weldedtomyspine: (mildly amused)
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The Day of the Dead. Every year found Jaime ending his rounds in the same cemetery, at the same grave.

Nadia.

Just like every year, the first thing he did was look to see if anyone else had been by before to leave anything for her. And just like every year, there was nothing. So he knelt in front of the grave marker and lay the small bouquet of cempasĂșchitl against the granite.

He didn't say anything. Even years later he wasn't sure what to say. He just knelt in silence for a bit, remembering.

Date: 2014-11-16 04:27 am (UTC)
heromaniac: (hello door)
From: [personal profile] heromaniac
"She got to work with you. And she's always on your mind." Momoko leaned against him. "It's not a bad jealousy. But the kind where... well, she's a part of your life I can't get to. She knows a different you."

Date: 2014-11-16 05:11 am (UTC)
heromaniac: (laugh desk friends talk)
From: [personal profile] heromaniac
"I'd better be," she teased lightly, then went back to watching the tombstone. "She's the last teammate you let yourself have. The last real one. You keep all the others distant. That's kind of a big thing for us."

Date: 2014-11-23 12:08 am (UTC)
heromaniac: (big eye wide)
From: [personal profile] heromaniac
"You act more like a consultant than a team member," she pointed out.

Date: 2014-11-23 02:36 am (UTC)
heromaniac: (Momoko wears a Yukata)
From: [personal profile] heromaniac
She could argue team dynamics with him again, but this wasn't the place so she just gave him a smile.

"But that's why I want to know her, why I'm jealous. Nadia was... is important enough that you closed that position." Momoko shrugged. "How can a girl compete with that?"

Date: 2014-11-23 02:55 am (UTC)
heromaniac: (o rly?)
From: [personal profile] heromaniac
"Hmm." She could tell he was thinking seriously about it; good. "I'm not jealous of her in the same way I would be if you started to pay attention to another girl. It's not romantic jealousy."

Momoko made up a small plate from the items in the picnic basket as she spoke. "Not anymore, at least. So in that way it's not a competition. But Nadia's death affected how you work. How you think about work. That's an area of your life that I want to share, too. But because of her death, you keep parts of that away from me."

She held out the plate to him. "So I guess it's not a competition, since she's won that from you. But I totally still want to win against her; I haven't given up."

Date: 2014-11-23 03:15 am (UTC)
heromaniac: (laugh desk friends talk)
From: [personal profile] heromaniac
"She's the last person you asked to help you. I love you; how can I not wish that was me?" Momoko asked, reaching again into the basket to prepare her own plate.

Date: 2014-11-23 05:13 am (UTC)
heromaniac: (Momoko is grinning up at you)
From: [personal profile] heromaniac
Momoko made a face at him. "You know what I mean."

Date: 2014-11-24 03:02 am (UTC)
heromaniac: (eating uhm?)
From: [personal profile] heromaniac
"So. Jealous." Momoko shrugged and nibbled at a pan de muerto. "Why don't you talk about her?"

Date: 2014-11-27 06:42 pm (UTC)
heromaniac: (big eye wide)
From: [personal profile] heromaniac
"So you didn't know her from school, too?" Momoko asked. "Like Paco and Brenda?"

Date: 2014-11-27 07:24 pm (UTC)
heromaniac: (eh? huh.)
From: [personal profile] heromaniac
Huh? "Hector? Who's that?"

Date: 2014-11-27 07:38 pm (UTC)
heromaniac: (concerned)
From: [personal profile] heromaniac
"Her brother? Ah, will he be join--" Momoko caught Jaime's look and broke off. That was a little more than just his sad face. She reached over and set her hand on his leg.

Date: 2014-11-27 07:55 pm (UTC)
heromaniac: (sad leery)
From: [personal profile] heromaniac
Momoko leaned back, food forgotten as pieces were falling into place in her mind.

Unlike her, Jaime hadn't wanted to be a hero to anyone but his own family. He had no support from his community and while there were other heroes in his world, no one had trained him. And then his first team had been ripped to pieces on his own watch.

And yet here he was, still holding everything on his own shoulders and marching forward no matter who called.

It was a good thing Momoko already loved him or she'd fall for him all over again.

She might just do it anyways; he totally deserved it.

Date: 2014-11-28 04:02 am (UTC)
heromaniac: (hug-comfy)
From: [personal profile] heromaniac
She gave him a few moments, but not enough that he would get stuck blaming himself again. Hopefully.

"She must be very proud of you."

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