pop_trash_hero (pop_trash_hero) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2010-02-22 16:24:00

Entry tags:

inactive - grace danvers, npc - wonder man, sydney ashcroft

The tide is coming in, and the shadow of the cliff has been slowly retreating from Syd's sleeping form. Simon hasn't wanted to rest. He could use years more of that and a thousand year of this...waves, rocks, a sun rising and her cradled lightly in his arms and pulling in close for warmth. He knew giving in wasn't going to cure him. Being with Syd was only going to make everything he was feeling for her more intense and complicated.

Simon was good at reading his partners, and there were answers he was finally able to extract from Sydney. Some women that had terrific minds turned into sex kittens when they had a chance to relax. Syd wasn't, and that had surprised him. She was still all brains, even in bed. She used that mind to create an intense and extremely focused sensuality and targeted physical awareness. Of course he wasn't her type. Whether she knew it or not, she needed someone with just as much mental stamina as physical endurance. Her memory was almost a guarantee she'd be able to read a man's body like one of her books; lingering over the good parts while skimming through any set up, and God help you if you were boring. It was probably the reason she wasn't all that experienced (at least not recently), but frankly, most men were not going to be able to handle her.

He kept pushing the "what now?" question out of his mind. By this point, most women wanted him to shower and then lock the door behind him as he left. He was a few hours into this reverie when his watch made up his mind for him, specifically, the alert that Swarm is in the Galleria...again When do Nazi bees ever die?

He takes enough time to float slowly up the side of the cliff to Syd's room to settle her into bed. He smoothed her hair back and kissed her forehead goodbye before taking off to be a big damn hero.

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pop_trash_hero
2010-02-23 02:37 am UTC (link)

Nazi bees. Fucking Nazi bees! And the jerk brought some low-rent idiots named the Troma Twins who's entire power base were based on movie shticks. He was stung, attacked with a chainsaw, slimed, burned by lit farts and that was before the projectile vomit. After the three of them have been handed to the authorities he needed a shower. He could just turn into purple ions and clean up that way, but...it was just gross and he doesn't want to go back to Syd and the kids feeling gross. So he dropped by Vin's place and begged nicely for access to the shower. He didn't even stay long enough to dry off completely.

He walks into the kitchen without examining Syd and Grace, opens the fridge and starts rooting around for a beer; the door blocking his view. "Sorry about that. You have no idea how weird this day got!" He finds his drink and closes the fridge. "I may need -"

The glass shatters across the floor. It's not Grace.

Time freezes for Simon Williams. He wants the Troma Twins back.

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	nextgen_parent 2010-02-23 02:44 am UTC (link)
	Carol just took a sip of her coffee, surprisingly as cool as a cucumber. "Hello Simon," she said, "It's been a long time." She finished off her coffee with another sip. "You look well." Grace better her get ass downstairs fast. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	pop_trash_hero 2010-02-23 02:55 am UTC (link)
	"Carol." His voice is dark. The only word he says with equal weight is "Enchantress." He takes his shades off and puts them on the refrigerator, leaving a pair of garnet-red eyes. Eric doesn't get the death glare she's getting right now. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_parent 2010-02-23 02:59 am UTC (link)
	"Something wrong, Simon? You seem a little on-edge." Could it be possible that either him or Grace put things together? Carol shook that thought from her mind. No. Simon didn't think that he could have children, and she'd always been careful to never leave Grace any clues that might lead her to put things together. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	pop_trash_hero 2010-02-23 03:04 am UTC (link)
	"You could say that." His voice remains cold. Wonder Man is generally more reasonable when yelling. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_parent 2010-02-23 03:08 am UTC (link)
	"Something on your mind?" She placed her coffee mug on the counter, leaning forward, propping her elbows on her knees, placing her chin in her hands. "I hope Grace hasn't been too much of a bother." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	pop_trash_hero 2010-02-23 03:14 am UTC (link)
	"No, Grace isn't the problem. You are, but you aren't really a problem. See -" He opens the kitchen door. "You're going to leave. Grace stays." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_parent 2010-02-23 03:16 am UTC (link)
	Carol stood up, folding her arms over her chest. "I don't think so. I'm taking Grace back home with me. " She narrowed her eyes at Simon, almost daring him to try something. "And that's final." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	pop_trash_hero 2010-02-23 03:24 am UTC (link)
	"Go to Hell, Carol." He's a statue holding the door open with his eyes continuing to blaze with cold fury. "You think I can't afford to tie you up in court until she's legal? How would you like the photographers back on your door and being a punchline of every late show joke for the next month - if I feel nice and you don't punch someone. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_parent 2010-02-23 03:36 am UTC (link)
	At that, Carol almost does punch someone. "You think just because you found about her two days ago, I'm just going to hand her over to you?! You think that you can threaten me with the paparazzi and Leno?!" She clenched her fist. "I don't know how you found out about her being yours, but I'm not going to let you just snatch her away from me!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

pop_trash_hero
2010-02-23 03:47 am UTC (link)

Simon is prepared to throw her through a wall, but he's hoping against hope Carol isn't the same unreasonable hothead he rebounded off of years ago. Either way, he's not rising to the bait.

"Her name is not 'yours.' It's Grace and she doesn't want to be with you right now, and I'm supporting her decision, in part because you're a deceptive bitch so I can see where she might be having problems with you. Either way, I don't 'think' I can threaten you with exposure. I know I can. Get out."

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	nextgen_parent 2010-02-23 03:54 am UTC (link)
	"I did what I did to protect her. She'll understand in time." Her fists tightened, and there was a small cackle. "I'm taking Grace home with me. Now." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	pop_trash_hero 2010-02-23 04:09 am UTC (link)
	"I told you where you could go - and you're going without my daughter." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_parent 2010-02-23 04:13 am UTC (link)
	"Try and stop me." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	pop_trash_hero 2010-02-23 04:27 am UTC (link)
	He sighs. "You're trespassing in my kitchen, Carol, and a fistfight will help my case, so please, throw that punch. Try to drag Grace out of here by force. It won't work and the photographers that camp in the bushes with the telephoto lenses will thoroughly love the show." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

nextgen_parent
2010-02-23 04:37 am UTC (link)

"And what will the photographers think when they find out that this is all over a child that you happened to conceive with a woman that was just a rebound fling for you? Do you really want Grace exposed to all of that media attention? Do you want the flashbulbs going off in her face? Do you want her to find out the truth-that you and I weren't in love, that we were just screwing around to let off steam? Do you want her to be made into some kind of running joke with the tabloids and the comedians?"

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	sydney_ashcroft 2010-02-23 04:42 am UTC (link)
	Talk about a bad time to come back into the kitchen. Syd stopped in the doorway. Awkward. Time to turn on a heel and get out of Dodge. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	pop_trash_hero 2010-02-23 04:54 am UTC (link)
	He laughs darkly. "I might be exiled from the Avengers, Blondie -" He sneers, using his old pet name for her. "But I live in Hollywood. I get a free pass to screw anyone I want out here. Hell, it's expected and part of my job." There's more to that thought, but he hears something. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sydney_ashcroft 2010-02-23 05:00 am UTC (link)
	"Grace will be down in a few moments," Syd said quietly. Right now she just wanted to run out of here. Forget that she just heard that and forget she ever met him. "I'm sorry for interrupting," she said and hurried to leave. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

pop_trash_hero
2010-02-23 06:41 am UTC (link)

God hates him. He pissed Her off somehow...or Wanda cursed him or something. Doesn't much matter. Grace is the only thing he has left, and there's no way he's letting go. Not yet. He won't let Carol see him break either.

As Syd goes, he closes his eyes and purple energy begins to crackle around him as his control slips.

"Go." He opens his eyes. His voice is barely a whisper above the ionic crackles emerges from his false skin. "Or throw that punch. doesn't matter. You'll be going back to Boston alone."

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	ohu_amane 2010-02-23 10:35 am UTC (link)
	The door opens again, and Ohu comes into the kitchen. Ooh, look! A visitor! "Hi there!" he says in greeting. "You're Miss Marvel, aren't you? I saw you in your comics!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	pop_trash_hero 2010-02-23 10:39 am UTC (link)
	Shit. "Not a good time, Ohu..." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_parent 2010-02-23 12:46 pm UTC (link)
	Carol almost did land that punch. "Yes," she said to Ohu, "I am. But Simon's right-this really isn't the best time." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ohu_amane 2010-02-23 07:18 pm UTC (link)
	Ohu looks between them. "What's wrong?" he asks. "Maybe I can help!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

pop_trash_hero
2010-02-23 08:42 pm UTC (link)

In for a penny. In for a pound. Energy crackles around him, but his voice is steady. "Carol, this is Ohu Amane. Son of Anasazi, the God of all stories." Yeah, that's a warning. "Ohu, this is Carol Danvers, the former Ms. Marvel." There's just a hint of emphasis on "former."

"She's here to try to take Grace back home forcibly. She is going to leave...quietly, and without Grace."