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[lvpd_sidle]

Coffee.

Bagels. With cream cheese.

Newspaper-largely ignored.

Former CSI trying to see how long she can stare at the destruction outside.

Bother at will.

[Summary: Barry gives Sara an update on the Phantom situation and tells her Mel is back. They discuss culinary preferences and really bad jokes. Tony tells Sara about him and Michelle being engaged. And Sara welcomes Tim back to the outside world.]

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[silverageflash.livejournal.com]

Barry.

Iced tea.

Smile.

Hand on Sara's shoulder at the window.

"Hi."

[ooc: slowtime likely]

[lvpd_sidle]

[ooc: Not a problem]

"Hey." She gives him a warm smile.

[silverageflash.livejournal.com]

He sits, gives her a hug and kiss, smiles some more.

"How's the day treating you so far, my darling?"

[lvpd_sidle]

"Quietly so far. So I thought I would look out the window." She shrugs. "I'm not sure why, but it's oddly beautiful."


"Yourself?"

[silverageflash.livejournal.com]

"Pretty good so far. Got to see Naraht back to his old self.

"But it might be getting busy again. The Phantom reared his head again. Left Mel a note and a rose. I was wondering when we'd hear from him again."

He adds almost as an afterthought.

"Oh, and I didn't ask you if you heard that Mel was back."

[lvpd_sidle]

"Sheesh. It was too much to hope he'd gotten tired of his game but my god.."

She blinks. "No, I hadn't heard that." Due to the mun being unexpectedly abducted last night. "She found her way back? That's wonderful!"

[silverageflash.livejournal.com]

"Take it from an expert in the super-villain mind...they never leave the game before it's over. Makes them more dangerous in some ways, but also more predictable, even easier to catch. And anyone who's doing what the Phantom is - or at least, the prime Phantom - is swimming in super-villain waters." Barry isn't smiling, but he is strangely engaged by the notion.

"You know, I actually saw Mel come back in, and somehow I just forgot about it. It was...intense. She fell through the door in the middle of a fight with vampires, I guess. Took them out fast.

"I never saw her in action before. She's good. Scary, but good. I'm glad she's on our side. And also glad she took her badge back."

[lvpd_sidle]

"It's all right, Barry--we've both had a lot on our minds. I'm not worried."

She grins. "Hate to say it, but I wish I could have seen that. Must've been amazing."

[silverageflash.livejournal.com]

"Mel's..." He looks for the words.

"They don't make heroines like that at home. They tend to be tall, willowy, imposing. You'd know Wonder Woman if she were wearing jeans and a t-shirt. Same for Black Canary, even Zatanna.

"Mel, she's a surprise. She changes. She's still small, but something turns on in her. Maybe it's whatever powers her and the other Slayers. But it's not anything I've seen till now."

[iwasalevel6.livejournal.com]

Tony's come downstairs to eat food, because Bar doesn't room service and Tony could've used room service yesterday. He's smiling for a change. It's not a wide, toothy smile that makes you wonder if his face is hurting, but a natural smile that communicates quite clearly that Tony couldn't be happier at the moment.

"Sara?" he asks, drawing level to her table.

[lvpd_sidle]

"Hey Tony," she says with a grin, turning to look at him. Michelle had told her about his transformation, but she didn't know he had been turned back.

"How are you?"

[iwasalevel6.livejournal.com]

"Couldn't be any better. Michelle and I are getting married."

[lvpd_sidle]

"Congratulations!" There might have been a girlish squeal somewhere in there.

[iwasalevel6.livejournal.com]

Whether the girlish squeal caused Tony to smile more can't be said because he's smiling enough already. "Thank you. We're...we're very happy."

[lvpd_sidle]

"That's wonderful to hear," she says sincerely, a huge grin on her face.

"You deserve to be happy, you know," she says quietly.

[iwasalevel6.livejournal.com]

He looks down, that bright smile dimming as a small cloud of contemplation crawls past his face. That was for someone else to observe and say, not him. Whether he believed he deserved varied by the day. He wasn't sure right now.

"Thanks," he says quietly. "She deserves to be happy, too."

[lvpd_sidle]

"And she's happy with you."

[timsbooks.livejournal.com]

Is it interesting out there?

*Curiously.*

[lvpd_sidle]

She shrugs. "I suppose it is, in a way."

She gives him a slight smile. "Glad to see you're out of the cells, Tim."

[timsbooks.livejournal.com]

*He bobs his head.*

Good to be out. How're you?

[lvpd_sidle]

"I'm fine. Naraht told me what you did to Q." She chuckles. "Truly inspired, I must say."

[timsbooks.livejournal.com]

*Tim blushes.*

Aw, shucks, you'll give me a swelled head.

[lvpd_sidle]

She chuckles again. "I find that doubtful. How is Ace? I haven't talked to her in a couple of days."

[timsbooks.livejournal.com]

Shes back home.

*He studies his hands intently.*

Spending some time with my Da.

[lvpd_sidle]

She looks a little surprised, before tentatively giving him a quick squeeze on his shoulder.

"She'll be back."