Who Would Want To Be Sane? *OTA*

[time_schizo]

Martini was sprawled out in a chair his team's main room, trying to focus on the book in front of him. He had been attempting to distract himself from all sorts of lingering thoughts floating around his head. Most of them were not pleasant to dwell upon. It was so tempting to just forgo his medications again and retreat to the insanity again. At

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[double_dynamite]

Tabby was humming as she walked through the halls, absently flicking open a Zippo lighter and playing at the flame with a grin, at least until she sees Martini marching with a look of total doom and gloom.
"Hey baby, you okay?"

[double_dynamite]

"Pfft well that's no fun, I guess were going to just have to snicker at her in silence then baby."

[time_schizo]

Martini massaged the areas up near his eyes, one of his usual habits when he was starting to feel down again. "You want my advice? Stay clear of her entirely. She's usually wrapped up in camp politics and that's a bad business to be involved in."

[double_dynamite]

Tabitha frowns and shifts slightly so she can run her fingers through his hair and look at him. "You got it Martini, telepaths tend to avoid me anyways there's not much brain up in my pretty little head to poke at."

[time_schizo]

They're so close to each other than anyone walking in might suspect them of being up to no good. But that's the farthest thing from Mark's mind, especially with the current topic of jealousy at the forefront. "You and me both. Pretty faces with nothing up there in between the ears." He winks, letting Tabby know he's just joking.

[double_dynamite]

She whacks him playfully and gently on the arm with the hand not petting his hair. "Good thing I'm prettier then you then." She snickers and wraps her arms around him in a hug, squeezing him slightly.

[time_schizo]

"Not by half a chance." Martini leaned into the hug, eyes closing. It was the right touch, but the wrong set of arms. He knew he should be discussing all these concerns and worries in his mind with Ric. Hadn't they promised to be more honest with one another? But he just couldn't, not right now.

[double_dynamite]

Tabitha rubs his back, and places her head on his shoulder making her speech mumbled as she figures Martini is still pining for Ric. "Hey you'll talk to him when your ready and have a nice round of hot make-up sex."

[time_schizo]

"I hope you're right, Tabby." Martini said seriously. He had one of his feelings that something bad was coming for Ric. He just didn't know what it could be.

[double_dynamite]

"You know something doll? Or just the heebie jeebies?"

[time_schizo]

Martini just lay back, rubbing at his eyes. "I wish I knew. It's so damn hard. I get glimpses and feelings, but nothing ever clear enough to see. I'd need to be off my pills for that, but I promised Ric I wasn't going to do that anymore."

[double_dynamite]

Tabby frowns and idly plays with one of his shoelaces not sure if she should hug him or just sit there and offer comfort until his head soothes a little. "It's hard being you isn't Martini?" Her tone is nowhere near accusatory or mocking, only curious.

[time_schizo]

Mark shrugged, the movement rippling out from his broad shoulders. "Not so much. If I can stand it, anyone can." The fact was that he'd barely been able to cope with his powers, paying the price of control with his snaity. Any harder and he would have just up and offed himself.

[double_dynamite]

Tabitha sighs and takes his hand back in her lap, playing with his fingers again. "You know sometimes I wonder what it'd be like to be one of the normies but then I think of how miserable I used to be as a kid and how damn boring it was not to be able to make things go kablooey when I wanted them too. Then there's powers like yours and I marvel at how damned strong all of you guys are compared to me, and I start getting all contemplative and start wondering just how freaking stupid the world would be without our powers. Even if the side affects outweigh the benefits things like all this crap is what makes us who we are, a bunch of hot ass mutants with- if your like me- daddy issues, badass powers, the itch not too stay in one place to long more out of necessity then actual want, and a mutual love of junk food."

[time_schizo]

Mark just nodded. It was amazing how the people who often seemed to be the most carefree and lighthearted were usually the ones that had the most to hide. Despite how much they tried to pretend otherwise, on the inside they were hurting.

"I believe the correct answer is all of the above. That's why we all ended up on this team. Nowhere else to go and nothing else to do besides using our powers to fuck shit up."

[double_dynamite]

She grins and leans down to press a friendly kiss to his cheek. "Good thing too, or you'd have never met me and my lovable ass." There she goes all bubbles and love, not letting herself dwell in her past for the sake of comforting a freind, and she wouldn't have it any other way.