driftfleet | (no subject)

Well, scaled back doesn't sound so bad. Giving the other person the benefit of a doubt. Thinking with caring about them first. Maybe you've figured something out.

I definitely did, cuz I've never been happier.

[He gives Winn's shoulder a light squeeze. Who knows where the bruises are under that shirt.] You deserve it. And if anyone can figure out a way to get Kitty back to National City, it's you.

[ not there, fortunately, and he spares mon-el a quick smile. ]

You know it. [ he's getting her back if it kills him. ]

[Mon-El will do whatever he can to make sure it doesn't come to the dying part.]

So, why didn't you ask her to go with you for the ammo run?

She's all for me learning to defend myself, but less into the reminders that I have a dangerous job now.

[ plus, while mon-el has powers he feels more on equal footing with him just by virtue of his attitude. and - he doesn't like the idea of leading kitty into danger. she's done enough fighting in her life. ]

Back to that worrying thing. So, does that mean all of this is a secret?

No I just...prefer to go with you. That's okay, right? I can, take you back otherwise, and ask someone else -

Hey, I am happy to go. I just wanted to make sure I didn't mess anything up if I ran into her. The more hanging out time the better.

I try not to do the secret thing with her. Or with anyone, I hate secrets.

[ keeping guardian a secret again is hard enough, he doesn't need any more. ]

All they do is make me anxious, and they always end up blowing up in your face.

Um...yeah. I've been told they do that a lot here especially. Like those rumors that came out. [Thinking of the break he and Kara were on because of the Natasha secret which he'd really never meant as a secret, and yet that's how it felt to Kara. But there is a real secret that he can't quite let go of.

Yeah - or compulsion glitches, those are great. [ dripping with sarcasm ] No better way to reveal a secret you're nervous about than compulsively blurt it out to anyone you come across.