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

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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 Little Bit Later.... thisismyweapon 2010-10-05 11:47 pm UTC (link)
	"This way, my lady." Jason grins as he kicks off his shoes and leads her toward the water. "This is a great night." he says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A Little Bit Later.... sammyfury 2010-10-06 12:26 am UTC (link)
	At the dock, Sammy let go long enough to sit down on the edge and dangle her feet in. She wasn't ready yet to lose the cool night air and the sensation of the breeze on her skin. "I'm a little envious of you," she said quietly. "Growing up here, a real family life. At least until Jake got you mixed up in the mob. A part of me would love having all this." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

Re: A Little Bit Later....

thisismyweapon
2010-10-06 12:45 am UTC (link)

"It had its moments, Sammy, but...there's a lot to be said for seein' most of the world before you're twenty. I'm twenty-four now and there's just so much I can't even begin to fathom. Sometimes, I think I've fallen behind all of my friends from school.

Every time I come home, someone's gettin' married, divorced or havin' another baby." Jason says, sitting down to kick his feet in the water.

"There's so much I've never done that most people my age have done in spades by now. I almost think I'm a Never-Bloomer." he chuckles.

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	Re: A Little Bit Later.... sammyfury 2010-10-06 12:52 am UTC (link)
	"You can't say that now," she said, bumping his shoulder with hers. "You live on a helicarrier. You play with equipment worth more than some third world economies. Married, divorced or having another baby, that's a lot. But it's not as much as you've accomplished so far." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

Re: A Little Bit Later....

thisismyweapon
2010-10-06 01:40 am UTC (link)

Jason smiles at Sammy brightly. "You sure know how to make a guy feel good. I never really thought of all the stuff I've done in relation to the stuff I haven't.

I've lived an adventure myself...even if it wasn't a wholesome one." Jason agrees.

"The other stuff will come someday, or it won't. But I do have a life I can tell my kids about someday, too." he nods.

"Thanks, Sammy." he says, leaning over to kiss her shoulder.

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	Re: A Little Bit Later.... sammyfury 2010-10-06 01:57 am UTC (link)
	"It's only the truth. Sometimes we have to see ourselves through someone else's eyes to know what we've accomplished, good or bad." She smiled at him. "You're welcome. Now stop being so cute. I'm a sucker for cute. And extra clips." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A Little Bit Later.... thisismyweapon 2010-10-06 02:03 am UTC (link)
	"Cute, coffee and extra clips." Jason amends, looking up at the sky. Suddenly, he points upward to get Sammy's attention. If she follows his finger, she'll see his finger moving across the sky, following the path of a star that moves across the sky. "Look, a satellite." he says, no small amount of awe in his voice. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A Little Bit Later.... sammyfury 2010-10-06 02:25 am UTC (link)
	Sammy leaned in to see what he was pointing at. "Sure it's not a space ship?" she asked, only teasing a little. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A Little Bit Later.... thisismyweapon 2010-10-06 02:33 am UTC (link)
	"Don't joke about spaceships, Sammy. We could wake up on one at anytime and be asked to procreate for the good of some empire we've never seen." Jason shudders, remembering the recent issue with the Empress. After a moment, he chuckled a little. "I should sign up for undercover work." he drawls. "I did a fair job with Reyja, even if I was drugged at the time." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A Little Bit Later.... sammyfury 2010-10-06 02:40 am UTC (link)
	"By telling her how your girlfriend would hurt you both when she found you?" She laughed and continued to lean against him. "Well, if I /were/ your girlfriend, I wouldn't have been pleased. I don't share well." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A Little Bit Later.... thisismyweapon 2010-10-06 02:50 am UTC (link)
	"I pointed out that my girlfriend would kill us both before we knew we were dead and that I wouldn't cheat on her anyway. She gives me as much as I can handle on her own, so I don't have time for another woman." Jason grins. "Besides, that whole forced procreation with a woman I hardly know isn't the way I wanna go about learnin' about the fairer sex." Jason says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A Little Bit Later.... sammyfury 2010-10-06 03:11 am UTC (link)
	"That was surprising, even for the Empress. To take unwilling men. There are plenty of men in the life that she could have had who'd jump at her bait. She had a few of them on her ship before." Sammy watched the sky for a moment. "May I ask a personal question?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A Little Bit Later.... thisismyweapon 2010-10-06 03:13 am UTC (link)
	"Sure." Jason says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

Re: A Little Bit Later....

sammyfury
2010-10-06 03:24 am UTC (link)

Sammy tried to find a tactful way to ask a question she'd had since the incident and just decided to ask. If Jason hadn't figured out she wasn't the most tactful of people by now, he wasn't paying attention.

"Reyja is a beautiful female, but you worked overtime to keep her away. Why weren't you interested? I get why Jack and some of the others weren't. She didn't steal men belonging to ordinary women. But you are free to do what and whom you want. What kept you from taking what was offered? And why not see her now? There's no pressure, no enforced intimacy. She really did seem to like you."

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Re: A Little Bit Later....

thisismyweapon
2010-10-06 03:34 am UTC (link)

Jason sighs, turning a little red at the question, mostly because of shame for the admission he was about to make.

"I thought you might have guess by now that I'm a virgin, Sammy. I have no sexual experience. Reyja wanted not only to have sex, but get /pregnant/ and...somethin' in me just can't abide by somethin' like that. She was a nice girl, after the fact, but she wanted somethin' I couldn't give to her." Jason says.

"Besides, I would never have seen that child again, and I know what it is to grow up without parents. I would never do that to a child of my own." he elaborates further. He takes a deep breath, then looks at Sammy.

"Chelsea, the girl I dated in high school, kissed and even made out, but when it came to sex...I couldn't do it. Not because she isn't desirable, but because I needed a deeper connection with someone before I could go that far. I wanted to find the right person instead of the person I'm with /right now/. She and I had so many issues that the no-sex thing was really just the nail in the coffin." Jason says.

"I told you I wasn't trying to have sex with you, Sammy, and now you know why. When I do find the right girl, I'd like it to be special, but I also don't wanna disappoint her by bein' inexperienced. I can't just invent a machine to teach the birds and the bees, though, now can I?" Jason chuckles.

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Re: A Little Bit Later....

sammyfury
2010-10-06 03:45 am UTC (link)

"I figured out that you'd never...well, /never/, but I was curious about why you hadn't taken the opportunity when it was available."

She put a companionable arm around him and rested her head against his shoulder. It might've seemed like an odd conversation to be having here and now, but that was one of the things she liked about him.

"There's nothing wrong with wanting better for yourself and not settling for less. The inexperience won't be an issue, I think, if you find the right girl. Personally, I think you have too much to offer to worry about that."

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	Re: A Little Bit Later.... thisismyweapon 2010-10-06 04:03 am UTC (link)
	"Well, I know that some people enjoy it, which I guess I get, but other people /really/ enjoy it...but yes, I want to know that the person I'm with wants to be with me and isn't just doin' it to mark time or say they did." Jason says, relaxing at her touch. "May I ask if you've ever...you know?" he asks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A Little Bit Later.... sammyfury 2010-10-06 04:37 am UTC (link)
	She nodded, head still against his shoulder. "Yes. With one person. I agree with you. It's not in me to use sex as a way to mark time. I'd like a connection to the other person." She laughed a bit. "I want to be special. Totally against the current trend toward for sex before you even know somebody twenty four hours." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A Little Bit Later.... thisismyweapon 2010-10-06 04:49 am UTC (link)
	"Yes, it's nice to be special." Jason says. "So we have that in common." He's silent for a bit, just enjoying her head rested upon his shoulder. "I would like to be in love someday, too. It's pretty nice from what I've seen." he says, thinking of his grandparents. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A Little Bit Later.... sammyfury 2010-10-06 05:01 am UTC (link)
	"From what I've seen, it's everything. I'm okay with not finding love if that means I have to settle for less than what my parents have. Otherwise, you'd be one of two lonely people in a relationship." "Have you notice we seem to have a lot in common? We're either going to be good friends or we're going to drive each other crazy." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

Re: A Little Bit Later....

thisismyweapon
2010-10-06 05:09 am UTC (link)

"I noticed. By the way, you drove me crazy with the eighth cup of coffee in a single day." he jokes, chuckling.

"Really, though...I'm glad to meet someone who shares some of my views. I've been told that I don't operate on the same level of reality as most people, so it's good to see I'm not alone." he says.

"My grandparents were my biggest influence on what love is and means. If I can't get somethin' like what they have, then you're right; it's just better to be alone." Jason says.

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	Re: A Little Bit Later.... sammyfury 2010-10-06 05:17 am UTC (link)
	"But was that eighth cup before or after noon?" she teased back. "I'm pretty sure there are more of us out there, but you and I are living in a high stress world where people let off steam by the easiest means possible, sex. But I promise that if we're old and lonely, we'll still have the firing range." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A Little Bit Later.... thisismyweapon 2010-10-06 12:42 pm UTC (link)
	"It was afternoon. I was countin' that, too." he grins. "Hey now, if we're old and lonely together, then we have the range, extra clips and each other. Just don't shoot me by accident when your eyesight starts failin'." he jokes. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A Little Bit Later.... sammyfury 2010-10-06 02:57 pm UTC (link)
	"Riiiiight. Just don't hand me water bottle instead of a clip when /your/ eyesight goes," she teased back. "On the bright side, if I shoot you accidentally, I'll be on hand to nurse you through your wounds." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: A Little Bit Later.... thisismyweapon 2010-10-06 03:21 pm UTC (link)
	"You better be. In return, if you ever get sick, I'll bring you chicken soup and a book full of all the guns I'm workin' on." Jason says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)