[Now it's Len's turn to go silent for a time. Because they promised each other, when they were moody, scared, angry teenagers, that they would never bring feelings into this.
A lot's changed since then. Dying has a way of changing your perspective; so does, that matter, for killing your father and being a pseudo-father to someone as young and angry as you were, once.
Finally, he answers, a bit quieter, but with no small amount of old snark;]
Don't faint, you know how heavy you are to lift when you're unconscious?
[ A bit of snark makes it feel more natural and not so ... Well, Mick had just admitted to something that had been a secret for nearly thirty years, and suddenly he suspects it is the same for Len. ]
[Words, once said, can't really be taken back. He feels them as if they had actual weight to them, hanging in the air between them]
Being unconscious, my awareness levels would be a bit understandably lax, so no. I don't.
Calling you Heatwave as an affectionate pet name is going to really throw me off if we're using it in battle. Pick something that the Flash isn't going to yell suddenly and throw me off my game.
I just don't want to be the one who has to suddenly contend with images of your face mid-coitus while I'm trying to turn a speedster into a red stain on the pavement.
Then he would have just tried to come up with a second set for us to use in bed. And do you really want to have a bedtime code name given to you by a kid, frosty?
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A lot's changed since then. Dying has a way of changing your perspective; so does, that matter, for killing your father and being a pseudo-father to someone as young and angry as you were, once.
Finally, he answers, a bit quieter, but with no small amount of old snark;]
'I love you, you idiot.' Catch me, I'm swooning.
...Yeah.
Yes, all right, firebug. I love you too.
['And if you tell anyone I said that'..]
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[ A bit of snark makes it feel more natural and not so ... Well, Mick had just admitted to something that had been a secret for nearly thirty years, and suddenly he suspects it is the same for Len. ]
And firebug hardly works anymore.
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Being unconscious, my awareness levels would be a bit understandably lax, so no. I don't.
Calling you Heatwave as an affectionate pet name is going to really throw me off if we're using it in battle. Pick something that the Flash isn't going to yell suddenly and throw me off my game.
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Been a while since I set fire to anything, that's all I meant.
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Ah.
You okay there?
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I don't know, honestly. I don't feel completely good, but not like there is pressure building, just kind of floating in the middle.
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Thanks. Now you're going to ruin Rogue heists for me in the future.
That's new.
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[ He grins. ]
Besides, you can't start calling me something else now, we might get it mixed up.
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Bedtime code name?
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And especially not from the guy who has the hots for my sister.
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