Dinner as a goodbye...

[1stmacleod]

After talking with Jelani in the Nexus, Connor returns to the place he's starting, tentatively, to think of as home base. He tucks the envelope full of money away in his suitcase, and takes roughly two minutes to pack, because he's been living out of it anyway.
Then he goes to the kitchen, and rummages, and gets to work. A chocolate cake comes first, made from scratch. While that's cooling he starts on dinner; chicken breasts stuffed with broccoli and cheese, rice pilaf, a little more steamed broccoli in case what's in the chicken isn't enough.

He has to tell Kairos that he's going back to his world, just long enough to get things in order and talk to Duncan, but he's not sure how long that will be.

After it's over, though, this is where he plans to return to.

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[1stmacleod.livejournal.com]

He nods, and eyes her levelly. "I know you like me, now, but I'm sure there's a lot of people out there who'd say the same about me."

[kairos-aether.livejournal.com]

She sighs a little bit. "The trouble comes with his jealousy, hon. He was jealous that Hyou thought I was cute when we met. He was scarily possessive, and he still is. Unfortunately there were .. situations that arose last year that made his jealousy worse. And when Kage doesn't know how to handle things, he gets a little hot headed."

[1stmacleod.livejournal.com]

"You're not worried about me getting jealous?" He smiles a little, but the truth is that if Connor thought she was interested in another man, he'd back away. He does get jealous, but he also tends to assume any woman could do better than him.

[kairos-aether.livejournal.com]

She shrugs. "No need to be jealous. There's no one else." Just old feelings, but they certainly don't get in the way of how she feels now.

[1stmacleod.livejournal.com]

Connor shrugs, because he knows there's no one else, right now, and she won't be looking either. "There wasn't in the situation you just mentioned either, right?"

[kairos-aether.livejournal.com]

"With Hyou, no. It'd be like kissing my brother, y'know? But the other.. well, the man in question was technically single, and I wasn't stepping on anyone's toes." She shakes her head. "But it didn't matter."

[1stmacleod.livejournal.com]

He reaches for her hand, smiling weakly. "I'll bet you get a lot of looks from men, but I'll try not to be jealous."

[kairos-aether.livejournal.com]

She takes it and squeezes tight. "Sweetie? I don't mind jealousy. I've never experienced a man being jealous over me. It might actually be nice."

[1stmacleod.livejournal.com]

Connor blinks, expression bewildered. "But you just said- wait, he... wasn't jealous over you...?" Now he feels slow.

[kairos-aether.livejournal.com]

She shakes her head. "No. Kage wasn't in love with me, he wanted to kill me. Kage was in love with Phil too."

[1stmacleod.livejournal.com]

He blinks again, and gives a raspy laugh. "Was that stupid of me to assume, or just biased?" Connor leans forward and kisses her hand.

[kairos-aether.livejournal.com]

She preens a little. "I'm gonna go with biased. Thank you, Connor. Makes me feel good."

[1stmacleod.livejournal.com]

"You're the kind of girl I can see lots of men wanting." He smiles, a little sheepish.

[kairos-aether.livejournal.com]

"Only three have shown any sort of interest. Back home, only old men wanting a babysitter inquire about me."

[1stmacleod.livejournal.com]

"Well I fit half that requirement." He smiles, and sips his coffee.

[kairos-aether.livejournal.com]

"But not physically, thank goodness. I wouldn't mind if you wanted to get me naked." She finishes off her slice of cake.

[1stmacleod.livejournal.com]

He nearly chokes on his coffee at that. Of course he wants to get her naked, but even Connor is tactful enough not to just come out and say it that way. He coughs a little, and his voice comes out a little raspier than usual. "Ah... Not physically. You... ah... Glad you don't mind." He looks down at the table, slightly awkward.

[kairos-aether.livejournal.com]

Kairos figures out that maybe she was just a little too blunt. She blushes red and takes a sip of coffee, avoiding his eyes. "Sorry."

[1stmacleod.livejournal.com]

"It's okay, just caught me by surprise." He finishes his own cake a little more slowly, curbing his impulses.

[kairos-aether.livejournal.com]

"It could hardly come as a surprise, handsome."

[1stmacleod.livejournal.com]

"You saying it was." He grins a little. "Are you going to keep calling me that?" Because he likes it. He could use the self-esteem boost.

[kairos-aether.livejournal.com]

She chuckles a little. "Well. If that was a surprise, me saying that I want to get you naked shouldn't be that shocking." Kairos drains the coffee - she so didn't need the extra energy, he's in so much trouble when he gets her on that couch! - and sits the mug down. "I dunno. Handsome, gorgeous. There's a couple of things I could call you. If you get on my nerves it might be Mr. MacLeod."

[1stmacleod.livejournal.com]

He blushes, just a little, but he's grinning and his eyes sparkle. "Not really. But you can keep calling me that. I've never been called that before." He's compared himself to Duncan for centuries. Duncan is older, stronger, dresses better, and gets more women.
Connor finishes his coffee in a gulp, and gets ready to collect the dishes. The coffee is decaf, in fact, but Kairos is probably fueled up plenty anyways.

[kairos-aether.livejournal.com]

If nothing else, it would work as a placebo. All Kai has to do is look at something loaded with caffeine (or legendary for it) and she vibrates with it. "You're too masculine to be beautiful." But his jawline is, now that she thinks about it. "But I don't think anyone is stupid enough to think you're average or ugly." And Duncan might be older, stronger, dress better - but he won't be getting her.

[1stmacleod.livejournal.com]

He's looking just a little flustered, and flattered, and collects the dishes to cover for it. "I've always thought I was average." His eyes are too distinctive for that, really. He may be just a little shy of introducing her to Connor until he's more confident of his relationship with her.