nextgen_parent (nextgen_parent) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2010-08-13 12:00:00

Entry tags:

inactive - tech, npc - valentina fontaine, sammy fury, team - shield

Checking on the home team
Commander Fontaine, Deputy Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., made the rounds when the special ops team came back in. After their last disastrous outing, she wanted to make sure they were still in one cohesive piece. The reports had been favorable.

She hadn't met the newest member yet, though she knew the contents of his file. She'd been the one to have it sent to Sammy for consideration. Her little gun nut, and Walker and Dugan, could always use someone with the ability to build a better gun.

Sammy's report had been terse but informative. The others' a little more informative. Landon was next on her list.

(Read comments) - (Post a new comment)

thisismyweapon
2010-09-14 03:09 am UTC (link)

Jason thought he was being flirtatious (possibly even seductive) by playing this game with Sammy. He was about to continue when she buried her face in his chest.

Somehow, he thought the game had just stopped being fun and started being real.

"Sammy...did Ah say somethin' wrong? If Ah did, Ah didn't mean to. Ah only wanted you to feel as safe with me as Ah do with you." Jason says.

"Is there any way we can talk about this? No walls, no...no games. Just Jason and Sam? Please?" he asks.

(Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sammyfury 2010-09-14 03:27 am UTC (link)
	Sammy lifted her face to his and kissed him softly. Her entire body seemed to sigh. "Let's sit on the pier for awhile, okay? We'll talk." She didn't wait for an anser before she gently pushed her way out of his arms and swam back to climb out and sit on the edge with her feet dangling in the water." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

thisismyweapon
2010-09-14 03:36 am UTC (link)

Jason kisses her and watches as she moves away from him. He's never seen Sam so...vulnerable before. He knows he's look at the woman who scared off the entire Bon Temps Road Crew without blinking, but right now she seems so...sad.

She's carrying something she doesn't know how to put to down, Jason. Gran had told him that first morning after they arrived.

He follows her to the pier and sits next to her. He doesn't prod her to talk or try to start the conversation. He knows she's speak when she's good and ready, and he'll wait all day and night for her to be just that.

"Take your time, beautiful. Ah'm right here." he says, reaching out to touch her hand gently, before slowly pulling it back. He doesn't want to force any contact on her, either.

(Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

sammyfury
2010-09-14 03:47 am UTC (link)

She took his hand and laced her fingers with his, carefully not looking at his face. Instead she looked at the water, the opposite bank, the sky. It was all so much more peaceful than her normal life.

"I recruited you to replace two people on my team," she said after awhile. "Two I lost in our first mission. One ran back to England because she couldn't handle it. The other was killed. It was my fault. He... Qamar...and I ..."

(Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

thisismyweapon
2010-09-14 04:15 am UTC (link)

He holds her hand and waits for her to speak. When she begins telling him why she brought him onto the team, it makes sense, in terms of manpower.

But then she talks about Qamar and a horrible truth sets in on Jason. She'd had to pack up her feelings for someone she'd loved and cared for and soldier on. Never mind that the new guy was eccentric, erratic, possibly crazy genius...but now said guy had dragged her into his own life while she was still in pain and had the temerity to hit on her too?

Jason Landon, at this moment, feels like a complete idiot.

"Sam, Ah...Ah am so sorry." he says quietly.

Every time she looked at him, she had to be reminded that Qamar wasn't here. If Qamar were still here, there's a good chance that Jason wouldn't be, and on top of all that, she blames herself for what happened to this man.

The first thing he does is turn her head gently to look at him.

"It isn't your fault, not in any way. Qamar knew the risks going in and he knew the business, just like all of us on the team. He knew there were chances that things could go off-plan, just like you. You would never want another member of this team to blame themselves if you were hurt or, god forbid, killed in action. Ah...Ah know you loved him, or you at least felt pretty deep for him, but you can't let this eat you alive.

You've used everything you've learned to make yourself better, tougher and stronger. You've put together the best team you know how, Samantha Fury. Ah didn't know Qamar, but Ah gotta guess he was a great guy if you took an interest in him.

But Ah also don't think he'd want you to blame yourself for him doing his job, which was to support the team. You got knocked down, Sam, but it's not about the fallin' down. It's about the gettin' up.

And I've never seen you do anything but get up." Jason says.

(Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

sammyfury
2010-09-14 04:38 am UTC (link)

"Getting up is hard sometimes, and I suspect in the future it will get harder." Sammy thought Jason sounded awfully understanding, but she hadn't really expected anything else from him. In a very real way, these last few days had been stripping each other bare to see the scars.

Raising her eyes to his was hard as well, but she was rarely a coward. "I brought you onboard because I
need you. I'm keeping you because I like you,
Jason Landon. It's been fun flirting but I know I have
issues to work out. You have issues with your family. I'm not going to sleep with you because I'm a
mess."

(Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

thisismyweapon
2010-09-14 04:51 am UTC (link)

He understood what it was to watch someone pay for his mistakes, or what he perceived to be his mistakes, so Jason understood why she blamed herself. Still, the longer she let it reside in her heart, the longer it had to lodge itself there permanently.

Her next words are not what he wants to hear, but somewhat expected. He knew, in the back of his mind, that things between them would never go further than whatever they shared here for these few days. They were from different worlds and their lives were meant for different directions. He'd told himself all of the things that a guy would tell himself when he realized that the girl of his dreams was out of his league.

"Ah was never in this to sleep with you, Sam. Ah would honor the privilege if Ah ever received it, but...it was never a goal or an endgame for me." Jason says, looking away toward the skyline.

"We've had a lot of fun, Fury. Ah'll always remember that." Jason says.

(Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

sammyfury
2010-09-14 05:01 am UTC (link)

Her hand tightened on his. "That has to be the most gentle kiss off I've ever received." Her smile was slight, acknowledging the situation even if it hurt a little. "But I understand. I just wanted it understood that as much as I like you, I'm not the casual sex sort and I don't know you enough. What I do know I like very much, and the last few days have been wonderful."

(Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

thisismyweapon
2010-09-14 05:16 am UTC (link)

"Ah'm not for casual sex, either, Sam. Really, Ah'm not. Ah'm sorry if Ah gave you the impression that Ah was." Jason says. He really wished this was not happening right now, but what else could he say?

Several thoughts go through his mind, of things she's said, things that he's said, and things that his Gran and Grandpa have told him over the years. He remembers what happened with Chelsea and why things didn't work there and Jason comes to a conclusion as Sam's hand squeezes his.

He can walk away because their both afraid...or he can man-up and fight.

"Sam, Ah said Ah wanted to know more about when this all started. Now Ah do. Ah'm going to learn more about you in the meantime. But Ah'm not going to slink away just because we both have about a million things we can use as reasons to back off right now.

You have issues and Ah do, too. But when you get through those, Ah'm gonna be here. So, don't think you just got off easy, Sam Fury. Ah ain't even started fighting yet." he says.

(Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

sammyfury
2010-09-14 06:01 am UTC (link)

He couldn't have said anything nicer, except when he called her Gorgeous. She shifted toward him and kissed him.

"I have faith in you, Jason Landon. And since you showed me yours, I'll show you mine as a good faith gesture."

Sammy leaned away and pulled the edge of her suit up to expose a portion of her hip and a small, delicate outline of a clock done in black, the hands pointing to the Devil's Hour. The tattoo was surprisingly well done on such a tiny bit of skin, completely with filigree edges.

(Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	thisismyweapon 2010-09-14 01:08 pm UTC (link)
	Jason looks at the spot in question and sees the tattoo. He studied it and smiled, very happy inside that Sam had chosen to share this with him. "It's beautiful." he says, now looking up into her eyes. "Ah hope you and Ah can spend some time together again, after we leave here." he says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

sammyfury
2010-09-14 01:26 pm UTC (link)

"We will." Sammy covered the clock face tattoo and drew her feet up to wrap her arms around her knees. The stress load she carried was just a little lighter and it felt like a start. It might be back in the morning, but now it was a visible relief in the set of her shoulders and the line of her back.

"Not only because I need to oversee your training, either," she said, smiling. She lifted her face to the sun. "I followed an impulse to invite myself along and I'm not sorry. It was the right one."

(Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

thisismyweapon
2010-09-14 02:32 pm UTC (link)

"Ah thought that you were comin' along, at first, just because you didn't trust me, Sam. But the longer Ah spent with you, and the more we talked, Ah realized that Ah couldn't've done this without you." Jason says. He lets his toes dip into the water and looks down into the ripples as if he's seeking something.

"Ah will never let you go into a situation without givin' you the best weapons Ah can make available, Sam. And Ah'll be here to listen to anything you want to talk about, anytime." he says.

(Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sammyfury 2010-09-14 03:01 pm UTC (link)
	"If I didn't trust you enough I'd have sent Walker to drive for you," Sammy said. The sun felt good on her skin. She had the urge to stretch and curl up for a nap. Except she didn't nap and they still had plenty to do. "I'm your back up," she said quietly. "You need anything, I'm your first call, day or night, understand?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

thisismyweapon
2010-09-14 03:22 pm UTC (link)

"You're my back up and Ah'm yours, Sam. You're my first call, day or night." Jason repeats, taking Sammy's hand.

"Ah'm gonna ask you to back me up. Gran...she says there are some things Ah need to learn tonight, some things that may hurt or scare me. Ah'm not gonna run away from this, because she wouldn't do that. Jake wouldn't. /You/ wouldn't, so Ah won't. But Ah'm gonna need some help." he says quietly.

(Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sammyfury 2010-09-14 04:15 pm UTC (link)
	"I'm here as long as you need me," she promised, holding his hand between hers, "and after you don't just to make sure. She told me what it was and what needs to be done. We'll do it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

thisismyweapon
2010-09-14 04:28 pm UTC (link)

"Okay, Sam. Ah trust you." he says, just sitting there with her for a bit. This was nice, even for all the bombshells they'd dropped on each other. They were still standing and they had...something.

He would take an undefinable something over a concrete nothing any day.

"How funny is it that we're both so keyed into time that we both have clock tattoos?" he asks, after a long period of silence.

(Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

sammyfury
2010-09-14 04:36 pm UTC (link)

A definite something. Something she could hold on to felt good.

The conversation turn caught her a little by surprise, but she rolled with it. "I thought that earlier when I saw yours. I knew why I was obsessed, but your obsession makes me wonder. Though your questions make more sense now. There's a lot I don't know about temporal manipulation and not a whole lot of people to discuss it."

(Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

thisismyweapon
2010-09-14 04:54 pm UTC (link)

"Ah drive Gran crazy when Ah fix the clocks in the house. Ah can look at one and know if it's runnin' too slow or too fast. The geared ones, Ah mean. Ah did that to my escort the day we met. He had a nice, shiny new Rolex and Ah could see it was going two seconds slow." Jason says, recounting that day.

"So Ah asked him if Ah could see it and Ah fixed it for him right then and there." Jason says. "Ah always wish there was more time because Ah spend so much of mine creatin' stuff, and it doesn't leave time for anythin' else.

Someday, Ah'll get a hold on what Ah can do, and maybe Ah'll find that extra time Ah'm lookin' for." he says.

(Reply to this)(Parent)

(Read comments) -

scribbld is part of the horse.13 network
Design by Jimmy B.
Logo created by hitsuzen.
Scribbld System Status