NOVA
Drax called it 'partner training' and left the rest deliberately vague, which meant nobody knew what they were walking into, and that was probably the point.
Nova stood in the morning line and watched the ground fill up and did the same scan she always did. Exits. Sightlines. Who was standing where?
Zion found her before she found him.
He came across from the left, unhurried, falling into step beside her like they'd agreed to meet here. "Partner training," he said. "Good timing."
"You were looking for me."
"I told you I would be." He stopped beside her on the line. Easy. No pressure in it. "Unless you'd rather find someone else."
She looked at the ground. Looked at him.
Her wolf said nothing. Still that same quiet neutrality it gave him every time – not hostile, just unbothere
