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.

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	Re: A Few Hours Later thisismyweapon 2010-09-26 07:13 pm UTC (link)
	"No, you will not. You have created a menace of your own making that you will have deal with the rest of your life." Jason grins. "Fortunately for you, Ah am willing to help you stay on and develop the ultimate in Weevil-Besting technology." he grins. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A Few Hours Later sammyfury 2010-09-26 07:17 pm UTC (link)
	"I'm still not sure these weevils aren't a menace that you created to convince me I'll need your expertize in the future if I ever hope to get a good night's sleep again." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A Few Hours Later thisismyweapon 2010-09-26 07:40 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh, come on, Sammy. If Ah never wanted you to get a good night's sleep again, Ah'd be way more creative than telling you about the weevils." Jason says offhandedly. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A Few Hours Later sammyfury 2010-09-26 07:50 pm UTC (link)
	She paused while a rush of heat chased up her spine and colored her cheeks with the implications. It took her several more heartbeats to respond. "Didn't you say something about a dance?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A Few Hours Later thisismyweapon 2010-09-26 07:56 pm UTC (link)
	Jason just winks at the coloring in her cheeks. "Yes, Ah did. Care to join to me?" he asks, offering an arm. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A Few Hours Later sammyfury 2010-09-26 08:06 pm UTC (link)
	Sammy took his arm. "Should I ask if this is going to be a swing dance?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A Few Hours Later thisismyweapon 2010-09-26 08:23 pm UTC (link)
	"Let's take it slow our first time. We'll do a waltz or something easy before we get into swing." Jason smiles. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A Few Hours Later sammyfury 2010-09-26 11:10 pm UTC (link)
	Oh no, that didn't give her shivers either. "It's been a while since I waltzed. At least since last Christmas." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A Few Hours Later thisismyweapon 2010-09-26 11:15 pm UTC (link)
	"Ten I'll forgive you if you step on my toes just a little." he says. "It will require to you let someone else lead for just a bit. Can you give yourself to me for a while?" he asks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A Few Hours Later sammyfury 2010-09-26 11:26 pm UTC (link)
	She wanted to laugh. Dancing, with innuendos. After the last couple of days, she would never believe he said any of them innocently. "I think I can manage it for a dance. Maybe even stretch it to two dances. Three might be a problem." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A Few Hours Later thisismyweapon 2010-09-26 11:39 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh, by three I'll be content to follow your lead." Jason smiles, leading her up the steps to the trophy room. He grabs another remote and aims it at a sensor on the wall. "Pick a song you like and we'll dance to it." Jason says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A Few Hours Later sammyfury 2010-09-26 11:57 pm UTC (link)
	The intimacy of it all reminded her of her parents dancing on the terrace in the moonlight. She loved watching them. As long as they were together, all was right in her world. "It's your musical library. I'll trust you to select something suitable for a dance or two. By three I might have a few ideas of where to go from there." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A Few Hours Later thisismyweapon 2010-09-27 12:33 am UTC (link)
	"Very well. I hope that my varied music tastes do not completely irk you." Jason says, hitting the "randomize" button. Within seconds, the sounds of 3 Doors Down and "Your Arms Feel Like Home" begins to filter through the speakers. "Not exactly a waltz, but something slow to start with." Jason smiles, offering his hand. "May I have this dance?" he asks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A Few Hours Later sammyfury 2010-09-27 12:54 am UTC (link)
	Sammy slipped her hand in his. "I doubt you could completely irk me." She stepped closer and smiled up at him. "That's not an invitation to try to find my irk limit." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A Few Hours Later thisismyweapon 2010-09-27 01:20 am UTC (link)
	"Oh, I'm not lookin' to find it, Sammy." Jason says as his other hand goes to small of her back. They begin swaying to the music, Jason leading her along as they dance. He doesn't say anything, just silently enjoys the scent of her hair as they move together. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

Re: A Few Hours Later

sammyfury
2010-09-27 01:31 am UTC (link)

Letting Jason lead was surprisingly easy. It had been a joke, but she was too impatient at times and had been known to take the lead during dance lessons.

All it took to make her follow was someone who knew what they were doing. Jason certainly did. She was more focused on the warmth at her back and his hand holding hers than she was on her feet.

"What are you looking to find?" she finally asked.

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Re: A Few Hours Later

thisismyweapon
2010-09-27 01:46 am UTC (link)

Jason lets that question hang in the air between them as they dance, while he figures out the best way to answer. What does he want from her? The easiest answer would be someone to spend time with. He told her before that sex wasn't foremost on his mind, mostly because has no experience with such.

He does, however, want more than she can give him now, and he has to wonder if she will ever see another person in the way she saw Qamar. She found something worth holding onto in him and now he was gone. She carried that with her. Perhaps he would always be between her and anyone she met from that day on.

A lesser man would call it a loss and move on. Perhaps even a wiser one. Jason's been called intelligent, but never wise.

"In a word...you." he says.

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	Re: A Few Hours Later sammyfury 2010-09-27 02:07 am UTC (link)
	She let the music play for bit longer, mulling the answer over in her head. She had issues, there was no doubt about it. She was working through them. No one could expect her to be done with them overnight. It could get worse before it got better. "I always did like plain speaking," she said. "I can work with that answer." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A Few Hours Later thisismyweapon 2010-09-27 02:29 am UTC (link)
	"Good. I favor plain-speak as well, though I'm not always so good at it." he smiles. The first song ends, and now Jim Croce's "Time In a Bottle" plays for the two of them. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

Re: A Few Hours Later

sammyfury
2010-09-27 02:43 am UTC (link)

She couldn't hear the song without thinking of his tattoo and how odd it was they were both obsessed over the concept of time. That she had a tattoo that celebrated the concept of time left free while his wanted to contain and hold it was another odd connection to think about.

She nestled her face against his neck and enjoyed the scent of his skin and the feel of his arms. And because she could, she slipped them into a temporal pause where everything - music, air, the creaks of the old house - were gone and it was just them.

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Re: A Few Hours Later

thisismyweapon
2010-09-27 02:53 am UTC (link)

Jason holds her, once again tracing her spine with this fingertips as the temporal pause shuts away the world around them. The rest of the world will go on around them, but for this moment, they've shut it away and there's no other place he'd rather be.

"And this is where I find you. Not in each beat of music or each breath, but the space between, where never and forever meet." Jason says. To his mind, this is exactly where their respective views on time coincide.

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	Re: A Few Hours Later sammyfury 2010-09-27 03:15 am UTC (link)
	"The space between will be all right as long as I'm not alone." And she kissed him. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A Few Hours Later thisismyweapon 2010-09-27 03:33 am UTC (link)
	He returns the kiss, simply glad to be near her. She wouldn't be alone if he had a say in things. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A Few Hours Later sammyfury 2010-09-27 03:44 am UTC (link)
	With or without focus, she couldn't hold it longer than ninety seconds, though she didn't hear the music or realize they'd stopped dancing. She smiled against his mouth. "We really should get moving, Jason." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A Few Hours Later thisismyweapon 2010-09-27 03:47 am UTC (link)
	He gives her another quick kiss. "You're right, we should." He still doesn't move for a few minutes and then... he finally steps away from her, reluctantly. "Yes. To the hospital for Gran. I'm sure she's sick of the food there by now." Jason smiles. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)