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[ladybro]

Who: Kate Bishop + YOU
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Iskaulit
When: Yesterday evening.

Want to play a game? [ kate's surroundings are, quite evidently, a lush little corner of málum. the neon-y blue tinge of the bar's decor casts its colour over her features. there's a tall, impressively concocted cocktail at her elbow. ] I mean, I know I do. So here's how it goes: you tell me anywhere you'd rather be but here, with the caveat that it can't just be a home. I think it's safe to say that home is a very understandable answer, but it's also a little too achingly realistic for my purposes. So pick somewhere else. Pick Ibiza. Pick Iceland, if you want.

Well, unless Iceland is your home. Then please refer to rule numero uno. It also happens to be the game's only rule. [ short and sweet, that's our katerade.

and maybe about an hour (and maybe another drink) later: ] ...Does anyone wanna come dance with me?

[ swipe right, dear flooters. swipe right. ]

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[ladybro]

Look, don't knock it until you try it. [ some things can be all kinds of fun in the privacy of your own kree spaceship orbiting earth.

kate huffs: ] And it came in handy more often than you might think.

[winn]

[ yeah, he's never gonna try it. he likes to think of himself as open-minded, but anything involving losing control of his head is out.

DARE HE ASK. ]

I gotta ask for an example now -

[ladybro]

Oh, hell no. Use your imagination, if you have to. Some stories don't deserve to be told. Except -- except I'll say it's useful when you want to take down some guards by surprise.

[winn]

[ he's using his imagination now, it's running all on its own and it's running wild and freaky. his imagination is a scary place, kate.

he's just going to go ahead and empty his glass and gesture for her to proceed to whichever story does get told next because his head is kinda heading in weird directions right now. it's better if she chooses. ]

[ladybro]

[ CLEARING HER THROAT. ]

Anyway -- Noh's Kree, with a penchant for '60s music and a space-ship that runs on imagination. Like I said. He's a great Young Avenger. Just also kind of a crappy boyfriend.

[winn]

Well, saving the world's gotta be hard on relationships.

[ says the man dating a superhero, best friends with a superhero, and friends with a whole other bunch of them. ]

[ladybro]

You're not wrong. I've made a blanket decision -- back home -- that I just don't have time for those kinds of distractions any longer.

[winn]

Maybe you just haven't met the right person yet.

[ he can't think of it as a distraction - that makes him the distraction. discomfort is written all over his face. ]

Ok come on - [ he offers her his hand ] I'd say I owe you infinite dances by now -

[ladybro]

Or maybe there doesn't have to be a right person. [ she grabs his hand and stands up. ] I'm serious. I'm...very comfortable with my singledom. Honestly.

[winn]

I'm not doubting you.

[ just - not loving thinking of himself as a distraction. sometimes he stresses about it; what his and kitty's relationship would be like if they do manage to get back to national city. if he'll go back to sitting behind a keyboard, while she's out there, fighting alongside kara.

he walks with her away from the table. ]

[ladybro]

[ sometimes, she's just a little too much like clint. she'd never admit it, but -- man, watching his wreck of a love life? it makes her worry about her own. she's not certain she could ever go the marriage-and-then-divorce-and-then-still-fight-on-the-same-team drama that he and bobbi went through. skrulls or no skrulls.

but then there's teddy and billy... ]

I do know a couple. They, uh, both do the Avengers thing. Together. They seem pretty strong but I'm not certain that's the norm, I guess.

[ hand in hand, she drags him over to the jukebox. ]

[winn]

[ he can't really imagine what kind of a nightmare that is. he just wants so desperately to be loved, that he can't really focus on the hurdles. he's dating a woman from another universe who's dead in her own. if they can make that work, right? ]

Well, I dunno what the divorce-rate is like in your world, but in mine making it work isn't the norm anymore for anyone...I'm glad they beat the odds.

[ he wants to believe he and kitty will too. he lets her pick the music ]

[ladybro]

They're still young. Not married, or anything -- but they've weathered a lot, together. If anyone can make it, it'll be Billy and Teddy.

[ she picks something of the jukebox that's bold, brassy, but not quite recognizable. like it must have come from somewhere else. ]

[winn]

[ with names like these it's basically destiny.

he spins her to face him with a smile, moving to the beat ]

Someone's gotta make it.

[ladybro]

[ now that's what she's talking about. loosely, she grips only one of his hands while shimmying -- brightly, spiritedly, to the smooth riffs of what must be some version of space improvisational jazz. ]

Right? And someone will. I'm not a complete misanthrope. I promise.

[winn]

As a person - I'm glad to hear that.

[ unless he doesn't count, which is definitely a thing people have told him in the past. he smiles, just trying to keep up with her. ]

[ladybro]

[ he certainly counts. everyone counts -- even clint, in his backwards and helpless tire-fire sorta way. and if a person wants that forever-together happy ending? yeah, she figures they deserve a shot at it. but kate doesn't care to think too long or too hard about what that shot might look like within her own circumstances. eli left; noh-varr made his choice. everyone else has been mere dalliance or one night stands. she isn't fussed. c'est la vie. ]

Well, duh. You and Kitty seem to make it work. Even here.

[winn]

You know, I'm pretty sure we're the definition of hopeless romantics.

[ he shrugs. they've been together for two months and they act like they've been together two years. sometimes, it freaks him out. usually, though, he's too happy to question it. ]

[ladybro]

Matching tattoos, yet?

[ she teases. ]

[winn]

I'm more the matching t-shirt kind.

[ladybro]

Scared of needles?

[ 'cause he certainly ain't scared of commitment it seems. ]

[winn]

Not a fan of unnecessary pain.

[ look it's just common sense to him - life's going to hurt you enough, you don't need to volunteer for it. ]

[ladybro]

It doesn't hurt that much.

[ does she know from experience? is she merely guessing? kate'll never tell c: ]

[winn]

[ but kate that's cruel! his eyebrows shoot up ]

You have a tattoo?

[ladybro]

Maybe. [ she drawls her answer as she spins. and then returns the favour, spins him! because futz gendered dancing roles. ]