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 held up both glasses for Jessica to distribute the wine into before handing her one as soon as the bottle was returned to the coffee table. “Wow, guess being in the hero business means you’re never short on lawyers,” he chuckled, relief flooding his system. Maybe things would be a-okay. It was wishful thinking perhaps, but a little optimism never killed anyone. And sure, the idea of losing Kalie hurt like hell, but the prospective void wasn’t as large as Roger had thought it’d be, thanks to the presence of a sleeping infant in the next room. Speaking of–
“Should we go check on—?” He gestured wordlessly down the hall, despite the peaceful silence from the baby monitor sitting a few feet away.
“One would think, but the government has a lot more and they tend to make up in quantity what they lack in quality. Thank god some of the few that we have are the best out there.” Even a perfect lawyer couldn’t mitigate some issues though. Sometimes they just were Fucked with a capital F and that was how it was.
Following his gaze, Jessica couldn’t help but chuckle at the sight of the monitor. “Honestly, I don’t think that we really need it anymore. As much as I’d like to pretend he’s not a baby. The kid can crawl on ceilings and his hands glow.”