battle_shield (battle_shield) wrote,
@ 2013-12-03 00:00:00

Date Night
Josh had arranged for reservations at the restaurant Valini had wanted to go to. He didn't know where Val lived so they decided that they would meet at the restaurant. It had been awhile since Josh had put on a suit, and it wasn't even for work. He wondered how this would go. He hoped he hadn't been too impulsive.

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	battle_shield 2013-12-09 09:00 pm UTC (link)
	He smiled appreciatively. The smile lightened a little at her question. "Youthful rebellion," he admitted. "My dad and I..have our issues." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	valini_morse 2013-12-09 09:11 pm UTC (link)
	"Not many youths rebel into a mysterious men-in-black job," she pointed out with a smirk. "Very clever trick." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	battle_shield 2013-12-09 10:39 pm UTC (link)
	"It's a long story. My dad and I have had our share of conflicts over the years. Basically when he found out I had powers, Dad wanted me to follow in his footsteps as a costumed operative. Me being me, I deliberately went the bureaucratic route," he explained. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	valini_morse 2013-12-10 07:53 pm UTC (link)
	"As exciting and event-full as the costume-work is, I can see some reason to chose a bit more structured and subtle path." She squinted and tilted her head, looking at him in amusement. "Although, if you were going to do the spandex and leather thing...." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	battle_shield 2013-12-10 09:27 pm UTC (link)
	"Wish I could say it was entirely based on reason, but kids, you know." He raised an eyebrow at that. "Oh?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	valini_morse 2013-12-11 02:19 am UTC (link)
	She shrugged. "Just trying to guess what your costume would look like," she replied innocently. "I think I can start by saying no to fringe. Anywhere" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	battle_shield 2013-12-11 02:28 am UTC (link)
	"As long as it isn't some stars and stripe get-up. I'm as patriotic as the next guy, but Dad would never let me hear the end of it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	valini_morse 2013-12-11 02:54 am UTC (link)
	"I think we've run that theme into the ground over the past decades," she admitted with a repressed laugh. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	battle_shield 2013-12-11 03:04 am UTC (link)
	"Isn't that the truth," he said with a laugh he couldn't hold back. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	valini_morse 2013-12-12 12:47 am UTC (link)
	Getting her giggles contained, she took a deep breath and nodded. "I'm sure whatever design you would have picked, I'm sure it'd be striking and tasteful." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	battle_shield 2013-12-12 03:00 am UTC (link)
	"Well..I'd be lying if I said I never thought about it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	valini_morse 2013-12-13 01:38 am UTC (link)
	"Indeed," she agreed and squinted as she studied him. "Leather, not spandex. I'd say one dark base color, maybe two accent colors, tops. No nineties armor or a thousand pouches everywhere. Headgear would be nice, for safeties' sake." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	battle_shield 2013-12-13 04:40 pm UTC (link)
	He raised an eyebrow. "That was all off the top of your head?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	valini_morse 2013-12-15 02:30 pm UTC (link)
	She waved her hand to dismiss that eyebrow. "We have half a century of superhero fashion design to draw from and steer clear of. Unless you were hoping for the floppy pirate boots." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	battle_shield 2013-12-16 11:42 pm UTC (link)
	He raised his hands in surrender. "No, no, that's okay," he said with a chuckle. He then raised an intrigued eyebrow. "Did you ever think about doing it?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	valini_morse 2013-12-17 03:11 am UTC (link)
	She laughed at the fear of the floppy boots. "Me? I could get with the action and the excitement of the super-lifestyle. But-" She shrugged. "Mom was a scientist and agent first. I'm good with that." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	battle_shield 2013-12-17 05:57 pm UTC (link)
	"As long as you're doing what you want to do," he says with a nod. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	valini_morse 2013-12-18 12:23 am UTC (link)
	"Same to you," she replied with a smile. "We might not have capes, but we still safeguard the world in our ways." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	battle_shield 2013-12-18 12:41 am UTC (link)
	"I'll drink to that. Toast," he asked? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	valini_morse 2013-12-19 02:17 am UTC (link)
	She smiled and picked up her glass in return. "Indeed. To us being impeccably awesome." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	battle_shield 2013-12-19 10:47 pm UTC (link)
	That gets him chuckling again. "Here, here, though I think our modesty is unsalvageable." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	valini_morse 2013-12-22 01:54 pm UTC (link)
	"Modesty is overrated in certain situations. Many situations," she agrees with a laugh. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	battle_shield 2013-12-22 07:12 pm UTC (link)
	He chuckles a bit more before smiling more warmly. "I have to say..I've really enjoyed this." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	valini_morse 2013-12-29 06:49 pm UTC (link)
	"I'm glad," she replied and smiled back. "Because so have I. it was a wonderful idea, Josh." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	battle_shield 2013-12-30 12:42 am UTC (link)
	"So..does that mean you'd be up for doing it again sometime," he ventured? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)