Re: Mayflowers: Jack & Max
[Max didn't think too much about her choices. Dhaka, her distrust of SHIELD, Brandon's warnings, they'd all led here. She'd keep doing this until it felt wrong, and that kind of trust in her gut is what kept her alive during dangerous missions and a lifetime dodging bullets. But Dhaka had changed her; the woman she'd been wouldn't be able to do this without being bored, but Max wasn't anxious for the next big problem. Like him, she knew it would come, but they'd deal with it when it did; she had no interest in hunting it down. No causes drove her, and perhaps that was apathy, and perhaps that was just the realization that her entire life had been spent fighting for causes she no longer believed in. Regardless, she was here, and here was fine.]
Finding my calling? That sounds a little heavy handed. A shrink would probably agree. [She'd barely eked by on psych evals in her day; she knew that no shrink would give her a clean bill of mental health. She was a good weapon, and that had kept her in the field for a long time. But the shrinks all looked at her like she was dangerous; she suspected they looked at all agents like that, because sane people didn't survive in the service of their country.]
Both. [Echoed acknowledgement with a nod. Since she'd known Corvus, revenge had guided his feet. Maybe enough of it for now, or she hoped so at least. Sleeping better was a good sign, and she didn't worry about the Avengers or the facilities. Her nightmares weren't about something happening to him, not anymore, and at least that was one thing to cross of the list.
She didn't mind his touch on her waist. Years ago, she would have worried about what it meant, or about what he thought it meant. She didn't worry about that kind of thing anymore; she'd wasted too much time on it. She just rubbed the backs of his hands with hers when she leaned against the table, warm callouses against the touch.] Then you'll take the job?
[She grinned, because she knew he would - take the job, that was. Her gut, see, and she never had any doubt that Corvus would do what she asked him to. She had enough insecurity built up inside her to fill a landfill, but not about this.] Smile at the customers and wear a green apron? [She looked over her head.] I have the floor above, but there's a third that's empty. Storage. You can have it.