MCA #5, Saturday Morning

[electrocynic]

As far as Sarah was concerned, this was a perfectly ordinary Saturday. She'd slept in late, had some brekkie, was lounging around on the couch with something mindless on the telly. And considering the way last Saturday had gone – she felt like she'd only just recuperated from the hangover, if not the mental fallout of it all – she thought this one should just stay a quiet one.

In fact, she had half a mind to just stay in her pajamas all day.

[ooc: Open, natch.]

Comments

[onepunchguy.livejournal.com]

Guy, stop laughing at that mental image. It was rude. "...wow, that sounds awful."

[electrocynic]

And her nose had been wrinkled before.

"It was, so stop laughing."

That was one annoyed hair-ruffle he got.

[onepunchguy.livejournal.com]

"I can picture it." The nose wrinkle wasn't helping him stop. It was doing the opposite, actually. "I can also picture you cursing up a storm and demanding a beer."

Goddamn it, he was still so far gone on her.

[electrocynic]

The feeling was more mutual than Sarah would have cared to admit.

She rolled her eyes again. "They said beer was bad for your chakras. So I told them what they could do with theirs."

[onepunchguy.livejournal.com]

And that set Guy off onto a new round of laughs. "Beer is bad for your chakras? Man, I'm screwed then."

[electrocynic]

"Still not funny." She was wrong. "The only good part was when Alex caused a forest fire."

[onepunchguy.livejournal.com]

"Did you get to leave after that?"

[electrocynic]

"Nah. We weren't even halfway through the retreat," she rasped. "Alex had to deal with the SPA for 'abusing his powers' afterwards, but that's all. I tried to tell the hippies they had to mourn the trees but they didn't buy it."

[onepunchguy.livejournal.com]

"Just made you keep talking about chakras?" How did she not end up punching one of them? Guy totally would have.

[electrocynic]

Jenny had been there, ready to sadface at her. She couldn't bear it.

"And centering yourself. As if I'm not centered!"

She really was not.

[onepunchguy.livejournal.com]

"Most centered person I know." NOT A HIGH BAR. NOR TRUE.

[electrocynic]

"Thanks," she drawled.

Also, did he know how terrible it was to be looking at his face from this close a proximity? Especially when he was smiling? Because it was. Very terrible. Goddammit.

[onepunchguy.livejournal.com]

And now they were having a quiet moment of looking at each other while way too close. Goddamn it, this wasn't going to end well. In no universe would this end well.

Guy bit the inside of his cheek to keep from saying some stupid shit about how nice she looked.

[electrocynic]

She wouldn't have bought it, anyway. The pajamas were ratty and she hadn't brushed her hair and she knew those things didn't matter, she did, but she probably would've scoffed all the same.

Which might've given her something else to do than watch him while debating with several conflicting urges she was having.

He was warm and she was very aware of that.

[onepunchguy.livejournal.com]

"Don't think I regretted anything more than leavin' here," he admitted quietly. "Gave up a lot for the Corps. Too much, probably."

[electrocynic]

"No, I get it," she told him, glancing down. "You want to be a hero. Or, do good, whatever."

The way she didn't, really. There was being a hero the way she and her friends and, God, even Devlin were, and then there was actually feeling like making a difference.

"And you're supposed to."

[onepunchguy.livejournal.com]

"I wanted this for years," he admitted, reaching up to brush a thumb over her cheek. "Ended up getting beat into a coma, watching friends die, and getting no respect at all. And yeah, helping people was worth that crap."

[electrocynic]

And now she was putting an unnecessary amount of willpower into not nuzzling his hand.

Yeah, that would last. Sure.

"I don't even know what that feels like."

[onepunchguy.livejournal.com]

"Yeah you do," Guy insisted, leaning in to rest his forehead against hers. That was better than kissing her, right? Right. "You're a good person, Sarah. Great even."

He was biased.

[electrocynic]

Guy, no, that was worse. Much worse. Possibly the stupidest thing he could have done.

She loved it.

She made a dry sound. "Now you're just talking out of your arse." Ever the romantic.

[onepunchguy.livejournal.com]

Guy snorted, closing his eyes. "I got a lot of regrets. But knowing you would never be one of 'em. I'll always love you."

Because they were awful about saying those things when they were actually together.

[electrocynic]

The noise she made this time was a lot less dry.

He was definitely going to get punched if he made her cry.

[onepunchguy.livejournal.com]

And he would so deserve it.

He did the worse thing possible and kissed her then. Because oh god, Guy. Why do you do these things?

[electrocynic]

Because he was a fool in love even after two and a half years?

So, basically, he was an idiot.

Sarah hesitated for a few seconds. Because, you know, it was a bad idea. Or possibly just because it'd been a long time and her brain just spazzed out. Either way, she recovered. She kissed him back.

Got her hand tangled up in his shirt and everything.

[onepunchguy.livejournal.com]

Well of course he was an idiot. That was a basic part of his personality.

What was her excuse?

Guy took that as his go ahead to run fingers through her hair and only get a little caught on tangles. This totally worked better in the movies, you know.