Fonts of Wisdom: Warning: Good Habits May Be Hazardous to Your Love Life (Epilogue) DISCLAIMER:
Pryde and Wisdom and Excalibur are trademarks of Marvel Comics. John and Ellie are trademarks of DC/Vertigo Comics. Mentioned explicitly by name or not, Mulder and Scully belong to Chris Carter and 1013 Productions, while Trevor and Amanda Dillon, Janet Green, Hayley Chandler and Will Cooney belong to ABC/All My Children. This story is an unauthorized work done purely for my personal enjoyment, and not intended to infringe on any of their rights in or profits from these characters. But this story is copyright to me.

WARNING:
There is no explicit sex in this story (snicker), but a lot of innuendo about sexual matters and some bits of bad language. So be warned...

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EXCALIBUR
Warning: Good Habits May Be Hazardous to Your Love Life

Luba Kmetyk

Epilogue

Waking up with a start, Kitty propped herself up on one elbow and glanced around, a bit disoriented. She relaxed as soon as she saw Pete sitting up in bed next to her, sipping slowly at a Scotch. She couldn't tell for sure in the darkened room, but she knew he was eying the pack of cigarettes lying among all the other debris scattered over his bedside table.

He'd felt her motion, and glanced down at her with that special, soft smile he reserved just for her. "Can't sleep either, love?" Setting his drink down, he reached over to tenderly brush her tumbled hair back off her face, then ran his fingers lightly over her lips and up to tweak her nose gently.

Kitty slid closer and stretched her arm out to snag his Marlboros. "Here," she handed them to him. "I know you're just dying to have one."

He looked at her in some surprise, even as he pulled out a crumbled cigarette and lit it with a miniature hotknife off the end of his thumb. "Yeah, but I were tryin' t' restrain me baser instincts." Wisdom took in several deep drags, gratefully, still eying his girlfriend more than a bit warily.

She smiled back at him, and untangled herself from the cool linen sheet to crawl over and climb onto his lap. Pete stubbed out his smoke immediately, and wrapped his arms around her to pull her close, flipping her over expertly to lie beneath him as he leaned down to kiss her.

He tasted of booze and cigarettes as always, and that mingled erotically with the fading scent of cheap aftershave and the musky scent of his sweaty skin to get Kitty squirming in growing arousal, her heat stoked by the obvious physical reaction she could feel pressing against her legs. She broke their kiss for a minute to murmur breathlessly, "Pete, promise me you'll never change," and then reclaimed his mouth as they resumed their usual nonverbal communication.

The End... <g>

ADDITIONAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
The breakfast scene and Brian's comments there were suggested by Suzie Campos, except for the cricket which was one of Denise's ideas. Shopping for shoes was also suggested by Denise. The comments about evil people having good clones comes from Alara Rogers' "Twin Poles" story. Mercs ambushing them and rescuing a liger up a tree both come from Suzie's Great X-Pectations stories, while Gilly's place is Gillian's Fripperies and Fineries store from Tina Randleman's story "Something Old, Something New" (and I wish you would all write her and encourage her to continue it!). Pete buying Lockheed pet toys and treats came from both Suzie and Denise. Meggan wanting a mackerel striped tabby is from Dyce's "Revenge of the Incompetent" story in her Generation Cat series. Pete coloring in Rahne's church class and watching Meggan's favorite tv show were Denise's ideas (and Phil Foster told me about the Teletubbies), while Pete fencing with Kurt and Kitty asking Amanda for a love potion came from Suzie. And I've probably forgotten some other ideas I swiped from Suzie, Denise and Lynx.

btw, Posted April 1, 1998 :-)