Peaking back into the world

[magnetic_magpie]

Who: Magneto and to be updated
When: Week of 4-10 through 4-15
Where: Mostly the HoA, a few others
Summary: Mags is talking to people again. A few people want to see him in person
Warnings: Will be updated
Other: Tag in with when you are meeting/where ok?

He'd made appointments with various people. He was going to keep them. But even still, he was looking entirely well. He'd lost a little weight, was tense, and mostly very still. Except his eyes. They never stopped moving.

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[magnetic_magpie]

He laughed softly. "How soon? Might need to get supplies."

Which. Would be interesting. Lucifer would have distract Michael from work or possibly hit a pharmacy with him.

[thelittlestbub]

Jubilee frowned. "I've got four or five months left." But, she liked having eight to nine months, just in case. Because you never knew when her supply would run out.

"So, not a panic. Unless you've got some in your lab. I haven't looked in there." Because, hey, she respected boundaries.

[magnetic_magpie]

"Three down in the lab, yes." Though that was what he wanted to keep in reserve until he replaced his drug supply.

He pressed a kiss against her hair, squeezing her for a second. He had missed cuddling with the kids. "Any big news I missed?"

[thelittlestbub]

Jubilee took a deep breath. "Chuck is missing. Think he went home. I spent a night with Sam Winchester, and he's starting to talk to people again. Loki played April Fool's pranks, but I've convinced him to keep pranks out of the house, and I won't interfere."

A frown. Anything else? "Think there's a few things I'm missing, but... I can't think." A shrug. She just needed hugs now. Thanks.

[magnetic_magpie]

"I next about Chuck and Loki. How's he doing?" Because he had been worried about Sam. A lot.

But hugs he could do. "Want to hole up in the chair in the common room?" A chair-and-a-half plus a fire place. It was a good place to cuddle.

[thelittlestbub]

"Yes." Because, seriously, she just wanted to curl up in his lap and stay there.

Once they were settled into the chair, Jubilee just curled up in his lap, her head on his shoulder. "Sam's doing okay. He's been off getting his head straight. He's got a job somewhere and seems to be handling things. Plus, Dean's here, so he's been yelling at Sam."

She shrugged.

[magnetic_magpie]

He curled up warmly around her, sinking into the chair. He was still tense, alert, but not as wary. "Good, I'm glad. I should...talk to him some time. Soon." But not too soon. There was Castiel to deal with.

"How are you, really?"

[thelittlestbub]

"No. You shouldn't." Because, Jesus, Magneto. Did we forget what Castiel said? She hasn't. "Let me be the go-between for a while, okay?"

Because, that was safer. She wasn't Castiel's friend, and she hadn't been threatened with death.

"Me? I'm fine. Needed some time off, that's all."

[magnetic_magpie]

He shifted - he was fidgety lately, when with those he trusted, rather than so deathly still. "I said talk to, not meet with." Because no, no he hadn't. At all. "Does he know about this?"

"I'm sorry." For dumping this mess on her. He hadn't meant for any of it to happen. He hadn't meant to crack at all.

[thelittlestbub]

"I told him what Castiel said. What Crowley said. A few other things." But she didn't go into all of it because that not only wasn't important, but none of Sam's business. Mostly, she'd gone to see him because she could cry in front of him.

She looked up at Magneto and touched their foreheads together. "You don't owe me an apology. Not for having emotions and problems and having them overwhelm you. I don't blame you for that, or for anything, really. I'd like an explanation, when you're up for it."

She didn't blame him.

[magnetic_magpie]

"What did he say?" Because those boys did know Castiel longer, if not better as well.

He leaned into the touch, being still. "You may not believe so. But..." He sighed slowly. "Everyone is asking for that. No one has asked if I'm up for it yet." He wasn't.

[thelittlestbub]

"That he wasn't going to get involved. And Cas has a temper." She shrugged. She didn't need to be told things that she already knew.

Jubilee smiled a bit crookedly. "Yeah? Well, don't give them a damned thing until you're ready. They can sit on it and spin if they don't like it." That included her. She wasn't going to press him into explaining anything. Because she knew what being a mutant meant and knew somewhat of what he was going through. "And if you need a hand to hold when you do talk to them, you know where I live." Because she wouldn't leave him alone, no matter what.

[magnetic_magpie]

"I've known Castiel has temper for a while. But I'm glad he isn't getting involved." Quite a while. It was pretty clear, to him at least, from the way the angel carried himself.

"Ahiru and I already had a chat, though I didn't tell her much. She doesn't really need to know. Daedalus asked but I told him my lawyer told me not to address the issue." Which is advice he would have given, had Magneto spoken to the man.

"But yes, I'll need it."

[thelittlestbub]

Jubilee smiled crookedly. She knew about Castiel. She just didn't care. She wasn't going to ever be his friend. So none of it mattered.

"Good. Frankly, I don't think you owe anyone - beyond me - an explanation." Because she was going to get one just because things had been dumped on her lap, so there. "If you don't want to tell them? I'll back your play, no matter what it is, you know that."

She tucked her head back onto his shoulder because that was what he needed. "But until then... Want a cup of coffee? I'm starving."

[magnetic_magpie]

The problem was, Magneto did like Castiel. Quite a lot, even with all of this.

"There's a few who won't take that for an answer. Jinx, for instance." Who was a big point of stress in his life.

He held onto her, breathing slowly. Trying to be calm. "Any take away places still deliver here? That Thai place maybe?" He'd rather hold onto her than cook right now.

[thelittlestbub]

Jubilee grinned and dug her hand into her coat, offering him the phone. "Speed dial five." Because, she kept them on the phone. No idea when it might be needed. "I'll have the Khao khai chiao and if you ask for Kamon, he'll stop at the one coffee shop and pick up Turkish coffees for the pair of us, and won't charge us extra delivery fees."

Because these things are important. Also, she tips really well.

[magnetic_magpie]

"There's a reason I love you best." He grinned - really truly grinned - and took the phone, and placed their order. And copied the information into his own NV.

"I'm glad you're home Jubilee."

[thelittlestbub]

"It's because I'm adorable and small enough to be portable, really." Jubilee enjoyed teasing him. Plus, people knew he was Magneto, even if they didn't understand what that meant, they knew.

She snuggled into his lap, wrapping her arms around him. "I'm glad you're here." Even if she knew he was leaving again.

[magnetic_magpie]

"Those are good reasons yes." He would mind a lot less if people did know what it meant.

He held onto her, resting his chin on her hair. "What did you do on your walk-about?"

[thelittlestbub]

Jubilee stayed where she was, enjoying the peace and quiet for a change.

"Stayed in a couple motels. Tried to give myself alcohol poisoning." Twice, actually, but she figured she was allowed. "Meditated a lot. Got back to some basic things that I'd let slide and had forgotten how important they were." Morning tai chi, meditation, things that Logan had taught her that she'd just been letting slide. "Now that I'm back here, I'm going to be working on some other things."

Balance. She'd tipped too far in one direction; time to tip it back.

[magnetic_magpie]

"I've done that before." He wasn't going to judge, he'd managed to give himself alcohol poisoning on a few occasions. As well as wandering around getting his head together.

"What are you going to be working on?"

[thelittlestbub]

A smile. She knew he'd understand. He always did.

"Morning tai chi, meditation." That was just a start. "I need to start drawing again, planning things. Even though Frances is gone, I'd like to work on his apartment. Maybe decorate the other apartments. Make this place more a home than just a flop house for Newcomers." She yawned and closed her eyes. "Get back into sewing, and home decorating."

[magnetic_magpie]

Some things Mutants just understand.

"Sounds like a good plan. I should probably start meditating again." It would help keep him centred, which he knew was sliding around again.

"Do you know how to do a suede technique?"

[thelittlestbub]

"Meditation helped settle me a lot." She could admit that. She shrugged. "It can't hurt. Any sunrise, we could go to a beach. It's not like the Darkness would bother us."

She frowned for a moment. "It's been a while since I did it. Paris, at least." She hadn't worked with suede since then and only for that one design course.

[magnetic_magpie]

"It does. It's something I learned in India. That's a good idea. I miss the stars at night." Which was part, though only part, of why he's latched onto Lucifer so hard.

"No, it's a paint technique. It feels and looks like suede when it's dried."