+1 Puppy!

[brave_heart_verity]

Verity's back in the Nexus, with the stripes and the crazy braids as usual, but this time she's not alone. With her, or more accurately, in her general vicinity there is a small and adorable puppy. White fur with brown ears and striped tail and stockings. There could not be a more appropriate dog for Verity in all the multiverse. (And you all thought she was a cat person.) The pup is bright-eyed and curious, sniffing and examining everything within the range of its leash, then going back to make sure nothing's moved or changed. It's on to you, stray leaf, you and your blowing hither-and-yon ways.

Ver's got a loose hold on the puppy's leash but is general content to let the little rascal romp and play and explore while she looks on with bemusement. What even is her life. There are so many questions she could ask: how did she end up with a dog, what is she even going to do with a dog, when did she become such a softy... but those aren't questions for the general populace.

"So... I've got a dog now. Anyone got ideas for names?" She doesn't have to take the bad suggestions, she figures, so that should be a safe question. "And, um. Tips? For training her and... so on? Or a limit they'd like to helpfully try to impose on how many toys I buy for her?"

Anyone who doesn't want to deal with baby animals can blame Clint for not answering his phone. He is, after all, great with dogs.

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[brave_heart_verity]

"Only a little?" She's wondering which part.

[losthunter]

"That you want me to be careful." Hunter explains. "You always look out for me."

[brave_heart_verity]

It's a fair trade for the nights he spends whispering poetry to her. And the mornings. And the long silences when they hold each other. Everything is cherished.

Bobbi's certainly smarter than most of the petty crooks they've been dealing with. Thank goodness she's on the side of the angels. They're going to be a formidable team with Bobbi around to keep them in line. After all, they can't stay out all night anymore when someone's waiting for them to come home.

"No, bu--mm." Kissing is so much better than arguing, even when they're playing. Good and unrepentant? And a kiss? Yes, please.

Plenty of love to spare for a sweet puppy. It'll make them all better people. They are certainly a picture, the three of them. A more complete one than they used to be. "What makes you think she doesn't already have your number, honey? She's got you wrapped around her little paw and she's only known you, what, ten minutes?"

[brave_heart_verity]

"Ah." That gets a smile. "Well, yeah, that's my job. And my privilege."

[kalel_ofkrypton]

Hmm. He may have just hit a nerve of some kind. Either way, he's not the type to pry, not unless he has a better reason than simple curiosity. So he changes the topic. "So what kind of dog does your brother have?"

[fightlikehell]

Waking up has never been so nice listening to her breathe, feeling the warmth they make together and knowing the days without are few and far between these days.

Clearly angels were at work placing this dog of all dogs in their care. They'll be evenly matched in wills, smarts and cuteness. Matt hums lightly into their kiss. There's a swaying fluff motion. Bobbi's wagging her tail.

"Sorry, I think you might have been saying something." He'd say he didn't mean to interrupt but that is most certainly a lie.

Matt's eyebrows lift up as he blinks in consideration. "You have me wrapped around your finger." Seeing as she is the one who brought the puppy around. "I'd say you both ganged up on me." The Devil of Hell's Kitchen has gone to the dogs. That'd be the headline.

[brave_heart_verity]

A very big nerve that's best left alone. He'll hear about it eventually, one way or another.

"A golden retriever and a very good boy. His name's Lucky the Pizza Dog. And your family thought 'Krypto' was a bit much."

[brave_heart_verity]

She's never been both so reluctant and so eager to wake as now that they're together. Sleep is a luxury for them both and she always loathes to have it end. And yet. Who wouldn't be eager to wake up to such a wonderful life? He makes everything grand and difficult.

Angels, perhaps, or the more mysterious magics at work in the Nexus. They've been blessed, however it happened. They'll certainly all keep each other busy.

Humming and an excited puppy and kissing. Bliss. The humming makes Bobbi all the more curious and she snuffles into the spot under Matt's jaw to try and figure out what he's doing that for. She's got so much to learn!

Verity giggles when she feels Bobbi wriggling around. "Was I?" She doesn't remember what she was going to say. His kisses have a way of doing that to her. But then again, the kisses are a form of communication, too. She's said what she needs to say.

"I do," she agrees unrepentantly. "Maybe we did. But it was for a good cause. We're on the side of the angels in this, so you should stop looking a gift dog in the mouth. Because, seriously. Dog breath."

[kalel_ofkrypton]

"Does he have to use the full name every time?"

[brave_heart_verity]

"No, usually we call him Lucky. Otherwise, we'd just be getting him excited for no good reason."

[kalel_ofkrypton]

"That's fair enough. Same principle with young kids, pretty much," Clark agrees with a nod. "Full names are for when they're either really good or really bad, and hopefully it's more of the first one."

[brave_heart_verity]

"Full names get used for good things?" This is news to her. To say examples of good parenting were in short supply in her life would be an understatement, but not an unusual one.