Anya Antonovna Romanova Stark (anyastark) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2012-02-05 20:18:00

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In The Wee Small Hours Of the Morning - Angst 5 (Kelly)
Anya stumbled into the kitchen of the Thunderbolts headquarters and silently prayed there was some coffee made. It was early or late depending on how one looked at it, but she hadn't slept yet tonight. Sleep was a rare commodity lately. Nightmares kept her awake at night, but on the plus side she was getting some work done.

She stared at the coffee maker as if willing the thing to work were possible. Blinking a few times she kicked on the autopilot and started prepping the machine to make a fresh pot.

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	anyastark 2012-02-08 04:21 am UTC (link)
	"I know you weren't fishing for pity," Anya said. "I get so lost in my own troubles that I forget that others could have it worse." Anya smiled. "Thanks. I appreciate it. It helps having someone who understands." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	goesbothways 2012-02-08 04:52 am UTC (link)
	"I don't have it worse. I just have it different. Being kidnapped all those times sucks. I can't even imagine the whole Lady Mandarin thing. Even when I was totally brainwashed, I knew who I was." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2012-02-08 05:03 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah, that part did suck. A lot. What sucked this time, outside of the whole being grabbed, they deactivated my nanites and left me helpless. I couldn't move to even try to get out of there." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	goesbothways 2012-02-08 05:21 am UTC (link)
	"Smart of them... that's the way I'd do it." Kelly admits. She is who and what she is. "But yeah, that kind of imprisonment is the worst. And has to make sleeping extra difficult - not wanting to even briefly go still, or get tangled up in heavy blankets, having to move just to make sure you still can... right?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2012-02-08 05:51 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah," she said. "Sometimes I feel like it's been that way since the accident that caused the injury. That one time I'm going to go back to not being able to move and I won't be able to move again." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

goesbothways
2012-02-08 06:19 am UTC (link)

"For what its worth, I know that one. Though for me, its all about the mental, not the physical, being stuck in a brain that's not entirely mine, not the body. But from what I understand, part of the key is finding a security blanket - something to physically remind you you're not back there. Because you don't have a healing factor... keep staying up like this, it'll get worse eventually. Western and eastern Medicine says so."

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	anyastark 2012-02-08 01:31 pm UTC (link)
	Anya shrugged a bit. "What does medicine know? Thankfully I've never needed much sleep. My parents say I never slept much as a baby or kid. They genetically cursed me to not need much sleep and then add in being a workaholic." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	goesbothways 2012-02-08 07:04 pm UTC (link)
	"Key word there is 'much' sleep. How much have you gotten in the last 72 hours?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2012-02-08 10:40 pm UTC (link)
	"The past three days?" Anya shrugged. "I dunno. Six or seven hours maybe?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	goesbothways 2012-02-09 06:47 am UTC (link)
	"I know you don't need much sleep - but speaking as someone trained in torture-level sleep deprivation techniques, its showing." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2012-02-09 10:42 pm UTC (link)
	"Yes, /Mom/. I'll eventually sleep. Except right now I want some high octane can crawl away on its own coffee." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

goesbothways
2012-02-11 03:09 pm UTC (link)

Kelly grins. "Wow, no one ever accused me of being the voice of responsibility before. As for the octane, don't worry... you'll be bouncing off the walls in no time."
She gets up to gather the coffee, by now, all brewed, and dangerously close to giving up on being classifiable as a liquid.
"If this doesn't get your pulse rate going, you're officially dead. It shouldn't need anything."

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	anyastark 2012-02-11 05:29 pm UTC (link)
	Anya accepted the coffee and took a hesitant sip. It was...interesting. She took a drik and gulped some down. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	goesbothways 2012-02-16 02:39 am UTC (link)
	Kelly digs into her own coffee, clearly enjoying the jet fuel. "You want something to eat too?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2012-02-16 02:54 am UTC (link)
	"Depends on what's on the menu," Anya said as she took a long drink of coffee. This was like rocket fuel. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	goesbothways 2012-02-16 02:57 am UTC (link)
	Kelly takes few things seriously. Her coffee is one of those things. "Well, there's a wide selection of blatant sexual innuendoes that follow that comment naturally, or... well, anything in the fridge in any combination, if food sounds better than sex. Or they can go together, like peanut butter, chocolate and handcuffs. What sounds good?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2012-02-16 03:17 am UTC (link)
	Anya blinked and when her tired mind caught up she chuckled a bit. "Food. Anything. I'm not picky when it comes to eating." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	goesbothways 2012-02-16 03:23 am UTC (link)
	Kelly mock-pouts. "Alright, food it shall be. Seriously though, someone is offering to cook for you. You have to be feeling like something? If you're still not sure like what, I could feel you to try and be helpful, of course. Or you can figure it out and order something." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2012-02-16 03:57 am UTC (link)
	"Whatever you feel like making," she said. "Warm up some leftovers if that's easy." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	goesbothways 2012-02-16 04:24 am UTC (link)
	"Hmm, normally I'm a fan of easy when it comes to heavily-armed redheads, but in this case, you look like you could use something more real." Kelly downs her coffee-stew in a deep gulp, then gets into the fridge, digging out the ingredients for omelettes. "Last chance, how do you like your eggs?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2012-02-16 04:59 am UTC (link)
	"Scrambled please," Anya answered with a smile. "I wouldn't object to bacon." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	goesbothways 2012-02-16 05:06 am UTC (link)
	"See, that wasn't so hard." she responds, pausing for just a moment to mentally add 'that's what she said', before she gets down to starting a greased pan heating, and then dicing some bacon, onions and peppers to go into the pan. "Bacon and cheese scrambles coming up." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	anyastark 2012-02-16 05:37 am UTC (link)
	"Thank you," Anya said. "It's nice having someone around here that can cook." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	goesbothways 2012-02-16 05:46 am UTC (link)
	"Creating delicious things for hot weapon-building redheads while playing with knives? Happy to help out." she replies, while flipping the knife about, doing tricks worthy of a high end Japanese restaurant while putting the scrambles components together, getting the meat, onions and peppers cooked, then adding the eggs before dicing the cheese up to add last. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)