Loves snakes (the_mighty) wrote in valarlogs, @ 2019-08-28 15:00:00 |
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Entry tags: | !complete, padme amidala, thor odinson |
Jane?
Who: Thor and Padme
What: Random Runins!
Where: The Beach
When: Late July
Rating: PG-13
Status: Complete
It was supposed to be a rainy day, but Thor had made sure it was nice and sunny, the clouds chased to a safe distance out at sea. It might piss off an ocean god, but Thor didn’t particularly care.
The best part of the beach was the people. Children and their families laughing and playing, pretty women and men in swimsuits, there was really something for anyone.
Even if Thor, God of Thunder showing up was completely unfair to every other man out there.
Using Mjolnir to keep his towel in place, he headed towards the water, pausing to watch someone with a surfboard coming back out.
And maybe staring a little.
“Jane?!”
Oddly enough, this wasn’t Padme’s first time being mistaken for a Jane, although it wasn’t Thor’s Jane either. Her assistant, Jane, looked fairly similar to Padme -- they were the same height, with similar colouring, even if her Jane was slightly curvier.
Surfboard under arm, she turned and was about to do her usual ‘sorry, no’ when she realized who was speaking to her.
Thor.
And he was talking to her.
Not that she really even who he meant to talk to.
Her mind wasn’t really working. Goodness, he was tall. And muscly. And Thor.
She’d randomly seen a selfie he’d posted once on her Instagram feed, and she was secretly hooked. He seemed to take the most randomnest pictures, and seemed genuinely down to earth. On her celebrity worship scale, he was up there. And now he was talking to her, while she wore her oldest wetsuit, her hair was a mess and she was fairly certain she had salt drying on her face.
Lovely.
“Um, no, hi, I’m not Jane. Do you know her? Did you need a wedding planned? I mean, if she never got back to you, I’m really sorry. I’ve been giving her some more responsibilities lately but she’s very easily distracted.”
Among the pictures on Thor’s instagram: A selfie with a greyhound, topless riding a horse, in scrubs before a surgery, a beer mug the size of a small moon.
And he thought Jane was the most beautiful creature he’d ever seen. At least until his hopes were dashed, but she was still beautiful.
“Oh.” he tried to not look crestfallen. “I’m sorry. I thought you were an old… friend … of mine. Jane Foster. I’m afraid I’ve no wedding planned any time soon.”
Padmé’s Jane was Jane Garcia which made all this a huge misunderstanding.
But he looked so sad and it wasn’t in her nature to just walk away.
And he had a really fun accent.
“Right….yeah, I tend to have one of those faces. I’ve been called many different names. There’s even an actress that people say I look like. I can’t remember her name off the top of my head but … yeah. Sorry.” She really was very apologetic and that made her want to keep talking.
“You’re...Thor right? This may seem a little strange but ..I follow you on instagram. Wow. What a small world. You know those pictures you took, of that crazy milkshake? I actually went there because of that.” Yup, now she was rambling. “You seem to be having fun when you take selfies.”
The actress sounded somewhat familiar, and Thor had vague recollections of being really confused by Star Wars. But that was neither here nor there.
Padme’s rambling was cute and perked Thor up a little. He smiled, nodding as he remembered. “Ah! Yes I remember that. I just really enjoy sharing things with the world! What did you think of the milkshake?”
“I mean, it was basically a Twix bar in a drink and I never knew I needed that before,” she laughed. “I have a really bad sweet tooth, and your pictures don’t help that.”
Wait, did that come out the way she meant? She had no idea. In all truth, she was a bit flustered now.
“Were you taking pictures today?” A mental note was made to check his feed later.
“I’d been thinking about it, but I was mostly out here to enjoy the sun and the people.” Thor winked at Padme, folding his arms across his chest and tried to ignore the ache he felt. He missed Jane, and Loki. Sif and the Warriors Three. Steve and Tony hadn’t even met him yet in their dreams.
It was a bizarre kind of loneliness.
“You should see this cake I found in a little bakery in Anaheim recently.”
“Oh yeah?” Padme’s interest was piqued. She motioned to her board. “I’m out here surfing, obviously, but I could always go for some cake.” Again, did that come out the way she meant? When was the last time she’d overthought a conversation? With Anakin, everything felt so natural. She didn’t check herself or worry about what she was saying.
Maybe it was Thor’s pseudo-celebrity status.
“What got you into food photography? I know how hard it can be to do that. Like I mentioned earlier, I’m a wedding planner, and sometimes I have to help with the staged shots… I had no idea there were so many hacks for pictures! Who knew that plain white glue had so many uses for gravy or ice cream shots.”
“The cake is good,” Thor said, eyes twinkling with merriment. “But not as good as that surf, I wager. But mayhaps I could take you another day?”
It was both an offer of a date and just an offer of cake, whichever Padme might be interested in. Thor was good either way.
“I just really enjoy food and want to share it with others,” he added. “Though I’m a far cry from actual food photographers and their hacks.”
The date offer went over Padme’s head. She was completely oblivious to that kind of thing. The offer for cake though, well that made sense because the cake was delicious.
“Yes, absolutely! Anytime actually. Evenings work best for me, because I tend to work a lot during the day.” Her eyes lit up. “Does that mean we’d get a selfie together?”
Thor grinned at her, excited by her excitement and nodded his head like the golden retriever he was. “Of course! I would not have it any other way, Padme.”
He almost called her Jane but caught himself at the last moment. Progress!
“Just send me a message, okay? I’m a follower, like I said. Padme underscore surfs.” She gave a little shrug. “I couldn’t think of anything more interesting.”
Hefting her board under her arm, she gave a little wave. “I’m really happy I bumped into you. You keep on smiling, Thor! I look forward to hearing from you.”
“It is interesting enough, and descriptive,” he assured her. After all, he was considering changing his own to something more god of thunder like. Though was quote fond of ‘Thor_Feets’.
“Enjoy your waves.” Thor pressed a hand to his chest and gave her a slight bow, then, grinning, headed up towards a boardwalk.