The Park - Wednesday afternoon

[spectre_alenko]

It had been some time since Kaidan had run along the paths through the park. His morning run hadn't quite cut it for him today, so he found himself not so much running as sauntering. Proving at least to himself that the trees no longer caused the twitching phobia. Or, at least, not nearly to the point he couldn't just ignore it and enjoy the walk. He had a large bottle of water with him, keeping hydrated as he went.

The weather was nice. The sun was even peeking through the clouds every so often. He had no particular place to be so he just let himself wander all of the trails in turn. Mostly enjoying the weather and soaking up as much sunshine as he could. It was supposed to rain later but for now it was really quite lovely.

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[hernando_fuentes]

Hernando was also out for a walk. He was in an incredibly good mood and the weather suited him completely. A smile curved his lips when he saw Kaidan out and about. It had been some time since Hernando had been for a walk like this and it was always nice to bump into a friend. "Good afternoon, Kaidan."

[spectre_alenko]

"Hey, Hernando," Kaidan greeted him in return, "How've you been?" Truthfully, he'd been a little worried since Jack and Sparkle had pinned Hernando and Kanan down for their chat, but since all evidence indicated both men were fine, he was staying right the hell out of it.

[hernando_fuentes]

"I have been very well, thank you for asking," Hernando all but purred with a gamine little smile. "Have you plans for Valentine's?"

Partly he was curious. Partly he was fishing for an opening to talk about his own plans.

[spectre_alenko]

"Avoiding it," Kaidan replied instantly, "The kids up at the school are doing a fundraiser, so I participated in that but that's as far as I'm going with it." Since he strongly suspected this was supposed to be an opening so Hernando could gush about his boyfriend, Kaidan indulged him. "You have anything fun planned?"

[hernando_fuentes]

"Oh? There is a fundraiser? Hm. I shall have to check it out," Hernando mused.

He beamed, "It will be a very busy week, my friend. Kanan, Jack and I are going to Mexico to do some shopping. On Valentine's Day itself I am taking Sparkle to New York on a date."

[spectre_alenko]

Kaidan spent a moment processing the sheer magnitude of 'bad plan' that was Jack in Mexico ever. Kanan would be there. That was reassuring. Kanan could probably keep Jack out of..

Nope. His brain shut that line of thought right down. Kanan was more likely to rush right into trouble alongside her cackling merrily the entire way. But at least she had backup.

He inhaled and blinked, but smiled back at Hernando and said mildly, "Sounds like you're in for an adventure. Why Mexico?"

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[hernando_fuentes]

"Kanan wanted some true Mexican chocolates," Hernando smiled, "Since we have a portal network and I, conveniently, am both a foodie and from Mexico.." A palm-shrug.

Was he going to jump right to the topic he wanted go gush about? Yes he was. "Sparkle knows we are going on a trip to spend the weekend together. He does not know I have tickets to a musical."

He eyed the trees in case of squirrels, "And he will not know, I am certain, until we get there."

Hernando beamed, "A musical, a nice dinner somewhere, and the joy of watching Sparkle surrounded by the lights and life of the city. Kaidan, the man delights me so much. I adore him."

The word reminded him. Almost casually he asked. "You are Canadian, yes? Do you also speak French?"

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[spectre_alenko]

Kaidan chuckled. He knew why Kanan wanted the chocolates. It was cute. So was the rest of it, really. Hernando and Sparkle seemed very happy together and it pleased him to see two of his friends together like this.

"That'll be a nice surprise for him," he nodded. "You should see the way he comes to life in a city."

The question made him blink but he answered immediately, "Mais bien sûr, je peux parler français. Pourquoi?"

you bloody know I don't speak French rl so all bad translations are on you, boyo

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[hernando_fuentes]

"Sparkle said something in French and I am curious what it means. He knows I do not speak French so I think it was said in return to the Spanish I was speaking," Hernando said. He smiled a goofy, absolutely smitten little smile at the memory.

"Tu es un homme dangereux. Tu vois ce que tu me fais dire?" he very carefully repeated. The smile grew, "Je t'adore, I already know. It is similar enough to Je vous adore so I am glad he adores me also."

[firstofitskind]

Liam was on his way back to the station after checking in with the raccoons at the docks. Just making sure all their paperwork was up to date. You know, normal Fandom type errands.

“Hey, Kaidan,” he greeted with a nod. “S’been a while.”

[spectre_alenko]

"Liam, hey," Kaidan greeted him, "Yeah. Been renovating the shop. How've you been?"

[firstofitskind]

“Good enough,” Liam said. “Work, workouts...” patrols of Baltimore, which he didn’t say out loud, “Pretty routine.” He gave Kaidan a considering look. “You ever want a second pair of hands with those renos, you know I’m good for it, yeah?”

[spectre_alenko]

"Routine's good," Kaidan laughed, "Mine's kind of changed now that Jack's here but it's starting to even out." He threw Liam a lopsided smile, "Yeah, I know. Mostly it's just been a way to get my head on right, doing all the monotonous stuff. Could use some help next week when the machines get here, getting 'em up onto their stands, if you're around."

[firstofitskind]

"Should be," Liam nodded. "I'll swing by."

"Jack's... interesting." To say the least. "She doesn't trust me." Liam's tone was more amused than anything else.

[spectre_alenko]

"Don't take it personally," Kaidan quirked a wry grin, "Jack doesn't trust most people. You're doing good if she's saying more than 'fuck off, pig' and making oinking noises."

[firstofitskind]

Yeah, if Kaidan was worried about Liam taking it personally, his amused snort of laughter would probably help put that notion to bed.

"And if I had ever actually been a real cop, that might've bothered me."

[spectre_alenko]

Kaidan wasn't really worried about it. Liam dealt with far stranger things and people than Jack.

"She's good at finding the things that bother people," Kaidan said wryly, "Though lately, she's been trying not to needle people. Seems to be doing pretty well at it. Making friends, even. It's kind of adorable."

A small pause.

"You don't necessarily need to ever mention I said that."

[firstofitskind]

"I won't," Liam said loftily. "Can't make any promises on behalf of the squirrels."

[furnaceface]

Jono was in a pretty damn good mood today. No reason. Certainly no reason involving spending class today on an island covered in cats.

Really. Ignore the way the bottom foot of his jeans or so was decidedly more covered in cat hair than the usual, 'two cats at home' mess.

In any case, he was going to take advantage of the way he felt like actually being outside today, and he was going for a jog. In the daytime. Through the park.

Would miracles never end?

[spectre_alenko]

Jono was at least easy to identify from a distance. "Hey, Jono," Kaidan called in greeting. "Jogging during the day? You ok?" he teased.

[furnaceface]

//You know, perhaps shockingly, I am?// Jono raised a hand in greeting in turn, making his way over to join Kaidan. //Funny thing, if you don't run at night, you feel less like a nightlight? It's the bloody damnedest thing.//

[spectre_alenko]

Kaidan looked at him and inquired, "Nightlight?"

[furnaceface]

Jono just shrugged and waved at the flames vaguely with one hand.

//S'a bit conspicuous after dark. Used to wrap up from nose to navel, but these days I can't be bothered.//

It was a lot of effort for very little return, around here. Nobody cared.

It was nice.

And weird.

[spectre_alenko]

Good, so it wasn't that someone had called him that. Kaidan nodded and then considered. "Has to make a nice image, though. Fire, ocean, moonlight off the water."

[furnaceface]

Oh, back home, all the time. Hence his habit of wrapping himself up in leather strips or bandages or a heavy jacket and a scarf whenever he wasn't feeling up to it. Even here, on occasion, though around here, it was hiding that he generally had to answer for.

//Possibly,// he allowed. //I'm afraid the novelty of it wore off years ago, if so.//

He still hated his reflection. Always would.