You're the train that crashed my heart

LAURA KINNEY for MARVEL ZOMBIES RP

[nospeedingtickets]

Drawn to Solitude

On certain days, mostly what Tommy would call relaxing would be disengaging himself from everyone else and finding a spot to just lay down on a blanket and sungaze. Which is why he found himself amid the gardens and the flowers, one hand over his forehead and the other on his stomach with his legs curled up. The sun wasn’t much of a threat without his glasses, he was technically blind. He was just glad the scientists hear managed to repair them.

Tommy helped himself in his own ways: mostly through allowing himself certain times to spot out and take a breather or have a good cry in his room. Just a refresh to get himself out there. A spotty past trying to crawl into a bright future. Nightmares and bad memories of schools exploding, government torture, evil scientists. It was all different now. Better. He had to make himself know it. His breathing got heavier.

[a-akahowlett]

Laura didn’t initially plan to disturb Tommy, he seemed to be taking some alone time.  But then he began to, as far as she could tell, struggle to breathe.  She knew panic when she saw it, she could hear it in his ragged breaths and smell it coming off of him.  “Tommy,” she called out gently as she changed her course, walking briskly over.

“Tommy, are you okay?”  She asked as she dropped down beside him.

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It Takes All Types

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gloryofwar‌:

Sif nodded and motioned in agreement to start their trek. “I have little idea of what that means either, but fighting a lot of undead I can do. They cut down much easier than many other enemies,” She said as they walked through the gap. Safety into unknown all all those other symbols that might apply. Sif regarded it all with intent, eyes evaluating their surroundings before it was likely necessary.

Laura glanced back to look at Gabby, who had just been presented with her partner for the mission: Tony Stark.  She knew Gabby had wanted to go with her, but Laura would have been too distracted.  After the scratch she was hyperaware of Gabby.  Her vigilence would return to normal levels soon, but for now, she couldn’t handle it.

She could smell them more acutely now that she was within the ice wall.  An ambient stench that would take weeks to dissipate.  They headed in the direction of the mall, Laura took a moment as she walked to pull a small case from her pocket, full of coffee beans, that she used to clear her head.  “How do you like Earth?”  She asked conversationally after she inhaled the scent of the beans.

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misterlukecage‌:

Luke smiled at the thought. He assumed Dani would be the same - if she didn’t take after her parents that is. Developing extreme strength and impenetrable skin at such a young age had its perks. Especially on jungle gyms which is where he pointed at in response for Laura, watching Dani dangle.

“Uh-huh. My little girl Danielle, Dani for short. I think she’d really take to something like martial arts. Especially with her uncle Danny.”

“Is she named after Uncle Danny?”  Laura asked, smiling as she flipped through her papers.  She found the simple sign up sheet that served as a consent form for parents -- if she could avoid using more paper than she needed, she would -- and clipped it back to the board.  She handed the board to Luke with her pen, so that he could fill out the fields for Name, Date of Birth, Name of Consenting Caregiver, Signature.

“I suppose Uncle Danny is Danny Rand, yes?”  She asked conversationally.  Danny was the first superhero she had met, so it was a simple point of conversation.

[biggreennerd]

catching up with a new friend

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biggreennerd‌:

akahowlett‌:

Laura nodded, “If he doesn’t know where to find you, where he is might seem like the best place to be,” she watched the lamb get his bearings, he was skinnier than the rest of the lambs, it didn’t look like he was getting enough to eat.  “You’ve got other people here though, right?”  The superhero community tended to at least have some internal connections.

He nodded, “yeah, Cassie is a good friend of mine, also Billy’s brother is here.” Watching the lamb as well he said, “I’m thankful for that, of course I’m thankful but it’s just not the same without him.” 

“I’m sure they miss him too.”  She felt uncomfortably aware of how lucky she was for a moment.  She had so many people at her side.  She had a network she couldn’t have dreamed of a few years ago.  “Hey, uh, feel free to say no if this is more of a job than a gift but, that lamb isn’t thriving like he should be out in the paddock.  Do you want to look after him?”

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gabbyx23‌:

akahowlett‌:

Laura returned the hug, although she realised that Gabby was mostly working on wishful thinking.  They had a last known location for Bellona, at least.  Deborah and Megan were intentionally hidden for their own safety, Laura could get them killed if she knew where they were.

“I appreciate that,” she said when Gabby mentioned making Bellona be nice.  “I didn’t know where Deborah and Megan were living because there was a danger that my old handler would find them and use them to get to me.  We can try to find them but they could have been living anywhere in America.”

“Maybe we could go and record a radio message for them?” she offered, “your old handler is probably dead now. Most of Alchemax fell to the zombies, the rest fell to us…” Gabby explained, she doubted anyone was left. 

“I won’t believe Kimura’s dead until I see it.  But I also think I might be coming to a point where I wouldn’t be afraid to fight her if she did appear.”  Laura rubbed her neck, self conscious.  She was so used to being strong for Gabby, she felt strange letting the cracks show.  “We can record something for them.”

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Threads && Sparkles

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gabbyx23‌:

akahowlett‌:

Laura raised her eyebrows, the suggestion came as a bit of a surprise.  Peter had taken some photos of her but they decided it was a waste of resources to print anything that wasn’t essential, at least for now.  “Why don’t we take a picture of us both?”  Laura asked, not really wanting to put up a picture of her alone.

Gabby smiled and nodded. Zelda and Bellona had been her family for so long, that when she lost them she hadn’t expected to find another. She’d definitely never expected to actually meet Laura, of all people… 

“Okay” she agreed, moving to take a seat beside her again, “and Jonathan too?”

“Jonathan too,” she grinned, and took the camera.  “Are we going to trust me with the longest arms to aim this right with only one shot left, or should we do it in front of the mirror?”  She could shoot a gun, even a bow and arrow, but cameras were more Peter’s speed.

[gabbyx23]

Sisterly Love

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gabbyx23‌:

akahowlett‌:

“The scratch might be gone but the infection isn’t, Gabby.”  She paused, they needed help.  She wasn’t going to subject Gabby to the trauma she knew the medical bay could cause.  “Go lie down, I need to make a call.”  Gabby needed to be cooled down, and she needed fluids.

“But Laura… I’ve had worse, when I lived out on my own…” Which was true, but she had no way to know if she’d overcome an infection before. Because she couldn’t feel the fever, she might never have had one before. Or she could have fought it off repeatedly… 

Gabby sighed and frowned, but she got up and did as she was told, moving towards her bedroom. She would want Laura to get checked over if she was ill, Gabby reminded herself as she fought off her own stubbornness. 

Laura found her phone, glad of the internal network.  After making her call, she went to the chest of drawers in their lounge, and found a washcloth to soak in cool water.  She wrung it out, and brought it into Gabby’s bedroom.  “We need to keep you cool and hydrated.  I’ve got help on the way -- no doctors.”  She hoped that it would be enough to keep Gabby comfortable as she laid the folded cloth over Gabby’s forehead.

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It Takes All Types

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gloryofwar‌:

Sif adjusted where her shield lay on her arm as if she did not already have it precisely how she liked it, the gesture merely a soothing force of habit. Checking and rechecking her preparations was a ritual by now. She glanced up at the woman who approached, Laura, although ‘up’ might be an overstatement when Sif still had to look downward to meet her eyes. “Lady Sif,” she said with a nod of respect. “It is good to meet you. I take it you’re ready for this task?”

Laura nodded, there was a confidence about her, mingled with the adrenalin anticipation of the fight.  She didn’t feel the guilt that she would have felt if they were going up against people who were still . . . people.  

“Iceman was calling our objective the ‘Thunderdome’, which is a reference to a movie I have not seen, but I understand the idea is that we are going to have a lot of undead to fight.”  She gestured to the gap in the ice, “I guess we should get started.”

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misterlukecage‌:

“Luke Cage I am,” he nodded in response with a small yawn, folding his arms before leaning back on the bench. Luke was a good friend to the X-Men, especially members such as Ororo and most of the students. He’d never really spoken to Laura before, but he had a good brain for names.

“Martial arts, huh? That’s interesting,” Luke’s mind went to what Dani could do with her growing powers spouting at the early age of four. “Uh, say. How young do you take them to teach, Laura?”

“My youngest student just turned five.  He’s got much more enthusiasm behind his punches than strength, but we’ll fix that with time.”  It was all about getting them interested when they were young.  The rest would come with practice.

“Have you got a kid over there then?”  She nodded over at the playing children.  It was a risky question.  Some people did, others had lost something precious and just wanted to sit and watch the children at play.

[biggreennerd]

catching up with a new friend

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biggreennerd‌:

“No, and I’m honestly not sure if I’ll ever see him.” Teddy admitted, moving to get comfortable. “I mean. I’m sure he’s probably helping people. Trying to figure this out. Or that is what I tell myself because I’ll cry if I think of the alternative.”

Teddy kissed the lambs head as he let it go. “He’s alive. Somewhere out there.”

Laura nodded, “If he doesn’t know where to find you, where he is might seem like the best place to be,” she watched the lamb get his bearings, he was skinnier than the rest of the lambs, it didn’t look like he was getting enough to eat.  “You’ve got other people here though, right?”  The superhero community tended to at least have some internal connections.

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Wolverines

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notdeadlogan‌:

“Oh yeah. Farmed. Worked as a lumberjack, carpenter, all that. Didn’t know I’d be pulling those job skills out again.” Logan smirked.

Logan paused at the news that Ororo hadn’t been seeing anyone. Of course the news excited him but at the same time, he would’ve hoped Storm had someone. He wouldn’t have wanted her to be alone. But with a zombie apocalypse he was sure date night didn’t get that high up there on the necessities list.

“I’ll go see her tomorrow, today is for you and me. And getting to know my grandkid, or whatever long title she gave herself.” Logan smirked.

“I knew you were a lumberjack.  You maintained your sense of personal style from that period of your life,” Laura smirked, clearly teasing.

“It’s weird that she thinks of me as her sister but you as her grandfather.  But she’s allowed to be a little weird.”  Growing up in an assassin factory made you a little unusual, she knew from experience.  “I’ll have to make up the couch for you tonight if we can’t find a stray mattress, we only have two bedrooms.  Everything is getting a little cramped, we’re looking forward to moving day.”

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Shoes to Fill

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chuckcoulson‌:

Chuck raised and an eyebrow and smiled, “That’s a pretty handy tool to have in the apocalypse I could imagine.” She put her hands in her pockets. “That sounds like something that could be my speed. I think Ms. Potts was telling me about the apprenticeships. May do me good to get my mind onto something different. Something focused.”

“They’ve also been handy when people who have fought members of my family before have gotten it in their heads that killing me would be a good idea.  I’m the only one with claws in my feet.”  The element of surprise was valuable.

Laura nodded, “I started the farm when there were only a few dozen people living in Avengers Tower.  We raided some community gardens for supplies, I buried myself in gardening books for a week.  I had spent a bit of time in Storm’s greenhouse but I was far from being an expert.  But having it was way better for my mental health than going out and fighting monsters every day.”

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Protector

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aspidersurvivor‌:

akahowlett‌: 

“I know,” she murmured, feeling the pain of it all radiating off of him.  It wasn’t so easy to grab a towel for him, he had quite a bit of reach on her, so she allowed him to dry her off.  “Once you’ve had some rest, you will feel better.”  She stood on tiptoe, and softly kissed him again.

Peter kissed her back letting his fingertips rest against the side of Laura’s face.   When the kiss ended he draped the towel around her shoulders so he could frame her face with both hands.  “Thank you.”  For everything.  For being there, an anchor that he needed.  For caring.   For helping him.   

Finally he reached to grab a towel of his own to dry off with.  In a calm place, clean, exhaustion started to drag at his bones.   It showed in his faltering movements.

She understood the gravity of what he was trying to convey to her, and gave a very small nod to let him know.

When they were dry, she led him by the hand out of the bathroom, gently guiding him in his exhaustion towards the bed.  She shook out the twisted covers so they would lay flat once again, making the bed more inviting.

[gabbyx23]

Sisterly Love

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gabbyx23‌:

akahowlett‌:

“I haven’t seen you get a fever from something that minor before,” Laura frowned, tilting Gabby’s head so she could see what her eyes were doing, and seeing how slow they were to adjust to the light.  She felt for a pulse point on Gabby’s neck and realised that her heart was rushing.  “Your body is working really hard right now, Gabby.  I think we should get you looked at.”

Gabby could hear the tightness in Laura’s voice, she could see the concern she tried to hide… “The scratch is already gone, look” Gabby assured, showing Laura her perfectly healed leg. Her green eyes looked up into Laura’s, silently begging her not to send her to medical… It smelled like the labs in there; like metal and bleach. 

“The scratch might be gone but the infection isn’t, Gabby.”  She paused, they needed help.  She wasn’t going to subject Gabby to the trauma she knew the medical bay could cause.  “Go lie down, I need to make a call.”  Gabby needed to be cooled down, and she needed fluids.

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It Takes All Types

@gloryofwar

She was . . . just so tall.

It was one thing to be informed that you would be fighting alongside an actual goddess, it was another thing to see her in person, in full armour, like something out of Lord of the Rings.  This would be . . . good, Laura thought.  Peter had opted out of this one for reasons that Laura understood, and a part of her felt like she would be free to let loose.  She would get to feel the primal surge that she could feel self conscious about with someone so controlled as Peter.

Drawing herself up to her diminutive full height, approached the goddess.  She wondered how she would be perceived, appearing totally unarmed and ready to step through the gap in the ice.  “I’m Laura,” she said, remembering to maintain some social niceties before they went off to presumably be smothered in zombie guts.

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Threads && Sparkles

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gabbyx23‌:

Gabby decided there and then that she wouldn’t leave. She wouldn’t leave Laura. Or Logan. Or Daken… Bellona would just have to stay here and be apart of their family if she wanted to be with Gabby again.

Gabby followed Laura’s gaze to the wall of two photos she had taped up and smiled a little sadly. “Wait a second…” she said, moving to her bedroom. A few weeks ago, Gabby had found an old polaroid camera. There were only two shots left, and she had been saving it for Laura’s birthday but she changed her mind watching Laura look at the lonely wall of photos. “You want to add your photo to the wall?” she offered, reappearing with the camera. 

Laura raised her eyebrows, the suggestion came as a bit of a surprise.  Peter had taken some photos of her but they decided it was a waste of resources to print anything that wasn’t essential, at least for now.  “Why don’t we take a picture of us both?”  Laura asked, not really wanting to put up a picture of her alone.

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gabbyx23‌:

Laura was still knelt on floor before her from her efforts at reassuring Gabby earlier. The younger girl wrapped her arms around her older sisters shoulders, “I’ll help you find them if you’d like?” she offered. “I want to meet all our family” Gabby added, thinking that Laura must feel the same about Bellona… “And when we find Bellona, I’ll make her be nice to you” 

Laura returned the hug, although she realised that Gabby was mostly working on wishful thinking.  They had a last known location for Bellona, at least.  Deborah and Megan were intentionally hidden for their own safety, Laura could get them killed if she knew where they were.

“I appreciate that,” she said when Gabby mentioned making Bellona be nice.  “I didn’t know where Deborah and Megan were living because there was a danger that my old handler would find them and use them to get to me.  We can try to find them but they could have been living anywhere in America.”