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Daycycle 125 [February 5 - February 11]

Daycycle 125

[Feb 5 - Feb 11]

[OOC Plotting for this Dacycle can be found here.]

Early, Early Morning [1200 - 0400]
Room 1201 will be woken up at 1200 when a squadron of Internal Security Gray Ops come to arrest Barry Allen for treason. He will be led away at gun point and his roommate, Morgana LeFey will be immediately taken into IntSec for questioning. She will be questioned about the activities of her former roommate for several hours before being sedated and returned to her room before 0500. Morgana will not remember Barry's arrest or her questioning when she wakes.

Early Morning [0800 - 0900] — All Troubleshooters Report for Duty

The Briefing Officer seems particularly annoyed today as she gives a speech about working together for the greater good of Alpha and how any future attacks will be dealt with swiftly and justly without a trial. No arrests have been made for yesterday's attack due to a lack of substantial evidence, but IntSec is working on bringing those responsible and those participants who used excessive force to justice.

The rumor among IntSec personnel is that the security footage from the commissary for the hour of the event has been erased. Many believe it was a ProTech job and IntSec are focusing their sights on suspected members. If your character is suspected of being a member, they may be pulled into questioning at any time.

Derek Hale and Dirk Gently have been selected for today's mission.

‘As you know, today is Interrogator Appreciation Day, and we’re positively swamped with orders for PlastiFloral and UltraBonBon deliveries. Here is a list of interrogation chambers in this sector and the specific interrogator recipient at each.’ [ Don't be surprised if you are ordered to taste test each delivery of BonBons. Most higher ranking officials are on high alert due to the MOD killer.]

Morning & Afternoon [0900 - 1600] — Service Firm Positions
All Troubleshooters not assigned a mission should report to their Service Firm for their daily duties.

Isabelle Lightwood will be pulled from Medical Services to assist with a backlog of forensic work in IntSec. She will primarily be told to focus on the MOD murder evidence.

Jack Harkness will be given a bag of fan mail that was "lost", but most likely withheld by his mentor, Teela O'Malley. In it are many fan letters, two marriage proposals and one death threat.

Morgana LeFey will be assigned to a special hydroponic sector where Alpha scientists are working on developing faster growing fruit to meet a demand for more real food for citizens meeting key physical metrics. The chemicals being used have not yet been approved by PLC.

Evening [1600 - 2200] — Citizen Improvement
All Alpha citizens are encouraged to better themselves through Alpha’s wide variety of educational, entertainment and cultural opportunities offered each evening. Attending these sanctioned events are not mandatory, but is highly encouraged by The Computer. Citizens choosing not to take advantage of these opportunities, have a growing number of other options available to them in how to spend their hard earned credits and free time.

Tonight’s event will be at 1900 in Meeting Room L, Wagon Wheel, Floor 30 and will be hosted by the Alpha Association of the Dead. This association is for all clones who have been determined terminated by the computer and have been replaced in error. If you would like your existence to be acknowledged, please bring all forms, stamped and notified by the proper authorities and ten letters proving your existence by Alpha citizens of a BLUE or higher clearance level.

Alpha Curfew Restrictions
All Alpha citizens should be in their quarters within the Wagon Wheel by 2200, unless they’ve been given permission from a GREEN or higher clearance level citizen. Sleeping Aid gas is dispelled each night in the Wagon Wheel at 2200 to assist citizens in getting a productive sleeping period.

Confession Booths
There are hundreds of confession booths available around Alpha Complex if a citizen would like to communicate directly with the computer. Please use these confession booths to report mission statuses, report treason or terrorist acts, unregistered mutants, confess your trespasses against Alpha Complex, request propaganda or speak with Your Friend, The Computer, at any time.

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While Steve has never been one for control outside of the field, Tony has been. Maybe it's something he inherited from his father, or maybe it just worked out that way due to his upbringing, but control is something extremely important to him. Generally he's the one that sets the tone, the one that guides things, the one that refuses to comply to people's timelines or orders.

There are two people in his life that have managed to give up control willingly, though, and without regret. Pepper was the first, and Steve was the second. After Siberia, Tony hated himself for it because it made that wound even deeper and harder to close, it felt like he was hemorrhaging rather than being able to just move on. But here, now, after everything they've been through and after the steps they have taken in their relationship... Tony has willingly given control again. This isn't the first time and he already knows it won't be the last.

Hell, he doesn't want this to be the last time. With the way things are moving, and the way that Steve is making him feel, Tony wants more than anything for Steve to take charge. He loves those moments when Steve loses control of his strength, especially when his hands are suddenly at his hips, whenever he holds in too tightly to him or presses too hard. It makes his own grip on him to tighten as his whole body vibrates with pleasure, as if trying to silently beg him to keep doing it. Do it again. Do it rougher. Please, Steve. I'm yours. I'm yours.

And he is. If he hadn't realized that yet, this sure as hell makes it very clear. Every ragged breath Steve draws out of him, every breathless moan that escapes from his throat, it's a confirmation, a promise, and as his whole body is bursting with pleasure, he doesn't care that he has lost that sense of control. If anything, he loves it. He loves that Steve has the ability to make him come undone like this; he loves that he took charge and has managed to make him reach this spot where he feels like his whole body is floating.

He loves him, and as he turns to look at Steve, that love is obvious in his eyes. Which is probably a good thing, because he can't speak just yet.

Panting, and slightly out of breath, Steve doesn't say anything either. Part of him can't believe he just pulled that off, the other part has known all along that he could. The way Tony reacts for him is special, and he knows it, even if he doesn't have anyone else to compare it with.

He doesn't crawl back into bed however, to cuddle, like the way they did last night after something like this — instead, slowly, Steve scoops Tony up in his arms, even if his chest is still heaving faintly. Falling back asleep isn't something they can do this morning, not when Tony still has to go to work, but that doesn't mean Steve can't look down at Tony dotingly as he carries him to the bathroom.

"I love you you know," he whispers, before he can stop himself. For the first time this entire night and morning, he couldn't catch himself in time, and Steve realizes it as soon as the words are out. But maybe he's also riding that sense of calm and satisfaction, because he doesn't panic. Steve just smiles at him before looking up again, to make sure they don't hit a door, but to also to signal to Tony that he doesn't need to hear him say it back.

And if Tony hasn't said anything by the time they get to the bathroom a few short seconds later, Steve will start talking again before he gently lets him down in the shower. "You should shower, get ready. I'll make us something to eat before you go." In another life, Steve would have made an incredible house husband — but the reality of today is that he's suspended, so not being somewhere this morning won't be categorized as treason.

Tony's still riding the wave of the afterglow when he suddenly feels the way that Steve scoops him up, and he huffs out a soft chuckle under his breath in surprise. It's probably a good thing is lifting him up, he thinks for a moment, because attempting to get up after that would be highly unsuccessful. His whole body feels too relaxed, and he has a feeling that he's still weak at the knees.

His thoughts derail completely, though, when Steve tells him that he loves him. This isn't the first time that Steve has uttered the word 'love' between them - after all, he has already thrown him off beyond belief after that first real conversation - but this time Tony doesn't look like a deer in the headlights. He looks surprised, yes, but it's not shock anymore. It's not panic at now knowing what to say, or how to respond.

Instead, once they cross the threshold of the door, he answers just as quietly. "I love you, too." When Steve sets him down, he immediately wraps his arms around his waist, looking up at him with a look that makes it obvious he's not saying it because he feels pressured to say it. He feels it, he knows he loves him, and he brushes his lips against the edge of Steve's jaw. "I love you, Steve."

God it's good to see Tony laugh, especially when it's soft and breathy and Steve can feel how relaxed his body is in his arms and against his chest. It makes him want to cradle his cheek and kiss him again, but instead Steve just smiles down at him — though it really shouldn't take this much resolve just to make it to the down the hall. But there's just a beautiful, gentle way to how Tony looks right at this moment, like he belongs right there in his arms, happy and relaxed and so gorgeous that Steve needs to blink a few times just to make sure this is still reality.

When Tony says he loves him too, though, Steve's eyes wander right back down to look at him. His voice was so quiet, and Steve's nearly certain that Tony said something else, but he heard it. Steve's eyes soften as he sets his boyfriend down. He doesn't expect it either, when Tony's arms wrap around his waist and he looks up at him in with an expression that makes it impossible for Steve to look away.

That second time, when he says it again, Steve is sure that this must be what it feels like to melt from the inside out. Maybe it's because he's still punishing himself for Siberia, but despite everything that's happened, he never thought that this could be possible and that Tony could love him after having hated him so much.

His fingers move up to cradle Tony's cheek, and Steve pauses for a moment to stare into those big beautiful, expressive eyes. A few seconds later a soft smile emerges.

"I warned you that I was falling," he says, looking at Tony like he's the most beautiful thing in the world. And because he wants to say it seriously too, he follows Tony's lead and says the whole thing.

"I love you, Tony."

There's a brief moment where logic tries to kick in, trying to remind him that it's too soon. That he shouldn't be saying this, that he should have thought things through. But, the thing is, he doesn't really regret it because he had said the truth. After the morning they have had, and the things that Tony has already shared with Steve - and after growing as close as they have in the time they have been together...

No, he doesn't regret it, that's why he doesn't take the words back. If anything, he just holds onto him a little tighter as he looks up at him.

"You did," Tony agrees with a soft smile. "Guess you weren't the only one."

Because, well, it's not like that love has just started to develop. It has been growing and settling in, mostly without him even noticing. Steve really has gotten under his skin in ways that he couldn't have prevented, but as he looks up at him...he realizes that he wouldn't have wanted to. Not if it meant feeling like this, and being this happy.

"I love you too, sweetheart," he whispers before pressing a kiss against the side of his neck. "This has been a pretty great morning, you know."

There's a grin that spreads across Steve face when he hears he wasn't the only one. He remembers so clearly how taken aback Tony had been that day in the hospital, and how urgently he'd said he wasn't there yet. But from all the way back then, to where they are now, so much has happened, and all of it is beyond anything Steve could have predicted.

That kiss against his neck makes him turn ever so slightly, so he can press his lips softly against Tony's. It's just one slow kiss this time, before Steve's hands soon find themselves on the sides of Tony's hips again, just like they were a few minutes ago, though ... everything's much calmer now.

"I know," he says, finally, as his eyes open and he pulls back just enough to look at him. "Doesn't have to be over yet. You still have to eat, right?"

It feels so good to have Steve's hands back on his hips, that it's honestly a wonder that he doesn't purr in some way. As it is, he lets out a quiet hum of approval as he kisses him back, leaving very little distance between them.

"I do," he agrees, his fingertips moving slowly along Steve's back again. "...you think I can just...I don't know. Call in sick and keep you company?" He 'steals' another soft kiss before looking up at Steve again, pretending to look innocent but there's a glint of something in his eyes that show that he's anything but. "I mean...you know. Since I got beat up in the Commissary and all, I could just...'rest' here."

Except for the fact that resting would be the farthest thing from his mind, but...minor details.

It's the perfect way to ask him. Even if Steve is running his own investigation right now, the fact that Tony mentions having taken a few punches in the Commissary reminds Steve of the broken rib and how much he wants Tony to take it easy for at least a day.

That less-than-innocent glint in Tony's eyes makes him smile knowingly though, because Steve realizes right then that if he wants Tony to rest, he's going to have to spend the whole day with him. Not that he doesn't want to — god, he can barely let himself think about how much he wants to — but when it comes to weighing what he should do against what he wants to do, this might be the first time in a long while that they've been one in the same.

"You? Rest?" he asks teasingly as their lips part once again, but Steve is already nuzzling himself into Tony's curls. "If you promise you'll actually rest," he says softly, pausing for a moment before adding: "-for part of the day. Then I'll call it in for you."

Tony knows that he's pretty much cheating by bringing up the way he was hit last night, but considering what happened between him and Steve last night, and this morning...he really doesn't care. At all. He's more focused on how good his boyfriend feels in his arms, how good it feels to be held by him. And yeah, he knows that Steve has been busy even if he's technically suspended, but even he needs a day off, right? Especially considering the man didn't even take one after being shot multiple times.

"Of course I'll rest," he almost purrs, especially because of how Steve is nuzzling against him. "I'll even be in bed and everything, if you want me to." His tone is teasing, tempting him. And yeah, making it obvious that he has more than 'resting' in mind when it comes to being in bed with Steve. But, again, he's really not all that sorry.

He presses a soft kiss against the side of his neck. "You're my best medicine," he all but whispers before pressing his lips softly against Steve's neck again, "haven't you already figured it out?"

That tone is working, because Steve can feel the way his body reacts, and how there seems to be a certain tempting quality about Tony that he can't get stop thinking about — especially when Tony says if you want me to. But before he can even be embarrassed or self-conscious about it, he hears Tony say something that drives right into the center of his heart.

In a way, yeah, Steve has figured it out. He remembers every way that Tony seems to melt into him whenever he holds him, no matter how mad Tony was before. Steve remembers yesterday in the dining hall, when Tony never protested getting help to get back to the room, or how later that evening, Tony took his shirt off so he could be treated, even if he wouldn't go to Medical.

Still. Even if Steve remembers all those things, he hasn't internalized them. A few seconds ago, he hadn't even expected Tony to say I love you back, and right now, when Tony says that he's his best medicine, and asks if he's already figured that out, Steve feels such a genuine tug on his heart that he can help but hold his boyfriend a little tighter.

"I know we've talked about this before," he says softly, as he brings his hands up over Tony's body so he can pull him into a hug. "And we'll probably talk about it again. But I don't know what I would do anymore, if something happened to you."

He used to know. He even used to think that he would know how he'd feel when he and Tony are like this, but now, after yesterday, that clarity doesn't feel so piercing anymore. But Steve also doesn't want to tank this entire moment, because everything still feels more perfect than he really thought could be possible. So, as Steve turns to lands his own kiss on Tony's temple, and as he feels that cool sense of warmth from Tony's body, he chuckles.

"Which, is my terrible way of telling you that we are going to be resting today. Even-" A small grin emerges. "Even if that isn't everything we do."

Pointing out that Steve is his best medicine hadn't been said to 'cheat' and be able to stay with him; with how honest he has been all morning, and how he has opened himself up more than what he has in the past, it just managed to come out. It's the truth - the complete, and absolute truth.

Thankfully he doesn't have to explain that to him, or try to convince him of it. Honestly, he wouldn't even know how to.

The hug takes him a little by surprise at first, though, although he's not even sure why, but then Steve says he doesn't know what he would do if something happened to him, and Tony's embrace tightens a little. As if to assure him that it's okay, that he's here with him.

"I guess, lucky for both of us, I'm not going anywhere." His voice is quiet, the playful tone mostly gone because he's trying to sound more reassuring than anything else. And really, it's not like the Complex will allow him to disappear so easily; apparently it had been easier to insert the glowing nightlight in his chest, rather than just let him die so he could come back completely healed.

He realizes, though, that although he tends to be more reckless and 'accident prone' than most considering how sometimes he just barrels through a situation, for Steve he would try to be more careful. Maybe not enough to keep himself out of dangerous situations if he needs to, because like Steve, he can't stay away from those if he thinks he can make a difference, but...he can at least do whatever he can to make it home to him in one piece.

At the way that Steve kisses his temple, Tony finds himself smiling again. Especially when he feels the way that he chuckles, and how that feels considering how close together they are.

"I love you," Tony just answers with a grin after Steve agrees to taking a day off, leaning in to kiss his lips as the arm that he has around his waist tightens its hold a little on him.

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Daycycle 125 [February 5 - February 11]

Daycycle 125

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