{"id":35109,"date":"2012-08-08T20:15:24","date_gmt":"2012-08-08T20:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2012\/08\/08\/still-got-legs-sleipnir-piper-summer-3\/"},"modified":"2012-08-08T20:15:24","modified_gmt":"2012-08-08T20:15:24","slug":"still-got-legs-sleipnir-piper-summer-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2012\/08\/08\/still-got-legs-sleipnir-piper-summer-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Still Got Legs | Sleipnir\/Piper\/Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"

piperparker—iamspidergirl<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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ask-sleipnir<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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

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piperparker\u2014iamspidergirl<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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ask-sleipnir<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Sleipnir smiled and replied easily, \u201cShe\u2019s coming. I\u2019m more glad you<\/em> could make it, considering your position. I\u2019ve just been lounging around all day.\u201d He glanced down at the strange contraption in her hands and decided it was a type of cell phone. She seemed to be playing a game on it, at least.<\/p>\n

He turned towards the doors when he heard them slam into a wall (as did several other people in the foyer) and chuckled (it was an interesting new feeling, to be able to properly laugh). Of course the fiery Summer would kick in the doors. \u201cI am ready to go when you are, Piper. Whenever you reach a point in your cell phone game where you can stop.\u201d<\/p>\n

He turned towards Summer again and blushed slightly, which was another entirely new feeling, though he knew it had something to do with embarrassment. It was rather inconvenient, to wear your emotions so plainly in this form.\u00a0 \u201cI fear you and a weapon of any kind would not go together very well, Summer,\u201d he informed her, after hearing her tone of voice. \u201cAnd I\u2019m pretty sure Piper has a\u2026what is it called? Game plan?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cOf course,\u201d Piper said, grinning. \u201cYou must be Summer. Nice t\u2019meetcha,\u201d she greeted. She stuck out her hand like her aunt taught her.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She didn\u2019t know Summer, but she did trust Slep, so any friend of his\u2026 And she seemed nice enough, to be sure.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cPiper Parker.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Summer shook Piper\u2019s hand quickly. The other girl was young and outrageously cute; it made Summer feel old and worn. She ignored that feeling, though. You were only as old as you let yourself feel, and tonight she intended to feel very, very young.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, my car is ready to go, and I\u2019m ready to take y\u2019all, just as soon as I know where. Sleipnir, you\u2019ve got the backseat, because your legs are longest. Tall people, pff.\u201d She bumped a fist into Sleipnir\u2019s arm.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Sleipnir raised an eyebrow skeptically. \u201cWouldn\u2019t sitting in the back of your iron horse give me less leg room?\u201d He decided to go along with it though, easily shoving back at Summer as he\u2019d seen Thor, Sif, and the Warriors Three do. Only he made it much more gentle.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet us be off, then. I trust you won\u2019t get us into too<\/em> much trouble, Piper.\u201d He opened one of the many glass doors leading out of the building and held it for them.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cMe?\u201d she asked innocently, her grin anything but. \u201cTrouble? Never<\/em>. Perish the thought, Slep.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Inwardly, she was grinning. They had no idea. This was going to be great.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cBesides, my aunt would kill me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Slapping Slep on the back affectionately, she walked with a spring in her step to the door. \u201cLet\u2019s blow this taco stand!\u201d<\/p>\n

In truth, she was really excited. Piper didn\u2019t make friends well or easily; most of the time, she was awkward and shy, and when she wasn\u2019t, her nighttime hobbies made it even more complicated. So this was a real treat for her. Piper couldn\u2019t remember the last time she and some pals just went around town hanging out- if ever.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Piper’s enthusiasm was going to be infectious, Summer could tell. All to the good. Leading the way to the car, she motioned Sleipnir to the backseat. “Normally you’d be right about the leg room, Sleip, but you might have noticed I’m short<\/em>. Therefore, you sit behind me, where you get all the leg room I don’t need. Piper, are you directing from the back where you can cuddle with Sleip, or from the front? And where are<\/em> we going? Details, kids.”<\/p>\n

Hopefully, a lot of chatter would keep either of them noticing how much she envied them. They were cute, separately and together, and that old familiar jealousy wanted to sneak its way back in. A little verbal distance and a lot of talk would keep that in its place — forgotten, as it should be.<\/p>\n

And maybe she could sneak a few hugs out of Sleipnir later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

piperparker—iamspidergirl: ask-sleipnir: iamthefirechild: piperparker\u2014iamspidergirl: ask-sleipnir: Sleipnir smiled and replied easily, \u201cShe\u2019s coming. I\u2019m more glad you could make it, considering your position. I\u2019ve just been lounging around all day.\u201d He glanced down at the strange contraption in her hands and decided it was a type of cell phone. She seemed to be playing a game … Continue reading Still Got Legs | Sleipnir\/Piper\/Summer<\/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":[10,4335,3923,4336,4393],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35109"}],"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=35109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35109\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}