For all that he does in pushing people away, holding them at arm’s distance, giving them every means to move away from him onto bigger and better things, the truth of it is that Kaz hates being separated from his people. His anchors in life aren’t his wealth or his businesses, but his family, and he feels unmoored and unsteady whenever one of those pillars is no longer in his presence. Funny, for a man who adamantly spent so many years refusing to rely on anyone but himself. Change is inevitable though, people coming and going like the tides, and he keeps to himself those feelings of unease and focuses on whatever job horizon and people remaining that are left until he can steady himself again.

It therefore makes him happier than he’s willing to admit spending time once more with both Piper and Adonis at the same time. Draped under the guise of learning a new skill for undercover purposes, just seeing them again sands off a little of the rough edges that accumulate due to daily life. As usual he’s dressed in an immaculate severe black suit, with a burgundy and gold waistcoat and shiny black shoes. It’s utterly impractical to cook in, but his image wins out of that fact. Jesper and Nina sent Adonis along with an apron saying “Hot Stuff Coming Through” on it for Kaz to wear, which Kaz promptly just gifted Adonis with instead.

The trip over isn’t too bad given Kaz has prepared himself for it, and the immediate distraction of Piper when arriving makes him smirk slightly. Rather than inserting himself into the conversation he naturally falls back to his default state, letting the banter swirl around him until he’s addressed. “Everything done? No. Enough for now and with seeds planted for the future, though. And it might not be whiskey, but you both can fight over this, too.” He offers over the wine he brought, both a red and a white, outrageously expensive and aged. “Heard it’s good from the mercher moaning about losing some of his wine collection recently.”