Eventually Lance and Maggie’s Grand Tour of DCTM winds up at a place they will both enjoy: his favorite local comic shop, painstakingly chosen in his first few weeks in DC.
“So? What do you think?”
“I’m definitely into the Spider-Man motif,” she grins as she moves towards one of the tables to start flipping through the merchandise. “Do you come here a lot?”
“Sometimes, when I want a little non-work, face-to-face interaction.” He leans against the table next to her, content to let her browse. “Sometimes I even do a little gaming.”
Maggie glances over with a bit of a smirk. “Are you an elf on an epic quest?”
“Actually, I’m a half-orc barbarian, but thank you for thinking I was elf material.”
She laughs. “Anytime. Do your friends from work play with you sometimes?”
“Sometimes, but they’re not really that kind of nerd. I do think I could get Agent Booth to play, but it would take a lot of persuasion.”
“I think you can do it. Just get Parker into it.”
His eyebrows go up, before a curious look crosses his face. “My main group does play online. I could run a session for them.” A beat. “Would you be interested? You could be a mysterious bard that relies on charisma and is famous for story telling?”
“What if I wanted to be an elven ranger with a tragic past?”
He grins. “You can be whoever you want to be.”
She grins in return. “I will let you know. In the meantime, I think I’m going to buy these, so we can make it to dinner with Hodgins and Angela.”
“Sounds good,” he nods with a smile, before leaning in to kiss her softly. “I’m really glad you came.”
a comic book romance | bones/newsflesh | 300 | round 1, set 7
“So? What do you think?”
“I’m definitely into the Spider-Man motif,” she grins as she moves towards one of the tables to start flipping through the merchandise. “Do you come here a lot?”
“Sometimes, when I want a little non-work, face-to-face interaction.” He leans against the table next to her, content to let her browse. “Sometimes I even do a little gaming.”
Maggie glances over with a bit of a smirk. “Are you an elf on an epic quest?”
“Actually, I’m a half-orc barbarian, but thank you for thinking I was elf material.”
She laughs. “Anytime. Do your friends from work play with you sometimes?”
“Sometimes, but they’re not really that kind of nerd. I do think I could get Agent Booth to play, but it would take a lot of persuasion.”
“I think you can do it. Just get Parker into it.”
His eyebrows go up, before a curious look crosses his face. “My main group does play online. I could run a session for them.” A beat. “Would you be interested? You could be a mysterious bard that relies on charisma and is famous for story telling?”
“What if I wanted to be an elven ranger with a tragic past?”
He grins. “You can be whoever you want to be.”
She grins in return. “I will let you know. In the meantime, I think I’m going to buy these, so we can make it to dinner with Hodgins and Angela.”
“Sounds good,” he nods with a smile, before leaning in to kiss her softly. “I’m really glad you came.”
She smiles and nods as well. “Me too.”