driftfleet | Windrose January Mingle

[ that's exactly the message he hoped she would get from it. ]

Being surrounded by heroic girls is bound to rub off on a guy eventually.

Allen gave me some leather for Hannukah. We could make you a cape.

Unless you're flying, capes are lame.

[ and if he's not eating animals he's definitely not excited about wearing them. ]

[That gets a laugh out of her.] Magneto wore a cape. I think a lot of the other X-Men followed suit just because. He was a great leader for battle. Less sure about fashion.

[She hadn't really considered that aspect of it. Hopefully it doesn't go to waste!]

[ she can still use it! ]

Your ability to get away with ridiculous costume choices is a reflection of your badassary. [ he nods. so he can't get away with any, basically. ]

[She can't turn them into clothes by herself! But that's a talk for another time. She can always find someone else to handle it if Winn bows out.] Oh, Kurt can tell you all about some of my early costume choices and how very unbadass I looked in them.

[ as if he would refuse her anything! ]

I remember. [ he smiles ] But that is no longer a problem. Speaking of which -- [ he leans forward to his bug, and pulls a cubs baseball cap out of it, fitting it on her head with a smile and letting the bag drop back to the floor. ] I owed you a second-birthday present.

What did you do? [Her face lights up in that way it normally would have the moment he walks into the room. The way it hasn't tonight until just now.

She takes it off again to look at it and then kisses him with all the kisses.]

[ he missed that look tonight. it's so good to see it, it's a relief. it's one of his favorite things about them - they can be having a gut wrenching fight but a few minutes later -- she'll be looking at him like this and kissing him like this.

he laughs between kisses and kisses back. ]

[She laughs as she pulls back and puts the cap back on.] I forgot about it. [She'd been thinking about it around his birthday but then it kind of drifted out of top of mind awareness again.] Finally legal to drink.

It's a good thing you have me to remind you.

[ he smiles and pulls her close, taking his phone out and snapping a selfie! ] We're still into spending it in bed though, right, cuz seriously I can't take another bender this soon.

So much bed. I can't keep up with the drinking anyway. Lightweight over here. Phasing into the wrong rooms and such.

[ he kisses her happily. ]

Just stay here with me.

Yes, sir. [Kissing back before she pulls away, remembering something else she wanted to say.] Mmm! Did you hear about Raven and Hank?

[ now she gets a look that's some sort of sheepish/mischievous hybrid. ]

I helped him plan and pick out the ring.

What? [Playful slap on the shoulder.] And you didn't tell me? [Not actually upset.]

He asked me not to tell anyone, I promised.

Okay, sure, being a good friend. Likely story. [Kiss.] I was not expecting McCoy to end up as Kurt's dad. I should find out how he's taking the news.

[ you know what he's just gonna...take that as it is. ]

You know that's a good idea, we've been pretty inseparable at the hotel, you guys should take a friend day.

Are you trying to get rid of me, Schott? [Teasing.] You have a heist planned without me, don't you?

Look it beats the other way to refill my account -

If we're thinking of the same other way then nothing beats that as long as you don't think about that part. But you're right. I would like to spend more time with Kurt. [The playfulness drops off and she looks more thoughtful.] Things can be so intense with us sometimes. I don't always know if that's good for him or maybe it's the best thing for him. Or...how it is for me.

What do you mean?

[ he's not getting involved. no way is he getting involved. that's his girlfriend and her best friend. schott don't you dare get involved it will bite you in the ass. ]

Mmm...I've changed a lot since I was home. I mean it's all still a part of me, but the way I respond to things is tempered. What I expect from situations is different. If he just observed me for a day he might think I was a Kitty from a different world. But when it's just the two of us I'm somewhere in the middle of those two places? And everything back home was just so much more intense and dramatic. [That's right, Winn. You're getting the calm, stable version. Terrifying, isn't it?] There's a lot of shouting and weeping. Not that I weeped back then. I hadn't cried for years. But, like I said, somewhere in the middle.

[ he's quiet as he tries to process it. he knows the phenomena well - him reverting back to old habits is one of his biggest fears about taking her back to national city with him. and those are not good habits to revert to - he's so proud of her for pushing forward, adjusting to a more tempered world, and he definitely doesn't want to encourage anything that will get in the way of that.

but he's her best friend, the last remnant of a dead world. if anyone can help him move forward it's her and it's wrong to leave him behind.

he chooses his words carefully. ]

I don't think there's any way being around you could be bad for anyone. You know, unless they're evil and have it coming. [ okay so not carefully enough to avoid his characteristic babbling. but he's nervous, cut him some slack, this is a hard topic to navigate through. ] There's a balance there somewhere, that's good for both of you. I know you can find it.

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