"Come here, Cat!" Snart ordered.
Maharib was distinctly unimpressed by his tone. He also growled and swiped Snart's cheek.
"What the hell are you doing to my cat?" Sara demanded, walking into the scene of utter chaos that used to be her quarters.
Snart sat up, clutching his bleeding cheek. "What am Idoing to him?"
Maharib ran to Sara and she scooped him up into her arms. "Well, since you're like ten times bigger than him, yeah, what are you doing to my cat?"
Maharib purred and cleaned his paw with what Snart would swear was a smug look in his single eye.
Snart sighed and got to his feet. "I got you a present," he said holding out a sapphire blue cat collar.
There was a round silver charm engraved with a snowflake dangling from the collar. Sara smiled delightedly and reached out to touch it. Snart made a twirling motion with his hand, and Sara turned the charm around. The reverse was engraved with Maharib's name, in graceful Arabic script.
"It's perfect," she breathed. She stretched up on her toes and wrapped an arm around his neck. Maharib purred contentedly, sandwiched between the two humans. "Will you be a good boy, and let Len put this on you?" Sara coaxed.
Snart raised a dubious eyebrow, but carefully fastened the collar around the cat's neck without further bloodshed.
"You look so handsome," Sara cooed, then set Maharib down on the floor.
She straightened up and got a good look at Snart's face. "Ouch. Want me to kiss it better?" she offered, with a mischievous glint in her eye.
Maharib knew thattone of voice, and he settled down somewhat disconsolately in the corner, knowing that his dinner would be delayed this evening.