BWI Airport Portalocity Lounge, Saturday Morning

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The Khan family was not known for doing the minimum for anything. Which is why the entire family drove down in multiple cars the entire way from Jersey City to BWI. Three hours in the car of her mom and dad asking if she had everything. Asking if she needed anything. There's a Target on the way in case she needed or forgot something. Meanwhile Aamir kept texting her complaints about Abbu's driving skills and asking if Kamala needed anything.

"I'm fine," was the common answer to everything. Again, again and again. Then there was hugs and fussing over everything when they got to the airport and reminders and more fuss. To which everything Kamala laughed and said "I'm fine."

And then they got in their car and left.

And Kamala was standing in the Portalocity Lounge taking it all in while holding her stuffed sloth and a pile of luggage next to her.

Deep breath. "I'm fine."

...

"Why is there so much glitter?"

[OCD Incoming]

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Re: Wait for the shuttle

[x_wondrous_x]

Stewart scoffed. Coffee. Caffeine addiction. How quaint! How plebian.

But the detail of the massive size of Don's...cup did not pass Stewart's notice,and he eyes that unmistakable green mermaid down as if expecting it to leap off the paper and straight back into the ocean.

And then, his staring contest with capitalism lost for now, his attention shift back up to Don.

"I'll be sure to take that suggestion into consideration," he said, "assuming you've managed to leave enough for the class, that is."

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[ifwebeworthy]

Don was very comfortable with the size of his cup, thank you very much, Stewart. "There's always more where this came from, kid. As long as you're willing to pay airport prices." Which Don obviously was, because caffeine.

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[x_wondrous_x]

And Stewart absolutely was not.

"It's Stewart" he said, a bit peevishly, his sneer two-fold, in part for the absurdity of price gouging on subpar stimulants, and in part for what he was currently about to bring up, "not kid."

But at least that was better than if he'd added the s-.

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[ifwebeworthy]

"Right," Don said. "Stewart. Sorry." Ah, the fragile masculinity of the young. "I'm Dr. Blake."