Puck steps into the house and kicks off her muck boots. Between herself and Sean, they do a terrible job of keeping mud out of their home, but Puck still tries to make an effort when she can be bothered to remember. She follows the faint sounds of banging, clanging, and cursing throughout the house, and finds herself hovering just beyond the kitchen.
She rests her hip against the door jamb, arms crossed over her chest, and smiles.
Sean swears again as she pulls her head out of a cupboard, only narrowly missing bashing her forehead on the ledge—the pot that she pulls out after her is large, larger than any Puck has ever used. She didn’t even know that they owned that pot. She lingers there in the doorway, watching Sean move to the sink to fill up the pot, then haul it over to the stove and light the burner.
To see Sean in the kitchen isn’t an unheard of occurrence, though, in truth, neither of them is a housewife, just as Dory Maud likes to say. If Sean is in the kitchen less often than Puck, it is only by virtue of her being in higher demand with both the islanders and the rich horse buyers who wash up at their doors. Puck would be offended, but she knows it’s less a comment on her competence, and more a reflection on Sean’s ability to be less offensive when the situation demands.
At last, Puck steps forward, and she knows that Sean knows she is there from the tilt of her head, the relaxing of her shoulders. Puck reaches out and brushes her fingers over the soft, short hair at the base of Sean’s neck, and leans forward, pressing her forehead into Sean’s spine.
“Hello, Kate Connolly.” A hesitation, and Puck can hear the smile in her voice when she continues. “Puck Connolly.”
“I think you’ll find,” Puck says, voice muffled by the fabric of Sean’s shirt, “that I am now Puck Kendrick, thank you very much.”
The last of the tension slides out of Sean’s back, and Puck brings her arms up to hold her around the middle.
“Ah, yes,” Sean said, joy bubbling up around every word. “How could I forget.”
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