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fourthwalled
2022-05-23 03:55 am (UTC)(link)
[Nate probably came to see his dad, but as he approaches the apartment door he might sense the chaotic presence behind it that is clearly not Scott. Nor is the voice absolutely belting out some Disney song his father's. Wade is totally Lin-Manuel-ing that Maranda!]
♩♬ Every turn I take
Every trail I track
Every path I make
Every road leads back
To the place I know where I cannot go
Where I long to be
See the line where the sky meets the sea?
It calls me
And no one knows
How far it goes
If the wind in my sail on the sea stays behind me
One day I'll know
If I go, there's just no telling how far I'll go! ♬♩
[He could knock now or wait for Wade to finish rocking out that Moana. Up to him.]
♩♬ Every turn I take
Every trail I track
Every path I make
Every road leads back
To the place I know where I cannot go
Where I long to be
See the line where the sky meets the sea?
It calls me
And no one knows
How far it goes
If the wind in my sail on the sea stays behind me
One day I'll know
If I go, there's just no telling how far I'll go! ♬♩
[He could knock now or wait for Wade to finish rocking out that Moana. Up to him.]
( sense and wear confusion on his face, yes. his father isn't here — he's scanned the place with his mind and yet, despite the obvious choice being to simply leave and come back some other time, he can't help but wonder because... this is who his father is contracted to, isn't it? the Chaotic Force as the man had described him and nate can't claim that he isn't the tiniest bit curious with the sort of person scott's tangled himself up in with a contract, so.
he stands there. absolutely baffled at the song he's hearing and knocks on the door. hoping he maybe doesn't regret this. )
he stands there. absolutely baffled at the song he's hearing and knocks on the door. hoping he maybe doesn't regret this. )
hey kid.
it sounds like your dad's gonna be useless for this [ big surprise there. ] and i know it's probably weird coming from a guy you met on the internet offering you a lap dance, but if you ever wanna talk about shit, you can message me.
it sounds like your dad's gonna be useless for this [ big surprise there. ] and i know it's probably weird coming from a guy you met on the internet offering you a lap dance, but if you ever wanna talk about shit, you can message me.
You said you've only just arrived. Is there anything you need?
Are you all as all right as you were a week ago?
Has anyone introduced you to pool?
my head feels like it wants to explode but other than that, great i guess. wade told you about what happened, right?
( he'd told nate he had when he woke. )
( he'd told nate he had when he woke. )
[ it's one of those nights that even he doesn't sleep well. not that he does generally, but it's restless, turning and thinking and tossing repeatedly until he simply lies in the darkness of his bedroom and stares at the ceiling. the sound of the thunder rolls in the silence, lightning illuminating the walls and darkening shadows. steve considers texting or calling someone just to take his mind off things, but it's the subtle shaking of his bed that suddenly has him sitting up.
then, the feeling of it grows, knocking over some of the things on his desk and jarring things sideways.
he senses danger, maybe, and rolls into action, moving through the dark silently and managing his balance as he exits his room to make a beeline right for nate's. the door is partially ajar, peering in before pushing it open without bothering to knock like he normally would. the vibrations haven't exactly settled, and if the building or the walls collapse —
steve approaches nate to wake him, hand on his arm just to give him a gentle nudge. ]
then, the feeling of it grows, knocking over some of the things on his desk and jarring things sideways.
he senses danger, maybe, and rolls into action, moving through the dark silently and managing his balance as he exits his room to make a beeline right for nate's. the door is partially ajar, peering in before pushing it open without bothering to knock like he normally would. the vibrations haven't exactly settled, and if the building or the walls collapse —
steve approaches nate to wake him, hand on his arm just to give him a gentle nudge. ]
( nate likes to think he's better at this — better with keeping his nightmares at bay and not making it so obvious that they affect him the way that they do.
when his telepathy spills out of him like this through his dreams — through his nightmares, he's not even aware of what he's doing or what's happening around him. it's as if his mind is reacting to the things he sees and feels within his dreams. fighting to protect him. to keep him safe.
it's been some time since this has happened and it's the first time here that he's really let it all spill out of him like this. the things in his room shake — tremble as if the booms of the thunder outside were the cause for their movement. but it's nate. it's always nate. even when he doesn't realize it's him.
the touch to his arm sends a physical shockwave throughout him that's enough to pull him out of the things he sees and feels and he gasps as his left eye burns bright with that gold light the second he snaps awake... and steve might suddenly find himself thrown across the room. not physically by nate. but definitely by nate. just with his mind. by accident. )
when his telepathy spills out of him like this through his dreams — through his nightmares, he's not even aware of what he's doing or what's happening around him. it's as if his mind is reacting to the things he sees and feels within his dreams. fighting to protect him. to keep him safe.
it's been some time since this has happened and it's the first time here that he's really let it all spill out of him like this. the things in his room shake — tremble as if the booms of the thunder outside were the cause for their movement. but it's nate. it's always nate. even when he doesn't realize it's him.
the touch to his arm sends a physical shockwave throughout him that's enough to pull him out of the things he sees and feels and he gasps as his left eye burns bright with that gold light the second he snaps awake... and steve might suddenly find himself thrown across the room. not physically by nate. but definitely by nate. just with his mind. by accident. )
Hello. My name is Loki. I suspect Steve Rogers has mentioned me.
no worries i had to call it an early night anyways
overconfidently
- 2022-08-04 16:13 (UTC) - Expandhey so i got invited to this thing next week.
a party.
it's a whole three-day thing at fangtasy.
wanted to let you know so you'd know i hadn't disappeared...
a party.
it's a whole three-day thing at fangtasy.
wanted to let you know so you'd know i hadn't disappeared...
1. I bought a house in the down. Wade and I will be there from the 15th forward.
[Wade had spent some time with Kate Bishop to unwind after the party as she'd offered it to him so it's pretty soon after in the morning that Wade makes his way over to Nate and Steve's place. He guesses Nate probably already knows he's there, but he does still knock, Bob the unicorn tucked under his arm.]
( since it's morning and all, nate's still in his pjs which consists of slightly baggy bottoms and a t-shirt that may be inside out, but. it's not like he's anywhere but... home. so.
pulling open the door, hair looking a little messed because, again, at home and all, he smiles in such a soft way when he sees wade there on the other side of the door, bob the unicorn in tow. )
Hey, hot stuff.
pulling open the door, hair looking a little messed because, again, at home and all, he smiles in such a soft way when he sees wade there on the other side of the door, bob the unicorn in tow. )
Hey, hot stuff.
[Wade is trying not to worry, but he's failing miserably. So he comes by a lot to check on Nate. The first day he comes with Bob the Unicorn and tucks it under Nate's sleeping arm.
He curls up beside him and talks. Different topics, like Scott missing quota, how he hopes he'll make his introduction into the MCU (Secret Wars, babbeeeyy!), the meaning of life, about where he might take Nate out to their next date that hopefully wouldn't get ruined by Sentinels...]
He curls up beside him and talks. Different topics, like Scott missing quota, how he hopes he'll make his introduction into the MCU (Secret Wars, babbeeeyy!), the meaning of life, about where he might take Nate out to their next date that hopefully wouldn't get ruined by Sentinels...]
[On the second day he comes by with some flowers and he keeps talking with him as he eats lunch and he brings by the puppy, who gives Nate a bunch of kisses before curling at the foot of the bed as Wade sits by, flipping through various funny network posts, laughing, and showing them to Nate's sleeping face as though he can respond to them... conveniently skipping quickly past the one John had made asking about love and soulmates.]
( a day later. )
hey. sorry. was sort of in a coma for a bit. seems to be a thing that happens here sometimes to people.
hey. sorry. was sort of in a coma for a bit. seems to be a thing that happens here sometimes to people.
[ while steve has taken to helping wade watch over nate, there are certain things he has to do during the day and into the evening. so, to cover all his bases, especially since he doesn't know when nate is going to wake up, he writes a note and leaves it tucked somewhere close by that he hopes nate will see at some point. it reads: ]
If you're awake before I get back, don't hesitate to reach out to me in whatever way is easiest.
There are a lot of people worried about you.
– Steve
If you're awake before I get back, don't hesitate to reach out to me in whatever way is easiest.
There are a lot of people worried about you.
– Steve
( after nate has had a moment with wade, he finds the note and decides to send steve a text. )
hey. you're still here huh?
hey. you're still here huh?
Hi. My name is Mrs. Maisel, and I'm calling you today because a Mr. Wade Wilson listed you as a personal reference for my quota survey. Would you mind answering a few questions about Mr. Wilson?
A quota what?
( he’s not sure he understands. )
( he’s not sure he understands. )
Hey, Nate. I don't want things to be awkward, so if you have a minute to talk please let me know. I'm happy to feed you to make the conversation more endurable.
I'm choosing to believe that you just missed this or forgot to come back to it, rather than you're ignoring me. If food isn't enough of a bribe you can ask for something else.
day 4, fibber day; in the flurry of texts that day he doesn't even realize they were sent
collateraldamaging
- 2022-09-07 20:45 (UTC) - Expand(late september, pre-kidnappings) text; un: shogun
collateraldamaging
2022-10-08 08:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Nate?
I need your help.
I think Akihiro is in a coma, but no one has a key to his apartment.
Would you fly me up to look in his window?
Please.
I need your help.
I think Akihiro is in a coma, but no one has a key to his apartment.
Would you fly me up to look in his window?
Please.
Edited 2022-10-13 16:56 (UTC)
laura invited me to some x-men christmas lunch thing but i don't really feel like going. why? you avengers doing something?
to be clear, i don’t owe you this but
i signed with my sister
i signed with my sister
didn’t know you had a sister but. that’s good. is it weird?
[ To say Jean is overwhelmed is an understatement.
But this isn't the first time she's been flooded with memories. By the time she's processed, she trusts herself enough not to keep her mind locked up tight. On the way to the Up, she reaches out - just to one person, so far, because he must be wondering if she's really here. ]
Nate?
But this isn't the first time she's been flooded with memories. By the time she's processed, she trusts herself enough not to keep her mind locked up tight. On the way to the Up, she reaches out - just to one person, so far, because he must be wondering if she's really here. ]
Nate?
( it's moments like these, he's thankful it was his telekinesis he lost and not his telepathy. his telepathy is too much like a sixth sense to him — a part of him in ways others can't really understand.
that being said, were he not asleep, he would have felt her the moment she found herself here again. instead, he hears her voice within the depths of his slumber and, initially, he thinks himself to be dreaming — it wouldn't be the first time he's dreamt of someone he's missed that he cares about.
but his mind, powerful as it is, catches up to what's happening and it wakes him, groggy a little as he turns in his bed, squinting up to the ceiling before he lets that mind of his wander... drift... and that's when he sits up. that's when he feels her. )
Jean? ( and then.. ) ...Mom?
that being said, were he not asleep, he would have felt her the moment she found herself here again. instead, he hears her voice within the depths of his slumber and, initially, he thinks himself to be dreaming — it wouldn't be the first time he's dreamt of someone he's missed that he cares about.
but his mind, powerful as it is, catches up to what's happening and it wakes him, groggy a little as he turns in his bed, squinting up to the ceiling before he lets that mind of his wander... drift... and that's when he sits up. that's when he feels her. )
Jean? ( and then.. ) ...Mom?
Edited 2022-12-21 22:25 (UTC)
[ it's a while since steve's been in contact with nate. long enough that their exchange has sunken in, and long enough that he's gotten himself a little more than too drunk on the gift qi'ra had given him. he doubts it will last long enough, and he's certain he shouldn't be doing or saying anything that might make it worse.
still, he can't just let this go so easily. ]
Don't leave.
[ he isn't even sure he'll respond. ]
still, he can't just let this go so easily. ]
Don't leave.
[ he isn't even sure he'll respond. ]
( oh boy.
wherever steve is — within their apartment, he figures — nate will be suddenly be there. he's not, in reality. more, he's there within steve's mind — a mental projection of himself that looks and feels and sounds very much like him. in all honesty, it is him there, just. within the mind. that's just how good a telepath he is.
standing there behind steve, he sighs. he... hates seeing him like this — didn't want to see him for this exact reason, but. he still cares about him. a lot. even if he's hurting. )
You shouldn't be drinking alone.
wherever steve is — within their apartment, he figures — nate will be suddenly be there. he's not, in reality. more, he's there within steve's mind — a mental projection of himself that looks and feels and sounds very much like him. in all honesty, it is him there, just. within the mind. that's just how good a telepath he is.
standing there behind steve, he sighs. he... hates seeing him like this — didn't want to see him for this exact reason, but. he still cares about him. a lot. even if he's hurting. )
You shouldn't be drinking alone.
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