MCA #9 | Monday Morning

[defenderofdesmoines]

When Annie's alarm went off this morning, it was still dark outside, which was very normal considering how early she typically got up for training.

What was decidedly not normal was how she was in bed in her Starlight outfit, which was decidedly not comfortable, though thankfully her boots had been discarded in the middle of the floor at some point before she'd clambered into bed last night. It was also abnormal that Annie was alone in said bed, since she'd gotten kind of used to having Diego there.

That was explained pretty quickly, once she padded out to the living room and found him on the couch. "Good morning," she whispered, lightly perching on the arm of the couch and reaching out to touch his shoulder.

Hopefully he wasn't too mad about having to babysit all weekend.

[for he who took the couch]

Comments

[knife_bender]

"That's fair." Okay, maybe he went a little too hard in the opposite direction of his dad. "I did ask you not to kill anybody, so that should get me points."

[defenderofdesmoines]

"You were a great guardian. And I actually only used my powers once, and I was very careful," Annie told him proudly. "Which is great 'cause at that age I was super bad with them."

Probably not shocking.

[knife_bender]

"I think that's pretty common," Diego said. "How can you expect a kid to not use their powers?"

[defenderofdesmoines]

"I was kind of a prodigy," Annie admitted, because that was totally a difference between their worlds. "Where I'm from, not a lot of kids that little have their powers yet. So, like, I was usually pretty good about not using them 'cause I had it drilled into my head that I could hurt people, but - you know. Still caused that blackout."

Little Annie would be very impressed by her older counterpart's tendency to use her hands as flashlights.

[knife_bender]

"I still think that's really cool." Probably shouldn't have told a child that since it could encourage bad behavior, but still.

[defenderofdesmoines]

"You would," Annie teased. "I got in so much trouble." For all that Annie had been worried about it, she really hadn't gotten into serious trouble all that often as a kid (since, you know, she was Annie), so the blackout had been something of a core memory. "I had to start going to special classes for powered kids at school, after that."

[knife_bender]

"Shit, your home is super prepared for that sort of stuff." If only they had special schools instead of being given out to billionaires all willy nilly.

[defenderofdesmoines]

"I mean, it kind of sucked. I had to miss art." She still couldn't cut in a straight line, Diego! "You're going to be so weirded out if I ever take you home. Everything revolves around people with powers."

Like, she legitimately was not that special for having them in the first place; she was just lucky that hers were awesome.

[knife_bender]

"Uh yeah, I think I'll definitely be weirded out," he said. "I still want to see it though, as weird as it is."

He'd probably regret saying that.

[defenderofdesmoines]

"Maybe we can go somewhere fun one of these days," Annie mused. "Like one of the theme parks or something. You like rollercoasters, right?"

Because please, she doubted he wanted to see her actual home. For one thing, it was where her mother lived, but also Iowa was still really boring, even with the occasional super-abled person.

[knife_bender]

"I, uh, never been on one." He never had any friends, it wasn't like he was going on rollercoasters by himself like a weirdo.

[defenderofdesmoines]

"Oh my God, seriously?" Like, of course he was serious, but, "Okay, well, now we're for sure doing this. I think you'd be super into it. It's like...probably like flying."

Unless he was prone to motion sickness and had just hid it well before now, but like, Annie kind of doubted that. "And I'll make out with you on a ferris wheel, while we're at it." Because if he hadn't been on a rollercoaster, ferris wheels seemed even more unlikely.

[knife_bender]

Diego laughed. "Is that common practice on ferris wheels?"

[defenderofdesmoines]

"From what I hear," Annie told him. "I mean, they're secluded, and you're in your own little car...and it's kind of scary, so I'd totally have to cling to you."

Look, Annie was scared of very few things, so when she had an opportunity to claim as much and cling to her boyfriend, she was going to take it.

[knife_bender]

"Ohhh that's how it works, is it?" he said. "Well now I'm a huge fan of ferris wheels."

[defenderofdesmoines]

"Mmm hmm." Annie snuggled closer, a little sleepily. "Because we need new places to make out, obviously."

They'd had sex in every room of her apartment and his, so. Clearly they needed to branch out.

[knife_bender]

Diego closed his eyes, feeling tired himself. Watching kids and spending the last two nights on the couch meant he had earned a nap. "Yeah, we wouldn't want things to get stale."

[defenderofdesmoines]

"Don't want you getting bored of me." Which was kind of a legit worry, actually, but Annie was pretty sure she wasn't in danger of it yet, at least.

Even if she was being very boring and sleepy at the moment. (Though, she had her suspicions - given the sheer amount of cuddling - that Diego did not actually find this part boring, either.)