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Post by vamperious on Feb 3, 2020 8:40:42 GMT -5
At the news that Maria got drunk made Dom shake his head lightly with a chuckle." Sounds about right." He stated before standing up with a stretch. "That means I can have my room with Ava tonight. Doc, your welcome to the usual room- if you can stomach my sister's snoring- or the couch what ever you find comfortable." He explained since he intended to get alone time with his girlfriend since today had been slightly stressful. •°~~~°• In the morning, Dom was up, Ava having already cooked breakfast and left for the day by the time Maria got up and seemed to Drag Nate along as well. She was half dressed, as he was used to so he didn't mind as he offered coffee to them both. He didn't mind as much as he originally thought he would have but with Nate it seemed okay since he liked the man. "Breakfast and coffee, help yourselves." He stated since he knew his sister was more quiet after she drank.
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Post by kimcora on Feb 3, 2020 18:52:03 GMT -5
Nate woke when Maria got up to get dressed in something halfway decent. He almost wanted to pull her back into bed and to tell her that she still looked tired. Anything to keep her warm in his hold again. Maybe he was a moron for not sleeping with her the other night like his brain tried to tell him, but he felt like he wanted his own time with her to be something a bit more. She was too good for him most days and He was trying to make up the difference. She eventually dragged him out of bed, him still in his outfit from the night before since he hardly wanted to get out of bed with her to change. He went groggily into the kitchen, peeking up at the smell of food and coffee. He gravitated to the coffee and made some for himself how he liked it out of muscle memory at this point. He got her a cup as well, kissing the top of her head since she seemed to be on the quiet side this morning. “Thanks, Dom. Sorry we didn’t get that rematch during game night. It was fun but I wish to had been able to take on Maria and I with Ava.” He said in a small joke since he knew the two had a competitive streak. “Charlotte has mentioned something about an apartment when she got in last night. Said she was offering me a place to stay but I wanted to talk with y’all. I mean I’m sure you want your spaces back.” He said since he was unsure what everyone’s take on that was. He didn’t care as long as he got to be with Maria. “As for the rest, how did the talk with Mason go?” He asked since Charlotte hadn’t brought up that bit to him and had obviously skirted the entire conversation.
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Post by vamperious on Feb 4, 2020 7:40:50 GMT -5
When Nate got her a cup of coffee she gave a small smile since being hung over wasn't her favorite. At the idea of competing Dom chuckled as he put the news paper down. "Oh I heard Ava cleaned all of you out, again." He stated since Ava was scary good at games, it made Dom think she cheated constantly. When Nate switched topics, he nodded taking a sip of his own coffee. "I wouldn't mind having my space back, thought I'm not sure Maria is wanting to be seperate at this point." He stated since Maria was giving him a look that stated as much. She took a deep drink of her coffee before speaking. "I can move out and in with Nate." She stated more as a suggestion but Dom shook his head,"that makes protecting you harder for me." Maria gave her brother a harder look. "I belive between me and Nate, we will be fine." She stated rather flatly. Dom sighed,"I would prefer to have you here, we can see if any other place in this building is avaliable? Maybe take that up with Charolettee?" He stated since it was this women's future home, hopefully so Nate could be watched over. Dom refocused when Nate asked about the talk with Mason. "Mason is a coward. Tried to sway things in his favor. I told him what I knew of that particular situation and that if things got bad- I would step in. So while informational- it wasnt very useful." He explained vaguely since his sister was in the room and he didnt like to see her upset.
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Post by kimcora on Feb 4, 2020 10:42:05 GMT -5
Nate gave a small laugh at mention of Ava beating them. Yeah, she had, but it was fun losing while it lasted. Nate had found he wasn't too worried about losing and competitive wasn't a way he would described himself. He was content to live and let live, spending his time more focused on who he was with than the game they played. After all, it was a chance for Maria and him to relax around others and not worry so much like they had been lately. He nodded along with Dom's assessment of the living situation, though he was a bit surprised Maria was so ready to just jump into living together. Surely she knew that her brother wasn't going to be fine with that. While Nate would die to protect Maria, he understood this wasn't the climate nor the best time for her to be separated from her brother. Maybe in the future once he got himself together and they were more stable. He knew he loved her and wanted to spend his time and life with her, but he wasn't sure what that would lead to. Despite her teasing about changing her name, Nate actually thought the last name Young fit her. But that was a song for another day and when things weren't quite so dangerous. He offered Maria a small smile when she seemed to get mad with her brother and offered her a small look. He knew she wasn't keen on being separated and he wasn't either, but he knew when he was crowding a space and he felt a bit odd carrying on a relationship with Maria around Dom. Small signs of affection here and there seemed fine, but he didn't want any awkwardness between him and his friend. Nate didn't comment though, especially when Dom moved on to discussing Mason. The name still made his mouth feel sour and this feeling of panic settle there. The man had had him tortured for months and experimented on like a lab rat. Nate wasn't sure if he could be civil with him, especially not after he found out how he had used Maria's voice against him. Dom was avoiding something however, so Nate figured it was a conversation that Maria didn't need to hear. He could change the topic easily. "I'm not surprised. The man never showed his face around us at the lab unless we were already dealt with. He's a snake. I'm glad you were able to speak though since I'm sure it clarified some things about Victoria." Nate said since he often would try to treat you like a wounded animal to gain your trust. Nate never fell for it, but instead spent most of his time around Charlotte, who actually genuinely wanted to help him. He shook off the thoughts and then looked to Maria to change the subject. "I like the idea of staying in the building. And I'm sure Charlotte would be open to it if she's working on Dom and I. Besides, gives me an excuse to still see you everyday." He said with a small piece of humor as he rubbed her back lightly, noting she didn't feel well because of the hang over no doubt. He would talk to the doctor and work on finding something either in the same building or very close by to make sure they stayed close.
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Post by vamperious on Feb 4, 2020 12:51:38 GMT -5
Maria was focused on her coffee more then the boys but the touch to her back made he clean a little into Nates space to show she liked the contact. "Very well then, I'll put in an inquiry with the building manager, shes very friendly." He stated since Dom would be paying for the extra space, they wouldn't need to run the background check as Dom was the most notable person in the city honestly. Maria grumbled a bit as she got up ans went to flop on the couch to watch tv a bit with her coffee letting the boys be. Dom however felt his face fall a fraction as he watched Maria leave ai ce his mind was still on Victoria and what Mason had said.
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Post by kimcora on Feb 4, 2020 15:24:41 GMT -5
Nathaniel saw Maria leave and noticed the way Dom's face fell. He looked from Maria to the man before he spoke low, knowing Domonick could hear him as Nate could hear things quite well now with his extra parts. "Whatever is going on, I'd like to help if I can. You look stressed out Dom." He said before his brows did furrow. "What did you mean by stepping up? What bad particular situation is he on about? If it's Mason involved I'm sure it's going to harm people." He asked since he was concerned with his friend being secretive. He wondered if Domonick even wanted to talk to him about it, but he hoped he would...
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Post by vamperious on Feb 8, 2020 15:00:02 GMT -5
When Nate seemed to catch on quickly and spoke quietly he gave a small Nod. "Let's go clip of of your hair Nate, it's getting too long, you never liked your hair like that." He stated as he motioned Nate to his own room, away from Maria, who was watching TV. Once in the room he asked Nate sit so he coudl actually cut part of it atleast to attempt to do as he said he would, else Maria would notice. He quickly summed up the entire visit and explained the 'stopping up'part about if Victoria made a kove to harm his family he would interviene and if needed take control of the city, even if he were reluctant of that responsibility.
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Post by kimcora on Feb 8, 2020 15:35:42 GMT -5
Nate willingly went with Domonick but did stop by the couch to give Maria a reassuring brush of her shoulder. He would be back to tend to her hung over self after he talked to Domonick. When he was sat down and Domonick actually started cutting hair, Nate was a bit surprised. He hadn’t actually expected Dom to cut his hair but figured it was for the best. Maybe he was looking scruffy. He waited patiently for Dom to speak as bombarding him with questions wouldn’t help. And he wasn’t disappointed by what Dom chose to tell him. In fact he was a bit terrified. He sat there a moment, taking it all in, particularly the bit about Dom taking over for Victoria. Nate turned his head some, wanting to look at Dom to see how he was handling All this information. He saw the man looked strong and stoic still, but there was a hesitance there. “Well Mason has a tendency to lie. But this is Victoria we are talking about...I think she would do it if she felt backed into a corner. She had people like me experimented on to help her military fix the resistance problem...well it wasn’t a failure but lots of people hate her enough now that she might be getting paranoid. I don’t know Dom...you know her somewhat better than I do. Do you think you could talk her down?” Nate asked before his brows then furrowed. “As for the bit about you taking over...I mean I would support you 100%. You’re probably the most moral person to take the job out of the group and I think people could get behind that. It’s just..the mech pieces may cause some drama with the people in that rebel group Ava’s a part of...” he said before he then gave a shrug. “But maybe if they knew you saved them from amígala took that could help?” He added, trying to find the silver lining in all this. Honestly he just felt they should kill Victoria and be done with this. Dom would make a better leader, but he was jaded...
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Post by vamperious on Feb 17, 2020 11:26:14 GMT -5
Dom frowned as Nate said he would support him. That's how he had once spoke fo Victoria when she posed the idea of the rebellion on her father. "I don't want to be incharge. I will if I have to temporarily till all the people would elect some one perhaps. Or a counsel of some sorts...one person shouldn't have power as it leaves places for those with small voices to be left unheard. " he stated softly so ce he didn't see it that one at one time...be had learned a lot. "Her group can hate me all they like, I have Ava here to support me and my personal life. I don't care for their little group, they blamed my sister for your disappearance and tried to pin your death on her. They disgraced her and painted her a traitor when all she wanted was you and Ava to be safe...I spoke to her about it in lengths. She told me she had been taking my information- as I had suspected a while now and feeding it to them to avoid conflict with my plans to keep you safer." He explained as he put the scissors down and sat in front of Nate on the counter with a huff. His metal legs make a small scraping sound as he sat on the counter. "For both of us, Maria has always been our rock. She has a magnetic way of drawling people to her and shes emapssioned and just- I love my sister more then my own life...as I know you did-do...ah hell. I would rather put my sister in Victoria's place. She knows both stances and can help solve things. With both you- who can protect her and navigate the side of the people and me- who can and will control the idiots in positions fo hurt my sister and who knows the goings on Victoria's older cabinet, I'm sure we can support her long enough for her to come up with a proper solution. Even if it's a leader with no face- we can solve this. I wanted to feed you my thoughts to see if you could think on them perhaps,I need some one to think with me on these things. I'm not book smart, I'm just street smart. I'm a solider, I'm not made for command." He stated softly looked tired and irritated slightly but left it be for now. "Your hair is better now. Looked to be getting stuck in the mechanics by your temple. Best keep hair from there, lest it gets stuck on the platting." He explained as he had health with tha before and it was pinchy.
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Post by kimcora on Feb 23, 2020 17:44:11 GMT -5
Nate listened to his answer and showed that he was following by nodding some. Dom didn't want power and he felt that was best too. Domonick was a good leader and he trusted the man completely. But he knew his past was checkered and his current emotional trauma was not conducive to leading a nation. He just had too much against him from the public and the rebels would never support him. It was frustrating really, because Dom was a good man...Him saving Ava and protecting his sister who he found out was leaking his information was cause enough to think that. So then why were Ava, Maria, and Nate the only ones that saw that good in him? He looked up at Dom when his legs scraped the counter, wondering about the look on his face. Dom went on to talk about Maria, someone who made Nate instantly perk up. Yes, she was their rock as the compassionate and strong woman that drew people to her. He would follow her to the ends of the earth. He winced a bit at him saying he 'did' love Maria, but the correction did help a little. That whole situation was complicated, but he knew somewhere deep down in his heart that he loved her, more than himself. He didn't have time to think on it more since Dom told him what he was planning. The news that Maria would be put in power made his eyes widen. Maria, the love of his life, controlling a city? He understood where Dom was going with this since Maria was smarter than them and very likely could control the people in this city as a strong leader. With him and Dom helping her, hell even Ava and Nina supporting her, who wouldn't support her over Victoria? Nate sat there a moment and thought on it, chewing his lower lip. It was a crazy idea...but it just might work and what else did they have to lose? He couldn't rightly let Victoria continue to be in power.... When he changed the talks to his hair, Nate gave a small smile to Dom. "Thanks. I'll try to keep it in check." He said but his expression did fall when he thought more on the Maria issue. "I think...I think you're right. I love you like a brother Domonick, but I don't think people will separate you from Victoria. Too much has happened and though you've grown, that past makes things difficult. Maria doesn't have that affecting her like you and she's smarter than me by far. A council would be best but Maria would do good helping to solve the cities problems. I'm sure all of us, her friends included, can help find a good solution. I would just want to run it by her...maybe it's a conversation we both can have with her later. When she isn't hung over." He said since he was sure that Maria wouldn't be in the mood for that conversation.
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Post by vamperious on Aug 12, 2020 14:27:48 GMT -5
When Nate gave him an unfiltered opinion and even agreed with him he nodded along since it honestly was a good idea to put some one who knew both sides in charge rather then just one. "A conversation will be interesting, She will fight us on that. You know she hates getting strapped into dresses...similar to Vicky." He teased the man but took a deeper breath to calm himself fully. "She is honestly smarter then anyone I know, its scary some days the things she can parrot out. Did you know she build a mobile tank for the resistance? Ava sent me a video. I'm still in shock honestly." He joked but there was a raw shock that showed threw on his face. He did shake his head," She can do literally anything but she chooses to stay with us and to keep us company. I for one am thankful for her." He stated softly with a softer smile since even with the Victoria issues she never left his side...the same could not even be said for Nate or even Victoria herself. Heading back into the living room, Maria didn't' even glance at them as it seemed she fell back asleep in the couch looking like a burrito, as she was so wrapped up in her blanket. Dom chuckled but let Nate get comfortable there on the couch if he wished. He did the dishes quickly before deciding he was going to look into some issues Ava asked him about. He was serious about what Ava needed now since he was rather attached to the non nonsense girl.
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Post by kimcora on Aug 13, 2020 12:29:39 GMT -5
((I don't remember a lot soooo this is going to be fluff))
Nate was glad that Dom agreed with him wanting to wait and talk with Maria about it. He did remember that she hated having things decided for her. Besides, she most likely wouldn't love having to run a country when she wanted to stay neutral in a lot of this stuff. The news that she didn't like dressing up made Nate's brow furrow, unable to remember a time he saw her in a dress--Wait, he had gotten a picture of her in one with Domonick. He remembered she had looked stunning and even now it brought a blush to his face and a bit of an awkward chuckle. While she looked good in everything she wore, she was damn good at dressing up for him... The news that she was super intelligent was a given, but then again she was einstein compared to most people in his book. He wasn't the best academically, but he didn't need to compete with her over that to feel masculine. He liked hearing her ramble and work on her inventions, especially when they were impressive like a tank. He didn't remember she made a tank, but he firmly believed Dom. He wouldn't call it scary as much as extremely hot, but he wouldn't say that around her brother of all people. "She's always impressing me with what she can do. Honestly, most days I feel like I don't deserve her, but I'm grateful that she cares about my dumbass enough to let me stay by her. She's pretty much the best of us all..." He admitted with a half smile before he decided to get up and follow Dom out of the room. All this talk of the woman made him miss her. He went over to the couch and gently manuevered the burrito that was his lover at this point and pulled her into a hold so he could relax with her and let her sleep off her hang over.
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Post by vamperious on Aug 13, 2020 16:02:03 GMT -5
Dom eventually got a shower and got cleaned up, letting Maria get more away and in a better mood, as it seemed to help having Nate around. She even had a pair of shorts on- finally. He chuckled at that thought as his sister hatred wearing clothes as a toddler, much to his stress. "So when can I see this tank?" He asked the room, getting a raised brow look form his sister, "You can't. I gave it to Nina." She stated flatly getting a thinking nod from his brother, "That was the girl with the songbird yes?" He asked using Lyric's usual nickname from Victoria. "Yep. I can take you but I will advised that you won't fit in it. sorry. I know you liked those things." She teased him getting a chuckle,"I just want to see your work, Ava says its amazing." He complemented getting a blush from his sister. "I kept focused on it while Nate was missing and was trying not to- well It kept me busy and I made it a masterpiece. You would be happy to know I even made a weapon for it." She grinned looking to Nate more for his approval. "Besides I had to do all the sketching, since someone wasn't around to help, maybe next time I get my hands on a scrapped mech suit we can work on it together." she teased him since they all knew Nate wasn't away on his won free will.
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Post by kimcora on Aug 14, 2020 8:34:26 GMT -5
Nate saw the teasing between brother and sister and it made him smirk at how cute it was. Honestly, a part of him deep down missed all this. He could sense that was the truth and that even before his memory had been taken from him, he didn't remember a close time when they were all together like this. However, the news that Dom couldn't see this tank because he wouldn't fit in made Nate's brow furrow. Oh right, rebels. They wouldn't approve of Dom for all he had done for Victoria. He wasn't even sure he was acceptable since he was still part mech himself...His old life, his old friends, his old mentality had shifted significantly as of late. All because of the experimentation done on him. Well, at least he still had Maria and Dom in all this. He caught her gaze shifting to him for approval on her tank modifications. He gave her a grin and a caress of her face, a quiet sign of approval to let his thoughts settle back on how happy he was with Maria and not on a life that wasn't his anymore. "Next big project, babe. As I'm sure we can find you some destructive toys to fix up and add to your arsenal." He teased back, before his head tilted some. "I'll be allowed to see it...right? Nina knows I'm alive and knows you are safe so would it be okay?" He asked since honestly if he wore a higher collared shirt, let his hair cover his temple, and didn't look people in the eyes, he should be okay and look normal.
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Post by vamperious on Aug 14, 2020 9:09:11 GMT -5
He gave her a grin and a caress of her face, a quiet sign of approval to let his thoughts settle back on how happy he was with Maria and not on a life that wasn't his anymore. "Next big project, babe. As I'm sure we can find you some destructive toys to fix up and add to your arsenal." He teased back, before his head tilted some. "I'll be allowed to see it...right? Nina knows I'm alive and knows you are safe so would it be okay?" He asked since honestly if he wore a higher collared shirt, let his hair cover his temple, and didn't look people in the eyes, he should be okay and look normal. ~~~~~~~~~~ When Nate gave her a soft praise and a smile she grinned, obviously happy to get it. at the idea of the next project she chuckled," I mean, I'm sure between Nina and Dom we can find one some where. Besides he did wreck home many Dom During the war?" Maria bashed her brother verbally getting a blush from the mostly mech man. "I only have 4 break and 3 explode on me, come on you know they were flawed in design." He stated bluntly to get his point across, but he did smirk at the end since he knew she was picking on him to make him smile. When Nate asked to see it she nodded, "Sure, we can go today even, I'll message Nina about it to be sure." She stated making plans for them already since she wasn't about to leave the house without him it seemed. She quickly texted Nina to get a fairly fast response saying it was fine before she hopped up tog o showing, leaving Nate and Dom in the room again. Dom gave a sigh," She is recovering well with you here, I'm also glad your here Nate, it been hell worrying what happened to you. last I knew you had your name come across a security search for an apartment- very low leveled search looking for active warrants but It helped me know you were at least still alive." He explained that he often attempted to keep tabs on him, even if he wished to just know he was still alive.
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