Alex, Sue and Reed -- Lunch Interrupted
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xp_logsgreat!" He laughed as he and Sue sat down, still shaking water out of his hair. "I really need to go scuba diving sometime. Have you ever gone?"
Sue shook her head fondly, her blue eyes sparkling, "It's pretty awesome," she teased, "You can see the fishes swimming right in front of your face, and the water's all around you." She grinned, "Went a couple of times when I was on business trips, you wouldn't believe how good a tool it is to make a deal. Way better than playing golf."
"Not as much chance for talking, though," Alex said thoughtfully, munching on a fry. "Although that might work to your advantage. Or maybe I would just be a very bad businessman."
"You don't talk during the dive," Sue pointed out, "Everyone's too distracted, "You chat on the way to the dive and after the dive when everyone is gathered on the yacht relaxing and waiting for food to be served." Her blue eyes twinkled, "Everyone is coming down from an adrenaline high so they agree to things a lot easier," she confided with a wink.
It wasn't exactly by chance that Reed stumbled upon Sue and Alex. He'd overheard Sue's phone call planning session, and it wasn't his fault that his impeccable memory kicked in.
Only problem was that he'd completely forgotten to come up with a reason for why he was stumbling in on Sue and Alex's lunch date. "Hello," he said in his most non-chalant voice. "Nice day for lunch, isn't it?"
"Great day!" Alex replied without missing a beat. "Even if it's lunch with sort of strangers who just appear out of nowhere." His voice was pleasant and not at all sarcastic. He vaguely knew Reed from around the mansion, and he was pretty sure Reed and Sue were tight. So despite his apparent weirdness, Reed was probably a good guy.
If there was a list of voices she didn't expect to hear anywhere near the beach then Reed Richards would have to top the list, it seemed the only time he ever left the lab was when someone forced him to at gunpoint. So she wasn't ashamed to admit that she jerked up slightly at the sound of his voice behind her, twisting around in her seat as she felt her damp blonde hair slicking to her back as she turned to grin at him, "Reed, fancy seeing you out here."
"I'm outside," Reed answered, as if that explained everything. Naturally, he'd gravitate towards wherever Sue was. It was a celestial kind of thing. "As are both of you. How was your outing?"
"It was great, the waves were awesome," Alex said cheerfully. "Wanna join us?"
"Yes," came the quick reply. Reed had no notion that this could possible be rude, and he soon joined them at their table. "You both appear to be healthy and well. I can only assume that the great Poseiden spared you both today."
"Somewhat," Sue replied as a playful smile tugged at her lips. The blonde leant backwards, enjoying the feeling of the sun against her skin, the light warming her up as her blue eyes twinkled at Reed, "There wer ea few moments when I wasn't so sure but..." she trailed off as her phone started buzzing and she picked it up glancing down at the screen with a sigh.
Alex looked between Sue and Reed, a slightly knowing smile pulling at his lips as he said, "I almost drowned. That was pretty cool. Don't recommend doing it again, but it was fun."
"The lack of oxygen causes an euphoric glow, not dissimilar to an orgasm. It's the main reason why auto-erotic asphyxiation is so appealing."
"Neat!" Alex said honestly. It was a bit of a random fact, but Alex loved learning new things.
Sue shook her head, a fond smirk on her lips as she slipped her phone into her pocket, "Only Reed Richards would have an explanation for that at his fingertips." Her blue eyes flew back and forth between the two men as she shook her head, "Sadly the real world calls, but I'll leave you with this...he's not wrong, it actually does." And with that she was gone back up the path as she waved at them.
Reed was pleased to know he was correct. So pleased, in fact, that it didn't even occur to him that she was taking off until he was left with Alex, looking at him expectedly. "I fear I've been rude. Not only did I interrupt your lunch, I somehow scared your date away. I apologize. I don't even know your name."
"I'm Alex," Alex introduced himself with a grin, offering Reed a French fry. "Fry?"
Reed was not one to turn down food. "Thank you," he replied solemnly. He took a bite and nodded his approval. "I appreciate that. I ...can't remember when I last ate. I feel like it was this morning, but I could be confusing it with yesterday as well."
"Dude," Alex said sympathetically, pushing the fries toward him and reaching for the meal Sue had abandoned. "Eat up."
Without hesitation, he sat down. Sue wouldn't be coming back, and if she did ...well, she would understand. "How do you and Sue know each other?"
"Work. Well, X-Factor work. Not whatever other work she does that makes her crazy rich." Alex took a sip of his drink. "You?"
"Stormtech." Reed ate another fry. "I invent things that make her crazy rich, I suppose. I never thought about it in that way though. I simply enjoy creating useful machines."
"And how long have you been giving her puppy heart eyes?" No one could ever accuse Alex of being subtle.
Reed's brow furrowed. "I have human eyes."
Alex laughed. "Nah, man, I mean like.... you know..." He waved a hand, then pulled out his phone and brought up a heart eyes emoji to show Reed. "How long have you had a thing for her?"
Reed looked curiously at the emoji. He never used those pictures when he texted. Maybe he should. "Since the moment I saw her," he admitted. "I'm content to love from afar though."
"How come?" Alex asked, tilting his head.
"Because she is incomparable. I bring almost nothing to her that she doesn't already have."
Yikes. He had it bad. "So you think she wouldn't be interested?"
"I don't know actually." Reed pondered this question for a few moments. "I think, that I've never actually considered that possibility," he finally answered. "It just seems very much out of the realm of reality."
Alex chuckled. "Have you ever actually thought about asking her out?"
"Of course not!"
"Maybe you should." Alex popped another fry in his mouth. "I mean, she obviously doesn't hate you. Who knows, it might even go well."
Reed took another moment of silence. "Hate and love are opposite sides of the coin. Without one, you would never have the other."
Alex raised an eyebrow. "Okay, fair. You think too much, though. Has anyone ever told you that?"
"I believe that is a fair assessment to make." Reed again lapsed into silence, the only noise being when he chewed a fry. Finally, he spoke again. "I should say something, shouldn't I? A grand proclamation. Something worthy of Sue's status."
"There you go!" Alex grinned before quickly sobering up. "Although maybe don't like... hire a skywriter or something. Think about what Sue would like."
Reed gave a slow nod. "I think that's a good idea." He stood up abruptly. "I have to plan and think. Thank you, Alex. It was very fortuitous that I met you today."
"Always happy to help." Alex grinned. "If you need anyone to bounce ideas off of, just let me know."
Sue shook her head fondly, her blue eyes sparkling, "It's pretty awesome," she teased, "You can see the fishes swimming right in front of your face, and the water's all around you." She grinned, "Went a couple of times when I was on business trips, you wouldn't believe how good a tool it is to make a deal. Way better than playing golf."
"Not as much chance for talking, though," Alex said thoughtfully, munching on a fry. "Although that might work to your advantage. Or maybe I would just be a very bad businessman."
"You don't talk during the dive," Sue pointed out, "Everyone's too distracted, "You chat on the way to the dive and after the dive when everyone is gathered on the yacht relaxing and waiting for food to be served." Her blue eyes twinkled, "Everyone is coming down from an adrenaline high so they agree to things a lot easier," she confided with a wink.
It wasn't exactly by chance that Reed stumbled upon Sue and Alex. He'd overheard Sue's phone call planning session, and it wasn't his fault that his impeccable memory kicked in.
Only problem was that he'd completely forgotten to come up with a reason for why he was stumbling in on Sue and Alex's lunch date. "Hello," he said in his most non-chalant voice. "Nice day for lunch, isn't it?"
"Great day!" Alex replied without missing a beat. "Even if it's lunch with sort of strangers who just appear out of nowhere." His voice was pleasant and not at all sarcastic. He vaguely knew Reed from around the mansion, and he was pretty sure Reed and Sue were tight. So despite his apparent weirdness, Reed was probably a good guy.
If there was a list of voices she didn't expect to hear anywhere near the beach then Reed Richards would have to top the list, it seemed the only time he ever left the lab was when someone forced him to at gunpoint. So she wasn't ashamed to admit that she jerked up slightly at the sound of his voice behind her, twisting around in her seat as she felt her damp blonde hair slicking to her back as she turned to grin at him, "Reed, fancy seeing you out here."
"I'm outside," Reed answered, as if that explained everything. Naturally, he'd gravitate towards wherever Sue was. It was a celestial kind of thing. "As are both of you. How was your outing?"
"It was great, the waves were awesome," Alex said cheerfully. "Wanna join us?"
"Yes," came the quick reply. Reed had no notion that this could possible be rude, and he soon joined them at their table. "You both appear to be healthy and well. I can only assume that the great Poseiden spared you both today."
"Somewhat," Sue replied as a playful smile tugged at her lips. The blonde leant backwards, enjoying the feeling of the sun against her skin, the light warming her up as her blue eyes twinkled at Reed, "There wer ea few moments when I wasn't so sure but..." she trailed off as her phone started buzzing and she picked it up glancing down at the screen with a sigh.
Alex looked between Sue and Reed, a slightly knowing smile pulling at his lips as he said, "I almost drowned. That was pretty cool. Don't recommend doing it again, but it was fun."
"The lack of oxygen causes an euphoric glow, not dissimilar to an orgasm. It's the main reason why auto-erotic asphyxiation is so appealing."
"Neat!" Alex said honestly. It was a bit of a random fact, but Alex loved learning new things.
Sue shook her head, a fond smirk on her lips as she slipped her phone into her pocket, "Only Reed Richards would have an explanation for that at his fingertips." Her blue eyes flew back and forth between the two men as she shook her head, "Sadly the real world calls, but I'll leave you with this...he's not wrong, it actually does." And with that she was gone back up the path as she waved at them.
Reed was pleased to know he was correct. So pleased, in fact, that it didn't even occur to him that she was taking off until he was left with Alex, looking at him expectedly. "I fear I've been rude. Not only did I interrupt your lunch, I somehow scared your date away. I apologize. I don't even know your name."
"I'm Alex," Alex introduced himself with a grin, offering Reed a French fry. "Fry?"
Reed was not one to turn down food. "Thank you," he replied solemnly. He took a bite and nodded his approval. "I appreciate that. I ...can't remember when I last ate. I feel like it was this morning, but I could be confusing it with yesterday as well."
"Dude," Alex said sympathetically, pushing the fries toward him and reaching for the meal Sue had abandoned. "Eat up."
Without hesitation, he sat down. Sue wouldn't be coming back, and if she did ...well, she would understand. "How do you and Sue know each other?"
"Work. Well, X-Factor work. Not whatever other work she does that makes her crazy rich." Alex took a sip of his drink. "You?"
"Stormtech." Reed ate another fry. "I invent things that make her crazy rich, I suppose. I never thought about it in that way though. I simply enjoy creating useful machines."
"And how long have you been giving her puppy heart eyes?" No one could ever accuse Alex of being subtle.
Reed's brow furrowed. "I have human eyes."
Alex laughed. "Nah, man, I mean like.... you know..." He waved a hand, then pulled out his phone and brought up a heart eyes emoji to show Reed. "How long have you had a thing for her?"
Reed looked curiously at the emoji. He never used those pictures when he texted. Maybe he should. "Since the moment I saw her," he admitted. "I'm content to love from afar though."
"How come?" Alex asked, tilting his head.
"Because she is incomparable. I bring almost nothing to her that she doesn't already have."
Yikes. He had it bad. "So you think she wouldn't be interested?"
"I don't know actually." Reed pondered this question for a few moments. "I think, that I've never actually considered that possibility," he finally answered. "It just seems very much out of the realm of reality."
Alex chuckled. "Have you ever actually thought about asking her out?"
"Of course not!"
"Maybe you should." Alex popped another fry in his mouth. "I mean, she obviously doesn't hate you. Who knows, it might even go well."
Reed took another moment of silence. "Hate and love are opposite sides of the coin. Without one, you would never have the other."
Alex raised an eyebrow. "Okay, fair. You think too much, though. Has anyone ever told you that?"
"I believe that is a fair assessment to make." Reed again lapsed into silence, the only noise being when he chewed a fry. Finally, he spoke again. "I should say something, shouldn't I? A grand proclamation. Something worthy of Sue's status."
"There you go!" Alex grinned before quickly sobering up. "Although maybe don't like... hire a skywriter or something. Think about what Sue would like."
Reed gave a slow nod. "I think that's a good idea." He stood up abruptly. "I have to plan and think. Thank you, Alex. It was very fortuitous that I met you today."
"Always happy to help." Alex grinned. "If you need anyone to bounce ideas off of, just let me know."
