Superpowered Coffee Buddies
Author's Notes: My sixth of ten Parker Family fics for marveldrabbles at LJ. For the "Forgiveness" challenge. This takes place in the Spider-Girl 'verse, but it shouldn't be too hard for non-SG fans to follow. (I hope!)
Spider-Girl pulled up her mask and let her lips touch the lid. Waited a whole, like, three seconds for a spider-sense tingle before taking a long sip and long look at her new Superpowered Coffee Buddy.
Darkdevil caught
her look, rolled his eyes, and scowled. "I didn't do anything to
your coffee."
She took another sip. "You're still being
weirdly nice to me today."
"I am not. They just gave
me two cups at the coffee shop. I don't know, maybe the person in
front of me forgot to grab theirs."
"The person who just
so happened to order the exact same thing you did?"
"Yes."
"An
iced mocha latte grande with cinnamon and nutmeg?"
"Ye...
s."
"Uh-huh. Look, you really don't need to lie
to me, 'cause you're kind of horrible at it right now. So, Hornhead,
what are you trying to bribe me with caffeinated goodness
for?"
"Never use the phrase 'caffeinated goodness'
again, please. I'm not trying to bribe you!"
"I
don't know." Sip. "This tastes like a bribe."
Darkdevil sighed and adjusted himself until he was perching, with his feet, on the railing. If she didn't know better, she'd almost think he was clinging to it. Weird. She'd have to ask him how he did that someday.
"So, what is it? Dating woes?"
"...What?
No!"
"'Cause, you know, if you're having trouble that -
which, no offense, would be no surprise - I know there's a few
superpowered singles out there. Although, come to think of it, do you
prefer, um-"
He shot her a horrified look. "Spider-Girl!"
"What? I'm making no
assumptions, it's just that I don't think I've seen you shown
interest in anyone, so I wanted to make sure before I started
naming nam-"
"It's not about that!"
"Then
you'd better tell me what this is about or I'll keep annoying you
until I finish my drink." Sip!
"Hey, that's not fair. I
paid for that."
"Ha! I knew it wasn't an 'accident'.
But, seriously, if you wanted me to just sip and shut up you
should've bribed me with a smoothie."
"I'll remember
that next time."
Then he sighed, looked out at the skyline, and took a long sip of his drink. Looked back at her with some odd expression May couldn't quite figure out. After another sip, he spit it out. "It's Kaine. I - I need to apologize to Kaine."
"And you thought I could help you with this... why?"
There was a hint of a smile on his face. "You and your father seem to fight a lot of the time."
"Hey, Spider-Man is not my dad! Just because everyone assumes he's-"
Darkdevil gave her a Look. "Don't. I'm sure he appreciates it, but you're not fooling anyone. You talk like him. Dress like him. Fight like him. You're his."
"Elektra
said the same thing."
"Did she? Was that meant to prove
me wrong, 'cause it's really not working."
"You know,
you're kind of annoying like Kaine. Is that why-"
She had the oddest feeling he was looking at her suit, not her, when he said. "Kaine's not my father."
"But... he's a friend.
Sort of. And I need your help fixing this."
"All right.
But only because we're Superpowered Coffee Buddies now."
