MHA #2 | Late Tuesday Evening

[defenderofdesmoines]

American Hero had wrapped fairly early tonight -- Annie had told yet another hero who did not actually have a cape to hang it up and go, anyway, met with her producers for a moment after the show, and been left with enough time to actually make it back to the tower before her portal.

And good thing, too, since there had been a package left for her. Annie was very used to receiving Starlight swag -- honestly, at this point, she was pretty sick of it -- but this was...unexpected. There might have been an actual, audible, "Eep," of shock when she'd opened the box. (Though, really -- she'd just recently learned that Vought made porn in her image. Should it really surprise her so much that they also made other things?)

Anyway. She'd shoved one of the Starlight-themed items into a closet to...probably never be used, but the other had somehow made it into her bag to take home to Fandom with her. (Maybe it just fell in there, okay. Annie wasn't admitting to anything.)

"I had to kick off the guy with the electric shock powers," Annie was saying as she let herself into the MHA building and headed for her own apartment. She'd been on the phone since she'd gotten out of her portal in Fandom. "Both kind of a shame and kind of a relief."

She figured the guy she was on the phone with -- who she was also smiling at, as soon as she got the door open -- could understand that position after last year.

Of course she and Diego were people who talked on the phone right up until the moment they actually saw each other. What did you expect?

[for the fiancé, and that link is NSFW because my canon, everyone, let me show it to you. (and the post itself is also definitely going NSFW sooner than later.)]

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[knife_bender]

"Well now I'm really intrigued," he said, allowing himself to be herded to the bedroom. Usually that meant good things for him so he was happy to go. "And you said it has to do with new Starlight products?"

When he found out what it was he wouldn't be surprised, but for some reason Vought making sex toys wasn't really occurring to him right now. Because he was a normal person.

[defenderofdesmoines]

It might have also been a clue how Annie was bringing her bag along, when normally she would have absolutely shed that somewhere out in the living room in favor of just one less thing encumbering her in the pursuit of getting everyone's clothes off as fast as possible.

"Yup," Annie agreed, leaning up for another kiss as she herded him, her cheeks brightening again. And while she was at it, she could also try to get Diego's shirt off while they moved back to the bedroom, too. Efficiency. "And I don't know whether I like it or not yet, actually."

She'd probably know better in a little while.

[knife_bender]

"Well now I'm really confused." But he did help her take his shirt off, since he wasn't confused about getting naked as soon as possible.

[defenderofdesmoines]

"Do you remember that Valentine's party we went to?"

A mostly rhetorical question, since she didn't expect that he would have forgotten the party they'd attended in a sex shop like, less than six months ago. But that was also another hint, even if Annie was now distracting herself with running her hands appreciatively over Diego's now-bare arms and shoulders.

[knife_bender]

"Yeah." Diego didn't go to many parties so it wasn't all that hard to remember, even if it hadn't been at a sex store. He lifted an eyebrow. "...Vought's making dirty stuff now?"

Other than the porn. He knew about the porn, unfortunately.

[defenderofdesmoines]

He knew more about the porn than Annie did, honestly.

"Vought's making dirty stuff," Annie confirmed with a smile, throwing her bag vaguely towards the bed once they were close enough -- where they could reach the contents from the bed, anyway -- before reaching to pull off her own shirt. She was blushing so hard she half-expected herself to start glowing, but she also wasn't going to pretend this wasn't something she'd wanted since that conversation in February. "I have my very own, um -- Starlight sex toys."

[knife_bender]

Diego's face lit up, and not from blushing. More like anticipation. "No way. For real? Toys as in plural?"

[defenderofdesmoines]

"Yeah, there's two," Annie replied, looking a little shy even as she was smiling. "But I only brought one of them home."

Annie had been fairly sure the other one was a butt plug, and that lack of total certainty was probably a great indication that Annie was not, under any circumstances, ready for that kind of thing.

[knife_bender]

Yeah if you weren't completely sure what the other toy was then you weren't ready for it. Just a good general rule to have.

"I just have to say it's kind of weird Vought is in the sex toy business," Diego said, moving to get her pants undone. He was getting so much better at the pants foresight. "But I'm not complaining that they gave you a free sample and you brought it home."

He hadn't even seen it yet, but he was pretty confident he'd like it.

[defenderofdesmoines]

"Yeah, and I don't know if I like having my brand used this way," Annie admitted. Though was it worse than the porn? At least in this case, she was benefitting and presumably people were having a nice time without exploiting anyone. "Though I guess it's pretty Starlight to -- um, be an independent woman."

Even if she'd brought it home to use it cooperatively, she knew that was probably more the exception, rather than the rule. She reached to undo his pants as well -- speaking of cooperation -- and moved to press a kiss to his upper chest.

[knife_bender]

Diego smiled at the wording, now having a fairly good idea of what it was. "That is very Starlight. But, you know, there is something to be said for teamwork."

[defenderofdesmoines]

"And we're so good at teamwork," Annie agreed, kissing up along his shoulder (and not using it as an excuse to hide a little, how dare you) as she pushed his pants down. "It's important to work together."

Another important value of Starlight's! Maybe this did fit her branding more than she thought. (Also: maybe Vought didn't give a fuck if it did.)

[knife_bender]

Diego kicked his pants off the rest of the way, while at the same time pushing down hers. Multitasking. "Are you going to show me or am I going to have to go looking for it myself?"

Both options were fine by him.

[defenderofdesmoines]

"I didn't have time to hide ten decoy sex toys, so I guess I can just show you."

Annie thought she was hilarious, yes.

She kicked her own pants off, sliding a hand down Diego's arm to take his hand as she moved over onto the bed and reached into her bag. She gave him one last shy look before producing a remarkably tasteful white-and-gold-and-starred vibrator.

"It's called the Star-brator."

[knife_bender]

Diego did have to admit that he had been expecting something tackier considering Vought was involve. But this was extremely classy. For a vibrator.

"The name could use some work," Diego said. "But it's very on brand, I'll give them that."

[defenderofdesmoines]

The options for her teammates were largely a lot less tasteful. (Annie was going to have questions when she saw the Maeve-themed dildo.)

"Lazy name," Annie agreed, scooting a little closer to him on the bed -- his enthusiasm was helping, and she wasn't quite as timid as she'd been with the handcuffs, but there was still a little undercurrent of what if I somehow do this wrong-flavored insecurity. "It's kind of...cute?"

It was much less intimidating than a lot of what she'd seen at that party in February, anyway.

[knife_bender]

"It is cute," Diego agreed, reaching for it to get a better look at it. "But I think we should try it out before I put my fiancé seal of approval on it."

[defenderofdesmoines]

"Oh, God, don't say that where someone can hear you," Annie murmured, passing the toy over and moving to press a kiss behind his ear in the process. "Or that'll be a real thing."

She could see the big gold sticker now.

"I already put batteries in it." In case there was any doubt about whether Annie wanted to give this a whirl.

[knife_bender]

"Look at you, being prepared," Diego teased, turning the vibrator on. "And multiple settings, this is fancy."

[defenderofdesmoines]

"Is that not normal?" Annie wondered, a little embarrassed to ask but also much more interested, leaning against Diego's shoulder to peer at the buzzing vibrator. "I figured the different speeds were like -- you know, for variety."

Good hunch, Annie! Again, of all things -- she probably could have figured this out on her own, had she needed to (or if they'd been separated longer, and she'd elected to call Diego instead of bringing the live show to him.)

[knife_bender]

"A lot of them just have an on/off switch" Diego said, turning the toy off for now. He turned to give Annie a kiss. "And you don't need your hands to switch the settings."

Which was really hot.

[defenderofdesmoines]

"I don't," Annie agreed, grateful for the kiss since that comment had her feeling a little shy again. "Though I'd hate to break it by accident."

So she'd have to maintain a little focus, if they were gonna play like that, and that was also hot. Sort of like when she held him down and had to keep her wits about her enough to make sure it wasn't too much.

[knife_bender]

"You're Starlight," Diego teased, shifting some more so he could place his hand on her hip. "You can get free vibrators whenever you wanted, I'm sure."

That wouldn't be embarrassing at all, admitting to Vought that you broke it and would like a new one.

[defenderofdesmoines]

"Or I could get a new one that doesn't match my uniform," Annie noted, which was a more likely option considering she was already resisting thinking about how Ashley and probably one of Ashley's various assistants knew she even had this (and the butt plug!) in her possession at all.

But the hand on her hip was familiar and distracting in the face of all this shy-but-eager experimentation, and Annie languidly stretched a leg out across Diego's lap in response.

[knife_bender]

"That is always an option," he murmured, sliding his hand down her leg. "Did you have something in mind? For how you wanted this to go?"