Author's Note: Chapter 11! Enjoy:
You fight- you talk
"Winn, could cover for me at work tomorrow?" Kara asked her boyfriend from where she was sitting on the couch in her apartment.
"Yeah, why?"
"I, uh, have to do something for the D.E.O." Kara said evasively.
Winn, of course, noticed. "What aren't you telling me?"
"Nothing. I mean, I'm telling you everything, not I'm telling you nothing."
"Kara..." Winn raised his eyebrows. "Truth. Now."
"You're not going to like it." Mumbled Kara, but she complied. "I have to do this meeting thing with Non, it's a sort of negotiation, completely peaceful. I can't tell you anymore than that."
"Completely peaceful?! Alex told me what happened the last time you did a non-violent exchange. You guys barely got out of their alive. Do they really think that he isn't going to use that change to kill you? You can't go."
"I can and I will." Kara snapped back. "Even though you're my boyfriend, you are not making my decisions for me."
Winn softened. "I'm sorry. I just don't want to lose you. Especially not to Non."
Sighing, Kara moved to sit next to him. "I know. But I have to do it. The D.E.O. is trying to get Non to change his mind about Myriad, whatever it is. It's bad, we know that."
"It's not going to work. And getting you killed is not going to do any good to anyone."
"They have to try. I'll have the whole team as my backup. Hank thought you might argue, and said you can be one of the techs working on the project."
But Winn shook his head. "I don't know if I'd be able to handle that. But I will cover for you at work." He got up to go to his apartment. "Kara, be careful, please. I love you."
"I love you too." Kara lent up to kiss him, and waved as he walked down the hall. "And I'll see you tomorrow night."