Impromptu Family Meetups

[smartass_captain]

It's that time of year. Holidays around every corner, family and friends dropping in unannounced, needing to be entertained and fed and plied with stories of how you've been, how is work, and all sorts of things. The thing is, for most of Jim Kirk's life he's never known any of that. It's hard to have sudden family visits when you don't have much in the way of family and aren't speaking to damn near all of them.

Which makes this day exceptionally stressful.

No Starfleet uniform today--even if Jim wanted to he's not allowed to wear any of his own clothes for where he's about to be headed. Instead he's dressed in a soft wool tunic in his preferred golden color and simple linen pants beneath the fur lined cloak he's got pulled over his clothes. Gloved hands fidget with the ties on all of this, a nervous habit he can't quite stop himself from making.

He stops his pacing when he nearly stumbles over a passer-by with how lost in thought he is and it's only then that the captain looks up at whomever he's nearly trodden upon.

"What's the best way to impress your in-laws? What's the etiquette for meeting someone's family for the first time?"

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[smartass_captain]

An unfortunate side effect of Jim's father being a dead ringer for Loki's brother is that when Jim beams a relieved smile on his face there's the barest hints of a family resemblance to the gesture. Jim always gets told he looks so much like his father, after all.

"Thank you so much. I will, promise. Wish me luck? He should be here soon so I should go."

His hands reach up to touch the backs of Loki's in clear gratitude before he drops them.

"I owe you for this. Take care, I'll catch you later."

[coldsong]

Oh, but that's so endearing. Since in this instance she's actually trying to be nice, she doesn't feel any particular qualms at his resemblance to Thor when he smiles--although the more she interacts with him, the more she notices it.

"Enjoy yourself. Shoo." She waves him away with a laugh. Later on, she might warn him never to tell a supernatural person 'I owe you for this', because they will take him up on it. "And best of luck."

She certainly intends to.