9703/And Jester Was Glad To See Them

And Jester Was Glad To See Them
Date of Scene:	22 October 2019
Location:	Apartment 1A, Muggins Apartments, Jackson Heights
Synopsis:	Kitty and Peter finally get to have that pasta they never got thanks to Kraven's attack
Cast of Characters:	Shadowcat, Spider-Man

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Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty comes home finally. She had been on her way home but said she needed to head back to the school. Thankfully she was in Greenwich still and so was able to get to the Sanctum and make the very quick trip back. Finally then she said she was back in town, and would pick up the pasta on her way home.

Home. Such a nice word, especially when she's sharing that location with one Peter Parker. Kitty unlocks the door rather than risk the neighbors seeing her phase through it. She comes in, hanging her keys on a hook by the door. "I'm home. I want someone to come lick all over my face!" she exclaims once inside. Either she's looking for Jester, or else Peter's getting lucky tonight.

Maybe both?

The smell of the pasta that Kitty brought home is already starting to filter out into the small apartment. Dinner is served.

Spider-Man has posed:
Pete's healing really accelerated once they got the majority of the toxin out of his system. What was taking days, started mending in hours, and though he's hardly in any condition to go fighting crime, he's in a lot better condition than just laying around. So he's been cleaning up around the apartment, which is a sure sign that he's going stir crazy.

When Kitty's keys jingle in the door, the t-shirts and sweat pants wearing Parker glances up with a grin, ready with a one liner about gladly licking her face when Jester bounds off the bed in Kitty's direction! Not if I get to her first, PETER PARKER!

"Welcome home, Kits." Said with a grin as the yapping retriever bounces around Kitty expecting to be hoisted up for the delightful intent of licking face. "Lemme just take that pasta before you leave me for the dog, eh?" Hands out for the bags, he leans in to kiss her cheek. "How's the school?"

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty grins and passes Peter the bags, and turns her head to take that kiss on the lips instead of the cheek. "Love you," she whispers warmly, and giving Peter a big smile before she bends over to scoop up Jester. "Hello there, mister," she says with a grin, bringing the puppy up to let him lick at her face. It's totally a bad habit, to some people, and he's going to be excited to lick faces for the rest of his life.

Kitty doesn't care. It's adorable.

She giggles and ruffles his fur, and then moves over to Lockheed as the dragon greets her as well. "Oh, all my men together at once. I'm suck a lucky girl," she says, riffling her fingers over the dragon's head where the horns come out.

Kitty carries Jester over to where Peter is dealing with the takeout. "Ok, good. Shannon wanted to talked to me. About that day in the dining hall," Kitty says. "All good. So how are you feeling? On a scale from bedridden, to swinging from the tallest buildings?"

Spider-Man has posed:
"Love you." Pete says with a wink as he adjourns the few steps into the kitchenette to dole out servings on plates and reach in the fridge for a chilled bottle of wine to pour a pair of glasses while Kitty greets the other fellas in her life.

When she joins him, he's holding both plates in one hand, somehow, fingers spread out so impossibly wide that it might appear as if he's dislocated a joint, and the same might be said for the wine glasses. All are set down on the table. "Oh? What did she do? I was on a ton of pain medication at the time.." Which, of course, Kitty knows.

The strong stuff too because Peter has a strong system.

"Uhhh probably leaping over plastic castles in a running start bound.. a week or two and I should be out galavanting with the super villains again."

Shadowcat has posed:
Other women kick off their shoes when they get home. Ok, maybe they remove them, not kick them off. Kitty just phases and steps out of them. She's wearing dark slacks and a white blouse that is fitted to show off her figure. "She got really upset when Chris was talking about coming back to the school officially. I told him having Shannon had been a godsend, but there were things we weren't comfortable with her healing given she takes on the injury herself."

Kitty runs her fingers through Peter's hair. "I was thinking of your neurotoxin, at the moment. Well anyway she left very upset and... Chris went to talk to her and I hadn't talked to her yet since. Anyway, she seems calmer about it," Kitty says. "I know how it is, everyone wants to rush ahead and master their power. Hers makes it tough to help her advance it with any kind of safeguards though, short of another healer. And say she takes on your injuries? They could kill her, immediately, since she doesn't have your durability, I'd imagine," Kitty says.

She sets down Jester and goes to wash her hands. Then moves near to Peter, and runs a hand across his chest. "Mm. Durable," she says with a grin.

Spider-Man has posed:
Pete furrows his brow slightly, curiously tilting his head at Kitty's explanation of what was bugging Shannon, "Why would she get upset about Chris coming to the school full time?" He might just be misunderstanding and waves his hand through the air regardless, "So long as you worked it all out, that's what's important." His grin returns when she lays a hand upon his chest.

Through the t-shirt it's every bit as hard.

"Yeah, the most durable.. I can bench press a refrigerator." He should work on his cool guy voice, since his leaves just a little to be desired. Both arms slide across Kits shoulders, partially wrapping back across her neck.

"How'd I get so lucky anyways?"

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty moves into the embrace, smiling. "I don't know, she was upset about other stuff I guess and something about it set her off. Thinks because people are cautious about her health that they didn't trust her," she says.

Though Kitty's focus is on the man with his arms around her. "Oh sweet God I needed this, Peter. I'd say hold me and never let me go, but you'd make your hands and arms stick to me again," she says with a soft laugh.

Her own hands move up to cup his cheeks and hold them as she kisses him tenderly. "I was so worried about you," she tells him. It showed with Kitty different than it had with Peter. Both were at each other's sides. Kitty was, perhaps a little less of a wreck visually. Maybe the benefits of 8 years as part of a superhero team, having to deal with the injuries to friends and loved ones. But it still showed how much it was affecting her inside.

Spider-Man has posed:
Peter was a complete train wreck when Kitty was injured, he'd be the first admit it.

Now he's getting better and grinning at Kitty, arms around her shoulders trying not to stick the ends of his fingers to her shirt just to make good her joke about him doing just the that very thing. "It's hard to keep the itsy bitsy spider down." He muses, kissing between her eyes after saying so.

"Sorry you have to deal with school drama, though... more than anything, I'm sorry I can be there to share in the drama with you. Not that I particularly like drama, I absolutely don't, except the good kind where you're sitting on the edge of your seat clutching your blanke-..."

He perks a brow slowly, leaning back just a little to eye Kitty skeptically, "I think I've said too much..."

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty breaks out laughing. She brushes a deep kiss to his lips, sliding her fingers up through his hair, and around to the back of his neck. "You are my perfect, adorkable boyfriend," she tells Peter with a happy sigh.

Kitty lets go only to move and take a seat at the table. "So, Jason is back in Gotham. I stopped to talk to him. We're good. Not at each other's throats or anything. Knows I've moved on and found someone special," she says.

It's all said fairly matter of factly, as if Peter has nothing to worry about. Since he doesn't. Kitty spoons some pasta onto her plate, and pours some wine for Peter. "How's JJJ taking your absence?" she asks of Peter's boss.

Spider-Man has posed:
"Gotham." Pete says of her admission with a glance towards the television, then back to Kitty, "Batman and Superman, eh?" Because he just learned about this. He'd been avoiding the news for a little while, mostly because he knows how horrible everything actually went once he was injured.

He shakes his head and runs fingers back through his own hair when she mentions Jason, "I'm glad you two aren't at each others throats though. That's good news." Once more kissing her forehead, then swatting her on the bottom towards the table, "Come'on, let's eat and get our strength up! Survivor Genosha is on tonight."

Shadowcat has posed:
Kitty Pryde gives a bit of a wince, not at the kiss, but at the mention of the two Justice Leaguers. "Yeah, sorry about not mentioning that, Peter," Kitty says in a heartfelt tone. "You were in bad shape, and there was nothing you could have done, nothing anyone could have done. So I figured, better to not worry you, let you recover, and you'd find out in time then," she says softly.

"I went to the memorial for Superman. And... Batman's alive. Though that's not common knowledge. I've kept in touch. He saved us on the moon, you know. And blew up a Sentinel that was attacking me," Kitty says. It kills her, not saying more, but then after this long as a hero, she's used to it. It isn't easier, but she's used to having to live with such things.

Kitty starts eating, giving a soft mmmm. "Alfredo," she mentions. The sauce he'd never had a chance to tell her because of the ambush.

Spider-Man has posed:
"Nah, I get it." Pete slides down into the chair oposite Kitty's and digs into the pasta, forking a piece of shrimp as she explains a little bit more regarding what she knows about Batman being alive, "Yeah? You know, I met him once." Said after swallowing a bit of wine, "Back a few months ago, he was in New York for some damn reason..." Hands up, shoulders shrug.

"Anyways, eat, we have kissy facing to do later." Pete grins across the table and winks.