you have a way of moving me

[currentcy]

WHO: ELECTRO, MAX GIBSON, and APRIL LUDGATE
WHERE: Outside/around City Hall ➟ maybe April & Max's place? WE'LL SEE.
WHEN: Thursday afternoon/evening let's say.
WARNINGS: Massive amounts of awkward.
SUMMARY: The boyfriend meets the roommate. They are both named Max.
FORMAT: Whatever!


Adjusting to the whole thing took was taking him a little while, but one good thing about Electro's age was that he had enough experience with relationships -- however short-lived most of them had been -- to remember what differently to do than with more casual affairs. April so far hadn't been exactly high-maintenance, so that helped matters some. Still, waiting around outside City Hall for her to get off work some days still felt weird and unsettling to him, in part because he was so out of routine of having someone to wait for and in part because usually when he was at City Hall, he was smashing things or shorting them out.

But then, it wasn't as if he'd hadn't gotten used to playing nicer lately anyway. At least he was getting good use out of his new motorcycle.

Comments

[currentcy]

I don't exaggerate. Okay? I call it as I see it, and given the world I'm from it's pretty obvious here.

[ They're about 7-10 minutes away from April's now. I guess. HOW DO TIME/DISTANCE whatever!! Yeahhh. ]

[futurebatwoman]

[ yeah me and time/distance is just a history of me Making Shit Up. sounds good! ]

Things are getting better here, though.

[currentcy]

For some kinds of people, it is. [ His voice drops a little, more grumbly and probably harder to hear. ] I'll believe it when I see it.

[futurebatwoman]

What kinds? [ Because the second part was a little hard to decipher, and with the wind still in their ears she's not sure she can. ]

[currentcy]

You know, the kind that are okay with sitting on their hands and saving all the poor powerless natives while they go right back to hating us the second things are fine again.

[ And I guess they're there now! So he pulls up and kills the motor. ]

[futurebatwoman]

[ She hops off, trying to decide between being irritated at him for that statement or just thanking him for the ride. Taking out her key, she decides to go for both. ]

People like people who help them more, it's pretty common. Thanks for the ride. I'm going to start coffee, if you want some?

[currentcy]

Doesn't mean they got to be the measuring sticks for the rest of us -- it's not like all the natives have to be firefighters or doctors to get any respect. Some of us ain't the hero types.

[ He makes sure his bike is parked all right, before he follows Max toward the door. ]

Sure. Coffee sounds fine. How long you'd say she'd be? An hour?

[futurebatwoman]

They're getting better at only hating those of us who really suck.

[ Closing the door behind them and heading towards the kitchen. ]

Yeah, she said about an hour. It might be less, I think she wanted to beat this next level a lot.

[currentcy]

Works out real great for those of us who don't go in for the charity.

[ He sits, putting his feet up on the table. ]

All right. I guess I'll be out of your hair after that. We didn't exactly have plans or nothing.

[futurebatwoman]

Do you take cream or sugar in your coffee?

[ over her shoulder from the kitchen as she drops her boots just outside it ]

It's not a small house, you guys aren't in my hair.

[currentcy]

Good, because this place is way nicer than mine. I should be spending more time here.

[ Who even still lives in the MAC. ]

Sugar, no cream.

[futurebatwoman]

[ That wasn't the intended result of what she said, but agh oh well. ]

Right, just a couple minutes. If you start sending lots of time here, you're going to need to start bringing coffee. We run out really fast.

[currentcy]

There's just two of you, how much do you drink?

[ He sits up a bit. ]

I can chip in, I guess. Coffee don't cost that much.

[futurebatwoman]

There's Kate, too. And even if it was just April and me, we both drink a lot of coffee.

[ Bringing him his cup. ]

We stockpile and it still disappears. I think the raccoons take some of it.

[currentcy]

I don't know who Kate is.

[ He sits up more, taking the cup and holding it in both hands. ]

Why not just get those huge things of it? I'll buy you guys a fucking crate.

[futurebatwoman]

Our third roommate. She's nice.

[ And oh hey ]

They sell it in crates? Yeah, I think we need one of those.

[currentcy]

How many people live here, anyway?

[ Squints. He doesn't want any awkward surprises if he's going to be hanging out here. ]

Probably. I mean, you can get pretty much anything in bulk on the internet.

[futurebatwoman]

Just us three. I mean, until April decides to drag someone else in, at least.

[ you can never tell with April! ]

True. The internet is a fantastic place.

[currentcy]

Any more than that and you might as well be living in the MAC. This place can't be that expensive.

[ He shrugs, sitting back again. ]

It's no problem as long as I can drink it here and not at the crappy over-priced shops. I hate people in coffee shops.