It's been a long couple of days. I probably should've tried to sleep, but I couldn't. No surprises, there, I guess. Really, the biggest -- and only -- surprise is that I'm still invited to stay under this roof. After all the dumb things I've pulled in the last 48 hours, I thought Tony would've been glad to get rid of me ( Read more... )

The only reason I remember it's my birthday today at all is because Pepper asked me if I want a party earlier in the week. I declined the offer, of course, both not wanting to trouble her any more than I already have and not up to the celebration. It's an occasion I meet with trepidation instead of jubilation, never having honestly thought I'd live ( Read more... )

"Forty-eight... Forty-nine... Fifty... Fifty-one," I count steadily under my breath, a push-up accompanying each number. This isn't something I'd have to do at home, my patrols of the city enough to keep me in shape without even trying, but I can't say the same for here. My sessions with Cap are ramping up -- not to mention a heckuva lot more ( Read more... )

He tells me to meet him in a clearing. It's secluded, far from any dwellings, abandoned or otherwise. Not the kind of place a person's just going to stumble across in the middle of the day, basically. Were it anyone else, I might suspect I was walking into a trap -- and honestly, there's a moment or two, as I cross through some of the denser ( Read more... )

Mary Jane's the one who nominated me for council last May. Seems like a lifetime's passed since then. I remember thinking she was crazy. That there was no way I'd ever possibly win. With great power might come great responsibility, but my powers weren't something I actively sought out. Fate tapped me on the shoulder all those years ago, and I've ( Read more... )

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Notable achievements include:

- Saving the Island from a homicidal maniac.
- The completion of the Operating Room.
- Overseeing the successful development of new medical supplies.
- Teaching at the Island School.
- Serving on the Council for two consecutive terms.
- Playing a ( Read more... )

The kitchen table's been overturned and the splintered remnants of a chair are scattered across the floor, along with broken plates and glasses, silverware. In the living room, a bookshelf's collapsed in on itself, the end table responsible for its destruction still hanging through the slats of one of the shelves. One of the couches has been torn ( Read more... )

Sundays were our day.

It's a luxury I never would have had back in the real world, to set aside time out of every week -- a whole day -- to spend with my family. My life was too unpredictable. It was a minor miracle every time I made it to work. A cause for celebration every time I didn't need to cancel out on plans ( Read more... )