Marine 5. Mike stares down at the screep cap of his movie with a fond smile. Jake Carter had taken on a life of his own, enough to keep the franchise going three movies worth. Mike enjoys it and hopes that there will be a sixth, a seventh, as many as WWE wants out of him. He's still staring at the screen when Heath joins him, quirking a glance at the device. "Hey, man, is that our movie?" Heath had enjoyed it as much, if not more, considering it'd brought Maryse into his life and left them attracted enough to make an honest go of a relationship.
"Of course it is. Hey, wanna take a picture?" It takes some juggling to fit them and the screen in but they manage, and the pleased look on Heath's face makes Mike chuckle when he looks back at the picture later. "So you and Maryse doin' more... Total Bellas stuff tonight?"
"We filmed something last week," Mike says. "We'll be airing it tonight, yeah, but we'll be in the ring to confront the so-called super couple if they want to meet us out there."
Heath nods slowly. "Well, just be careful, yeah? No point in gettin' either of ya injured this close to Mania."
"You too, man. You're in that ten man tag match later, right?"
"Yep." Heath runs his fingers through his hair, then turns and slaps an approaching Rhyno on the back. "I'll be right as rain with this guy in my corner, though, no worries."
Rhyno's lips tug up in a feral kind of grin before Heath offers him a plate of crackers, following him to the couch and settling in to watch the show until their match later. Their general laughter in response to James and Carmella fade away into horrified discomfort when she gives him her gum and he chews it during the match. "Oh dear God," Mike mumbles, scrubbing at his face while they awkwardly exchange glances.
It's almost a relief when the match ends and that visual is allowed to be purged from their minds slowly, Mike and Maryse leaving to get ready for their segment while Heath and Rhyno start stretching and changing into the gear for their match. Heath chuckles and shakes his head as he watches the finale of Total Bellas, Rhyno lifting his eyebrows when 'Nikki' proposes to 'Cena', Heath's focus solely on the TV now until the skit ends, Mike facing the camera and speaking to Cena, speaking some harsh truths that the locker room has discussed in the past.
Avoiding a physical confrontation with Cena and Nikki, Maryse and Mike make their way backstage and Heath greets Maryse with a quick kiss while stretching his knee out, not wanting a repeat of what had happened a couple months ago. "So ya both lookin' forward to Wrestlemania?" he wonders.
"Yeah, of course. It's been a long time coming," Mike says with some satisfaction. "You guys know what you're doing?"
"Andre the Giant Battle Royal, I think," Rhyno rumbles as Heath finishes tying his boots up. "Ready?"
"Whenever you are," Heath says, giving Maryse another kiss before heading out to compete in the ten man tag match. Mike and Maryse watch until Mojo gets the win for Heath's team, exchanging a quick look. Not a bad night leading into Wrestlemania, all in all.
Florida is warm and sunny when they land the next morning and Mike's eyes brighten when AJ and Sara meet him in the airport, making grabby hands for his daughter. "Hello, sweetie, are you ready for your first Wrestlemania?" he coos at her, leaning in to kiss AJ. "Come on, let's go," he says, guiding her to the car waiting for them. "I've been looking forward to this for so long."
"Me too," AJ murmurs, snagging her fingers in his shirt and leaning up to kiss him again. "One last hurrah with my two favorite people before my book tour. What more could a girl ask for?"
He brushes a finger down her face, finding that he can't think of anything else that he would want in this moment either.