[for man_without_fear]

[aheroliveshere]

 "Here are the last of the files on the Palmer case, Mrs. Vargas called and rescheduled, and Joe Nguyen dropped off another case of mangos in lieu of an actual check."

Karen shifted his empty coffee cup to carefully set down the tower of folders at his right elbow.

"And.. that's it.  I'm done for the day."

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[man_without_fear]

He leans in and kisses her, to seal the promises they've each made.

He has to leave very soon, but with her word and his own binding them together he'll come back to her, and she'll be waiting. That truth gives him greater hope than he's had in a long while.

"No matter what." If she can make that promise not knowing his secrets, then he can do no less than pledge the same knowing hers.