There's a reason Piotr hasn't suggested Dr. Kativa Rao, either. She is competent, to be sure, but --
But no. Not Katya. Not their child. Never. No matter how brilliant she is or how sorry she feels, not when there are any safe alternatives at all, Piotr will not see them helpless in her hands.
He brushes his palm over her hair one more time, and bends to press a light kiss to her forehead. "Of course, my Katya."
Toothbrush; toothpaste; glass of water, and then he settles down next to her again.
"Do you want to go to Milliways anyway?"
He's not insisting, of course. But the time difference works in their favor here, and it -- might be a good idea, he thinks.
"Then we will be closer. For when it is real."
Just in case.
(Piotr frets very quietly. Not always subtly, but quietly.
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There's a reason Piotr hasn't suggested Dr. Kativa Rao, either. She is competent, to be sure, but --
But no. Not Katya. Not their child. Never. No matter how brilliant she is or how sorry she feels, not when there are any safe alternatives at all, Piotr will not see them helpless in her hands.
He brushes his palm over her hair one more time, and bends to press a light kiss to her forehead. "Of course, my Katya."
Toothbrush; toothpaste; glass of water, and then he settles down next to her again.
"Do you want to go to Milliways anyway?"
He's not insisting, of course. But the time difference works in their favor here, and it -- might be a good idea, he thinks.
"Then we will be closer. For when it is real."
Just in case.
(Piotr frets very quietly. Not always subtly, but quietly.
He's maybe been fretting some.)