MHA #2 | Tuesday Evening

[knife_bender]

Diego felt good about him and Annie having a date night. It gave them both something to look forward to, which was something they both needed these days. He wasn't exactly sure what they were going to be doing tonight, so he hadn't bothered to get out of his t-shirt and sweatpants yet. It took him like five minutes to get dressed if he wasn't wearing a lot of knives, it was fine.

[For one! Edit: NWS]

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[knife_bender]

"Take your time," he said, giving her another kiss. "I'll get you a shirt."

[defenderofdesmoines]

Annie lingered just a second -- all kisses were worth lingering over when you lived dimensions apart, okay? -- before heading into the bathroom to peel off those eyelashes and wash off her makeup.

She also just went ahead and wriggled out of her bodysuit and tights while she was at it, which meant she really felt like herself again when she emerged, bare-faced and smiling.

"Much better."

[knife_bender]

"I agree," he said, wandering over with a shirt in his hand. "Almost don't want to give you the shirt."

[defenderofdesmoines]

"I mean," Annie noted, reaching out to play with Diego's shirt -- the one he was wearing, that is -- and leaning up to kiss him, "you could always give it to me later."

[knife_bender]

"Good idea," he murmured, leaning in for a kiss. He quickly tossed the shirt in his hand aside.

[defenderofdesmoines]

"I'm full of them," Annie murmured, slipping her hands under Diego's shirt and pushing it upwards. "See?"

Clearly any clothing removal was going to be considered a brilliant idea.

[knife_bender]

Diego certainly wasn't going to disagree there. He was more than happy to lift up his arms to help Annie get his shirt off. "I'm really glad we decided to stay in."

[defenderofdesmoines]

"Kind of not interested in seeing any people besides you right now," Annie admitted, threading her arms up around Diego's neck once his shirt had been discarded.

She could go out and be social tomorrow, and she would, but she'd spent all day signing autographs and dealing with fans today. A quiet night in was kind of exactly what she needed right now.

The clothing-optional part was a pretty huge perk, though.

[knife_bender]

That was exactly what he wanted to hear right about now. He gave her another enthusiastic kiss before moving to get his hands under her thighs so he could pick her up.

Sure, they were close to the bed already but he missed picking her up sometimes. Besides, her feet might still hurt from those boots.

[defenderofdesmoines]

Annie was never, ever going to object to being picked up like this. Though, yes, her feet were totally killing her and would for probably the next several hours, that was true, so there was totally a justification here.

Annie made a pleased little noise in her throat at being lifted up. She wrapped her arms just a bit more tightly around Diego's shoulders before leaning in to kiss him again, this time nipping at his lower lip.

[knife_bender]

"I missed this," he murmured as he carried her over to the bed. Both carrying her and having her in his apartment in general.

[defenderofdesmoines]

"Me too," Annie agreed softly, bumping her nose against his. "I missed being here."

Her sparkly new apartment was pretty all right, and she'd liked it a lot more with Diego in it, but this felt more like coming home.

Not for the first time, she idly wondered if it was all worth it, especially with the recent developments. Especially considering how much she liked being back in Diego's bedroom.

[knife_bender]

Diego smiled again, giving her another kiss before gently setting her on the bed. He immediately went to take off his sweatpants because he really needed to even out the clothes disparity, here.

[defenderofdesmoines]

Well, if they were going to be even about it, then Annie felt like she should discard her bra. So she did, tossing it vaguely towards the other boob-related paraphernalia before stretching out languidly on the bed with a happy sigh.

Like, don't get her wrong, this was all looking really promising and interesting with the clothing removal and all, but just laying in this bed was really nice.

[knife_bender]

"Are you going to fall asleep on me?" he teased as he crawled up onto the bed.

[defenderofdesmoines]

"Are you going to keep me awake?" Annie countered, reaching for him with a smile.

[knife_bender]

"I'm going to do my best," he said, settling against her. "I think I've done pretty well with it in the past."

[defenderofdesmoines]

"You're generally pretty good at it," Annie replied, stretching against Diego happily and tracing her fingertips along his side. "This is so nice."

She'd missed his bed, and his apartment, and quiet. It was nice to just have some time together where she didn't have to think about Vought, or anything that had happened to her, or be Starlight -- with all the new trappings -- for a couple of days.

[knife_bender]

"It is," he agreed, ducking his head down to kiss her neck. He now realized he had been taking this for granted, and he was determined to savor it right now.

[defenderofdesmoines]

It was a pretty dramatic difference to go from being as constantly-together as they'd been before Annie had left to only seeing each other maybe once a week or so. She found herself appreciating all the casual little touches and interactions so much more now.

And at least this kind of casual intimacy was easier than it had been a couple weeks ago. Granted, Annie hadn't really resolved anything there, so much as just settled into a weird, not-thinking-about-it-ever peace and it wasn't going to last, but it was working for now.

"I love you," Annie murmured, sliding her arm around Diego and arching her neck to help him out there.

[knife_bender]

"I love you too," Diego said before biting down on her neck lightly. He moved his hand over her hip and waist, unable to keep his hands off of her. It was almost like he was assuring himself that she was actually here right now.

[defenderofdesmoines]

Annie wound a leg around him, gasping softly at the bite. She scratched her nails lightly along his back, pressing close and feeling similarly like she just needed to be touching him. Like maybe if she paid close enough attention, she could memorize every single thing about all of this.

Her big Starlight bed was cold and lonely with just her in it. Wearing his shirt would help; remembering being here, in this bed, would help, too.

[knife_bender]

Diego made a pleased humming noise at the feel of her nails against is back. "You should leave some marks for me to look at while you're gone."

[defenderofdesmoines]

"And you can think about how you got them all?"Annie murmured, sounding both amused and pretty turned on by that idea. (And maybe a little jealous she couldn't easily get marks, too.)

In any case, she didn't need a lot of prompting, and shifted so she could bite at the base of Diego's throat, sucking lightly so it would be sure to leave a bruise.

[knife_bender]

"Exactly," he said, voice going up a bit at the bite. "I like seeing them."