tooprettytodie | For Jessica and Percy

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For Jessica and Percy

Valkyrie had ended up letting Jessica wear her jacket while she had found a nice woolen overcoat that someone had been drunk enough to be willing to part with. She had to admit that Jessica looked pretty hot in it, even if it didn't necessarily go with her dress. At some point, she was going to have to convince Jessica to try the tight trousers and leather jacket look.

She was pretty sure that the pier had been the right way to go. The air was crisp and new and while Times Square hadn't been crowded, there were fewer people out here she didn't see anyone around that they knew. Privacy felt important right now, even if she totally wasn't nervous and those were not butterflies in her stomach. Not at all.

"I'm glad you suggested the pier," she said, squeezing Jessica's hand as they walked down the pier. "Perfect place to chime in the New Year."

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"Shit."

Valkyrie had heard the trash can crash and looked up the same as Jessica had. Even as caught up in the moment as she was, that was a sound that you didn't just ignore. Especially if you were a detective and/or a superhero. Which they totally were.

Which is why she saw Percy running away from them. And not looking where he was going and almost getting run over.

"Perseus Jackson you stop right there and wait for me or I will hunt you down and hurt you!" Valkyrie shouted at him before turning back to Jessica.

"I'm sorry, I have to- I need to go talk to him and make sure he's not going to go do something stupid. Or stupider. Ugh, I really, really don't want to stop this, but..."

But for as selfish, vain, and arrogant as Valkyrie could be, at heart she was someone who did the right thing. Who looked after and protected others. Right now it seemed like Percy needed looking after.

"Because there's a whole 'are we officially girlfriends' conversation I still want to have, and more kissing and... I hope you understand. Please tell me you understand."

This feels like its gotten away from me a little. I'm still trying to get my footing back on the shift from 'hey, kissing is swell,' to sudden drama that I'm not entirely clued into, although I've enough second-hand knowledge to have some theories.

"I don't entirely know what's going on but I understand you have to go do a thing," I say, waving her on. "You'll come back, yeah? Go talk him down, do what you need to do."

Valkyrie's shout didn't stop me, but I didn't run, either. I kept walking. Standing still was impossible, but I wasn't going to run away. No. After the initial shock, a sense of grim foreboding swept over me. Like just before the Battle of the Labyrinth, I knew I didn't want to be here. But I also knew it wasn't my choice. Valkyrie and I were going to have a talk.

I kept walking until I heard Valkyrie coming up behind me.

"You're the best," Valkyrie said, letting out a breath and relaxing just a bit. The fact that Jessica understood meant a lot because if she didn't... Valkyrie wasn't sure if she would have gone to check up on Percy, despite it being the right thing to do.

Grabbing Jessica by the lapels of her coat, she pulled her close for a quick, heated kiss before letting go.

"Definitely coming back."

Turning around, she took off after Percy, who was still walking away. She could tell from the set of his shoulders that he was not happy.

"Perseus," she said, taking a few more quick steps before placing a hand on his shoulder.

I stopped. Of course Valkyrie was quick. I took a long breath, held it, then let it go. "Valkyrie," I replied, not looking at her. "I shouldn't have come out here. I'm sorry."

Valkyrie had assumed that Percy had already been at the pier and had inadvertently stumbled (literally) on Jessica and Valkyrie kissing. From what he said though, maybe...

"Wait, were you following us?"

I winced. I still couldn't bring myself to look at her. Yeah. This wasn't my finest hour. "I know I shouldn't have, but... yeah. Kinda. I wanted to say hi at Times Square and... well, I shouldn't have done it and... well, now I really wish I hadn't done it."

Valkyrie was upset that Percy had followed them, who she was with and where she went wasn't any of his business. But he obviously realized it was wrong and had seemed to have suffered enough for it already.

"Perseus, you'll always be my friend if you want, you know that, right?"

Oh, twist the knife, why don't you? I closed my eyes a moment. Then, bracing myself, I turned and faced her. "I know. You told me so and I should have listened, but..." I sighed. "I still kind of hoped for more."

"I know," she said with a nod. Maybe she should have not been such a good friend to him these last few months. She hadn't realized how much of a torch he was still carrying.

"And I'm sorry I'm not the girl that can give you more."

I swallowed. "I know." I reached for her hand and looked her in the eye. "Jessica Drew is one lucky woman. Make sure she knows that."

Valkyrie squeezed his hand, feeling somewhat bad about all this but reminding her that other than being a bitch and refusing to have anything to do with Percy, she'd done all she could.

"Thank you, that means a lot."

And there seemed nothing left to say. "You'd better go back," I said. "Shouldn't keep her waiting."

Valkyrie nodded and let go over Percy's hand. There wasn't much more she could say or do. He would get over it, she was sure of that, he would just need some time.

Sticking her hands back into her coat, she hurried back to Jessica, relieved to find her there. Not that Jessica was the sort to leave, but Valkyrie had still been a little worried just because finally getting to this point with Jessica seemed too good to be true.

"Sorry about that," she told the other girl.

There was a part of me, while I was standing there waiting around, that kind of felt like it figured. I finally get some kind of handle on where I stand with regard to relationships and physical affection and then, bam, hiccup. That's either the Parker genes or the luck of the clone-ish, right?

She came back, though. The demigod has not stolen my... well, we should probably work out what she is. This would seem to be an appropriate reaction.

"It's okay," I say, shrugging a shoulder, arms still around myself for warmth. "What, uh, was that, though? That kind of seemed like a whole thing."

"He didn't realize he still had strong feelings for me until he saw us kissing," she said. It was maybe a bit more than that, but she wanted to spare him any embarrassment. Or at least any further embarrassment.

"Then he freaked out. He just wanted some time alone. He'll be alright."

Yeah, it seemed like it was that kind of thing. The wistful ex kind of thing. I'm familiar with it. I've never been in those exact shoes, but I've been in the same kind of shoes. Ones that... fit the same? Maybe? I'm not really sure how to continue the shoes metaphor, frankly, so I'm going to abandon it.

"I can understand that," I say. "I'd probably freak out if I saw you kissing someone else. Heck, we already know there's a non-zero chance of me freaking out when it is me, so. But definitely if it was someone else, which, um. I'd like us not to be doing that? Not that I think you're doing that, but maybe we could officially not be doing that?"

"I'd love to officially not be doing that," Valkyrie said. She didn't even bother to hide the massive grin she felt like giving. This was definitely what she had hoped for, but wasn't holding her breath on. But being exclusive and official was great.

"But that means I'm going to want frequent kisses from you," she said, reaching out to pull Jessica closer by the lapels of her jacket.

And thus, officially not doing that. That was easy. There really is something to be said for forthright communication.

Thought the girl with the big ol' secrets to herself. I'd feel guilty, but I'm saving it for later, because there's a whole being pulled closer by the jacket thing going on here that is pleasantly distracting me.

"I think we can work out some kind of schedule," I say, leaning in, and then pausing about an inch away as something occurs to me. "...that's a joke, I realize past experience may have made that... not obvious."

"I know you're joking," Valkyrie said, smiling at Jessica as she pressed closer against her for reasons that had nothing to do with warmth and everything to do with everything about Jessica.

"I can tell when you're not," she said, leaning in to give a soft, slow kiss. "You get this look when you go all science brain."

I get this look. I get this look. I have looks, and Valkyrie has paid enough attention to work out at least one of the looks. That's... real person material, I like that. I like that a fair bit.

And I definitely don't have said science brain look right now, I can guarantee that, what with that brain being more focused on the kissing, insert soft focus joke here.

"Mmn," I say, which isn't really a cogent response to what she said, but mostly I'm just kissing her back, here, I think that's an adequate stand-in.

Then fireworks went off, both literal and figurative, as Valkyrie leaned in to the kiss a bit more and teased Jessica's lips with her tongue. Whatever hangups the other girl had about kissing it certainly didn't seem to be preventing her from actually kissing, which was awesome.

Humming softly she slid her hands up from the lapels of Jessica's jacket and wrapped them loosely around her neck. This was definitely the best start to a new year that she'd had in a while.

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