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Julian Keller/Scion: When Tandy Bowen returns from an Asgard mission, Julian is there to make life better. A slight correction to his index finger, a subtle movement of the wrist, and the page turned in the bound report that Julian was now very nearly through. Harley whined at his feet, and Nick sat- patient as he could- with a leash in his mouth, "Shush, girl. Let me finish this section and we'll head around the lake." Supporting the report telekinetically, he let his hands float over to either pup. Harley rolled onto her back and let him gently pet her belly- but Nick was in a mood to play and gently bit down on the gloved, metal hand. With a snort, Julian let the pup play tug-of-war as he continued to read. Tandy walked into the suite, looking worse for wear. She was still dressed in her gear from her fight with the Disir and the zombies. She set her sheathed sword down next to the door. Immediately she started to peel off the rest of the armor, letting it fall to the floor, "Is there a clean cup?" The sound of her pauldrons hitting the floor shook Julian out of the report and made him jump ever so slightly. He grinned and set the book down. "You're back!" he pushed himself up from the couch, sliding it a few feet back as he floated over to her, trying to beat the dogs who had both rushed over to her and were sniffing at the dirty armor being shed in the entryway. "Oh," he frowned, setting down a few feet away and sending one of his hands over to the cupboard to grab a glass...finding only the heavy metal goblets that they had picked up at an antique store in Maine. "Water, or...you okay?" "Yea. Went to Hela's realm. Fought Disir who were fallen Valkeries, and zombies. Literally just got back from Hell." Tandy shed the last of the armor and she was left standing in the clothes underneath. "Used a lot of light." The heavy metal goblet floated over to her, one of Julian's hands balancing the decorative vessel on an open palm. The other came from the direction of the bathroom, and opened near the goblet to reveal two asprin. "You need comfort food- what can I order for you?" He drifted closer, but was slightly rebuffed by the mixture of sweat, metallic oils, and rot...undoubtedly from the aforementioned zombies. "Oh, you need a shower," one of the hands floated back toward the bathroom. "Sushi. Gah, clothes everywhere." She kicked aside clothes, "And I am not helping." She took the water and then the two aspirin. "Do I smell that bad?" She lifted her arm to her nose. "I can't tell." "Yeeeeeah," Julian's lips quirked to the side as the shower began to run. "I'll order sushi- you go shower off, and once your done, we'll watch something stupid on Netflix and eat." Some of the clothes began to move themselves across the carpet into an overturned hamper. "I'll call one of the kids to see if they can walk the doggos." Reaching toward her, he brought his free hand back and snapped it into its socket. His hand slipped into hers and he pulled her close- doing his best to breath through his mouth. "Welcome home, Bow," he pulled her towards him and rested his forehead against hers for a moment before pressing his lips gingerly to hers. "I thought I smelled? It might rub off on me and go onto you." She said after they kissed. Tandy pulled away and headed into the bedroom to the bathroom, and continued to strip among the way. She couldn't see it, but Julian shrugged, "I guess I'll just have to join you in the shower."