❛ i can see that. i guess i wasn’t tooooo late, unless that coffee is re-heated. ❜
Peter’s response comes quick, the humorous strings of his words stretch those lips for a smile. their past murmur in a buzzing din within his mind, striving to come to the shallower surfaces of his psyche & that, she can tell. he’s used to this concept of no surprises, being read, being exposed for things he dare not tell. he trusts her though & that’s enough for him to be fully relaxed in her presence. eyes shift, the surroundings do not make him falter in the slightest as he settles by his cup.
❛ a lil’ bit. i was with Cosmo actually, maybe he already told you about that. ❜ he says & reaches for it, hiding himself behind the rim of the cup despite how he cannot hide the flashbacks to what had happened with Adam.
❛ jeez, i feel like i haven’t seen you in fifty years. it’s good to see you again. ❜ a pause, brief, he cannot even tell what it carries. ❛ what’s with that smile o’ yours, hm ? yep, i’m here to ask you to come hang with us. i bet you didn’t need to read my mind to get to that one. ❜
“ Of course it is. Nobody likes cold coffee. ”
NOT QUITE A TRUE STATEMENT, ACTUALLY. In fact back on Earth, in Vietnam, Mantis & the girls at the brothels would often start their day with a cool, refreshing cup. It did often get so humid there -- but Mantis preferred her coffee sweet, & her tea bitter. Unlike Peter, who preferred his coffee bitter & his tea not even there.
She took the seat opposite him after her sat down, reaching for a teaspoon to add some sugar into her cup before looking back up at him, catching herself smiling ever so slightly. Mantis was under no illusions that the team had missed her: more often than not they expressed quite freely how weird & crazy they thought she was. With Phyla gone as well, Mantis had only one true friend left, & he was with her now.
“ It is not difficult to figure out what you are thinking, Peter. & this one is sure you’ve come for your own sake, & not the rest of the team’s. She is under no delusions that they miss her, or even want her back. ”
If they did it would only be for their own benefit. Mantis didn’t mind it so much -- she had never cared too much about what other people thought of her. But how it had ended, losing Phyla, losing Peter... she doesn’t think she could live through that again & keep herself, & the team, together.
“ & you are not the first to ask for this one’s services, either. ”
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