TITLE: On the 17th Floor Balcony - 155 Challenge
AUTHOR: Kristen K2
RATING: PG
PAIRING: Skinner/Kim
SPOILERS: None, but set in Season 9.
DISCLAIMER: Not mine.
SUMMARY: Kim looks to the stars for lessons.


In the city, this is the only spot where star-gazing succeeds. Wyoming
was sky and flat openness; DC is marble and people and rules. The
night breeze ruffles her hair as she spies Orion, and she wonders how
something so pretty could contain such evil.

Burly arms come around her shoulders, the blanket draped in his hands
made superfluous by his warmth.

"Come back to bed."

"I'm looking for Jupiter."

He growls, and she wraps her arms backward to keep him still. His
scars, born from bullets and duty, press along her spine.

Maybe the evil is more Earth-bound than extraterrestrial. The city has
taught her well about the cruelty humans inflict on each other. He
learned that lesson long ago.

She turns toward him for a kiss, leaving the rest of the universe
behind. Tonight, she will only inflict kindness.

He nudges her chin, smiling.

"There's Jupiter."

In reply, she leads him back inside.

THE END

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NOTES: Thanks to Maidenjedi for starting the HaremXF challenge. Whee!