her side gently.

"You're lucky I'm such a sap," he teases.

And that I'm still in love with you, he doesn't say.

[enduring_pryde]

"I am and you are." She smiles and then returns to her packing.