The Traitor, The Avenger, And The Killer

Mags The Builder (Can He Fix It?)

By the time Tyler had finished up with Clint, K had started up dinner, and it was clear that no one was expecting her to do any cooking, of all things. Of course, Elin had refused to be put down and K wasn't too keen on setting her down either, so when Kate stepped into the kitchen, she was a bit surprised to see how easily K was puttering around the kitchen with the little one on her hip.

"I know your thing is pancakes? And usually I do the Swedish kind, but I really felt more like Italian," K said as she smirked at Kate. "You pick the pasta. Sauce will be done in an hour."

Kate just grinned and nodded as she moved toward the pantry. "That sounds fair," she said, then tipped her head at Elin. "You're gonna be so spoiled with the master chef for a mom," she teased.

"I can teach you," K offered.

"Teach me the Swedish things, yeah, that'd be great," Kate said with a wide smile. "But if you think I've been in here for weeks with Annie and Remy and haven't learned plenty of cooking...?" She trailed off and laughed.

"I can teach you Italian and Mexican too," she said with a smirk.

"I'm more interested in German things," she said with a smirk to match.

"All sausages and sauerkraut," K said with her nose wrinkled up. "Hard on the nose."

"I live with a group of brimstone-bringing demons. I think my nose can survive just about everything," Kate laughed.

"That's a fine point," she conceded before she readjusted Elin and gave her a little kiss, with a giggle for a response. "So I suppose you need something sweet to finish?"

Kate pointed her gaze at Kurt, who was chatting with Logan nearby. "Yep," she said with a shameless grin.

"So you're not interested in some tiramisu?" K asked with one eyebrow raised. "Coffee- and chocolate-flavored sweets?"

Kate leaned against the counter and put a hand to her heart. "Oh, you've discovered my weakness," she said with a laugh. "I guess I could double-dip in the sweetness. Have some of your desserts before the German chocolate."

"I'm sure you've been missing your morning blueberry muffins," K said with a smirk.

"Very much so," Kate said earnestly. "But... you know, not as much as Jubes was missing hers."

"Yeah, it was mutual," K agreed. "Poor kid."

Kate tipped her head to K very quietly. "Bet you missed your hug magnet too," she said.

"You have no idea. But the fact is that I was more focused on how to make the bad guy's lives hell while I was stuck," K said. "Figured as long as we both were breathing, it would work out. And I knew he wasn't going to just give up. Just had to leave the clues for him."

"Yeah, well, you came close a few times." Kate leaned over and wrapped her up in a side hug for just a moment. "Thanks for saving my mentor and one of my best friends, by the way. Saw the Ronan thing."

"There was no way in hell I was going to let that rotten piece of crap hurt either one of those two," K said with a whisper of a growl.

"Yeah, I love them too," Kate said quietly.

Kate eventually made her way back to Kurt once she'd laid out the pasta, and it was another little while before Noh and Jubilee emerged from Jubilee's little room — and Noh grinned almost immediately on stepping into the living room. "That smells delicious," he said, turning to see who was responsible for the delicious scent. He grinned even wider when he saw that it was K and ran over to where she was. "Can I help you? You have your hands quite full," he offered quickly.