"That's it, we are going to buy hair dye asap. You could at least have gone purple, stay in theme."
"He wanted to look more like Marky Mark," Shawna suggested, while ruffling Mark's hair, who just growled something about not wanting to be called that but otherwise didn't seem to care too much. He liked when she ruffled his hair.
"I missed you too, Axel. We are just becoming a thing again, I have a few ideas. The city could use some more sparkle. You are just the missing piece we needed."
"Tonight we party," Shawna promised, kissing Axel's cheek, "We have a great place, Lisa found it. Big enough for all of us."
"Oh my God, seriously? Dude. Dude! This is-- this is -- wow, woah, okay? I don't even know." He had a lot of feelings and he was too excited to sit still. He squirmed around like an excited child waiting for his Christmas presents. "We should celebrate! Get shots and drink and--"
Oh. Wait.
Hartley.
"I've got to find someone first though so I need to be sober." He had to find Hartley's number, tell him that he's okay and then maybe he can meet him. Then he could contact his parents too! No one could stop him now. So many openings. "I need some digits."
"We will lie low, Axel." Lisa used Leonard's tone, the tone he used - had used - when he grounded her, when he was telling her what to do, the same tone he used to get every criminal in Central City to listen to him. "I'm not going to risk blowing this before we are all set."
However, she did feel for someone who had just come from prison. "Who do you want to see? Do you have a lover?"
"It's Piper, you guys remember Piper? I know, I know, he stopped doing the rogue thing but he isn't like Mr Goodie or nothing. He came to visit me when no one else did." Not that he blamed anyone here, they were all adults with their own stuff going on but it meant a lot that Hartley came and he didn't want to leave him hanging. "He was supposed to visit me in two days so I'd want to give him a heads up is all."
Maybe still get his jelly beans too.
He turned to Mark and grinned. "But thanks bro, loving the support. Nice development."
Given the last time they hung out, Mark called him a fag by accident and then got flustered and talked about how straight he was for a solid five minutes. "Luckily I'm still single." And with that, he winked at Mark. It was hard to resist.
"I'm not!" Mark tried to hide behind Shawna, who just shrugged and patted his knee.
"Give it a minute. But Piper, huh? I was wondering what he was up to. It has to be a lot less fun being grumpy when you have no one to be grumpy at." At least she would imagine as much.
Lisa frowned and shook her head. "Don't worry about that, Axel. You are prolific, they are sure to report about you having gotten out. Piper is going to know. If you visit him, he'll have to call the cops. You don't want to risk that."
"He won't call the cops on me. He's my friend. And I'm--" No, he wasn't going to share his conversations with Hartley. Not that he called him special or sweet boy, not that he spoke to him like a person and told him how much he liked him. Hartley was his friend, he'd never betray him.
But he couldn't betray Lisa either. He just literally saved his ass.
"Okay, tell you what, I'll give us some time to establish ourselves and prepare... then I'll contact Hartley. From an unknown number. I know how to make my stuff untraceable, yeah?"
"Deal." Lisa trusted Axel's skills where masking such things were concerned, she trusted his skills with a lot of things, which was why she had wanted him as part of the team in the first place. "Now, first of all we are going to head home and then we are going to party. Don't you worry, Axel, we have shots, karaoke and Mark is practically a fog machine and good for wet t-shirt contests."
"...sure." This was what he had his meta powers for.
"Welcome back, Axel. Your choice in take-out tonight."
Axel beamed excitedly As he crawled forward and hugged Lisa from behind, careful not to mess up her driving as he remained there, beaming and holding onto her. "Love you, Lis." He kissed her cheek and then let himself flop back down, pulling out his rat pictures and proceeding to show the others.
He didn't know Lis so well but they'd clicked the brief time he'd known her. Sometimes he felt like he knew her perfectly, despite just meeting. It was surreal. She was special, that's all he knew.
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"He wanted to look more like Marky Mark," Shawna suggested, while ruffling Mark's hair, who just growled something about not wanting to be called that but otherwise didn't seem to care too much. He liked when she ruffled his hair.
"I missed you too, Axel. We are just becoming a thing again, I have a few ideas. The city could use some more sparkle. You are just the missing piece we needed."
"Tonight we party," Shawna promised, kissing Axel's cheek, "We have a great place, Lisa found it. Big enough for all of us."
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Oh. Wait.
Hartley.
"I've got to find someone first though so I need to be sober." He had to find Hartley's number, tell him that he's okay and then maybe he can meet him. Then he could contact his parents too! No one could stop him now. So many openings. "I need some digits."
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However, she did feel for someone who had just come from prison. "Who do you want to see? Do you have a lover?"
Mark whistled. "Woohoo. You go, Axel."
"You know he's gay, right?"
"I still want him to do well."
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Maybe still get his jelly beans too.
He turned to Mark and grinned. "But thanks bro, loving the support. Nice development."
Given the last time they hung out, Mark called him a fag by accident and then got flustered and talked about how straight he was for a solid five minutes. "Luckily I'm still single." And with that, he winked at Mark. It was hard to resist.
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"Give it a minute. But Piper, huh? I was wondering what he was up to. It has to be a lot less fun being grumpy when you have no one to be grumpy at." At least she would imagine as much.
Lisa frowned and shook her head. "Don't worry about that, Axel. You are prolific, they are sure to report about you having gotten out. Piper is going to know. If you visit him, he'll have to call the cops. You don't want to risk that."
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But he couldn't betray Lisa either. He just literally saved his ass.
"Okay, tell you what, I'll give us some time to establish ourselves and prepare... then I'll contact Hartley. From an unknown number. I know how to make my stuff untraceable, yeah?"
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"...sure." This was what he had his meta powers for.
"Welcome back, Axel. Your choice in take-out tonight."
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Axel beamed excitedly As he crawled forward and hugged Lisa from behind, careful not to mess up her driving as he remained there, beaming and holding onto her. "Love you, Lis." He kissed her cheek and then let himself flop back down, pulling out his rat pictures and proceeding to show the others.
He didn't know Lis so well but they'd clicked the brief time he'd known her. Sometimes he felt like he knew her perfectly, despite just meeting. It was surreal. She was special, that's all he knew.