Title: Brief Encounters

Rating: K+

Spoilers: None

Pairings: Kate and Lorne

Summary: Kate Heightmeyer meets a handsome man in a coffee shop.

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters I just borrow them sometimes.

Authors Notes: This is for Falcon Horus and HazelEyes18 who both requested a story featuring Kate Heightmeyer

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Dr Kate Heightmeyer sighed in exasperation as her papers blew onto the floor as the coffee shop door opened. She slipped out of her chair and knelt down to pick up her papers, she sighed again as she felt a ladder creep up her tights, great there goes another pair she thought. Another pair of hands appeared and started to help pick up her papers, she looked up into the most gorgeous pair of blue eyes she'd ever seen.

"Sorry about that" he said

"No it's ok, I shouldn't have been trying to read these at a table by the door but it was the only one they had" she replied. He looked around the busy shop and saw that it was indeed full.

"Mind if I join you?" he said as he sat down, not waiting for an answer,

"Be my guest" she replied. Kate's professional interest piqued, a very confident man she thought. The waitress came over to take his order.

"What will you have?" he asked

"Erm...cappuccino please" she replied. Under the guise of straightening her papers, Kate cast her psychiatrist's eye over him, handsome, charming, easygoing and confident around women, there was probably a trail of broken hearts all over the city thanks to him. He was probably a cop possibly a fireman, something demanding and dangerous.

"I'm Marcus Lorne," he said holding out his hand "miss...?"

"Heightmeyer, Kate" she replied shaking it, he pointed to her files

"Doctor?" he asked. Kate smiled

"How did you guess?" she replied

"I've been in enough sick bays to recognise medical files when I see them" he replied with a grin, so she was correct about the dangerous and demanding job she thought.

"I'm not that kind of doctor, I'm a psychiatrist,"" she said.

"Ah a shrink" he replied, thinking he wouldn't mind an hour or two on her couch,

"Is that a problem?" she asked, she was used to people becoming defensive as soon as they found out she was a therapist.

"Hell no I've been under the base therapist myself a few times," he said,

"Base? Are you in the Army then?" she asked. He glared playfully at her,

"Army! Nah I wouldn't give them the time of day, I'm a Major in the Air Force, I'm here visiting my dad" he said. Kate thought that she really needed a refresher course in profiling, thinking about it his easy going, confident air fitted the profile of a military officer perfectly. A plain-clothes cop entered the coffee shop,

"Typical I'm out there working my butt off protecting the city and my flyboy son is working his way through the pretty ladies of New York," he said. Marcus rolled his eyes

"Yeah Dad, sure Dad, whatever you say Dad" he sighed good-naturedly; his father cuffed the back of his head affectionately and went to get himself a coffee. Lorne swallowed the rest of his coffee down and stood up,

"It was a pleasure to meet you Kate," he said

"And you too Marcus" she replied.

"Come on son, we'll miss the start of the game" called his father, Lorne grinned at her as he opened the door and left. Kate thought she'd would have liked to get to know him a bit better, professionally of course.

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