His question caused her to drop the shampoo bottle in shock as she had been collecting everything in her arms to begin her shower. Giving a gentle cry of surprise as she picked it up and tried balancing everything in her arms, Katelynn’s cheeks warmed and she let out a deep breath.
“U-Um!” she stammered, unsure of how to begin. Surely ‘Oh yeah we just rescued Grace nothing big’ didn’t sound right. Putting everything away in the tub, Katelynn began peeling off her catsuit.
“…It was just..helping everyone to rescue Grace,” she managed to whisper out though the echo in the bathroom made her voice sound louder than she intended.
“It … what?” Jack exclaimed. He didn’t sound angry or upset. Far from it – he was shocked, but he was also very, very impressed. He knew Katelynn had always wanted to help the city’s supers with their work, and now it sounded like she’d found a way?
He settled Roxy into his lap. “Once you’re ready, please, tell me about it!”
She doubted he really wanted all the details, she thought with a wince and peeked her head out of the bathroom door since she was naked from the neck down. “All right but um..” she blushed, gnawing on her bottom lip. “….can you grab a bar of soap for me..? The one here is too small…”
Her heart was pounding, wondering why she was making an excuse for him to come. She was so torn between wishing to touch him and wondering if they were even ready. It felt like their first date all over again.
“Um, all right.” Jack was a little puzzled by the request. They kept new bars of soap under the sink – Katelynn knew that. But, given everything they’d just been through, he wasn’t going to brush her off with a “get it yourself”. He settled Roxy down on the couch (the dog gave a grunt of disapproval at being removed from her master’s lap), and headed into the bathroom.
“I think we still have -” He froze like a deer in the headlights.
Oh. Katelynn was naked. Naked Katelynn. Right in front of him. Jack tried to tell himself that it wasn’t important – he’d seen her like this countless times – but it had been so long …
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