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The crunching sound of Zari's mid day snack fills her ears as she chews.
It was one of those rare days where they had some downtime. They were in the midst of hounding from the Time bureau and Damien and Nora were closing in on them more frequently. So she's counting any moment not spent on mission as a blessing.
The sound of footsteps getting closer draws Zari's attention. It may be leftover paranoia from her Agrus days but she has somewhat memorized the sounds of the legends walking patterns. The current footsteps weren't heavy enough to be Micks or Nates. But they weren't light enough to be Sara's or Ray's (he walks surprisingly light for a big guy). So it could only be one person.
An easy smile slides onto Zaris face as Amaya enters into the kitchen but it drops slightly when it seems Amaya isn't her usual self right now. The difference is subtle, like most things with Amaya are. But her mouth is down turned a little and she's moving hands more often only in a way she does when she's mulling over something for so long, unsure.
“Amaya?”
The slight frown is quickly replaced with a smile directed Zari's way.
“Zari.”
Definitely not thinking about how Amaya saying her name makes her feel, Zari slides her snack towards the other women.
“Carrot?”
A small thank comes from Amaya as she reaches into the bowel for the offered vegetable.
There's a comfortable silence as they eat a snack together until a question cuts through it
“What's a kink?”
Zari thinks that the thud sound she hears is her half eaten carrot hitting the floor and not her jaw. Though when on a random afternoon Amaya asks you about kinks can you really be sure of anything?
Zari's face must portray how off kilter the question makes her because Amaya goes into an unnecessary explanation dialogue.
“Nate had asked Ray if he thought Mick had daddy kink and Ray's face had turned so red….Wait! it's not an offensive term is it? I-”
“Please just stop. Just-I need a moment.”
All of that was WAY too much information too fast. What should she focus on in that info dump? That fact that Nate is asking if Mick has a- scratch that, she is NOT focusing on that part.
But how is she going to explain to a woman (that she is NOT crushing on) from 1942 what a kink is?
“It's um, it's sort of uh…” Zari feels more awkward than she had in years. Back to that one unsure feeling you can only get in your youth. “It's a s-sex-sexual thing that's unconventional, basically.”
“Oh! Okay” Amaya simply replies.
Okay? Zari struggled through seven levels of panic to explain this to her and she simply shrugs it off?? Though she's not one to look a gift horse in the mouth and take this small win, that Amaya didn't freak out.
Zari sighs in relief, seeming to get through the thick of the minor (internal) conundrum.
“Z, do you have a kink?”
The nexts carrot slips down Zaris throat.