milliways_bar | (no subject)

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cable,
domino

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Nathan was at the bar, idly drinking a beer, ignoring the bustle around him. He had done a bit of helping around the place, cleaning up, and he had been working a lot at home, as well, until recently. he'd brought in the beer, somehow. He wasn't sure exactly, but it had come with him.

A little distraction, and a little beer, felt good. Seeing as how he should be dead, had even maybe died, he wasn't exactly sure why he was in Milliways. Either way, he was glad to see the place. It had been entirely too long.

A beer, a cooler full close at hand, and a Cable, sit at the bar.

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Domino trudged in, looking tired. She'd just finished her orientation for the X-men, and the bar was good sight to see.

She blinked a little as years old memories returned, and for a moment she wanted to facepalm at herself. "Why is my life so damn weird?" She sighed and headed for the bar. Cable was there, which wasn't a surprise. Oh well. She did kind of owe him a drink for saving her life. "This seat taken?"

Cable sighed, and glanced over at her. A smile curved his face, holding both relief and warmth. "Not at all. Drop in, soldier." He reached in the cooler and held out a beer.

"Drink?"

She smiled back, rolling her eyes a little. "I'm a superhero now, Nate. Get it straight."

She took the beer, nodding. "Thanks. So, what's the last thing you remember?"

Cable smirked. "Yeah, well, didn't know when you had come in from." He eyed her and nodded. When she asked him that,he sighed and shook his head.

"Big bada-boom. Techno-organic explosion."

"We're synced up better here than back home," she said dryly, opening her beer. "So, what happened? How did you escape death?"

"Oh? You're from the same time?" And he frowned at her words. "I--- don't know. Maybe I didn't. I did have several contingency plans, but I have no idea if any of them worked, as I appeared here right after the explosion."

He eyed her.

Domino shrugged. "It's been a couple weeks and you haven't showed up yet, but that would be pretty fast, even for you."

That was an almost disturbing thought. Nathan couldn't die. It wasn't how the world worked. "Your kid's doing okay, by the way."

Cable nodded. "You never know." He scrubbed his face lightly. "Good. She should be. She had a lot of people there, even if half of them do want her dead or gone."

He chuckled.

"It'll be okay." he smirked at her. "I am glad to see you, though."

Domino shrugged. "Honestly, I think she's a pain in the ass." She gave Cable a smirky grin. "But I guess that was unavoidable, really."

She took a long drink, letting all her emotions settle out. This place was weird as hell. "I don't know how I feel about seeing you here. It's weird." If he was here due to deadness, she didn't like that at all.

He laughed. "Well, look who trained her!" he smirked, and nodded.

Cable was proud of Hope. He knew she would face her own issues, and more, but she would rise again.

He eyed Domino. "Oh? Why so?" He poked her.

"Yeah, that was the point." She nudged him lightly with her elbow.

His question made her think for a minute. She'd made the decision to be more honest while she was here. It was a safe and pointless decision, since they never remembered when they got home. Hell, Cable could be dead, she might not get another chance to talk to him.

"For one thing, you might be dead permanently, which would suck. The last time we talked about something other than blowing up Sentinels was before Providence blew up, and since then, honestly, you've been acting like it never happened. Add in the relationship we had here a lifetime ago, and it kind of makes things awkward."

He grinned at her, then nodded, thinking about her, and life.

"True. I would rather not be dead." He smiled at her, softly, and nodded again. "Do you want to talk about it?" He paused.

"About us?"

Domino shrugged. "I don't know. It's not something we really do. But this place is different. It's not like we'll remember or anything." She hoped. How could she do whatever needed to be done if she let herself get soft now?

Cable nodded. "Okay." He sipped his beer and openly watched her. "I'm just glad it let you in here now."

"Yeah. I wonder what happened between now and then? The place is still a fucking dump." She scooted her beer around on the bar. "Do you want to, uh, talk about it?"

"Oh, an apocalypse or two. Something bug." He smiled at her. "For here, yes. Out there? Will work itself out." He reached out and tapped her gently.

She snorted. "Not fucking likely. Unless all semblance of romance or camaraderie atrophying because you're not alive long enough to wait for me to stop being an asshole so we can get our act together counts."

She sighed. "But we can talk about what we want for in here, if we wind up staying for a while."

"We'll find a way... maybe." And he extended a hand, grinning. "Sounds good. Let's get a booth. We can drink the beer and we can talk."

She eyed his hand, shaking her head. "Misplaced gentlemanliness will get you everywhere." She laughed a little as she gave him her hand and stood up. "Need a hand with the cooler?"

He lifted her hand to his lips, kissing it with a wink. "Sure. Grab an end?" Once she had, he led the way toward a booth, setting it down and then settling down and beckoning her in.

"Cmere, you."

Domino grabbed the cooler, helping him lug the thing to the booth. She quirked an eyebrow at his invitation. "It'll be easier to talk if we're across from each other." She slid in across from him, grabbing a second beer. "Want one, while I'm in here?"

Cable sighed. "Curses, foiled again." He settled and nodded. "Please."

He opened his and sipped it. "Now... settle in, you."

She snorted, handing over a beer. "You're welcome, and I'm settled. So, here we were pretty involved. I mean, you got me through the worst period of my life after I got out of the testing facility. That's a big deal."

Cable sipped his beer, and nodded.

"I care about you a lot. In both places. The other me is dedicated to a list of missions, which is finite. But here, there are not boundaries. I can act as i wish."

Domino nodded. "I care about you too. Providence was the best experience I've ever had. Hell, I joined the X-men because I knew that if you came back, they'd probably know about it first. We've got some shit to deal with there, but here. . . I guess we can work it out. It's not as important that you keep dying if you show up here everytime you do."