Glue
"Glue?" Z raises a single eyebrow.
"This is not funny," Kat grumbles, out of her usually patient humor.
"Cadet," Cruger growls. "We do not have time for this, if you would kindly fetch the antidote we need."
"Sure, sure, just tell me what it looks like." Z shrugs, still trying not to laugh.
"It's a green liquid in a vile no larger than your thumb. It should be on my desk, unless Boom moved it, as well as the glue," Kat scowls a bit now. "Just go, please, and hurry."
"Yeah, I'm on it," Z laughs a little on exit.
"This is ridiculous," Kat yowls. She feels her body jerk as Doggie crosses his arms.
Katherine has found a formula for flawless adhesive. However, in a moment of foolishness, she told Boom to hold it for just a moment. Now, she is sealed permanently to Doggie's side until Z returns with the antidote. Not that she's really complaining, but she could think of better ways to be attached to her best friend and superior officer. As it stands now, her left side/front is attached to his right side/front, making their ribs connect. The worst part is that she can feel her erratic heartbeat in her chest, which means he can feel it as well.
Do you know how hard it is to keep your feelings for your boss secret when you're sealed to his chest like peanut butter to jelly?
"So," Doggie begins awkwardly, trying to fill in the silence. "How are you?"
"Oh, good, thanks," she mutters back, "you?"
"Good, thank you." Doggie nods vaguely. "So, why were you making an adhesive?"
"I was bored," Kat shrugs helplessly against Doggie's (incredibly hard) chest.
"You're the only person who fabricates molecular creations while bored," Cruger chuckles, though his voice rings with pride.
"Well," she offers with lopsided shrug. "Why were you here, anyway?"
"Hm?" he looks down at her.
"I mean, what brought you down to the lab when this happened? What did you need?" asks Kat.
"Oh," Doggie seems hesitant and shifts a bit, "I was just coming to see you."
"What do you mean?" Kat asks, confused. He hasn't come to visit just for the sake of it in quite some time.
"Well, it struck me that we haven't spent much time with each other recently," Doggie looks down at his younger friend gently. "I've missed your company, Kat."
Kat melts visibly, "oh, Doggie, I've missed your company as well."
"We should make more of an effort to spend time together, I suppose. With the rangers around it's harder to find time," he shrugs and she nods.
"Indeed," she sighs, a little giddy inside from her (not so) minor crush boiling over.
"Here you go," Z announces upon reentry.
"Oh, thank you, Z," says Kat.
"Boom's hiding, terrified DC's gonna use him as a squeaky toy," Z chuckles. The solvent is immediately absorbed by the adhesive and steams. The steam dissolves the fluid and evaporates.
"Thank goodness," Kat and Doggie both mutter, stretching their locked bones.
"Yeah, wouldn't want you stuck together," Z mutters on her way out, "like you don't have eye sex all the time anyway."