MCA #9 | Tuesday Morning

[knife_bender]

Diego was a gentleman last night and walked Annie home after her shift at the bar. What happened after wasn't very gentlemanly per se but it was enjoyed on both sides. Sleep happened eventually but only after what was probably considered an obscene amount of cuddling.

The cuddling thing was kind of still happening even while Diego was still asleep this morning. He had whatever limb he could wrapped around Annie. Maybe this was why his code name was The Kraken?

[For that girl]

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[knife_bender]

"Was it really that bad?" he asked. "I mean, I know it's Iowa but..."

[defenderofdesmoines]

"I mean, it was nice to be home," Annie offered, because it had been. For like a day. "But I would have much rather been here. Way too much Mom time and not nearly enough to do. I basically worked out like all weekend."

Which was part of how she would justify skipping training today.

[knife_bender]

"That's pretty much what I did too. Minus the mom thing," Diego said. "I missed you."

[defenderofdesmoines]

"I missed you, too." Annie shifted against him, angling her head up so she could kiss him, still sleepy and lazy. "Our timing was not great."

She would have missed him anyway, but the sleeping-together factor had made it just this side of unbearable.

[knife_bender]

"It could have been better," he agreed, kissing her again. "We're doing a good job making up for it though."

Maybe they'll get used it by Christmas and will stop being clingy the next time she goes home? No, probably not.

[defenderofdesmoines]

Almost certainly not.

"Mm-hmm." Annie smoothed a hand along Diego's chest, just enjoying touching him. She kind of couldn't get enough of just, like, feeling him close to her. "And at least like, the island's cooperating with my plans, here." Because that would just be her luck, to come back and promptly turn into a bat again, or something.

She didn't know about the polar bears yet. Not that they'd interfere, but still.

[knife_bender]

"Shh don't jinx it," he said, laughing lightly. "I think the island can hear you."

[defenderofdesmoines]

"I've been warned there's a bunch of stuff coming in December," Annie noted, mostly amused. "Pushy mistletoe and weird stuff from the faucets again."

She stretched against him, smiling slowly. "So far, so good, though." Annie, seriously, this is how you jinx people.

[knife_bender]

"If I get hit by weird stuff I'm blaming you," he teased, lightly running his hand up her side.

[defenderofdesmoines]

"I think you're gonna get hit with weird stuff no matter what I say," Annie told him, pressing a kiss to his neck. "But if you want to blame me, sure."

As long as nothing weird hit them right now, for like at least a couple hours, she'd be fine with that.

[knife_bender]

"What is pushy mistletoe anyway?" he asked.

[defenderofdesmoines]

"Apparently exactly what it sounds like," Annie replied, kissing his shoulder, now. "Sentient mistletoe that tries to get people to kiss each other. Sometimes with literal pushing."

A pause, and then she added, "Not just people. Summer had to kiss a squirrel."

[knife_bender]

There was a long pause. "...that's disgusting."

[defenderofdesmoines]

"I know. She's the only one I've heard that for, though. I think it's mostly people-on-people action," Annie assured him. "And for what it's worth, I promise to fight it if anything tries to get me to kiss anyone but you."

She'd at least try to fight it off, anyway.

[knife_bender]

"I am not going to hold sentient mistletoe against you," he said, laughing. "Maybe we'll get lucky and it'll just get the two of us together."

Oh yeah 'cause they didn't do that enough.

[defenderofdesmoines]

"I don't know if it works on people who actually like kissing each other," Annie noted thoughtfully. "Like no one's told me a story about this that ends with 'and that's how I met my boyfriend,' or whatever. It's all squirrels and warnings."

[knife_bender]

"People get together under weird circumstances all the time," Diego said. "You punched me in the face the second time we met."

[defenderofdesmoines]

"You threw a knife at me!" Like, God, Diego, she didn't just go around punching random hot dudes for the hell of it. "You can't leave that part out."

[knife_bender]

"My point exactly!" he said. "Weird circumstances to dating, it happens."

[defenderofdesmoines]

"I feel like this is in spite of that, not because of it," Annie said, gesturing expansively between them. Though now she was really reconsidering that whole encounter through the lens of having realized that Diego found her strength attractive, and eyed him a little. "I mean, you're totally the only person I've ever beat up and ended up making out with, now that I'm saying that."

[knife_bender]

"You're the only person I've thrown a knife at and ended up making out with," Diego said before leaning in to kiss her. Just to prove that point.

[defenderofdesmoines]

Annie gave a happy little hum into the kiss, reaching to lightly run her fingertips along one of his wrists. "So like...can I ask you something?"

Because suspecting was one thing, but she wanted to confirm before she just confidently proceeded and did something to surprise him too badly.

[knife_bender]

"Yeah, sure," he said. "Anything."

[defenderofdesmoines]

"I know you're not like, intimidated or weirded out or whatever - totally reassured there - but...do you like that I'm strong?"

Considering the way she playfully raised her eyebrows at him, and how she was now wrapping her fingers around his wrist, there was probably little doubt as to what she meant.

[knife_bender]

"Yeah, I like it," he said easily, looking down at where here hand was around his wrist. "I think it's pretty hot, actually."