Full Circle (IC)

[Electra]

"You always do that," she assured him, cupping his cheek with her hand before sliding it back into his dark hair. "It's nice to know that even though everything's changing, some things are changing in a good way. And the most important things are still the same." She leaned in and gave him another very thorough kiss, some of the hastiness of the corridor fading with the knowledge that they had plenty of time to spend tonight. At least if no emergencies happened, no supervillain uprisings or alien invasions or interdimensional incursions... Erin pushed the thought out of her mind before she could jinx things, busying herself instead with the feel of his muscles under her fingers as she ran her hands down his back. "Been a long day," she murmured with a smile, her lips still just a breath from his. "Hope you're not too tired."

[Gizmo]

Trevor responded to that with a soft snort as he pulled her into another slow, searching kiss before stooping slightly and using the moderately increased strength his supersaturated muscle tissue afforded him to picked Erin up off of the ground, making sure she could steady herself with the hands on his back as he carried her over to the bed. Setting her down, the young man undid just enough of the top buttons of his shirt to pull it off over his head and toss it to the floor. "Just have to soldier on," he deadpanned.

[Electra]

Erin chuckled, gladly helping him rid himself of the shirt. "I knew I could count on you," she told him, and after that, not too many words were needed for quite some time. As might be expected with two conscientious and mechanically-minded individuals, assiduous practice had already led to markedly increased levels of performance, but that certainly didn't mean that further experimentation and innovation wasn't called for. It was very late indeed by the time they settled down for actual sleep, the Night Bear tucked under Erin's arm as she cuddled against Trevor's back.

Perhaps it was the nerves of dealing with Travis, or simply the general stress of her life lately, but the nightmares came calling not long after Erin fell asleep. She woke with a shudder, images of blood and old death filling her mind, but at least tonight she wasn't alone. Resting a light hand on Trevor's chest to feel the steady beat of his heart, she tucked her face into his shoulder and went back to sleep.