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Jane sputtered into her coffee, setting the cup down and putting a hand over her mouth so she didn’t just spit it everywhere. Oh, she should’ve seen that one coming. Most people didn’t ask, so she didn’t have to think about it, but Summer definitely wasn’t most people.

Once she had finally swallowed, she shrugged. “I wouldn’t be able to tell you, honestly,” she said. “We haven’t done too much more than kissing. I think he’s afraid of offending me, and I’m afraid of offending him.” She chuckled and rolled her eyes. “He might also be afraid of hurting me. He squeezed me too hard when we were making out on the couch and I had bruises for a week and a half. He doesn’t know about the bruises, but he knows it hurt.”

Summer dropped the doughnut like it burned her and hit herself in the forehead. “Don’t you two even talk?” she said, under the hand. “Good grief, Jane. Look, I’m not going to say this to hurt you, but seriously, I never thought of you as a coward.”

Summer dropped her hand and looked into Jane’s eyes, her face very serious. “You’re not doing yourself any favours being afraid. You say he’s sincere and honest and wonderful, so hold on to that and be honest back to him.” She leaned back in the chair, arms folded. “You’re serious about him, right? Do it right from the beginning.”

Jane raised an eyebrow. “I am not a coward,” she said. “We talk all the time, but we talk about things that are a bit more pressing than sex. He’s got enough to worry about without worrying about literally breaking me.” She rolled her eyes.

“It’s more complicated than that, okay? And besides, I’m not in any rush, and neither is he. It’s not like we haven’t done it just because we’re both nervous. It feels… I don’t know. It feels right taking things slow with him.”

Summer rolled her eyes right back. “I didn’t say jump right into bed. I said be honest. If you talk about everything, then let everything include why you think he might be offended. Or ask him why he thinks you might be offended.”

“Jane, I’m really serious about this. I — you’re my friend, and I don’t want to see you hurt because the two of you fumbled around trying /not/ to hurt each other.” Summer looked away, at the city skyline, her mouth crimping. “I tried that. I won’t let what happened to me, happen to you. I just won’t.”

Hey! It’s Jane | Closed RP

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“I haven’t been out of town a whole lot since we met back up, to be honest,” Jane said, and shrugged. “I’m sure he would fly me somewhere if I asked him to, but I’ve just been taking jets from either S.H.I.E.L.D. or Stark Industries. Working for them all comes with perks.” She chuckled, taking a sip from her coffee.

“Well… what do you mean? I know he’s kind of… y’know. He’s just. He’s Thor. There’s no other way to put it.”

“I’m so jealous of you right now, I can’t even say. I mean,” Summer shrugged, “okay, I have some powers, and I can fly too, but I am so low down on the totem pole, you would not believe. And here you are, famous scientist girl with the hot boyfriend and the most amazing friends on the planet. I bet our old classmates would have a /cow/ if they could see you now.”

She grinned. “One more nosey question and then I swear I’ll stop.” Summer picked up one last doughnut, and giving Jane the side-eye, licked at the frosting slowly. “What’s he like … in bed?”

Jane sputtered into her coffee, setting the cup down and putting a hand over her mouth so she didn’t just spit it everywhere. Oh, she should’ve seen that one coming. Most people didn’t ask, so she didn’t have to think about it, but Summer definitely wasn’t most people.

Once she had finally swallowed, she shrugged. “I wouldn’t be able to tell you, honestly,” she said. “We haven’t done too much more than kissing. I think he’s afraid of offending me, and I’m afraid of offending him.” She chuckled and rolled her eyes. “He might also be afraid of hurting me. He squeezed me too hard when we were making out on the couch and I had bruises for a week and a half. He doesn’t know about the bruises, but he knows it hurt.”

Summer dropped the doughnut like it burned her and hit herself in the forehead. “Don’t you two even talk?” she said, under the hand. “Good grief, Jane. Look, I’m not going to say this to hurt you, but seriously, I never thought of you as a coward.”

Summer dropped her hand and looked into Jane’s eyes, her face very serious. “You’re not doing yourself any favours being afraid. You say he’s sincere and honest and wonderful, so hold on to that and be honest back to him.” She leaned back in the chair, arms folded. “You’re serious about him, right? Do it right from the beginning.”

Hey! It’s Jane | Closed RP

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Jane laughed at Summer’s enthusiasm, smiling brightly. “Yeah, I have a lab. A pretty big one, actually. I have one big telescope there, and some equipment I made myself, along with some that S.H.I.E.L.D. supplied me with. I travel whenever I can, too. It’s hard to see stars in this city.”

She rolled her eyes, but she was still smiling. “Yeah, you can come see it some time. And I haven’t really found anything conclusive on that subject, yet. It’s going to take a bit of work. It’s more about trying to find something that proves it right rather than trying to find something that proves what we already believe wrong. It’s… sort of difficult. But that’s space, for you. Nothing’s easy.”

“Oh, well, nothing ever worth having is easy,” Summer replied. Her grin slid slightly sideways, acquiring mischief. “Soooo … does Thor fly you when you go out of town? Or do you still have to hoof it? I gotta say, I’m still really curious about this whole thing with you and Thor. I mean, the man — god? — is … he’s a thing. Like, I can’t even describe it.”

“I haven’t been out of town a whole lot since we met back up, to be honest,” Jane said, and shrugged. “I’m sure he would fly me somewhere if I asked him to, but I’ve just been taking jets from either S.H.I.E.L.D. or Stark Industries. Working for them all comes with perks.” She chuckled, taking a sip from her coffee.

“Well… what do you mean? I know he’s kind of… y’know. He’s just. He’s Thor. There’s no other way to put it.”

“I’m so jealous of you right now, I can’t even say. I mean,” Summer shrugged, “okay, I have some powers, and I can fly too, but I am so low down on the totem pole, you would not believe. And here you are, famous scientist girl with the hot boyfriend and the most amazing friends on the planet. I bet our old classmates would have a /cow/ if they could see you now.”

She grinned. “One more nosey question and then I swear I’ll stop.” Summer picked up one last doughnut, and giving Jane the side-eye, licked at the frosting slowly. “What’s he like … in bed?”

Hey! It’s Jane | Closed RP

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A blog? Jane shook her head, taking a sip from her coffee. She wouldn’t be able to keep up with a blog with all of the time she spent in her lab or plain forgetting what she was supposed to be doing in the first place.

“I’m an astrophysicist,” she said. “So I research space. Right now I’m trying to find out if there’s any correlation between the aurora borealis we see on Earth and the use of the Bifrost in Asgard.” She shrugged. She doubted there really was one, but there was always a possibility for everything. She had to chase down every possibility, every alternative.

“That’s glorious! Can I see your lab? Do you have a lab? Do you get to use the big space telescopes?” Summer leaned forward across the table, practically bouncing out of her seat. “What have you found so far? It’s so /cool/!”

Jane laughed at Summer’s enthusiasm, smiling brightly. “Yeah, I have a lab. A pretty big one, actually. I have one big telescope there, and some equipment I made myself, along with some that S.H.I.E.L.D. supplied me with. I travel whenever I can, too. It’s hard to see stars in this city.”

She rolled her eyes, but she was still smiling. “Yeah, you can come see it some time. And I haven’t really found anything conclusive on that subject, yet. It’s going to take a bit of work. It’s more about trying to find something that proves it right rather than trying to find something that proves what we already believe wrong. It’s… sort of difficult. But that’s space, for you. Nothing’s easy.”

“Oh, well, nothing ever worth having is easy,” Summer replied. Her grin slid slightly sideways, acquiring mischief. “Soooo … does Thor fly you when you go out of town? Or do you still have to hoof it? I gotta say, I’m still really curious about this whole thing with you and Thor. I mean, the man — god? — is … he’s a thing. Like, I can’t even describe it.”

Hey! It’s Jane | Closed RP

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“You should definitely try asking him. No harm in trying, right?” Jane asked, shrugging. “Besides, he might be way too interested about the fact that you can call fire to think much about saying no.” And, okay, maybe it would suck having to use that to get an in, but it was completely true. Tony liked science-y things, especially when they were kind of… abnormal.

“I’d offer to pay you to do a website for me, but I don’t really need one,” she said, and chuckled. “S.H.I.E.L.D. doesn’t exactly put any of my research on the internet.” Granted, she could put her own research out there if she wanted to. “And I don’t really want it there, either. I’d rather put it in a book or something. If I write a book, I’ll let you design the website about me.” She grinned.

“You could keep a blog,” Summer suggested. “What the hell do you do, anyway? What kind of research?”

A blog? Jane shook her head, taking a sip from her coffee. She wouldn’t be able to keep up with a blog with all of the time she spent in her lab or plain forgetting what she was supposed to be doing in the first place.

“I’m an astrophysicist,” she said. “So I research space. Right now I’m trying to find out if there’s any correlation between the aurora borealis we see on Earth and the use of the Bifrost in Asgard.” She shrugged. She doubted there really was one, but there was always a possibility for everything. She had to chase down every possibility, every alternative.

“That’s glorious! Can I see your lab? Do you have a lab? Do you get to use the big space telescopes?” Summer leaned forward across the table, practically bouncing out of her seat. “What have you found so far? It’s so /cool/!”

Hey! It’s Jane | Closed RP

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Jane nodded, finishing off the doughnuts she was working on and washing it down with coffee. “I’m glad you’re here. It’s nice seeing another person from when I was younger,” she said, and smiled. Really, Summer was the only person Jane had seen from when she was growing up since high school.

“So you’re a web designer now?” She picked up another doughnut, this one jelly-filled. “Have you designed any websites I would’ve seen?” She grinned.

“I kind of doubt it. My big project is a martial arts tournament site, but I do a lot of little consulting projects for people I know. That’s why I’m hoping to meet Tony, actually. If I can get him to let me get my hands on his site … oooh.” Summer flexed her fingers, pretending she was gripping the site, or maybe Tony.

She grinned at Jane. “Or, you know, I can just get my hands on him. I know, I know, he’s an asshole. I know from assholes, though.” Pointing at Jane, she added, “You are lucky, to have someone who cares about you first and himself second. Anyway, it’s not that I’m hard up for money, but getting my name associated with Stark Industries would be a huge boost in a new area.”

“You should definitely try asking him. No harm in trying, right?” Jane asked, shrugging. “Besides, he might be way too interested about the fact that you can call fire to think much about saying no.” And, okay, maybe it would suck having to use that to get an in, but it was completely true. Tony liked science-y things, especially when they were kind of… abnormal.

“I’d offer to pay you to do a website for me, but I don’t really need one,” she said, and chuckled. “S.H.I.E.L.D. doesn’t exactly put any of my research on the internet.” Granted, she could put her own research out there if she wanted to. “And I don’t really want it there, either. I’d rather put it in a book or something. If I write a book, I’ll let you design the website about me.” She grinned.

“You could keep a blog,” Summer suggested. “What the hell do you do, anyway? What kind of research?”

Hey! It’s Jane | Closed RP

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“It’s fine, seriously. I’ve seen crazier things, believe it or not,” Jane said, and chuckled. “But that’s… wow. That’s really something.” It was almost hard to believe that people like Jane or Layla or Charles existed; people with powers that were just natural to them. She was used to Thor, but he wasn’t from his realm, and Bruce, but his had been artificial.

“Have you met Layla Ford?” she asked. “She’s a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent. She’s an empath, too. I don’t know how well-known that is, but she doesn’t usually hesitate to tell anyone.” She shrugged, taking another bite from her doughnut. “You guys would probably get along.” 

They’d at least have something in common, right?

“So, how’d you decide on New York City to be your place of residence?”

“Winter asked me to. I was already looking for somewhere else to go, really.” She’d known there were others; how do you not know something like that? The whole world had heard of Charles Xavier and his X-Men. “I haven’t actually met any other empaths yet. But NYC seems to be a hotspot for superheroes anyway. Winter did all the work, really.”

Jane nodded, finishing off the doughnuts she was working on and washing it down with coffee. “I’m glad you’re here. It’s nice seeing another person from when I was younger,” she said, and smiled. Really, Summer was the only person Jane had seen from when she was growing up since high school.

“So you’re a web designer now?” She picked up another doughnut, this one jelly-filled. “Have you designed any websites I would’ve seen?” She grinned.

“I kind of doubt it. My big project is a martial arts tournament site, but I do a lot of little consulting projects for people I know. That’s why I’m hoping to meet Tony, actually. If I can get him to let me get my hands on his site … oooh.” Summer flexed her fingers, pretending she was gripping the site, or maybe Tony.

She grinned at Jane. “Or, you know, I can just get my hands on him. I know, I know, he’s an asshole. I know from assholes, though.” Pointing at Jane, she added, “You are lucky, to have someone who cares about you first and himself second. Anyway, it’s not that I’m hard up for money, but getting my name associated with Stark Industries would be a huge boost in a new area.”

Hey! It’s Jane | Closed RP

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Summer snickered. “Okay, I did that on purpose. Sorry.” She closed her hand, and the flame disappeared. “Remember how I used to be able to tell how people were feeling, back then? It … got worse. It actually started to be physically painful. I, um, it almost drove me into convulsions for a while.”

She rubbed her hands together, staring at them, before picking up another doughnut. “To this day, I swear to you, I don’t remember how I figured out how to fix it. I just … called fire, one day. And the pain stopped. It was like … I burned off the foreign emotions. Literally.”

Summer didn’t look at Jane, and her voice fell a little. “For what I just did, with you — sorry about that, by the way — I don’t have to burn it off. But it’s a balance — I take too much in, and I have to call fire, or there’s pain. It has to go somewhere.”

“I figured I might as well try to do something good with it.”

“It’s fine, seriously. I’ve seen crazier things, believe it or not,” Jane said, and chuckled. “But that’s… wow. That’s really something.” It was almost hard to believe that people like Jane or Layla or Charles existed; people with powers that were just natural to them. She was used to Thor, but he wasn’t from his realm, and Bruce, but his had been artificial.

“Have you met Layla Ford?” she asked. “She’s a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent. She’s an empath, too. I don’t know how well-known that is, but she doesn’t usually hesitate to tell anyone.” She shrugged, taking another bite from her doughnut. “You guys would probably get along.” 

They’d at least have something in common, right?

“So, how’d you decide on New York City to be your place of residence?”

“Winter asked me to. I was already looking for somewhere else to go, really.” She’d known there were others; how do you not know something like that? The whole world had heard of Charles Xavier and his X-Men. “I haven’t actually met any other empaths yet. But NYC seems to be a hotspot for superheroes anyway. Winter did all the work, really.”

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“I know it sounds crazy, but it’s…” Jane shrugged. “It’s different. Thor’s different. Everything he does and says is sincere. We spent nights awake just talking until I couldn’t keep my eyes open.” She sighed, and smiled a bit. “I care about him, yeah. And he cares about me. He really cares about me. I don’t think any guy on Earth could care as much as he does.”

It sounded silly, but it was true. Thor was an entirely different sort of person. “He’s something else. And I can definitely introduce you to him. He loves people.” She grinned. “He might crush your bones with a hug, but that’s about it.” She chuckled.

Summer grinned back. “Oh, well, you know me and big guys. I may be short, but I can hold my own.” Glancing down into her own open palm, she added, “I guess I could always try to set him on fire if it’s annoying.”

And a flame licked up from her hand.

“Woah!” Jane jumped a bit out of reflex, pulling her hand back and staring at Summer’s, before she relaxed. “Oh, right. Super hero… thing. I forgot.” She ran a hand through her hair, shaking her head. It was still crazy. “How does that all even work? I mean… how did you realize you had it? When did it start?” Obviously it had been after high school, right?

Summer snickered. “Okay, I did that on purpose. Sorry.” She closed her hand, and the flame disappeared. “Remember how I used to be able to tell how people were feeling, back then? It … got worse. It actually started to be physically painful. I, um, it almost drove me into convulsions for a while.”

She rubbed her hands together, staring at them, before picking up another doughnut. “To this day, I swear to you, I don’t remember how I figured out how to fix it. I just … called fire, one day. And the pain stopped. It was like … I burned off the foreign emotions. Literally.”

Summer didn’t look at Jane, and her voice fell a little. “For what I just did, with you — sorry about that, by the way — I don’t have to burn it off. But it’s a balance — I take too much in, and I have to call fire, or there’s pain. It has to go somewhere.”

“I figured I might as well try to do something good with it.”

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“No, no, the whole invasion happened a while after all that,” Natalie said, shaking her head and picking up one of the chocolate-glazed doughnuts. “Thor got kicked out temporarily and ended up in New Mexico. I ended up picking him up, and he stayed at my place for… only about a week before he left again. But his brother, Loki? He was jealous, so he sent this… Destroyer thing to come and kill Thor.” She shrugged, taking a bite from her doughnut. “Big heroic thing happened, Thor got his powers back, had to go back to Asgard to stop his brother, and ended up getting stuck there for a while.”

She took a sip from her coffee, washing down the bite of doughnut and licking her lips. “S.H.I.E.L.D. kind of got involved in the middle of it all. When Thor got here, they realized something was up, so they sent a whole unit out to New Mexico. They stole all of my equipment and research. The only reason I got it back was because Thor refused to help them unless they did.” She smirked. “But we’re on good terms, now.”

“You go away, and your life turns into a soap opera. So, you’re dating Thor? Even though he was gone for a while, and you only knew him for a week before that … ” Summer drawled. “I just … forgive me, honey, but I have to — ” She closed her eyes and touched the back of Jane’s hand for a second, before her eyes popped back open.

“Wow. That’s just … wow. You really care about him. That’s … ” Her voice softened from the spurt of surprise. “That’s wonderful.”

“I know it sounds crazy, but it’s…” Jane shrugged. “It’s different. Thor’s different. Everything he does and says is sincere. We spent nights awake just talking until I couldn’t keep my eyes open.” She sighed, and smiled a bit. “I care about him, yeah. And he cares about me. He really cares about me. I don’t think any guy on Earth could care as much as he does.”

It sounded silly, but it was true. Thor was an entirely different sort of person. “He’s something else. And I can definitely introduce you to him. He loves people.” She grinned. “He might crush your bones with a hug, but that’s about it.” She chuckled.

Summer grinned back. “Oh, well, you know me and big guys. I may be short, but I can hold my own.” Glancing down into her own open palm, she added, “I guess I could always try to set him on fire if it’s annoying.”

And a flame licked up from her hand.