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Cassie Edwards || 21 || Negative Touch || Meta Human Rebel Scout

[kinetic-seth]

Vertigo (AU) || Seth & Cassie

Seth had been deployed out on a mission with a fellow agent named Cassie. The two of them had been paired up together once or twice before, and he knew that she was a pretty good agent herself. Their mission was to apprehend a Meta associated with the Nephilim’s drug ring. The man went by the code name “Vertigo,” which was rather appropriate considering that was his ability. C.A.R.M.A had been after his ass for months, but he always managed to get away. They finally had a hit on him in Lompico, and the two agents were sent out the warehouse where intel had gathered he’d be doing his latest drug deal. He stood just outside the warehouse on one side of the door with his partner, his gun out and ready. He let out a breath as he looked to Cassie, tilting his head towards the door. “You ready to do this?” he asked.

@donttouchcassie

[donttouchcassie]

Cassie had been a neglectful agent in the past few days. After finding Piper... It was all she could think about. Her sister was alive. Why had CARMA lied to her? To keep her in line? It was cruel. But unfortunately, Cassie was still stuck here and she was still assigned to jobs. Her absentmindedness was beginning to show too. “Huh?” she said as Seth called her. “Oh, right. Yes.”

[pyro-carmona]

Stay The Night || Cassie, Adrian & Carmona

[donttouchcassie]

pyro-carmona:

compellingsong:

From his place, sprawled comfortably in the contiguous loveseat, Adrian could safely split his attention between watching the movie (Moana had always held a special place in his hear even if Finding Nemo would always be his favorite) and surreptitiously watching the lovey-dovey display from the corner of his sight. He felt a strange mix of amusement, fondness and second-hand embarrassment at how sickeningly sweet they were with each other; Spencer’s behavior didn’t surprise him, per se, because he had cuddled the Pyromaniac more times he could count in several ways, but to see Carmona, who adamantly insisted on trying to pretend to be a bad bad criminal, so huddly with someone like that said a lot about the strength of his feelings for Cassie. 

He held his hand up in a halting motion, furrowing his eyebrows and twitching his nose slightly “No, no, don’t include me in your coupley decision-making process. I’m just third-wheeling right now.” he brushed off evenly, the wheels of his head spinning as he formed a plan to amuse himself now that the movie was over “The only thing I ask if you stay is a heads-up if my earplugs will become a necessity for my sanity’s sake.” he added wickedly, wiggling his brows suggestively and snickering to himself at their reaction.

@pyro-carmona​

He could tell that Cassie was on the fence, so he upped the sad eyes and pleading just a little bit. Not too much to spark irritation, but enough to make it really hard to say ‘no’ to. “Cassie, please. I’ll be on my best behavior, I swear; just stay for one night.” Carmona tried again, letting his eyes get just a tiny bit wider and letting a small pout take over his features. Only to look back over at Adrian, and giving him a look that said ‘Answer correctly, or take a bullet to the shoulder’. 

“That is the first correct thing you’ve said all night, Adrian. I’m older, I’m allowed to have whoever I like to stay over; you don’t get a say kiddo.” He half teased, as he moved up just enough to toss a pillow at the Merman’s face; when he made the suggestive comment. “Just ignore him, Cassie; or if you want, I can shut him up for you. If you stay the night that is.” Carmona returned to his pleading, turning it up just a notch; by turning completely. Wrapping his arms around his girlfriend’s waist, and pressing his face into her stomach. “You get pick on next movie, if you stay over. Adrian losses his movie pick, since we have company over.” 

@donttouchcassie

“Carmona...” Cassie chided with a laugh as he teased Adrian. “It’s his place too.” She’d never expected Adrian to say no, it was more of a stalling mechanism. It was getting harder to say no to Carmona though, and with Adrian’s approval, she was about to say yes. Adrian’s second comment, however, made her blush deep red. She ducked her head behind the couch so Adrian couldn’t see. As Carmona cuddled her tight, begging her to stay, she had to chuckle and bend. “Okay, okay. I’ll stay. Alright?” She put her gloved hand on Carmona’s head, so she could rest her head on his and tangle her fingers in his hair. “Can we watch WALL-E?”

@compellingsong​

[piper-thehealer]

Marked || Piper & Open AU

[donttouchcassie]

piper-thehealer:

Piper hardly wanted to let go, but she stepped back to get a long look at her sister. Nothing had changed; it was still like looking in a mirror. A very teary-eyed mirror. No doubt Piper eye’s were watering up as well. “I missed you too.” She hugged her sister again tightly before offering her a seat at the table. “So how did you escape?”

Cassie sat down when offered, worried that her knees might give out if she didn’t. Her mind was racing, but one thing kept repeating over and over. Piper’s alive, Piper’s alive, Piper’s alive. “Escape?” she repeated, frowning for a moment. “Oh. They grabbed my wrist. I.. used my power until they were weak enough and I was strong enough that I could push them away and run. They didn’t expect it.” She took a deep breath before adding, in a mumble, “They were prepared the next time ‘round.”

[piper-thehealer]

Marked || Piper & Open AU

[donttouchcassie]

piper-thehealer:

Piper glanced up when she heard her name whispered. “How do you know my…” Her words faded away as she saw the other girl’s face. She knew that face; it was her face, staring back at her with a mirrored expression. Either this was someone’s idea of a sick prank, or…”Cassie?” Piper whispered, half standing. She reached out to touch the girl’s face, half expecting her hand to pass right through, and then she was hugging her sister. “Oh my god, I thought you were dead!”

“They told me you were dead,” Cassie replied, hugging Piper tight. For the first time in years, she didn’t worry about hurting someone as she touched them. Piper’s immunity was her strength. Cassie felt tears form in her eyes. “I missed you. I didn’t know what to do.”

[pyro-carmona]

Guns ‘N Roses || Cassie & Carmona

[donttouchcassie]

pyro-carmona:

“What can I say, even the infamous Spencer Carmona, can be a sap. You are just one of the extremely few individuals, that have wormed their way into my heart.” He said with a small and teasing grin, listening to Cassie’s further explanation. “Ah. Well…what’s a sick day every now and then? I’ll make the giant kid run my errands for me, and you can stay in with me and just relax. Sounds like one of those old campy shows, huh.” The young criminal jested lightly, then returned his full attention back to his girlfriend as she spoke about her day. Not at all joking when he’d said, he would gladly take a life for her. “Good on them. Wouldn’t want to cut CARMA down any agents, now would I.” Carmona had never shown any remorse or shame in his business, although he did have a tendency to try and keep it out of his dates with Cassie. Only because he knew how she wasn’t the most…fond about it. “Well. Actually the reason I was a bit behind tonight, was due to having to deal with smugglers within my own business. They’d been going at it for a few months now, though I held my tongue. But once they began getting cockier, is when I had to…make an example of them, you might say.” He finished, not outright saying he’d killed them; but hinting towards it. 

“Are you saying you’re ever not a sap?” Cassie teased. She knew his behaviour around her was out of the ordinary for him, but if she couldn’t take his normal self too she never would’ve developed feelings for him. Squeezing his hand gently, she leant across the table slightly. “Save the sick day for something more than that,” she said softly, smiling. “But that does sound tempting.” Cassie sighed and shrugged. “I can handle myself at CARMA, Spence. I promise. But I’ll tell you if there’s anything,” she promised. Cassie didn’t approve of Carmona’s business, but she knew about it. “...Right. You were careful though, right? You know what the Commander thinks of criminal metas.”

[pyro-carmona]

Guns ‘N Roses || Cassie & Carmona

[donttouchcassie]

pyro-carmona:

His smile grew, as Cassie accepted the flowers. Even laughed at his actions to not make her upset with him. “Hey. Don’t go and laugh at me, I’m just trying to keep that beautiful smile on your face.” Carmona spoke, gazing fondly at her. “Nonetheless, I’m glad I didn’t keep you waiting for long. And why Cassie, was that you going soft on me? But thank you, I do try.” The Pyromancer grinned, reaching to gently grab the offered hand. He knew she did it to not hurt him, and hell; just being able to call Cassie his girlfriend and take her out. But still, it would be great to be able to hold hands without the barrier. “You know, I can block pain for a period of time. I wouldn’t mind blocking it out for a while, if you wanted to take the gloves off.” The young criminal offered sweetly, twining their fingers together lovingly as he let his gaze sweep back over to the young woman. “No pressure though of course,” he reassured. “How’ve you been Cassie? No one is giving you too much trouble at that damn CARMA, are they? You know if you need me to take care of a pest, I’ll happily do it.”

Cassie laughter faded into a fond smile. “I know. Thank you. I’m not laughing at you.” She did chuckle slightly again, shrugging. “Maybe you make me soft. CARMA can’t make me all hard.” She’d always been kind hearted more than harsh, but Carmona brought out what she’d had to hide being in CARMA. As he took her hand, she intertwined her fingers with his, rubbing small circles on his thumb with his. “I know, it’s just... It’s more than the pain. I steal your energy, your health. I don’t want to make you unwell.” But the offer still made her happy. It meant a lot to her to have someone offer her human contact, something she’d lacked in a positive way since Piper was taken by CARMA. “No, no one’s giving me trouble. Honestly. How have you been? Any... business I shouldn’t know about?”

[piper-thehealer]

Marked || Piper & Open AU

It had been a busy day at the bakery, and Piper was exhausted. Not that she was complaining; she needed all the business she could get. But at the end of the day, she was almost too glad to lock up and take Thor out for a walk around the city. As usual, they ended up at a cafe a little ways from the park, where they could sit outside and watch the city as it moved around them. As Piper sipped her tea, she noticed Thor growling at someone at the next table over, who was staring intently at Piper. It took her a moment to realize that her sleeve had been pulled down, exposing her registration tattoo. She covered it quickly, avoiding the other’s gaze. “Look, I’m not hurting anyone. You don’t need to stare.”

[donttouchcassie]

Cassie approached the cafe, intending to just get a coffee. She had finished patrol and had been hoping to go over to Carmona’s for a bit to get away from CARMA for a while. But when she walked up, a dog’s growl caught her attention. She glanced at the dog, before looking at the owner. Cassie did notice the registration tattoo but it was quickly made unimportant when she saw the woman’s face. There was no way she couldn’t stare, not when she was being faced down by a ghost. Her twin sister was dead. That was what she’d been told for nearly three years. She swallowed the lump that had appeared in her throat, but her voice still sounded choked. “Piper?”

[pyro-carmona]

Stay The Night || Cassie, Adrian & Carmona

Carmona was stretched out across the lavish and plush couch in his and Adrian’s shared penthouse, head resting on Cassie’s lap while the talked. The television on low in front of them, playing Moana of all things. He was content, as he conversed with his girlfriend; Adrian was out doing a solo job and he himself had actually had a pretty decent day. Everything had gone rather smoothly for him, and while he did enjoy the thrill of the occasional kill; it was nice not having to go through the troubles of disposing a body. Eventually the duo fell into a comfortable silence, as the watched the old Disney movie; until he heard Cassie saying she should probably get going. He protested with an admittedly childish whine. 

“I don’t want you go, we’re so comfortable right now. Plus I haven’t gotten to spend much time with you this week, and I really missed being around you.” He admitted, with a small pout; reaching to hold Cassie’s gloved hands in his own. “Can you stay the night? You know there’s more than enough room here, if you want you can even use the guest room. Just incase you didn’t want to share mine, but I certainly wouldn’t mind sharing with you.” Carmona offered with his best pleading look up at her. “Come on. It’ll be fun, I’ll order in, we’ll watch movies and just relax. You can use my lounge clothes to sleep in too, and you know I don’t care if you wanted to shower and all. Please, stay the night?”

@donttouchcassie

[donttouchcassie]

It had been a busy week. Cassie hadn’t been able to see Carmona all that much, but still she knew she ought to go as Moana drew to a close if she were to get home before it got too late. But when she voiced that, Carmona whined. To be fair, Cassie felt the same. She was comfortable and didn’t particularly want to move. Especially not to go to CARMA.

“I know... But it’s getting late. I can’t stay too much longer...” She intertwined her fingers in his nonetheless, making no real attempt to get up. The offer was tempting, and she bit her lip. His pleading look made her sigh, her expression softening as she tried not to immediately give in. “What about you, Adrian?” she asked, twisting her neck to look at him without moving away from Carmona. “Would you mind?”

@compellingsong

[pyro-carmona]

Guns ‘N Roses || Cassie & Carmona

Carmona watched with a look of pure boredom, as the man in front of him sobbed and pleaded. Doing nothing but lifting a brow with a slight sneer, and stepping away from the leech, as he went to grab at his legs. This was only meant to take no more than an hour max, yet of course; he had to deal with the incompetence of those who thought they could dupe him. The man and his partner had been taking their own personal share, of the drugs the young meta had been dealing out. Said partner laid dead off to the side, in a pool of his own blood. Sighing heavily, the boy wasn’t even half-listening as he checked his wrist watch. He was running late for his date with Cassie, and he’d be damned, if he missed it completely. “I’m going to have to cut you off right there. You know how I operate, and the consequences that are present for not following my rules. Well. You knew.” Carmona finished with a drawl, before pressing the gun in his hand right in-between the man’s eyes. “Nothing personal.” Was all he said before pulling the trigger. 

After briefly taking the time to clean himself up, he stopped by the florist; and actually paid for the large bouquet of roses, before rushing to meet Cassie at the diner they’d agreed upon in advance. Charming smile ever present, when he walked in and moved to greet her upon his arrival. “I know, I know. I’m a little late. I’m sorry. But look, I got you roses; and actually paid for them. You know, instead of stealing the damn things.” He spoke, offering the flowers to his girlfriend; before sliding into the seat opposite of her. “You look stunningly gorgeous, might I add.” 

@donttouchcassie

[donttouchcassie]

If Cassie stopped to think about it, she wasn’t really sure how she’d gotten to this point. Well, that wasn’t quite true. She knew how she’d ended up working for CARMA, manipulated into being their agent. As for Carmona... She should’ve arrested him long ago for his criminal behaviour and use of his powers in that. Instead, she’d found a soft spot for him almost immediately, a soft spot that had developed into feelings for him and a relationship. One she had to keep from her superiors but one she enjoyed nonetheless. It was relieving to have someone close to her again, without Piper around.

When Carmona rushed into the diner, late, Cassie had planned to be annoyed. But the look on his face and his instant rush to make up for it made her laugh instead. “It’s okay. I haven’t been here that long anyway. Thank you,” she said, taking the roses. She blushed as he complimented her, smiling at him. “Not so bad yourself.” She reached out with a gloved hand for his. It was unfortunate, but avoiding skin contact was the only way to avoid hurting him.

[donttouchcassie]

helios-of-plasma:

“Uhh, yea.” he said with a nod. “Oh, well, if you say so. Well, I run a bit hot, and most people can’t handle being too close, let alone touching me if I’m not careful.” he said  as he pressed two fingers to a nearby wall and removing them to reveal a small burnmark.

“Oh.. I hadn’t really noticed.” Though if she stopped to do that now, she could feel the heat coming off the boy like one could off the pavement on a hot day. She stared in a mixture of awe and fear as he burned a mark into the nearby wall. “Oh. Wow.”

[donttouchcassie]

novaalicerybak:

“I know!” Alice agreed with a small laugh. “This past year has been going by so fast. It won’t be long before she’s going to preschool or whatever we concoct here in the base.” She really wanted to be able to send Jessica to a real daycare or preschool so she could interact with other kids but the risk of CARMA getting to her made her hesitant on the whole idea.

“I used to want to work with kids. In preschool or elementary school,” Cassie admitted. That goal had fallen to the wayside when her powers came in. She’d considered becoming a high school teacher alternatively, where accidental touch was less likely. “Surely someone would be qualified down here to give preschool?”

[andrewmcrin]

     Andrew was asleep on a couch in the Rebel Lounge, passed out on top of a legal briefing he had been drafting for class. He was trying to be a good law student, a good Rebel, a good person… But he wasn’t allowing himself any rest. Which was why he wasn’t even passed out in his room, he was just on top of his homework in the lounge. He had been there only god knows how long and inevitably passed out. When Andrew felt someone rocking his body though to wake him up, he fell off the couch and out of defense (and a sleepy haze) he threw a glowing pink glob at the person, “leave me alone!” 

[donttouchcassie]

Cassie ducked and backed up when Andrew sleepily threw a glob made of some glowing pink substance at her. Not knowing what it was, she did not want to risk finding out the hard way. Nor Andrew accidentally grabbing her hand, the only part of her exposed skin. “Come on,” she urged softly. “You can sleep in your room. You’re going to ruin these papers.”

[nicosross]

donttouchcassie:

“Wait, what? Impale me?” Cassie stepped out from around the corner, a little stunned by the threat. “It’s not like I was hiding from you. I was around the corner.”

“I’m not going to actually impale you.” he turned around with a dismissive wave of his hand. “It’s more of a figure of speech. If you were dangerous, I’d have killed you or taken you into custody already.”

[donttouchcassie]

Cassie nodded, trying not to seem guilty. She was dangerous, far more so than her sister who had been taken into custody. "Right, of course. But I'm not."

[donttouchcassie]

helios-of-plasma:

Leo had been walking by when he accidentally brushed against her and she panicked for a moment, thinking he had burned her or something of the like. “Oh, god, I thought I hurt you for a second or something.”

“Hurt me?” No, Cassie had been concerned about the same thing in reverse. “I’m fine, I just... It’s complicated. Why would you have hurt me?” she asked, turning the focus onto him instead of her. The last thing she wanted was him figuring her out.

[donttouchcassie]

metarubotic:

Truth be told, Ruby wasn’t one for physical contact with strangers either so that hand brush was 100% accidental, but she was obviously surprised by the other’s reaction. She would not judge the other nor feel insulted by it, after all she didn’t know the reasoning behind that act, but she couldn’t help but wonder “Oh, my bad, dear. I didn’t see you there…Are you okay?”

“I’m fine,” she assured the young woman as she shoved her hand into her pocket. Why had she forgotten gloves today? It was cold enough to not call attention to her if she wore them. “It’s just... a thing.” She could feel the tiny amount of energy she’d stolen from the woman tingling in her hand.

[donttouchcassie]

nickthedragon:

She had a point there was no official rule saying that pets weren’t allowed. But at the same time Nick didn’t know of any Rebels ever trying to keep one. At least not in the base permanently so he always assumed that. They couldn’t have them either way he wasn’t going to risk it. “I’m not sure if they are banned, and until he’s settled in. The little guy stays a secret” Nick replied. He was a little unsure of letting Cassie touch the puppy. Even though he’s never witnessed her powers first hand. He knew she had some time of draining ability through touch. But he was somewhat of a compassionate guy and living with a power like that. Had to be hard with the whole human limited contact thing. So Nick nodded his head, and held the dog out for her to pet with a small smile.

Originally posted by suitelikechocolate

“Alright, I’m not going to tell anyone,” Cassie promised. She saw his hesitation in letting her touch the puppy. It felt like a punch, though she couldn’t blame him really. She would hesitate too if she didn’t know that animals weren’t harmed by her powers. But he still trusted her enough to know her abilities, and held out the dog. That meant a lot to her. She reached out, scratching the puppy behind his ears and cooing softly at him. “Thank you.”

[donttouchcassie]

pyro-carmona:

“Yeah!? Cool, it’s you know; not until later in the day. And I’ll pay for frozen yogurt too, so you know; you don’t have to worry about paying or anything.” Carmona was over joyed, he had it all mentally planned out. Cassie comes to watch his practice, he’ll get to show off a little, and then treat her to the frozen treat later on. As far as he was concerned, nothing was gonna mess this up for him. But of course it wasn’t until then, it dawned on him that he was covering someone’s shift at the cafè today; and he groaned aloud. “Dammit. Forgot I work after practice. Oh! You can still come to watch me! After that, you can just come with me to the cafè and chill out there for a little bit? I’m so sorry Cassie, if you don’t mind; I’d still love to do frozen yogurt. We’d just have to do it…later tonight.” The young rebel rambled again, running a hand through his hair.

It was cute, how flustered Carmona got. Part of Cassie admonished herself for thinking that, partially because even if she felt the same about him, she wouldn’t feel comfortable leading him on like that. She couldn’t touch him, not without hurting him. But she did love spending time with him. “I can pay,” she told him, laughing gently. There was no denying she felt a stab of disappointment when he realised the flaw in his plan. But he solved it as quickly as he realised, and she nodded. “I can do that.”