Look, my parents were mad scientists who pumped me full of spider-juice just to see what would happen. I went to Hail Hydra high school and Nick Fury university. I've been extraordinary my entire life. After all these years of insanity... a little ordinary sounds pretty #$%^ great. You have your normal... and I have mine.
Roger’s heart ached for Jessica. He knew her upbringing was rough - to say the least - but his minor slip up felt like a careless dagger of a mistake. However, judging by her casually intertwining their fingers together before Roger had a chance to notice, she didn’t appear to have taken it to heart.
Reaching up to brush a strand of hair from Jessica’s face, Roger was suddenly overcome with emotion, “You think we can be even happier?” he near-whispered, before breaking character with a weak chuckle, “–I think I’ve been in full dad mode for far too long.”
It had been long enough that Jessica no longer wanted pity. She never had, actually, but at this point she was tired of it so the fact that Roger said nothing was a relief. He knew her past and he loved her anyway. That meant enough. Talking about it was easy. Watching people respond to it was the hard part. Wrapping her fingers through his, Jessica sighed.
“Happier?” She paused. That was a tricky concept to try and wrap her head around. “I’m happier now than I was when everything happened. I’m happier every day, so yes. I suppose we can be happier.” Straightening up, Jessica ran a hand down his bearded face with a smile. “It suits you way more than costumed D-list criminal ever did.”
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