[It makes her smile and gets him a kiss on the cheek.] Sure. Watch the snacks though. I'll still eat them even if they're ground to powder, but it won't be a proud moment.
[ he kisses the top of her head with a smile; he could never think of kitty as an interruption. maybe encouraging this isn't the best way to proceed with his secret project - but logic is forgotten in the face of his need to make her feel as treasured as humanly possible. besides, it's going to be a while before he has anything other than scribbles in a notebook for her to walk in on, and when he does - he could just not keep that in his room. worst come to worst, he could always say it's just meant to send kara home! ]
Don't get me wrong - I will be thrilled if you just came to see me but I'm getting the feeling that something's up?
I thought I was supposed to be the mind reader. [She smiles softly.] I just got some bad news and wanted to be with you. And I thought maybe this time I would actually do the crazy thing and try to actually be with you when I want to be.
[ he adjusts his posture to wrap both arms around her, his heart sinking. hasn't she had enough bad news for a 1000 lifetimes? when will the powers that be leave her alone? ]
[Nodding. She's not going to use the words "like a mom" but...] She helped me a lot. I mean, all the X-Men did. I was kind of a mess when they rescued me, but I spent a lot of time with her.
[It's is as far as her last memories, but she knows better from the things Kurt said. Sorry.]
Strong. Impossibly strong. Beautiful from the inside out. She could control weather. You don't want to mess with someone who can throw lightning bolts at you. [She smiles.] Warm. Caring. She helped me find my place with the team.
[ he wishes he could've gotten to know her without making an ass out of himself. but that's probably too much to ask for. ]
I wish I could've too.
[ that pinches at his heart. kara called it the same - well about what he made of her mask not his time, but still - and it's a mixed happy-sad feeling he can't quite figure out. so he lets it go in favor of kissing her gently. ]
[She didn't mean to steal Kara's lines and doesn't realize she has. Anything she sees in Winn that isn't happiness she assumes comes from knowing she lost a friend. She smiles fondly at him after the kiss.]
What were you working on when I came in? Maybe I can help.
[ he's very sorry about the cardigans and being her ex. ]
Ah - a splitting headache.
[ he nods. that part is true. but he reaches his leg under the bed to drag his notebook out before leaning down to pick it up.
it's a good thing he had the sense not to use titles. he opens it up to show her a mess of equations with notes littered all around in a small, messy handwriting. some crossed out, most surrounded by question marks. ]
[He gets a kiss on his temple first for his poor splitting headache. Then she peers down at his writing. She points to one of the lines with questions.]
That's an interesting thought. It would explain how they access so many realities. At least on a basic, theoretical level.
Basic theoretical level's the only level I'm on so far.
[ and it's frustrating, but people far more brilliant than he'll ever be have dedicated their lives to studying these theories without moving to the next level.
Well, it's not exactly your direct field of interest or study, right? Then again multidimensional prisons that call themselves prisons and those that don't can make anyone suddenly take up a love of physics.
Well, there's a beautiful woman in my bed so I'd say I'm doing better than ever -
[ aside for the whole fear that he is actually losing mind and the awkwardness with kara, that is, but nobody needs to know about that, right? he's itching to tell her, to talk about everything that's been happening - in and out of his head - but he can't bring himself to say the words. ]
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We'll cross that bridge when we get to it.
[ he's a 10000000000000% kidding. though, starting to notice that something isn't quite right, he strokes her hair soothingly ]
Wanna sit?
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[ he sits down on the bed huddled close to her, with an arm still wrapped around her ]
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Did I interrupt anything? [Really the first time she's just dropped by since before they were together and she was there to see Kara too.]
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[ he kisses the top of her head with a smile; he could never think of kitty as an interruption. maybe encouraging this isn't the best way to proceed with his secret project - but logic is forgotten in the face of his need to make her feel as treasured as humanly possible. besides, it's going to be a while before he has anything other than scribbles in a notebook for her to walk in on, and when he does - he could just not keep that in his room. worst come to worst, he could always say it's just meant to send kara home! ]
Don't get me wrong - I will be thrilled if you just came to see me but I'm getting the feeling that something's up?
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I thought I was supposed to be the mind reader. [She smiles softly.] I just got some bad news and wanted to be with you. And I thought maybe this time I would actually do the crazy thing and try to actually be with you when I want to be.
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[ he adjusts his posture to wrap both arms around her, his heart sinking. hasn't she had enough bad news for a 1000 lifetimes? when will the powers that be leave her alone? ]
I'm glad you did -- what happened?
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Ororo disappeared. She was another one of the X-Men, but from a different reality. I didn't really even have much of a chance to get to know her here.
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[ he tightens his hold around her. ]
Were you close, on your earth?
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What is she like -- your Ororo?
[ please, let it be is and not was ]
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Strong. Impossibly strong. Beautiful from the inside out. She could control weather. You don't want to mess with someone who can throw lightning bolts at you. [She smiles.] Warm. Caring. She helped me find my place with the team.
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[ he returns a small smile, as he resumes stroking her hair ] She sounds like an amazing person.
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...Winnprovement.
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I wish I could've too.
[ that pinches at his heart. kara called it the same - well about what he made of her mask not his time, but still - and it's a mixed happy-sad feeling he can't quite figure out. so he lets it go in favor of kissing her gently. ]
You're in luck, Winnprovements are my specialty.
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What were you working on when I came in? Maybe I can help.
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[ he shrugs. she rattled him by sounding like kara, and bringing up the project he's not allowed to talk about doesn't help it any.
he'd do a lot for a seamless transition about now. ]
Sitting on Plato would probably be more productive.
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all the time.] Well, I like physics theories about the places I'm in. What do you have?Action
and being her ex. ]Ah - a splitting headache.
[ he nods. that part is true. but he reaches his leg under the bed to drag his notebook out before leaning down to pick it up.
it's a good thing he had the sense not to use titles. he opens it up to show her a mess of equations with notes littered all around in a small, messy handwriting. some crossed out, most surrounded by question marks. ]
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That's an interesting thought. It would explain how they access so many realities. At least on a basic, theoretical level.
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Basic theoretical level's the only level I'm on so far.
[ and it's frustrating, but people far more brilliant than he'll ever be have dedicated their lives to studying these theories without moving to the next level.
they didn't have his motivation, though. ]
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So, how are you doing? [She came in all about herself. So seems a good a time as any to make sure all is well with Winn.]
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[ he nods ]
Well, there's a beautiful woman in my bed so I'd say I'm doing better than ever -
[ aside for the whole fear that he is actually losing mind and the awkwardness with kara, that is, but nobody needs to know about that, right? he's itching to tell her, to talk about everything that's been happening - in and out of his head - but he can't bring himself to say the words. ]
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