Antoinette "Toni" Rhodes (toni_rhodes) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2011-01-30 20:35:00

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"We Need to Talk." "You Too?"
During the course of the others return, Toni had finally found a moment to tell Charlie that they needed to talk. Or rather, she had tried to. Because Charlie had blurted out the same thing at just about the same time.

So they'd gone to her room to talk. She stared down at the silver gauntlets covering her hands and forearms. Keeping her alive. Regulating the vast amounts of energy her body produced. It beat other methods of containment, for sure, but who knew how long these would last? Doctors McCoy and Pym were just barely ahead of the curve, even with Uncle Tony's help.

"So..." she ventured. "Who goes first?"

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borntolead
2011-01-31 01:03 am UTC (link)

"I'll go first," Charlie said, gesturing for her to sit down.

"I really do like you, Toni," he said. "But like you know...I was gone for seven months. I wanted to think that you would be there when I came back, but honestly, there was a part of me that thought you might have moved on to someone else. Sure, we knew that we really liked each other, but we never really made things official.

Before you say anything, no, I didn't sleep with someone new or something like that in every time period we went too. I'm not like that, and you know it.

But, in the last dimension we visited, I went to a bar. I had a little bit more to drink than I normally do, and long story short, I ended up sleeping with someone else. Obviously, it didn't mean anything, and I felt terrible afterward, because even though we had never really made things official, I felt like I had cheated or something. I thought you moved on... but there was still some hope that you would wait for me."

Charlie paused, letting her take this all in.

"I'd like for us to move past this, even though it might be hard for us to do that. I understand perfectly if you think that isn't going to work out, and we can't work past this, whether you want to try and be friends, or if you if you want to think that I'm the scum of the earth and never talk to me again. I might not like you thinking of me as the scum of the earth, but I'll have to live with the consequences of my actions."

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toni_rhodes
2011-01-31 01:19 am UTC (link)

Well. That was... depressing. Completely out of character for Charlie, really, but still...

Had it really been anything? A few nights of passion over a vacation and maybe the promise of something more, before he'd gone off on some damn fool quest to save the universe? And she'd planned on waiting for him. Even as the weeks had turned into months, and the months into several months.

And then life had gone and gotten complicated. Steve disappearing, Anya's breakdown after, the Stark tech issues, the Thunderbolts team-up, and her own health problems.

She kept her expression under control.

"Okay," she said at last. "It... happened. I don't like it. At all. But I did wait for you, Charlie Rogers."

She looked him in the eyes, fixing her gaze their for several moments. "And I believe you. Part of me wants to try and fix this. But I don't know if you will, after you here what I have to say."

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	borntolead 2011-01-31 01:27 am UTC (link)
	Charlie reached out and grabbed her hand, squeezing lightly. "I would really like to fix this," Charlie said, "I screwed up big time, and I'd like to fix that. I'll listen to what you have to say first, though." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	toni_rhodes 2011-01-31 01:33 am UTC (link)
	"I want to fix it too," Toni said, quietly, squeezing his hand back. She looked up. "I'm... I'm not doing so hot, Charlie. My powers are probably killing me." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	borntolead 2011-01-31 01:54 am UTC (link)
	The look on Charlie's face was one of genuine concern. "...They...they are? Are you getting help for it? Is there anything I can do to help?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	toni_rhodes 2011-01-31 02:06 am UTC (link)
	She nods. "I am. Doctor Pym and Doctor McCoy, and Uncle Tony too." She held up her arms. "These are helping right now, bleeding off some of my access energy... but Doctor McCoy is basically worried I'm turning into energy, essentially." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	borntolead 2011-01-31 02:16 am UTC (link)
	Impulsively, Charlie stepped forward and drew her to him, holding her close. "I want to help you," he said. "I...I don't want to lose you." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	toni_rhodes 2011-01-31 02:26 am UTC (link)
	Toni held on tight. "I'm... I'm scared, Charlie." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	borntolead 2011-01-31 02:34 am UTC (link)
	"I'm going to be here for you no matter what, right?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	toni_rhodes 2011-01-31 02:42 am UTC (link)
	She gave him a tighter squeeze and closed her eyes. "Right." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	borntolead 2011-01-31 04:22 am UTC (link)
	"I really do care about you, Toni." He tipped up her chin. "I'd like to prove that to you." He kissed her. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	toni_rhodes 2011-01-31 06:26 pm UTC (link)
	Toni held the kiss for a long time. When they broke, she smiled. "I'd call that a good start." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	borntolead 2011-01-31 07:35 pm UTC (link)
	Charlie smiled back at her. "Yeah, I'd say so. Also, an attempt to further make things up and work my way into your good graces...dinner, soon?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	toni_rhodes 2011-01-31 10:53 pm UTC (link)
	"I like the sound of that," Toni told him. "It's a date." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	borntolead 2011-02-02 01:53 am UTC (link)
	"Thursday sound good?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	toni_rhodes 2011-02-02 02:00 am UTC (link)
	"Sounds great." (Reply to this)(Parent)

	invisigirl 2011-02-02 02:06 am UTC (link)
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