{"id":28550,"date":"2013-04-22T17:35:47","date_gmt":"2013-04-22T17:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2013\/04\/22\/running-iamthefirechild-10\/"},"modified":"2013-04-22T17:35:47","modified_gmt":"2013-04-22T17:35:47","slug":"running-iamthefirechild-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2013\/04\/22\/running-iamthefirechild-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Running || iamthefirechild"},"content":{"rendered":"

supercilious-pariah<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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iamthefirechild<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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\u201cShouldn\u2019t a bodyguard know those secrets, so they know when you\u2019re most in need of protection?\u201d she countered. Batting her eyelashes! Inwardly, she rolled her eyes. \u201cThough you have a point about the current public nature of the discussion. If you\u2019re interviewing me for a position, might be better to move to a more, hmmm,\u201d she sought a non-threatening word, \u201csecluded space?\u201d<\/p>\n

Damn, he was tough. She wasn\u2019t even entirely sure why she was pursuing this conversation, except that hint of \u2018broken\u2019 that she sensed. And there was just something about him that \u2014 compelled, far beyond the simple fact that he was Tony Stark, with all that implied.<\/p>\n

Flirting with this man would be courting a broken heart, she suspected. Though it might yet be worth it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cI\u2019m pretty sure that bodyguards have to protect their boss without question so it doesn\u2019t matter if they know the secrets or not.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cThough some of them end up learning about the secrets somewhere along the line.\u201d<\/p>\n

Usually, it\u2019s when the secret gets them killed\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

He chuckled lightly, looking about, his arms still crossed over his chest.<\/p>\n

\u201cI could be interviewing you, I don\u2019t know yet. Then again, since I don\u2019t know about those special talents of yours yet, I\u2019m still wondering exactly how you could protect me better than I could protect myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

“I thought you were supposed to be a genius.” She folded her arms, in turn, and repeated slowly, “I’m an empath. Think about that for a second.”<\/p>\n

Okay, so she could see where a man like him would jump to the personal immediately. But he’d created weapons — including the Iron Man suit. So it really shouldn’t be that hard for him to see the offensive and defensive possibilities inherent in the ability he knew about.<\/p>\n

It hadn’t been for her. And that was a thought that still hurt.<\/p>\n

Sensing a potential attack long before it got within striking distance. Deflecting lone madmen. The chance to place absolute trust in everyone around — and to know when that trust was no longer warranted. No nightmares or insomnia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

supercilious-pariah: iamthefirechild: \u201cShouldn\u2019t a bodyguard know those secrets, so they know when you\u2019re most in need of protection?\u201d she countered. Batting her eyelashes! Inwardly, she rolled her eyes. \u201cThough you have a point about the current public nature of the discussion. If you\u2019re interviewing me for a position, might be better to move to a … Continue reading Running || iamthefirechild<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10,3221,3220],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28550"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28550\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}