Kate beamed. She made a couple of funny faces at Charlie, sticking out her tongue and crossing her eyes, hoping to coax a laugh out of the boy.
"I like him!" She said, accepting the coffee. She gave a gentle "thank you" for it, and then dove straight in. Sure, cream and sugar was fun and fancy, but Kate was a black coffee kinda gal.
"I see," she nodded, setting the coffee mug down on a coaster on the coffee table. "Well, I don't have anything else going on right now, so I'm available, even during emergencies." She shrugged gently. "Back in my world, I was on the Avengers team." Sort of. "I didn't really have a nine-to-five job."