backwordscompatible | IC CONTACT (HAVEN)

[Surprise, surprise.]

[So much so, she didn't even bother to get up. Just use her magic to open it a crack.]

I'm here, Kal. [There was little doubt in her mind it was him.] Come on in.

[And come on in he does, not surprised at her lack of surprise. They know each other that well, apparently.]

I have apple pie. I... I didn't remember if you liked it, but it was Conner's favorite. It seemed fitting.

[As if on cue, her stomach growled. Loudly.]

...and just in the nick of time.

I guess I didn't eat enough for breakfast earlier.

[The smile is just enough of a smile to make sure she sees it. No more.]

Apparently having roomates has perks. Who though, hm? [He offered her the first slice.] Though I'm sure you know that dating one of them definitely doesn't hurt.

Kon doesn't bake for me.

The closest he comes is sometimes opening a can of peaches for me to steal--I mean share.

To be fair he doesn't really have any baking genes on him. [Or so Clark thought, he never actually had any reasons to try. Cook? Sure, wouldn't have survived on his own without it. Baking was for professionals like Ma.]

Is there a story about peaches I should know about?

Actually, that's about 90% of the story, right there.

I woke up one morning and met up with him in the common area, where he was eating from a can of peaches. So I stole one. Then another. Eventually, we just ended up sharing the rest of the can. Not very exciting, I'm sorry to say.

[Her expression softened a little. As simple and relatively dull as the moment had been...it was a good memory.]

I'm pretty sure you aren't supposed to eat that many at once but... well, I was a teenager too. I ate whatever.

Especially in this place. [Says the man nomnomnoming on his favorite food right now.]

I'm glad we get these... silly little moments. It's what will keep us going.

[She assumed he wasn't serious about the "that many" line, given how rare it was for anyone to consume a full stomach's worth of food in one sitting. It hadn't been all that much. Half a can each? That had only consisted of so many pieces.]

It's worked so far.

Having you and him and the others around...I don't think I would've made it this long if it hadn't been for all of you. Silly little moments and all.

[Fresh peaches? Awesome. But a lot of canned peaches contain weirdly high amount of sugar. Combine that with the fact that they aren’t exactly in the means to be having a healthy died… yeah. Kal can be pretty weird about food for someone who doesn’t actually need to it.

But he’ll keep his dad-ying at bay.]

I know for sure I wouldn’t have. I was… a different man when I got here. Maybe not drastically, maybe not too obvious. But I’m… grateful that you’ve helped me open up.

[She was still a teenager; "sugar" was practically its own food category for her.]

I'm not even sure I remember what you were like when you first got here.

To me, it's like you've always just been...you.

I remember you being the first magician I ever met. I should have been intimidated since it worked on me, but I was just... intrigued.

You? Intimidated?

There isn't a single person in Haven who could intimidate someone like you.

If only. Do you want a list? I could give you one but I'd have to go to North to make it.

...hold on.

I'm trying to decide if it would be worth the trip just to find out whose bad side to never get on.

What is intimidating to me might not be intimidating to you. Do you know Maya?

Name's not ringing any bells, sorry.

Who's she?

[Assuming it's a 'she' because the name Maya sounded feminine to her.]

She's been here for- a few months, at most. And she's plenty nice and helpful. But she does this... thing...

[He makes a vague movement with his hand.] She can put me into some sort of sphere where I can't move, at all. She calls it phaselocking. I find that intimidating, for example.

No kidding.

[...honestly, Zatanna might find that slightly intimidating too. A bubble powerful enough to contain Superman himself? There's somebody whose bad side she'd prefer to stay away from.]

So, basically, anybody here with powers that could actually affect you.

I could see that.

Not really? I mean, Dr Impossible had some powers but I could still kick his ass if I needed to. But he was so smart, so incredibly smart, it intimidated me.

I think anyone who can get the upper hand against me is intimidating, no matter how. I guess it's something I still haven't gotten used to. That probably makes me sound incredibly conceited so let's keep it between us?

[It actually didn't sound conceited at all.]

[In fact, if it somehow didn't seem offensive, she would have thought i made him seem...human.]

Hey, like I always say: who better to keep a secret than a magician, right?

[He lets out a chuckle- before he remembers he isn't supposed to be laughing yet, and just gives him a smile.] That's the first time I've ever heard you say that, but if you say so.

Thanks, Zatanna. I... feel better already.

[He can laugh whenever he wants. She certainly wasn't going to stop him.]

Glad to be of help.

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