mr. hot stuff

side blog (follows back from manbehindtheshield)

[f4johnnystorm]

Jonathan Lowell Spencer Storm

hero name is the human torch

nicknames are johnny, hot-head, mr. hot stuff, flame brain

younger brother of sue storm and brother-in-law to reed richards

was born in long island, ny

late 20s to early 30s (verse dependent)

straight/heterosexual

loves cars and motorcycles. a great mechanic

became the youngest pilot in NASA

went to metro college in new jersey. didn't finish.

went into space with sue, reed, and ben grimm.

currently lives in nyc in his own apartment

has experience as a pro race car driver

powers

absorbed cosmic rays

gained the power to mentally control ambient heat energy

he can fly

pyrokinesis abilities

nova flame. which can reach up to 1,000,000 F

resistant to heat and flames

cold resistance

superhuman duribility

weaknesses

oxygen depletion can cause his flames to go out

large amounts of water, sand, fire fighting foam can put his flames out unless he's burning at a very high heat intensity.

has some ptsd from dangerous missions

facts

he can burn off dirt or germs so he doesn't have to take a shower or brush his teeth

favorite drink is black tea with 3 sugars

loves baseball. go mets!

personality

outgoing

charming

brash attitude

has a temper and will go off with out thinking things through

very flirtatious. somewhat of a womanizer

believes in true love and hopes to find it one day

[amarvelousmencgerie]

@f4johnnystorm

Sender gives Receiver a hot drink (Becca from Johnny, sleepy pines verse)

The man next to her must have been someone from out of town because he talked about Audrey at the diner like she was a piece of meat. Becca looked up at Johnny with a shocked expression before he turned to look at her. His eyes moved up and down her like he was going to say something before she stood up and moved a few seats down at the bar.

She didn't drink but she loved talking to Johnny. He was fun and in this town, finding someone who was full of like and fun could be a bit hard. She'd liked him for a while but when she'd heard that Kara was coming back into town, everyone expected them to start back their love affair. No one knew why but she was staying with the Sheriff and she was right back to pining after Johnny as he placed her favorite hot chocolate down in front of her. She placed her hand up at her mouth so only he could hear what she was saying.

"That man is from out of town right? There's no way he'll make it here if he eye fucks me like he just did. I'm pretty sure my brother would kill him."

She laughed, so what's the news for today. I heard the roads were out towards, Mr. Stark's place. Kara didn't get hurt right? I heard from Dolly that she was staying with Sheriff Walker? Seems strange but it also seems strange that my brother was late for work and I was running the post office and he'd had a fun night with Audrey. Guess the man at the end of the bar would be a bit disappointed." She rested her chin on her hand as she stirred her drink.

"Is there going to be food for the game tomorrow? I don't know if I can make it but I'm sure Jamie wants to know. I think he usually goes and helps Audrey when she is making all the food." She blushed at him, not able to keep from it. She'd been blushing at him since they'd gotten out of high school and she wondered if he even noticed her. She was pretty sure that none of the guys in town looked at her as more than the librarian and Bucky's twin sister. Not like she'd been on a date that she hadn't had to go to Seattle for. that's why she wouldn't be at the game Sunday night, she had a date at the game. It was easy to meet people on line if you lived in a small town. She didn't want other's though. She'd only ever had her eyes on one guy and she wished she knew how to make him see her.

[f4johnnystorm]

The bar had picked up more the later it got. Most of the people that came in were gossiping about what happened to Lukas. Everyone had a story and they were all different. The more people talked the wilder and more unbelievable they got. Johnny listened to them all with a smile on his face. Keep them talking and the more drinks they bought and that was a very good thing for him. Becca Barnes sat in her usual spot at the bar to chat with him and he very much liked when the cute librarian came to visit. She didn't drink but liked hot chocolate so he kept it on hand for her. A gourmet variety that cost a pretty penny but she was worth it. "You sure you don't want me to spike it for you?" He asked with a glint in his eye and a bottle of bourbon in his hand which he flipped around like Tom Cruise did in the movie Cocktail. Everyone loved when Johnny added some bar flair. Got a lot of 'Ooohs and Ahhhs' and people proceeded to tip him very well.

"I'm not sure who he is but he's been here everyday for the last three days. I think he might be in town for work or something? You let me know if he keeps bothering you and I'll take care of his ass myself. I don't need that shit happening in my bar." Johnny set the bottle of bourbon down and got a glass to fill at the beer tap. He nodded when Becca mentioned the game. "Yeah, I put in an order of party wings and potato skins at the diner. Audrey will bring them over just before game time. Alexei said he's bring a big batch of borscht too. Whatever the hell that is. It sounds absolutely unappetizing though." Johnny said as he slid the beer glass down to a man at the end of the bar. "Anyway cover charge is fifteen bucks but that'll get you a plate of food and a beer -- or you know a plate of food and a hot chocolate for you. Man, I gotta come up with a good mocktail for you." He grinned and leaned on the bar closer to Becca and flashed her a smile. "Since you're always in here now coming to see me."

He had slept with so many women in this town but Becca wasn't one of them, no matter how often he thought about it. She was almost too good for him but what he wouldn't give to corrupt her a little bit. Johnny didn't even read much but that didn't stop him from fantasizing about going into the library and bending Becca over one of the shelves and taking her from behind. Telling her to be quiet if she got too loud because they were in the library.

"I'm glad you're coming tomorrow. I'll put a little reserved sign on your usual barstool so no one else sits there and then you can keep me company." He wiped a wet spot on the counter. "Yeah, Kara's back in town. I had no idea she was coming at all but should've guessed she'd show up soon with everything that happened to Tony. Looks like she's getting cozy with our grumpy sheriff. She's been staying at his house. Pretty sure she had a crush on him back when we were all in high school but he was with Olivia." He couldn't help but wonder if Kara had had a crush on Walker still when they had gotten together? Did she ever fantasize about Walker when he was fucking her?

"It's really shocking to me you don't have a boyfriend. Any guy would absolutely go crazy for a girl like you."

[tedllasso]

CHRIS EVANS in Ghosted (2023)

[amarvelousmencgerie]

"I mean my stuff is at Sheriff Walker's home so right now, I think that's where I'm gonna stay. Besides, maybe I'm too heavy to carry. I haven't been able to do any dancing or running in three weeks. She sighed, it bothered her to feel so lazy and as she looked at him she smiled.

"You know once I get better, we could start working out together. We were always really good at pushing each other and I really need someone to push me with this injury." She chewed on her lower lip and her face became much more serious. "I know I'll never dance professionally again. Something about the way I injured it, if I'm thrown landing on my toes and then going straight into a jump, something I'm famous for, I could tear it where I'd have to have a knee replacement. Once that's done, it's over. I don't think I could even teach." She smiled, "so you gonna help a girl out." She patted his stomach while he was sitting next to her. "I knew you still worked out. You've always been quite proud of those abs of yours."

Kara's face looked at his, "you thought about sex when I said I bought Murder house didn't you?" She couldn't help giggling. "I can still remember having to explain to my dad why there was so much dust on the back of my uniform. All I can thank god for is that there wasn't much to it to get dirty."

She could tell there was something going on in his mind as he bounced around. She wished she could just go up to him and stop him from moving. He'd always had a lot of energy but this was nervous energy. Was he nervous to see her? They'd been talking for years and she'd seen him in the last two, why now would he be so nervous. As he sat the drink in front of her, she went for a drink until he used the nickname that she hadn't heard outside of her bedroom at her dads, or his bedroom at his sister's house. "Well, I don't think I've thought about being called that since I was 18."

Kara shook her head and took a sip. Her eyes widened and she couldn't help but smile. This is amazing it tastes like cotton candy, and paradise. She almost had tears in her eyes thinking about what it tasted like. "You know it makes me think of what you used to say when he kissed me the first time. You said I tasted like cherries cotton candy and pure sunshine." She bit down once again on her lower lip a small sigh escaping.

"I was going through my stuff after you left because Oliver's mother wanted to go through some of it and I wanted them to have things that were important to them. I opened a chest that said very important do not open without permission. REmember it used to sit at the foot of my bed. So it still has all the things you got me in the three years we were together but what I couldn't help but smile at was your Varsity Letter jacket was in there with mine and my uniform. I totally forgot that I think I wore it more than you did. I'm not sure you really ever got to wear it because that's what the head cheerleader did. She took the quarter back jacket and she wore it. But I couldn't believe you let me take a sharpie and write Property of Kara "Kare-Bear", which was totally in your writing added, might say. Stark. Mine. Don't Touch." She took another drink of her kare-bear mimosa.

She reached out and took his hand in hers again. "Hey whatever is making you nervous. Which don't tell me you aren't. You haven't changed that much, Jonathan."

The old man at the bar, looked at Johnny and laughed. "Jonathan.... Jonathan who in the hell would think to call Johnny Storm Jonathan." He burst out laughing.

Kara looked a bit hurt because she'd always called him by his name. She winced. "Do you want me to call you, Johnny? It just feels weird because I always wanted to be special when we were in school so I used that from what, middle school. The first time you told me you loved me and I remember saying... Can I call you Jonathan. You said yep and I said I'd marry you." She burst out laughing, "god I'm sure this whole town had us married right out of high school."

[f4johnnystorm]

"You think you're too heavy to carry?" Johnny scrunched his brows together and shook his head. "Please. Either you think you weigh 350 pounds or you think I'm weak as fuck." He laughed. She looked like she only weighed like 110 pounds -- if that. He grinned and made a muscle with his bicep. "I'd love to work out with you when you're ready. There's a gym in town I go to regularly and I like to run on the beach too. It's about a twenty minute drive to get there so I only go a couple times a week but it's one of my favorite ways to work out." He would've leaned in and kissed her when she patted his abs but he held himself back. "Sorry, your dancing days are over. Do you have any idea what you might want to do instead?"

He chuckled when she called him out on thinking about sex when she mentioned Murder House. "Well, yeah, I'll probably always think about that. I mean we had some wild and crazy times there. Remember that one time where we actually did think we were going to get murdered in there? It turned out it was just another couple fucking in the attic."

He was super pleased when she said she loved the drink. He slapped his hand down on the table. "Well, then I'm definitely putting it on the drink menu then. I feel like I'm lacking in girly drinks anyhow."

When she mentioned the varsity jacket his heart fluttered. He remembered that day when she took the sharpie to it and it made him grin. "Those were good times. I wouldn't have wanted any other person to wear my jacket."

She always called him Jonathan and he let her just because it was her. Anyone else and he would've corrected them that it's 'Johnny'. When the guy at the bar chuckled at her calling him by his full name, he laughed. "Only her and no one else." He put his arm around her shoulder and pulled her close to him. His grip loosened but he still kept his arm around her in a friendly way. "Hell yeah the town had us married. Probably would've too if we didn't get into that fight or argument. I guess it wasn't really a fight but it sure felt like that as teenagers. Somehow we started talking about marriage and then that lead to having kids and you said you wanted them and I said I didn't -- I still don't. My sister has a kid and I love him to death and spoil him rotten but at the end of the day he gets to go back to his mom and dad and I get to go back to doing what I like." He shrugged. "I guess that was kind of one factor of us breaking up." Johnny couldn't help but wonder if she still wanted a family as bad as she did back then?

The door jingled then and Johnny looked up and saw Walker come into the bar. He looked stressed and damp from the rain. He noticed that the sheriff looked at him with his arm around Kara and then glanced away quickly. "Hey, Walker." Johnny said standing up and going to the bar. "I heard some shit happened this morning. Poor guy. Any news you can give us?" Johnny got a glass out. "You want a beer?"

John walked further into the bar and shook his head. "I'm on the clock. No thanks."

"That hasn't stopped you before." Johnny laughed as he poured John's favorite beer.

Walker sighed and made his way over to Kara. "Brock got your rental car back to his garage. You'll just have to call enterprise and let them know what happened so she can pick it up. The tree is also cleared but it's going to be while before the road is opened. City cops are investigating the crime scene. I gotta go back later but I wanted to check on you." He glanced to Johnny and then back to Kara. "Seems like you're doing good here though."

[amarvelousmencgerie]

"It's alright, Jonathan, the sheriff found me last night and he took me to the station. Because there really wasn't anywhere for me to go I just stayed with him last night. I mentioned you but like the depty and sheriff we all decided being friday night you were more than likely entertaining and that's fine. The stairs were a bit much but I can get around pretty well. They tell me that my movement will be better but my dancing days are done."

She looked a bit sad when she mentioned it but shoved it away before he could notice. Jonathan never had been good with negative emotions. "I see you got a few out of town dates from the dancers on my Instagram." She teased her hand reaching out for her drink as she swallowed it all down, her leg starting to hurt more than the day before. WHen he went off on how he could help her, Kara held her hand up. "Wooh one thing at a time. I'm gonna see if I can get a place with Melina, if not, I'm gonna have to go back to Brock's." She knew Jonathan knew everything about Brock and had confronted him a few times when they were young. "Truth, I feel better at the Sheriff's place. You know Brock isn't gonna come stalk me there and I'm not convinced that he's not gonna start it again. But thank you for the offer. "Also above here is gonna be WAY too many stairs."

She took his hand in hers. "you are the best you know that right. That smile is killer. You should have tried to be an actor." She shook her head pulling her hand back to sit it on her glass. "I bought Murder House. They are gonna start the Reno on Monday I should be good to sleep there by Friday. You gonna help me move boxes in there? The movers will have all my things here by Friday." SHe smiled. "I assume you've got to work though. I'll need somewhere to go afterwards. And with my dad's I might take you up on that. No one really understood my dad here in Sleepy Pines but you. He was a crazy inventor and just didn't deal with everyday things. I've got to go through all his shops and labs and redo his home as well. I want it to be more glass, less sharp lines and blend better but first I've gotta get rid of his stuff.. And yeah I could really use you for that. I'll let you know and you can tell me when you're free."

[f4johnnystorm]

Johnny's eyes widened. "Oh! You stayed with Walker? Yeah, well, he's pretty safe and reliable being town sheriff and all." Johnny poured another half shot of whiskey (if he kept this up he'd be drunk before 2pm) and tipped it back. He remembered hearing something about Kara having the hots for Walker back in high school but then again a lot of the girls at school did. He set his glass down and chuckled. "Too many stairs? Hell, I'll just carry you! But yeah, you should see if you can get a room at Melina's unless you're comfy at Walker's?" He arched a brow in question. As far as he knew Walker hadn't dated anyone in years and maybe he was just over the whole thing. He shouldn't worry about it.

He sat down next to Kara in the booth as she put her hand on his. It was just as warm and soft as he remembered and he'd do anything right now to give her a kiss. But instead he chuckled. "Oh fuck? Murder House? Seriously?" He couldn't believe that she bought that shitty house. How many sex parties were held at that thing? "You want another mimosa? I gotta create a special one for you and call it the Kare-bear!" He jumped up and went behind the bar and began concocting something special up for her. He pulled out some fresh strawberries along with the OJ, champagne and a few other ingredients. "I'll help you move. You know I'll do anything for you, all you have to do is ask!" He flashed his very white teeth at her and then handed her the drink. "The Kare-bear. If you like it, I'll put on my cocktail menu." He sat down across for her and folded his hands under his chin, elbows on the table and waited for her to try it. "Drink up, sugar tits ....errr...That's the whiskey talking." He laughed and shook his head. "Any way what do you think?"

[amarvelousmencgerie]

She hadn't expected anything different from Johnny and as he rambled on about getting her things, the man at the bar turned and smiled.

"You're Stark's girl right? The dancer, well you're a pretty thing." He turned back to his drink giving Johnny a raised brow and nodding in a way to say you got this, knowing that Johnny would try to at least go on a date with her.

Taking a deep breath, she adjusted in the booth with her knee up as she sat against the back wall. Leaning back towards the edge, she giggled. "I'd like a mimosa please. I mean if you have champaign. if not, just give me something that's on tap."

When he walked back with her mimosa, she couldn't help her chuckle. "Well, look how upscale you are. I was thinking, I'm kinda a picky drinker so I'll bring some wine from my dad's, I'll pay you what I'd pay in Seattle for the wine as long as you keep it here for me so I don't have to drink tap beer."

She reached out for a pretzel and looked over at him. God he was still just as hot as he'd been in high school but she knew that wasn't going anywhere but trouble. He'd been the boy she lost her virginty to, first kisses, homecoming two proms all of it. She was sure that the whole town thought they'd get married. She was sure they never would but it made high school easier to always have a boyfriend. She often wondered if he'd been faithful or maybe being with all the women came after he'd stayed faithful for almost three years. None of it mattered now because she came back to stay and she needed to make sure that she picked the right man and Johnny would never be that guy but she did love him. She was always going to love him as one of her best friends. His eyes seemed to be writing a different story, she was sure of it.

"So, I didn't tell you I was coming in because I didn't tell anyone. Last night I was sitting in the airport in San Francisco and a man was saying horrible things about my father from the rumors that everyone thought was true but anyone who knew him didn't believe. So instead of screaming at him because I'm still a bit raw about his death, I rented a car and drove. Although, I'm pretty sure with my knee surgery just last week I shouldn't have been driving. " She chuckled pretty sure I'm supposed to be in bed."

Kara burst out laughing before taking a drink. "Jonathan get your mind out of the gutter. I know you remember." She reached over and placed her hand on his. "I did need to see your smile though. It makes me feel a little better."

[f4johnnystorm]

"I can do a mimosa." Johnny laughed as he got the orange juice from the mini fridge and a bottle of champagne. "I don't make a lot of them but I have a feeling I will be." He grinned as he prepped the drink and then chuckled. "You know I have wine too. Reds, Whites, Rosés. All different varieties. Audrey's like a wine connoisseur and helped me stock the good stuff. Hey, this may be a local dive but I got good shit. Bring what you want and I'll keep it on hand for you, though. Sounds like you're gonna be here a lot. I like it." He pumped his eyebrows a couple of times and gave her a cocky smirk as he set the drink in front of her.

Johnny poured a half shot of whiskey for himself and drank it down. "I'm really sorry about your father Kara. It kinda shook up the whole town when we found out what happened to him." His voice was soft as he spoke to her. He and Tony got a long pretty good back when he and Kara dated. He always really enjoyed being around him -- quirks and all. She mentioned her leg and shook his head. "No, you shouldn't be driving. I can help you get around town all you gotta do is ask, Kare-bear." A few more regulars came in and he smiled and began pouring their order. "Now, were did you end up staying last night? I know for a fact the road is closed because of the storm. Melina's B&B is full. You stay with Audrey?"

The door bell jingled again and a man came in with eyes wide. "They found Lukas Witler in the woods! Dead!" The man sat down at the bar and shook his head. "I need a drink, Johnny."

"No, shit?" Johnny muttered and then raised his brows. "Damn. He's got that beast of a dog he walks. I wouldn't be surprised if it got spooked and dragged him into the forrest. All kinds of ravines and stuff...Poor guy...He's old too..."

He got the man his beer and then walked over to Kara. "Well, that's quite a shock. Shit like that doesn't happen around here." He smiled, trying not to seem like an insensitive ass but people died and he really didn't know him that well. "You need a place to crash? I live right upstairs. Or you you know, I can give you a hand with moving in to your dad's or whatever you plans are. I'm just really, really glad you're here, Kara. I've missed you so much."

[amarvelousmencgerie]

@f4johnnystorm

Kara paused at the door to his bar, looking up at his name on the neon sign above her head. She knew this hadn't been his dream but it did fit him and how else would he get to know all the women coming in and out of town if not at the local pub. John was right though he should serve food after Audrey closed and when she wasn't open. As her hand went to the handle of the door, her mind went back to the last time she'd seen him and it made her smile.

Ollie's death came suddenly and she needed grounding when she was going to have to see his family, say goodbye to him and his teammates and she needed someone that could keep her grounded but at the same time, someone who wouldn't let her go in on herself too much. Kara dialed Johnny's number and honestly hadn't expected him to answer, he did and within six hours he was standing with a bag and his suit in toe.

Johnny had come to stay with her and Oliver a few times, take in a few games, hang out in the boxes with all the puck bunnies. He was quite sure that Johnny cared about her fiance then he ever had her. Point was, having him at the funeral wasn't too weird being he'd been around and the team knew him too. For her, his laugh, his smile, it was infectious. For times like that and now, he was exactly the person that she needed.

She walked in the door, bouncing a little on her toe as he was turned away, telling the patron that he'd be with them in a few minutes and to take a seat. Kara couldn't help the chuckle under her voice. "What if I tell you that if you don't turn around and say hi to your favorite lady that I might just disappear. You think you could count glasses later and come give me a hug now." As he turned to look she smiled really big at him, and stuck her arms out just fast enough that she was completely enveloped in a hug that had always made her feel so much better than any others.

"Be careful putting me back down. Knee surgery was like five days ago and I've been on it a lot recently."

[f4johnnystorm]

It was drizzling again. But that's just how it was in Sleepy Pines and it didn't stop the locals from coming in for an afternoon drink on the weekends. It was better when there was a game on and would even be better if he could get his kitchen up and running so he could serve some bar food. Audrey at the diner was kind enough to whip up some wings and potato skins for him when a big game was on but being able to make his own would be awesome.

Johnny slung a bar towel over his shoulder as he stood being the counter and stacked the clean glasses on the shelf below him. He turned to talk to Bob, one of his usuals, and slid a glass of Jack and coke over to him. They were deep in conversation about last night's storm when he heard a very familiar voice call out to him. He stopped talking and the grin on his face soon as he saw who the voice belonged to grew so wide that it almost hurt. "Kara?! Kara fuckin' Stark!" He called out as he moved quickly to her, lifting her into the air and twirling her around with a laugh. "How the hell are you?"

He was gentle when he set her back down and leaned back against the bar counter. "I had no idea you were coming? Why didn't you tell me you were going to be back in town?" He was still smiling, eyes focused a hundred percent on her. "Wow, you look great! Well, maybe a little tired but this town does that to everyone." It had been a minute since he last saw her and she had been with Oliver and then at his funeral. She was always the one who got away -- and he regretted that he let that happen.

He looked down at her knee and frowned. "Well, let me find a cozy booth for you and let me grab you a drink. Sorry - no food besides nuts and pretzels. I'll grab you some of those too." He led her over to the booth closest to the bar and then went around back behind the counter and got a bowl and dumped some snacks into it and set it front of her. "Hey, what'll you have? Too early for alcohol? I got soft drinks as well." He was still smiling like a goof.

"Damn, it is really good to have you back in town. Maybe the sun will come out now." He laughed.

[rainbowkisses31]

Chris Evans - On set of Red One

[dirbenaffleck]

RED ONE ‧ 2024

[dirbenaffleck]

RED ONE ‧ 2024

[forr3verr]

[amarvelousmencgerie-a-deactivat]

@f4johnnystorm

[tay-swifts]

CHRIS EVANS ˗ˏˋ in PLAYING IT COOL (2014)

[f4johnnystorm]

"Hmm think I'll pass on the Barbie Boyfriend. I've been compared to Ken in the past and I don't think it was meant as a compliment." Johnny said as he climbed into the limo next to Kaera. A lot of people thought Johnny Storm was a himbo because of the image he gave off but he was further from it. An excellent mechanic and he was exceptionally well with mathematics. He almost went into the NASA program but he kinda preferred to have two feet on the ground rather than floating in space. He glanced over her and smiled. "Though, you know, I wouldn't mind a having Funko POP! version of myself!"

He moved a little closer to her and didn't mind at all when her legs were resting near his. "I mean, I can memorize things it's I don't want to fuck up because you're right. Euro racers aren't really keen on me and I don't want to become a laughing stalk. I really want to crack into the international racing scene and make a name for myself there." That was were all the money was, anyway. Not to mention he'd get to visit and tour some of the most gorgeous places on earth.

He waggled his eyebrows. "Presidential suite, huh? Sounds nice. And no, I know you pick out great stuff for me...." He started to say but his words were lost when she said she liked a little grease on him. "Oh, yeah?" He couldn't help but grin as he turned on the Johnny Storm charm. "So you like when I'm a little dirty? Good to know." Man, he really wanted to kiss her but debated whether or not it was appropriate. But he was pretty sure she wanted it too so he went for it.

Johnny leaned closer, slowly, so if she wanted to push him away she could and then pressed his lips to hers and brought his arm up to rest on her hip.

[dannytorrnce]

“Wow, and you… just walked away. I was definitely still talking.”

[cordeliabarton]

Now Cordelia was a relative ‘normie’ on the scale of average human being to omnipotent powers. It struck her just now that if both she and Johnny were KO’d by this booze, it had a little more than a possible trace of a worm in its contents.

The thought, however, left her mind immediately when Johnny kept talking. “I wouldn’t joke about this, Firecracker.” At long last, she sat up and opened her eyes. Hawkeye was naked, save the new ring on her finger, but she wasn’t embarrassed. She and the Human Torch had been friends with benefits for a while now, so even in this state, she didn’t cover herself with anything.

It in the moments afterward that she finally glanced at the ring. She’d seen enough fake and real stones to know the difference and this…this was a real solitaire diamond. On a delicate gold band. “I must have had some input,” she thought aloud, showing him the ring again. “Your taste is not this good.” Even a small quirk of her brow hurt her head, so she had to lay back down.

“At least get in here,” she murmured softly while moving a second soft pillow from under her arm to the other side of the bed. “Cause we clearly need to recover some more…” She remembered now. “…and maybe see about a blood test cause there is no way both you and I get this blitzed and there’s not some shenanigans behind it.”

A loud belch suddenly emanated from the archer and she couldn’t help but laugh. But not too hard, she soon was reminded, or else the headache would cause her even more grief. “Hey,” she called over to him. “If I have to get completely sloshed and marry a superhero drunk out of my mind, you’re a pretty fine choice, Johnny Storm.” Cordelia closed her eyes. “Not like, S-tier Steve Rogers level, but still really good.”

The laughter that followed was the first time something didn’t hurt her head that day.

[f4johnnystorm]

"I seriously don't remember buying a ring or going off and actually getting married. Like where would we even do that? Did we get married by an Elvis impersonator? Where's the paperwork? We need certificate right? That's how marriage works, I think." He huffed and tipped his head back to stare at the ceiling for a moment before glancing over at Cordelia whom now he noticed was completely topless. "What do you think, Tits McGee? You think we're actually married or did we just get drunk and pop off to a jewelry store?

He chuckled and shook his head. "I could pick out a ring like that! Jesus, now I'm highly offended. I have taste, Cordie." When she moved the blanket and asked him to hop under the covers with her, he chuckled again but didn't waste a minute doing as he was asked.

"My head is still splitting. I've been drunk before but this is like next level..." He was staring up at the ceiling with his arms behind his head, replaying the night's events over and over again in his head. "I mean we could ask Reed to run a blood test. I mean it's gonna be kinda embarrassing letting them know what happened but maybe we were taken advantage of or something? Fuck if I know."

A loud belch came from his bed partner and Johnny cringed. "Ugh. Gross. Yeah there is no way I woulda married you. I like my ladies classy!" He looked over and shook his head disapprovingly but had a smirk on his face. He couldn't help but grin wider when she said that she wasn't disappointed that she married him. It was kinda sweet, actually ... until she made the comment about Cap.

"Oh! I am sick of hearing about him! He's so overrated. Just because what? He has blond hair, blue eyes, and a great ass? Guess who else has all that and a fucking awesome sense of humor?" He tapped his chest. "This guy right here."

[cordeliabarton]

The last thing she remembered, there was a tray of tequila shots set before them and a smiling high roller at the VIP table raising a glass at them. The waitress explained the mystery man had covered their tab, since Johnny and the rest of his team had saved his grandmother during a particularly odd attack of Doombots months earlier.

“Who are we to say no to good fortune?” She asked before throwing back the first glass.

Now Cordelia wasn’t a wilting wallflower by any stretch. If someone set liquor in front of her as a challenge, she was going to drink it and do her best to hold her own. Hell, she’d fought aliens, vampires, demons and ‘gods’ during the worst of times and still managed to hit every single shot she nocked. Drinking good booze and getting back to the hotel in one piece was nothing in comparison. She could enjoy it all without concerns over whether or not her life insurance policy and will were up to date.

Even with her eyes squeezed shut, Cordelia felt something was amiss. Her left hand…it was heavier than usual. In her line of work, even the slightest change to her fingers could mean someone’s accidental death, so a ring…a ring was something she’d rarely indulge in. When she brought her fingers to rest over her sharp cheekbones, she felt it.

It was a ring on her third finger. One with a gem setting if she had to wager.

Not ready to see it just yet, she rolled over onto her stomach and kept her face in the ridiculously soft pillow. That’s when she heard Johnny stumbling around. Judging from his words, he’d made the same discovery and was just as surprised.

“Did you at least get me a diamond, Johnny Storm?” She called out, putting her left arm in the air to show off her ring finger. “I’ll be very disappointed if you cheaped out an’ went with a cubic zirconia.” A stray hiccup escaped. “I’m a lady, goddammit.”

[f4johnnystorm]

He sat there in silence trying to recollect what the hell happened in the last 8 hours. The last thing he remembered was drinking a shit ton of shots and playing a lot of blackjack. Everything after that was a blur. He rubbed his temples with his fingers as Cordelia called out from the bedroom. He shook his head and laughed because it was all he could do at the moment. "I don't even know where I got that ring? Maybe you bought it? Ever think of that?" He groaned as he climbed up to his feet, stomach super queasy, his head aching.

He staggered over to the door of the bedroom, gripping onto the doorframe and poked his head inside. "This is a joke, right? You thought it would be funny to put rings on our fingers... Play a joke on the drunk guy?" He could tell from the look on her face that wasn't the case.

"Ugh, I've done some stupid shit in my life but this really takes the cake." Walking in, he plopped down the edge of the bed. "And it looks like we didn't even sleep together on our wedding night? What the hell?"

[f4johnnystorm]

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