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She keeps waiting for it...and it never comes.
The kiss was a sort of--eruption, something bubbling over and just coming out. It was real and unexpected, and Hope will go to her grave without admitting to a soul just how good it was. It was surprisingly good, shocking and oddly sweet because that's all it was.
She keeps waiting for the rest. Cheesy come ons, bad pick up lines, more stolen moments and a dozen opportunities to shut him down hard.
It never comes.
He's smarmy, but gracious when she offers him the position in R&D. It's a front, helps legitimize him for his daughter's sake and keeps him close when he needs to be Ant Man, but he ends up actually being useful on several projects that have been stuck in development for quite some time.
He's smug, but attentive when they train, developing his combat skills further now that there's time to expand on his skill set.
He's mouthy, but genuine as he helps her father look after the ant colonies, taking a very real interest in them not just for the work, but because he's got an interest in breeding a new transport carpenter.
He's aggravating, a wiseass, and a pain in the neck...but he doesn't put a single move on her. He doesn't say a single disgusting thing, and the only time he touches her is when they train, and it's never indecent. For nearly a month and a half, she keeps waiting for him to come at her again, and he doesn't.
He's...decent about it.
It's surprising at first, then puzzling...then frustrating.
She finally reaches her breaking point seven weeks after the kiss (not that she's counting), and stalks into R&D with a USB in hand that she drops on the surface of his work station.
"Schematics for the condenser that Martin is working on: go over them, and figure out what the hell he did wrong so I can get this off my desk." she instructs briskly. "Also, are you busy Saturday?"
The kiss was a sort of--eruption, something bubbling over and just coming out. It was real and unexpected, and Hope will go to her grave without admitting to a soul just how good it was. It was surprisingly good, shocking and oddly sweet because that's all it was.
She keeps waiting for the rest. Cheesy come ons, bad pick up lines, more stolen moments and a dozen opportunities to shut him down hard.
It never comes.
He's smarmy, but gracious when she offers him the position in R&D. It's a front, helps legitimize him for his daughter's sake and keeps him close when he needs to be Ant Man, but he ends up actually being useful on several projects that have been stuck in development for quite some time.
He's smug, but attentive when they train, developing his combat skills further now that there's time to expand on his skill set.
He's mouthy, but genuine as he helps her father look after the ant colonies, taking a very real interest in them not just for the work, but because he's got an interest in breeding a new transport carpenter.
He's aggravating, a wiseass, and a pain in the neck...but he doesn't put a single move on her. He doesn't say a single disgusting thing, and the only time he touches her is when they train, and it's never indecent. For nearly a month and a half, she keeps waiting for him to come at her again, and he doesn't.
He's...decent about it.
It's surprising at first, then puzzling...then frustrating.
She finally reaches her breaking point seven weeks after the kiss (not that she's counting), and stalks into R&D with a USB in hand that she drops on the surface of his work station.
"Schematics for the condenser that Martin is working on: go over them, and figure out what the hell he did wrong so I can get this off my desk." she instructs briskly. "Also, are you busy Saturday?"
