WTF ELJAY. why do you clump my text?!

[youdaman]

WHO: Castiel and Max
WHAT: Awesome NYC related day of fun.
WHEN: Second day of port.
WARNINGS: Will edit later!

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[holythursday]

After his first day with his warden which, admittedly, wasn't as awful as he had originally thought it to be, he was glad to be able to spend some time with a woman e was starting to consider a friend. Or, at the very least, someone he could talk to.

He had been given free reign of the city, knowing the rules set before him, and so he was going to make the most of it.

He spotted Max in the coffee shop and entered, looking quite a bit more...refined. He had bought some new, respectable clothes (jeans and a shirt that was not made for war, though he still had his old coat) and had even managed to brush his hair.

"I don't think I've ever had real coffee before..." he commented to her as he stood beside her.

[holythursday]

He looked over to her and smiled. "No need to be sorry, Max. I had a good life. I was content with being an angel." He took another long drink. "I could watch over more people that way. I do not...regret much."

[youdaman]

"If it's any consolation," she said gently. "I like you this way too. I didn't know ya as an angel, but I don't think I'd have a hard time liking that guy either."

Max brought her coffee to her lips again, sighing at the warmth in her belly.

[holythursday]

He finished the rest of his drink and set it aside, glancing over to her. "What did you have in mind for today, Max? Now that we have seen almost everything?" He wasn't sure what she missed about her life, or even if she wanted to do anything about it, but he knew that he wanted to help her.

In some way.

"I heard a few of the others are going ice skating..." he suggested.

[youdaman]

Max was still working on her own cup and she gave a nod as she finally finished the scone. "We could ice skate, if ya want." Max had no qualms with that even though she hadn't really done it in a while. She was agile, she knew she'd take to the ice like a swan. "But I also need to go shopping for a dress because I don't have any and there's that formal Christmas thing coming up on the barge."

[holythursday]

Dress shopping? That could prove to be exciting. "Oh yes, I forgot about that. Why don't we do that after we skate? It makes the most sense, doesn't it? That way we don't have to carry your dress with us." He would have to find himself something to wear, as well.

[youdaman]

"Sounds like my kinda party," Max said with a laugh and finished off the rest of her coffee. "You wanna go skating now?"

[holythursday]

"Of course." He stood up and threw away both of the cups before heading towards the door. If there was one thing he was learning from Elizabeth, it was etiquette. Though he wouldn't hold the door open for his warden, just out of principle, he would for Max.

[youdaman]

Max pulled a face at the chivalry but didn't say anything but "Thanks," as she walked out. She hadn't ever been treated that way.

"So are you liking a war free world so far, Cas?" Max asked with a sincere smile on her face. "Hey, we should take a carriage ride to the ice rink! I've never... been." Half way through the sentence she realized that was more of a romantic type thing and frowned.

[holythursday]

Castiel, who was most certainly into that, smiled. "Sure. Let's take a carriage." He walked over and paid the man in cash before telling him where they wanted to go.

"How about this one, Max?" he asked, stepping to the side to allow her up. He didn't quite understand the reason for her frown, but he wasn't about to let her keep it for long.

The ex-angel, after a moment, decided that he would try and answer her question.

"I like it well enough. But I find that I cannot relax here as much as I would have wanted to."

[youdaman]

Max stepped up into the carriage and took a seat to the left, leaving room for Cas to climb in as well.

"Why's that?" she asked as she found him beside her.

[holythursday]

He settled himself down and relaxed, allowing the carriage to take them along.

"Every person could be a threat, every alley could produce something frightening and dangerous. The de-" he paused, looking down and laughing.

"My world has made me paranoid, I think."

[youdaman]

Max only nodded. "I can sympathize with that. I was constantly being hunted for what I am."

Max gave pause before continuing. "But I'm from 2020, this is 2009. I feel safer here than I would if it were MY timeline."

[holythursday]

He could only chuckle. "2020? I'm from 2014." He smiled. "Strange how we are from different timelines, but the future always ends up the same. America as a wasteland. Constantly running, paranoia." He looked around to the pedestrians wandering around.

"And they wander around, happily unaware of their future. I...almost envy them sometimes."

[youdaman]

"I guess you just gotta learn to be thankful for what ya got." Max said after a moment of silence. "I could complain about my life, or resent it... but I'd rather take my tribulations and trials as stepping stones to bettering myself. Because for a while there I wasn't doing too hot."

[holythursday]

He shrugged, automatically shutting down at those words. She sounded too much like a warden then...and he didn't want to spend another day with a warden.

"Good for you," he said and leaned back, looking up to the sky.