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stephanie brown loves justice...and waffles (ex_iambatgir760) wrote in colligo_threads,
@ 2011-08-09 02:34:00

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stephanie brown, thor odinson

Who: Stephanie Brown and Thor, God of Thunder ~~and Rock and Roll~~.
What: Waffles.
Where: Der Waffle Haus.
When: After this.
Rating: TBD.
Status: In progress.

In terms of Ways Stephanie Brown Expected to Celebrate Her Return to Correct Age, sharing waffles with a pint-sized Norse god hadn't even made the list. But then, her life tended to be chock full of unexpected and downright crazy shenanigans. It came with the territory of being a Bat. And, since she'd been two, and Spoiler to boot, she got double the shenanigans. Except that wasn't really true, since most of the Bats had at least two names under their belt: her, Babs, Cass, Tim, Jason...hell, Dick had three, but he always had been an overachiever. She figured all of this meant that one day Damian would have gone through at least four just to outdo the rest of them. She smiled slightly as she thought of the Bat-Brat. Sometimes she almost missed him. Of course this generally only lasted until she really thought about what he was like, then she quickly got over it.

Which brought her back to her current companion. Thor's younger self definitely reminded her of Damian. There was something about disdainful, imperious little jerks that made her feel warm and fuzzy inside. Plus, she was building up a store of things to mock the god about later. Never let it be said that Steph wasn't smart. Still, there was something just weird about taking a tiny kid-god out for breakfast food at night. But that's what she was doing. They were currently sitting in a small waffle house - sorry, haus - waiting for the waitress to take their order. "Lesson the first, grasshopper," Steph said quietly as the woman approached. "Be nice to the waitress. They put up with a lot of crap and they will screw up your food if you give them a hard time." This was a very important lesson all tiny menfolk who thought they were above it all needed to learn.

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ifhebeworthy
2011-08-10 12:33 am UTC (link)

Thor had thought about asking Loki whether or not it was all right for him to go out, but he had ultimately decided against it. There had been little to no restrictions like that placed upon him in Asgard, and even if he didn't know this city quite as well as his younger brother seemed to, Thor was hardly going to lower himself to ask for permission from his baby brother in order to go and get food. Even if he was going with a mortal woman.

Of course, this was hardly the banquet hall of Asgard. In fact, Thor wasn't really sure what this place was, and while he glanced curiously around at the furnishings of Der Waffle Haus, he only belatedly realized that this Steph person was speaking. Snapping his attention back to her, as he often did with his mother when his attention wandered and he very much hoped she hadn't noticed, Thor nodded in affirmation despite the fact that he really didn't have any clue what she'd said. Something about food and crap, and he really hoped that she wasn't explaining that the food here was subpar.

So, instead of taking the lead, Thor did what he always did when he wasn't exactly paying attention, "Perhaps you would be so kind as to take the lead, and I shall follow your wonderful example," Insist the other people go first and just copy whatever they did.

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ex_iambatgir760
2011-08-10 09:26 am UTC (link)

Steph didn't laugh, but it was definitely a close call. It was obvious to her, from experience with Damian and simple common sense, that Thor had no idea what she had said. Still, she wasn't exactly going to call him on that. Little or not, he could probably still kill her with his might god powers. And she didn't want that. She was pretty sure death would suck, and she was too young and pretty to die over mocking a tiny Norse god. And lord, her life was weird that a sentence like that didn't even faze her.

"Okay," she said, smiling at the waitress when she stopped at the table. The woman seemed tired and overworked, but friendly enough. "Could I please get an order of waffles with bacon, and a cup of coffee?" The waitress wrote it down with a careless "Sure thing, sugar", and Steph smiled. "Thank you." She felt for the woman. If it weren't for Crowley and Raven, she'd probably be working in a place like this, balancing a hectic schedule with classes and crime-fighting. It wasn't something she would have enjoyed, and she admired people who could put up with this kind of stuff.

"And what about you, honey?" Now, it was Thor's turn, and she could only hope he didn't somehow insult the poor server. He didn't imagine Asgard gave too many lessons on manners or etiquette or anything like that. Please don't get us kicked out, she thought as she waited to see what he would do. Please, please don't let us get kicked out. I really want waffles.

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ifhebeworthy
2011-08-18 04:16 am UTC (link)

Honey, sugar, Thor's confused expression as he looked up at this waitress was rather obvious. Clearly this woman had the two of them confused with the sort of sweet confections which they were supposed to be consuming. Perhaps too much time around food had prompted the terminology to seep into her brain and replace all other descriptive nouns. Either way, Stephanie had said for him to be nice in that way that his father did when he was rather exasperated by his behavior towards the others. And Thor knew that tone was not really something that he wanted to challenge.

"Whatever she's having," Thor said as neutrally as he could manage. Whatever comments he wanted to make were quashed within him as he shifted uncomfortably and turned his gaze back to Stephanie, his features displaying a very clear desire for the other woman to leave as quickly as possible. He had no wish for someone who could very well qualify as a servant to overhear whatever else they might have to say to each other.

Especially when it would very likely involve all of the comments that he was keeping to himself at the moment in order to 'be nice to the waitress'.

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ex_iambatgir760
2011-08-26 05:30 pm UTC (link)

Steph could tell that Thor was confused by the way the waitress talked, but she kept her reaction to herself - that reaction being the urge to laugh. A lot. It was uncanny just how much like Damian he could be. She was already making mental plans to check around and see if she could find any bouncy castles in the area. If anyone could use some fun, it was this tiny, tiny god. Of course, she was a little hesitant to actually suggest that, since he was a god, but Damian was a creepy hellspawn assassin and she'd managed with him. Then again, gods probably still ranked above Damian...not that she would ever tell him that. What? The kid probably had at least seven weapons on him at all times.

The waitress smiled. "All right," she said, her tone the sort of chipper that told Steph she really wasn't feeling it but wanted to seem cheerful anyway, "I'll have that to you in a jiff." She headed off, and Steph gave Thor a smile.

"See!" she said. "That wasn't so hard. Okay, now she's gone and you can get out all the stuff you wanted to say but didn't. I don't mind." And she honestly didn't, considering she'd been almost positive Thor was going to say something terrible while the waitress was standing right there. The fact that he hadn't was practically a miracle.

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