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[everymonstrousthing]

He leaves Inej in his apartment, swaddles himself in his overcoat and his scarf and he walks over to Jesper's apartment. Everything's been different since Inej arrived; they've been in the same space, but Jesper hasn't been near him. There's been no texting. Nobody has let themselves into anybody's apartment in the middle of the night.

For once, when Kaz gets to Jesper's apartment, he leaves the lock unpicked.
He knocks with the head of his cane. He waits.

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[everymonstrousthing]

"A martini would be good," says Kaz, nodding, ruffling his fingers through his dark hair, pushing it back into place off his forehead.

[materialnik]

"Just for you," he says. In his relatively short time at Darrow, Jesper has acquired a very good alcohol cabinet and it's no struggle to mix up a martini with an olive and one for himself.

"Here."

[everymonstrousthing]

Kaz takes the drink with a smile of thanks and sips it. His eyes slip closed. There's room on the sofa beside him but he waits to see where Jesper puts himself.

[materialnik]

After a moment's hesitation, Jesper takes a seat on the sofa, though there's a person's worth of space between them. His long legs stretch forward, inviting Kaz to move over, to sit between them if he likes.

"Made it right?"

[everymonstrousthing]

Kaz takes another sip of his drink and then he does shift, comes to sit closer to Jesper, leaning in against him.

"Tastes good to me."

[materialnik]

Finally, he lets himself relax and Jesper smiles, a bright and proper one. Tucking his feet under Kaz's thigh, he holds out his drink for a toast. There's no spoken promise that he can fix this or that he'll be better but he's determined to fuck up less, to try for them.