[Speed] Hot in the Desert Sun
Title: Hot in the Desert Sun
Fandom: Young Avengers
Characters: Hawkingbird Hawkeye, Speed, mentions of the other Young Avengers
Prompt: 75. Shade
Word Count: 567
Rating: PG
Summary: Kate personally couldn't imagine how human life could have sprung up from under the scorching sun that blazed down onto the heated sands.
Hot in the Desert Sun
Kate sighed and shook her head, smiling. It was funny how things turned out sometimes.
The Avengers had been working as peacekeepers in the Middle East, re-uniting the war-torn country with peace and negotiation where brute force had failed. They'd been gone for just over a week when the Cap had called, asking for help from his team of teenage heroes.
Eli had bundled them all off immediately as soon as he realized that this was a request from Cap, and now they were here, in the middle of a crumbling village complete with hostile glares, culture shock, and a heck of a language barrier.
It's incredible what kind of places people are able to live in.
Kate personally couldn't imagine how human life could have sprung up from under the scorching sun that blazed down onto the heated sands. Certainly the team was feeling the heat. Heck, even cool-headed Eli and cheery Cassie were getting snappy. Granted, a full-body costume didn't ever breathe as well as bared skin.
I'm grateful for my choice of costume now, no matter how cold I get at home...
Still, if Eli and Cassie were feeling a little toasty, Billy was practically boiling to death. He was, after all, wearing black from head to toe and he had a cape on top of that. Sweat had matted the witch-boy's hair down, and his face was decidedly shiny, no matter how much he wiped his brow on the back of his gloves. Kate was amused to see that Teddy had shifted to make his shadow larger, trying to protect his wilting boyfriend the only way he could. He, himself, didn't seem to have as much problem with the heat.
Damn aliens and their unnaturally tolerant constitutions.
Actually, come to think of it, Vision wasn't feeling the heat either. His sensors could pick up that the temperature was high, of course, but it would take a lot more to stop him from functioning. His cooling system, as he had informed the rest of them, was top-of-the-line.
Kate muttered obscenitites under her breath as she walked towards the village centre, looking for the last member of the team. She hadn't seen how Tommy had adjusted to the desert weather, although she was sure that he would be the crankiest of all. After all, with that high metabolism, he must be overheating like no one else.
I'm not looking forward to dealing with more whining right now.
She found Tommy in the town square in the middle of a mass of screaming children.
"Hey, no fair! Not all of you at once!"
The speedster was waving his hands comically, and crying for mercy in an exaggerated fashion. He had children clinging to his legs and climbing up his back. He was laughing.
"Agh! Not the hair! Not the hair!"
Kate smiled to herself. Of all the things she had expected Tommy to be doing, this was not it. She waved, and Tommy's head snapped towards her.
"Oh, hey Ka-Hawkeye! Meeting?"
When she nodded an affirmative, Tommy blurred, and a blur of green and white started dislodging children and whooshing them off to the side of the square, presumably back to their mothers. Then, Tommy re-appeared before Kate with a snap. He grinned and asked, "So, we going?"
Kate smirked in return. Maybe this trip wouldn't be such a bad experience after all.
"Of course."
Fandom: Young Avengers
Characters: Hawkingbird Hawkeye, Speed, mentions of the other Young Avengers
Prompt: 75. Shade
Word Count: 567
Rating: PG
Summary: Kate personally couldn't imagine how human life could have sprung up from under the scorching sun that blazed down onto the heated sands.
Hot in the Desert Sun
Kate sighed and shook her head, smiling. It was funny how things turned out sometimes.
The Avengers had been working as peacekeepers in the Middle East, re-uniting the war-torn country with peace and negotiation where brute force had failed. They'd been gone for just over a week when the Cap had called, asking for help from his team of teenage heroes.
Eli had bundled them all off immediately as soon as he realized that this was a request from Cap, and now they were here, in the middle of a crumbling village complete with hostile glares, culture shock, and a heck of a language barrier.
It's incredible what kind of places people are able to live in.
Kate personally couldn't imagine how human life could have sprung up from under the scorching sun that blazed down onto the heated sands. Certainly the team was feeling the heat. Heck, even cool-headed Eli and cheery Cassie were getting snappy. Granted, a full-body costume didn't ever breathe as well as bared skin.
I'm grateful for my choice of costume now, no matter how cold I get at home...
Still, if Eli and Cassie were feeling a little toasty, Billy was practically boiling to death. He was, after all, wearing black from head to toe and he had a cape on top of that. Sweat had matted the witch-boy's hair down, and his face was decidedly shiny, no matter how much he wiped his brow on the back of his gloves. Kate was amused to see that Teddy had shifted to make his shadow larger, trying to protect his wilting boyfriend the only way he could. He, himself, didn't seem to have as much problem with the heat.
Damn aliens and their unnaturally tolerant constitutions.
Actually, come to think of it, Vision wasn't feeling the heat either. His sensors could pick up that the temperature was high, of course, but it would take a lot more to stop him from functioning. His cooling system, as he had informed the rest of them, was top-of-the-line.
Kate muttered obscenitites under her breath as she walked towards the village centre, looking for the last member of the team. She hadn't seen how Tommy had adjusted to the desert weather, although she was sure that he would be the crankiest of all. After all, with that high metabolism, he must be overheating like no one else.
I'm not looking forward to dealing with more whining right now.
She found Tommy in the town square in the middle of a mass of screaming children.
"Hey, no fair! Not all of you at once!"
The speedster was waving his hands comically, and crying for mercy in an exaggerated fashion. He had children clinging to his legs and climbing up his back. He was laughing.
"Agh! Not the hair! Not the hair!"
Kate smiled to herself. Of all the things she had expected Tommy to be doing, this was not it. She waved, and Tommy's head snapped towards her.
"Oh, hey Ka-Hawkeye! Meeting?"
When she nodded an affirmative, Tommy blurred, and a blur of green and white started dislodging children and whooshing them off to the side of the square, presumably back to their mothers. Then, Tommy re-appeared before Kate with a snap. He grinned and asked, "So, we going?"
Kate smirked in return. Maybe this trip wouldn't be such a bad experience after all.
"Of course."