nineteen ✴ video

[bests]

[ the feed turns on and it's a view of the city from way up high. ]

There's nothing quite like a trip home to help you sort out your priorities. [ a beat. ] And there's really nothing like spending time on an alien world to make you miss the sights, sounds, and smells of the big city. As much as I love the stars, there really is no place like the home planet. Even if this one isn't quite the one I was eager to get back to.

[ there's another longer pause. ]

Is it just me, or does the Porter pick... interesting times to pull people from?

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[incywincyhero]

Carol! [His smile starts out small and just -- stretches. A beat later he's grinning all-out.] You're back. I mean, of course you're back, but -- it's good to see you.

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[bests]

[ she can't help but grin back at him. ] It's good to see you too, Peter. Sorry for disappearing like that.

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[incywincyhero]

Shame we'll have to cancel the party, though, after all the time we spent decorating the Mansion.

[Beat.] Are you still at the lab?

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[bests]

Haha, very funny.

[ she pauses and looks down at the ground way below her ] ... Sort of.

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[incywincyhero]

Oh. [He chuckles.] I was going to ask if I could meet you for lunch, but if you're busy catching some rays up there...

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[bests]

I'd love to go to lunch. I'd have to change first, unless you want to just stop by the mansion, but I'd like that.

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[incywincyhero]

Hey, it's your call. You're the one who just made the commute from another universe.

[bests]

How about you pick something up and we eat at the mansion?

[incywincyhero]

Your cuisine of choice, madame?

[bests]

The greasiest bacon cheeseburger you can find, fries, and a large chocolate shake.

[incywincyhero]

I live to serve. I'll get the food and text you when I'm on the way, all right?

[bests]

Alright. I'll see you soon.

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[incywincyhero]

[Since he's not sure who's at the mansion right now, Peter changes back into his civvies a block away and rings the buzzer instead of using his Avengers ID to get in.]

Hi, I've got a delivery of heart attack for Carol Danvers?

permaction!!

[bests]

[ carol opens the door a few seconds after the buzzer rings, small smile tugging at the corners of her lips. ]

Hey, handsome. Come on in.

[incywincyhero]

[Peter's pretty sure he has the dumbest grin right now, and he doesn't even care.]

You're a sight for sore eyes, you know that? Even if I never really got that saying -- I mean, your eyes get tired but they don't really get sore, do they?

[He steps inside to let Carol close the door, and then stops, hovering.]

Uh, hi.

[bests]

[ the grin and peter's rambling makes carol laugh quietly as she shuts the door behind her. she doesn't respond right away, at least not with words. instead, she grabs the front of his shirt and leans in to kiss him.

what? it's been a while for her. ]

Hi, hon. [ cue a fond smile. ] It is really good to see you.

... But I'm really craving that heart attack waiting to happen so let's move elsewhere, shall we?

[incywincyhero]

Ooh, Rhett, you're so romantic.

[He holds up the bag -- already soaking through with grease -- and shakes it enticingly.]

Good thing I got multiples for us both, huh?

[bests]

I commend you on your forward thinking.

[ she makes a grab for the bag. ]

Now give it here. I've been dying for a good burger for almost three days now.

[incywincyhero]

[Peter dances out of the way and further into the mansion, hand with the bag held up and behind his head.]

Ah-ah-ah, you didn't say the magic word.

[bests]

[ carol chases after him, looking thoroughly amused even as she tries to sound annoyed. ]

I have boots and I know how to use them.

[incywincyhero]

[Since he's out of costume Peter just speedwalks his way to the living room, cackling. Which might turn into speed-skipping or speed-scrambling if Carol comes on fast enough.]

It's proportionate strength of a spider, not size.

[bests]

[ she laughs and scrambles after him. ]

Doesn't matter. My boots come with steel toes. So just fork over the burger and no one gets hurt. [ a beat. ] I'll also accept proclamations of my greatness.

[incywincyhero]

[He turns his speed-dash into a backwards walk, and kowtows with his upper body.] Hail, oh Marvelous One. Truly your asskicking quotient is mighty and you cut a mean figure in a flapper dress.

[bests]

[ she rolls her eyes fondly and reaches out to ruffle his hair. ] You do such wonderful things for my ego.

[incywincyhero]

[He crinkles his nose at her and scampers back out of the way.] Shouldn't you be complimenting me though? I'm the one holding the food.

[Now that they're in the living room he finds a perch on the back of the sofa and stares at her with brows raised, mock-challenging.]