Mr and Mrs

"On our next assignment we'll need to play husband and wife," Richard declared.

"A married couple!" Kate responded, her face melting into a pout. "Why?"

"It's a good and realistic cover," Richard replied, and it was, they fit the profile of a married couple perfectly.

"How long have we been married?" Kate asked.

"Does it matter?" Richard queried.

"It does," Kate answered, "I need to know how to act."

"Like a married couple," Richard replied, confused about what Kate was talking about.

"I used to work for Pan Am," Kate answered, swallowing thickly as she did. It had been six months and some mornings she still expected to open her closet and find the sky blue uniform waiting for her.

"And?" Richard responded still not getting the point.

"We could tell the difference between a newlywed couple and a couple who had been married a little while," Kate answered.

"How?" Richard asked.

"Newlyweds were all over each other, while the ones that have been married a while barely utter a word to each other," Kate replied.

"Well then," Richard replied, "We're newlyweds,"

A/N: This was originally written as a picture!fic on tumblr, therefore it is only a drabble. The picture was of Kate and Richard sitting at a bench.