"Told ya, didn't I Roxy?" Guy called as he put the finishing touches on the campsite. The tent was up, the sleeping bags were unrolled (and made so that there was plenty of warming for Roxy), and the fire started. It was a nice way to get started, but Guy has been setting something up to really show something different.
"Roxy! Come take a look!"
Guy motions to the thing he had managed to sneak in (wrapped in the sleeping bags, which he made sure to unpack): A telescope. He stood above it, his face glowing with pride like a man who just fixed an engine.
She gaps. "I haven't been stargazing in forever!" Then she realizes she's been out in space for months on end. "I mean, uuuhhhh..." And as she comes over, she trips over her own feet due to her nervousness. typical Roxy.
Guy is more than willing to help the lady with her clumsiness.
"It is kinda hard to look up when you're flyin' though it dealin' with assholes. Now that we got some time to ourselves, I think its time to appreciate."
She falls right into his chest. It's a very nice chest. Beyond the whole "ripped superhero" thing, it was this nice solid thing that caught her when she tripped and had this soothing sound of a heartbeat contained in it. Generally, it came with some arms that held her to it tightly which some macho assurance spilled out of his mouth and reverberated in that chest. Mmmmmmmmmm she thought. "Sounds good," she says, but she is, slow as ever, to move away from his being and back to the real world - as awesome as it was.
Face it, Roxy. You're a sucker for love. He hasn't used those words. He might not ever. She knows trying to pin him down for it would chase him off, so - why bother mentioning it?
"Well, considerin' the time of year, Orions pretty obvious," Guy said, smiling even as Roxy moves away to the embrace. Guy looks upward, trying to find the familiar sideways bowtie in the sky.
When he does, he grabs the telescope and turns it in the direction of Orion.
"All right, babe. See the sideways bowtie lookin' one? That's Orion. And I got the telescope pointed at something really nice."
She knows at least a little. She lets him guide her though as if she knows nothing, remembering the Question's wisdom. He had noted that being ignorant or faking ignorance was often a good tactic in getting someone to open up. Guy needs the practice and she wants to learn. She adjusts the telescope and gasps a little at the display of color. "It's amazing! Here!" She shoves the telescope in his hands, temporarily forgetting he can just make one.
Guy laughs when Roxy shoves the telescope into his hands.
"Roxy, the telescope ain't supposed to move," Guy says chuckling as he moves to kiss Roxy on the cheek (and put the telescope back into place). After a few seconds of adjusting (and a little cheating. Thanks Ring!) Its back in view.
"Hey, meebe next time I'd be able to take you there. I'm sure the GL of that sector ain't gonna mind."
"Could we?" Three advanced degrees in science and she could still look at the universe with all the wonder of a little kid. "That would be fantastic!" She turns back to the telescope and gazes through it. "What is flying through a nebula like?"
"Mosta the time, its really nice. Gigantic, too. I mean, I forget which one it was, but Jordan and I had to go through a big one on the other sida the galaxy. It takes fer-freakin'-ever to get through it. And you gotta be careful to not disrupt any a the nurseries, the places where the stars developin'."
Guy smiled, although a little chuckle says something else may have happened.
"I didn't bring a guitar, but sure," Guy said as he shifted his weight and sat down.
"See, this had happened in the early days, before Kyle. Hal and I really didn't like each other. So the smurfs had a brilliant idea; Lets send the two schmucks who don't get along to ensure that a cease fire is established in a warring system
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"Scotty, eh? I always liked Bones a bit more, but Scotty'll do," Guy says, a grin on his face.
"And damn right, 'Scotty' got it done. Hal came back to me putting the last bits back into place and called me a damn babysitter. I said, and I kid ya not, 'Damn you, Jordan. I'm a GL, not a babysitter'. He didn't get the reference."
She used to be Batwoman. Go figure. She won't call him on it though.
"Did he live under a rock?! I mean, seriously, how do you not get that one and still get to fly around in space?" She bits her lip, still grinning. "We should prank him for that next time -" Roxy stops, hearing something. It was like a weird whisper on the wind. "Guy, did you hear that?"
"Roxy! Come take a look!"
Guy motions to the thing he had managed to sneak in (wrapped in the sleeping bags, which he made sure to unpack): A telescope. He stood above it, his face glowing with pride like a man who just fixed an engine.
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"It is kinda hard to look up when you're flyin' though it dealin' with assholes. Now that we got some time to ourselves, I think its time to appreciate."
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Face it, Roxy. You're a sucker for love. He hasn't used those words. He might not ever. She knows trying to pin him down for it would chase him off, so - why bother mentioning it?
"So which one do we start with?"
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When he does, he grabs the telescope and turns it in the direction of Orion.
"All right, babe. See the sideways bowtie lookin' one? That's Orion. And I got the telescope pointed at something really nice."
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"Roxy, the telescope ain't supposed to move," Guy says chuckling as he moves to kiss Roxy on the cheek (and put the telescope back into place). After a few seconds of adjusting (and a little cheating. Thanks Ring!) Its back in view.
"Hey, meebe next time I'd be able to take you there. I'm sure the GL of that sector ain't gonna mind."
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"Mosta the time, its really nice. Gigantic, too. I mean, I forget which one it was, but Jordan and I had to go through a big one on the other sida the galaxy. It takes fer-freakin'-ever to get through it. And you gotta be careful to not disrupt any a the nurseries, the places where the stars developin'."
Guy smiled, although a little chuckle says something else may have happened.
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"See, this had happened in the early days, before Kyle. Hal and I really didn't like each other. So the smurfs had a brilliant idea; Lets send the two schmucks who don't get along to ensure that a cease fire is established in a warring system ( ... )
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"Scotty, eh? I always liked Bones a bit more, but Scotty'll do," Guy says, a grin on his face.
"And damn right, 'Scotty' got it done. Hal came back to me putting the last bits back into place and called me a damn babysitter. I said, and I kid ya not, 'Damn you, Jordan. I'm a GL, not a babysitter'. He didn't get the reference."
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"Did he live under a rock?! I mean, seriously, how do you not get that one and still get to fly around in space?" She bits her lip, still grinning. "We should prank him for that next time -" Roxy stops, hearing something. It was like a weird whisper on the wind. "Guy, did you hear that?"
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Guy became serious after Roxy began listening. Guy began to listen, too, trying to see what has Roxy so concerned. There is something odd.
"Hold on, gonna check with the smurfs, see if theres anythin' goin' on that's weird."
Guy focuses on the ring, which sparks and flickers in the way it always has done for him. But there is no response.
"Hell. Something ain't right. Even with how much I've pissed them off, the Smruf's always get back to me if somethin' big is going on."
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"Roxie..." Kevin Michaels calls to her. "Roxie, did you love me?"
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