[Before Kaylee leaves on her grand adventure, two people find her.

One meeting goes better than the other.]

[OOM: Physician, heal thyself.]

The bottle is made of brown glass. The label reads SWEETWATER 420 EXTRA PALE ALE.

Alone at the bar, Kaylee regards it, unsmiling, suspicious, slope-shouldered, weary.

After a moment, she picks it up, and partakes.

Nothing happens, and she drinks again.

Kaylee doesn't come in immediately when the door opens -- she lingers in it for a second, hesitant, and for a moment it looks like she's going to turn around and slam the door ( Read more... )

[Today Simon came into Milliways. Peter goes back with him.

And after that, Kaylee has some thinking to do. Kind of. In a way.]

[Warnings for discussion of pregnancy-related problems and potentially-triggering emotional trauma.]

[OOM: Just don't forget to say goodbye when he's gone.]

[Warnings for description of pregnancy-related medical procedure, as well as potentially-triggering emotional trauma. Strong warnings.]

There's a jukebox over in the corner that doesn't get used much ( Read more... )

[So while all of this awfulness was going on last night, Peter and Kaylee were experiencing some awfulness of their very own.

No, really. It's awful. Doom doesn't even begin to describe it.]

[PREVIOUSLY, ON HEROES: Many things happen that have not been threaded out. As a result, Peter goes to see Nathan. Nathan has a flava! a suggestion, which turns out to be a suboptimal idea.

Then Mrs. Petrelli and Claire get involved, and so does Nathan. Uh, again. Most if not all of these have already been posted as the other characters in them ( Read more... )

[ A last-ditch effort.]

If Kaylee looks a little more relaxed than usual it's not due to anything getting better -- more that she spent a long, productive day concentrating on things that make sense.

Her face is looking freshly (and undelicately) scrubbed when she sinks into an armchair with a sigh.