Despite the meeting with his parents, Eva wasn't his companion for the evening. The Queen of Asgard had been promised to the King of Asgard for this particular function. Which, notwithstanding the physical separation, suited Nathaniel just fine. It allowed the grumpy wizard(TM) to attend to Karen and Richard more intently and (more importantly) avoid the limelight and do some old fashioned snooping. In his former life, as the Hand of the Queen, he'd performed some of his finest work cornering unsuspecting partygoers and extracting information... rumors mostly. But all gossip had its groundings in reality, he'd learned long ago.
So far, the evening had presented itself less-than-fruitful in the area of information. His parents had acclimated well-enough and Nate felt sufficiently comfortable to leave them in Brayden's charge. King Thor and his brothers had abandoned the head of the gathering to see to some required Asgardian ceremony - centered around male performance, which left Nathaniel the perfect window for a brief encounter. Eva stood, closer to the main stage-slash-dais, but she'd left her perch to mingle with the common folk. Nate's words, not hers. He approached, in the most gentlemanly way possible while still lurking, and with his mere appearance ended her conversation. "Not fans?" he mentioned of the couple who didn't much seem to like the King of Death. He couldn't blame them, nor would he. "No matter, I have something pressing..." Nathaniel told his lovely wife, in his best Queen's Hand throwback voice. He gestured toward the outskirts of the party and moved behind one of the larger pillars in the area. Mostly blocked from view, Nate used his larger frame to gently usher Eva against the stone column now behind her. "I love you," he told her rather simply and moved to kiss his wife. While his lips pressed against hers, his fingers slid in through the front of her dress, and he demonstrated his pressing matter. Specifically, his first two fingers pressed into her... entirely inside of her, while his thumb teased her just above... "This few hours apart has been... trying," he shared after a second, more lengthy kiss.