nextgenerationmarvel | Hey There (Joe/Roxie)

Joe crept into the loft quietly and carried his bag back to the bedroom, careful to set it down so it didn't give away the object within. He'd been gone for several weeks on an assignment for SHIELD and run into Quinn Barton. He'd tried to talk the former SHIELD agent into coming back and explaining himself but Quinn sucker-punched him and escaped. Joe was still pissed about that but he'd put it in his report..

He hoped Roxanne wasn't too made about him not calling. But in case she was pissed, he'd brought back-up.

"Yo, Alex! You here?" Joe called out. No answer. Joe thanked the gods because he wasn't up to listening to his roommate's mocking and passive-aggressive behavior.

"Roxie? You here?" Joe called out. No answer. Okay, good. That gave him time to set up a surprise. He pulled out his phone and called their favorite Chinese restaurant.

"Hey, Mr. Shin. It's Joe Rogers. Yeah, I need your special tonight. All the stuff the lady loves. No, I'm not in the doghouse. At least I don't think I am. Yeah, go ahead and send all of it, just to be on the safe side." he said.

Then he sent Roxie a text.

Dinner. My place. Tonight. Come on over. Pretty sure you've got a key. :)

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"We were best friends," Roxie explained. "Once upon a not so long time ago." Though it felt like ages, to be sure. "We're at sort of a cease-fire right now, but once we hit high school, we had our issues." Issues that they both probably remembered a little bit differently, as these things tended to go. "Once we got into high school, the politics of that environment started to take over. Brooke - that's her name, Brooke Wyngarde," Roxie continued, "cared about her grades and about being the Queen Bee of the school. She desperately tried to get into the in-crowds. As for me...well. I was there to party, and have a good time, and network, and..." Roxie shrugged. She'd had a colourful past. "People naturally gravitated towards me. The in-crowders, I mean. Brooke may have resented that a little bit."

She took another bite of food and stared off into space. "Eventually, she did end up being the queen of our school, as she had always wanted to be, and I was more often than not busy fighting bad guys or sleeping with bad boys or partying with a bad crowd." They key word here was bad. "We made up again around college, but we never really became friends again.

"It's just odd that Alexander's dating her but...then again, it's not. He's got his dark side, she's a crazy rampant bitch. It kind of does make sense."

"That's pretty heavy, Roxie. Your brother is seeing your ex-best friend. Are you gonna be okay with that? Eventually, you two will probably run into other again. If not out there...then maybe in here." Joe said.

Joe still couldn't get over the fact there really was someone for everyone. Even Alexander Aaron.

"I'll be fine," she said, brushing it off. "It's Brooke Wyngarde. I wasn't threatened by her in high school, and I won't be threatened by her now. If Alexander is happy with her, then more power to him." Roxie didn't say the one thing that was on her mind, though, which was that if Alex and Brooke ever got serious, then Brooke might start entertaining notions of being queen of Olympus or something one day.

That'll go well.

"Besides, if you can put up with my brother, then I can put up Brooke."

"Alex likes me. He can't wait until we're family." Joe laughed.

"Really, though...there is nothing Alex or anyone else can do that will make not want to be with you. I'm here as long as you want me, Roxie. I didn't expect to stay here when Sammy dragged me back." Joe said.

"I stayed because you made it worth it. And that's why I keep coming back." he said.

"Then promise me one thing," Roxie said. "Don't stop coming back. No matter where your missions take you..make this home base." She stood up again, walked around the table, and knelt down next to him, taking his hands in hers. "I love you, Joe, and I've dreamed of a life with you ever since I was little. I'm not asking you to give up doing what you love - I would never. But no matter what happens...let it happen as long as we're together."

Joe was moved by the depth of Roxie's emotion toward him. He'd worried, during days and nights on the road, if she felt the same way for him that he felt for her. She was the hottest woman in the world, by his reckoning. She could have any man she wanted.

...and I've dreamed of a life with you ever since I was little.

Joe Rogers often wondered if he was worthy of carrying his father's name, of being called a hero, after all the things he'd done and failed to do. He wondered if he was worthy of /her/ and she was telling him that he was.

This girl made it all worth it.

"This was home base the day I moved in. You've got a deal, Roxie." he said.

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Worthy of her? He'd been worried about being worthy of her?! Roxie's first fear, when Joe had arrived again that day at the Mansion, was that she could never be worthy of him.

She wasn't one of those girls whose eyes watered at the slightest bit of emotion, and indeed, they weren't watering now. But the smile on her face could easily light up any solar system whose sun had been eaten by the Phoenix, so bright it was.

And so, she replied the only way she could think to. She kissed him, with every ounce of feeling that she could muster.

It was a lot.

She hoped he had strong lungs.

Joe kissed Roxie back and reminded himself, quickly, to buy his dad something amazing for Father's Day. Passing along the Super-Soldier Serum was the only thing that gave Joe a chance at keeping up with Roxie.

Tonight, he was pretty sure he'd need every ounce of it.

He was also very glad he was an excellent swimmer. He had great lungs.

He also had a feeling that said lungs would see much use tonight.

He pulled Roxie into his arms, his food forgotten.

She let herself be pulled in by Joe, losing herself to the kiss. She'd always read about the world falling away from you when you were in love with someone, but Roxie had never known that to be true until now. She pressed herself against him hungrily.

Joe broke the kiss momentarily.

"We should go to my room. Or your room. A room. We need a bed for some of the stuff I have in mind." Joe grinned.

And with that, Rose and lifted Roxie into his arms with ease. Then carried her in the direction of the bedroom.

Dinner would still be there when they got back. At worst, they'd have leftovers for breakfast.

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