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Little Things

Moment Two

"I'm back," Kaldur called stepping into the apartment as he slipped off his shoes and hung up his keys on his designated hook by the door. When there wasn't the usual greeting in response, he walked back to where he'd left his partners in the kitchen before needing to run out for a last minute dinner ingredient.

"Conner," Kagome's laugh echoed through the hall before Kaldur turned the corner to the kitchen and saw what had them distracted.

Conner had one of Kagome's hands in his with the other on her waist as he spun her around the kitchen to the music from the small stereo on the counter. It wasn't any sort of choreographed dance with a set step sequence, but more of an imitation ballroom dance with no rhyme or reason to what direction they moved next. And Conner was obviously the one leading as Kagome stumbled over her feet trying to keep up, laughing and mostly being held up by the half-Kryptonian sweeping her this way and that.

Glancing over, Kaldur could see that a pot on the stove was getting closer and closer to boiling over but decided it was fine for the moment. He wanted to watch them a while longer. They all had such stressful jobs and had too few moments where all three of them were home together. Kagome's laughter and Conner's grin always put his soul at ease.

"Conner," Kagome tried again as she tripped and laughed and clung to the taller man's arms. "I need to check the pots and the bread. Let me have a break for a minute."

"After this song," Conner tried to persuade. "It's a good one."

Kagome kicked out a foot to lightly hit the side of his calf. "You said the same thing about the last two songs. Dinner is going to burn."

"It's fine," Conner said. "Doesn't smell burnt yet."

"And by that time it would be too late," Kaldur told him as he pushed away from the doorframe he'd been leaning against. Setting his grocery bag down on the counter, he easily cut in to free Kagome from Conner's hold and let her check on dinner. But instead of letting Conner go, he took Kagome's place and said, "I'll teach you how to actually dance."

Conner gave him a skeptical look but didn't fight against it as Kaldur began leading them in a simple step sequence around the tile in time with the music, careful to stay out of Kagome's way. "Why do I even need to know how to actually dance? We were just having some fun."

"This type of dancing is fun too," Kaldur assured, wincing a little as Conner stepped on one of his feet before correcting his step. Kaldur smiled to himself when Conner looked down to focus more on where Kaldur's feet were going and where his own needed to follow. "And there could be plenty of occasions where the knowledge would be handy."

"Like?"

Kaldur thought for a moment before he began to list things off. "You could need to know it as part of an undercover mission. There are also formal benefits and parties that League members are sometimes invited to."

Humming like he didn't quite buy it, Conner argued, "I could probably think of a way out of dancing in any of those situations."

"Okay then," Kaldur began casually. "What about a wedding?"

Conner's step stuttered but he didn't look up as he cleared his throat and said, "Same as the others. I could get away with not dancing at a wedding. What's that called? Being a wallflower? I'm okay with that."

Kaldur was quiet for a moment as the song changed and the tempo slowed. Once they'd settled into their new rhythm, Kaldur asked, "Then what about when it's your wedding?"

Conner did look up at that, face flushing red and eyes wide. His feet stopped moving which pulled Kaldur to a stop as they stared at each other. Kaldur waited patiently to see what Conner's response would be to that particular question, watching as Conner swallowed before opening his mouth only to be cut off by a sharp yelp.

The two heroes quickly looked to Kagome just as the spoon she'd been using to stir clattered to the floor and she grabbed her hand where boiling water had splashed out of the pot and onto her skin.

Quickly moving into action, Kaldur took Kagome's arm and directed her towards the sink where he ran cold water over the burn. "Are you okay?" He asked. "Does it still burn?" When he didn't get a response, he looked to Kagome's face only to see her giving him a similarly stunned and flustered look to the one Conner had given him.

Ah. So that was it. His conversation with Conner had distracted her from what she'd been doing and she'd gotten hurt. "I'm sorry," he apologized as he placed a soft kiss to the crown of Kagome's head. "I was being hypothetical. I didn't mean to distract you."

"Oh," Kagome breathed shakily, her face falling a little.

Kaldur's brow creased as he looked up to see Conner also looking away from him, still flushed but noticeably more grumpy. Well then. That wasn't exactly wasn't what he'd expected.

"For now," Kaldur amended, bringing back the attention of the two people he loved. "It's simply hypothetical for now." He turned off the water to assess Kagome's burn, and seeing that it didn't look nearly as angry as it had before, he dabbed it off with a towel and placed a gentle kiss to the tender skin. "I'll finish dinner," he offered.

Kagome nodded, smiling as she still seemed to be working through what to say. Though she did elect to get a bag of frozen peas from the freezer for her hand.

Walking back to Conner, who was still standing in the same place Kaldur had left him, Kaldur gave the man a quick kiss before pressing their foreheads together. "The lesson will have to wait," he said. "After dinner?"

Pink began to rise in Conner's cheeks again as he said "Sure" before moving off to check out Kagome's burn for himself.

Things quieted down as Kaldur took over cooking the rest of their meal, but when he would glance back and Conner and Kagome and see how close they sat, how Conner fussed over the minor burn on Kagome's hand, how Kagome tried to swat him away despite smiling at his attention, how both of them seemed to be trying to suppress a little bit of giddiness, how they would both occasionally glance his way as well, Kaldur became a little more sure. His question was definitely only hypothetical for now.