The Metropolis Not!Vengers in... Location, location, location!

[stands_for_hope]

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Steve wakes up slowly, happy and warm and content enough he's not sure where he is at first. The clues he gets initially aren't helpful because they're such universal parts of his life, as far as his hindbrain is concerned, that they're just a part of 'how he should wake up'.

There's a warm body up against him, deep brown hair pressed up against his nose and mouth that smells like home, a ratty old mattress beneath him that's too firm for anyone but someone like him--

And a metal arm across his stomach. Huh. That shakes some things loose.

It doesn't halt the grin on his face, though. That's... probably never going away, or at least it won't be budging anytime soon (probably until Jim looks at him, disgusted, and tells him to 'stop lookin' like a loon'). Instead, he just reaches over to grab his phone from the the bedside table (amazing the things that survive a plain crash when they're kept in the right pocket) and peers at the time.

Huh. Nearly two. That's fair. But--

"Hey, sleepyhead. You get some good rest?"

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[kolodnoykovki]

"Brand new," he nodded. "Has a keyboard on it, see?" He slid the full board out from behind the screen. "Because one hand and one of these touch screens is stupid. I bought it 'cause I was texting you all the damn time."

Then it went into his pocket as well. "Okay, let's head out."

[justakidfrombrklyn]

Steve stole one last kiss to Jim's cheek before trotting out the door past him, throwing a wave to Clark once he reached the living room as the other man was reclining with a copy of the paper and a fresh cup of coffee.

"Going out?"

Steve nodded and gestured back behind him to Jim.

"We're gonna grab a few necessities for me to use until my things arrive."

"That's fine. I'll watch the fort till the ladies get back."

[kolodnoykovki]

"I'd offer for us to bring back food, but with two groups out, who knows how much we'd end up with." But he gave Clark a smile. "Need anything, give us a call."

Just one last tightening of the glove's band at his wrist and he was ready to go. Except for--

"And, uh. Thanks for lending him the shirt."

[stands_for_hope]

Clark waved a hand.

"Not a problem," he said easily. "I've got a million of those and I can't wear them out, so don't pick up t-shirts unless you can't stand the prints on the front. I'm happy to pass them on."

Steve plucked at the fabric with a little smile.

"I'm just glad you had something that fit."

Clark shrugged.

"None of us here are small, except for Lois."

[kolodnoykovki]

Except Jim reached out, tugged on one sleeve, and showed some of Steve's shoulder. "I'm grateful," he said, a mischievous smirk on his face before he started to push Steve toward the door.

[justakidfrombrklyn]

Clark gave Jim a little smile, wishing them luck without a word before shooing them out with one hand. Steve took the hint from both of them and headed for the door.

[kolodnoykovki]

Jim grabbed his keys on the way out and pulled the door shut behind him - careful not to slam it. "So how big a bed should we get? They've got huge ones now."

[justakidfrombrklyn]

"I dunno. Something where my feet don't hang off the bed, mostly. Though not one of those California Kings or anything."

He actually shuddered.

"Tony booked the rooms for us once for something and got me one of those and I felt like I'd never reach either side."

[kolodnoykovki]

"We'll figure it out," he chuckled, then pulled out his phone to poke at the map search. He still wasn't sure just how it worked, but it was intuitive enough he didn't get it extremely wrong.

[justakidfrombrklyn]

"I'm following you for the moment. Not really in any kinda hurry, after all."

He trotted down the stairs towards the front entry.

"Where were you thinking we could go for the clothes?"

[kolodnoykovki]

"I need to hit the sporting goods store for sleeves, might find some stuff for you there," he said, "but just shirts. I get secondhand stuff for myself, usually, but they usually just barely have my size. Hey, the bed place is about three blocks away." Pretty short walk just for the two of them.

[justakidfrombrklyn]

"I was wondering where you found those. They look pretty good."

He dropped back to walk beside Jim.

"I'm sure there'll be something good there. Most of the rest of it, we can probably find at the grocery store and the pharmacy. They've got everything at the pharmacy these days, I swear."

[kolodnoykovki]

"Except for milkshakes," he agreed. "The one thing they took out of 'em. Kind of neat to look around 'em, though. All kinds of candy."

[justakidfrombrklyn]

"Where do you get your milkshakes from nowadays? I usually grab one when I'm at a diner but I haven't found anyplace to get them on the go much. Just... smoothies."

[kolodnoykovki]

"Lois knows a place. We went there yesterday. Makes a fantastic lemon milkshake - you should try it," he said, nodding. "Lemon milkshake and a chocolate bar? It'd be perfect."

[justakidfrombrklyn]

"Bed, then milkshakes? Drink 'em while we walk to the sporting goods shop?" he offered, glancing around the neighborhood.

[kolodnoykovki]

"Sounds great. Want the cherry off mine?" Keyboard slid back into the phone, he dropped the phone back into his pocket. He could find the bed store from where they were. Mattress, box spring, frame - just something simple. They didn't even need a headboard, really.

[justakidfrombrklyn]

"If you're offering," because he may have a sweet tooth. May very well have a sweet tooth he couldn't indulge much for a good portion of his life due to a family tendency towards diabetes that he indulges a lot now.

[kolodnoykovki]

He smiled faintly. "I'm offering. And I'm suggesting we go to the pharmacy before we get milkshakes, so you can have a lemon milkshake with a chocolate bar. You gotta see some of the candy they've got in these places."

[justakidfrombrklyn]

"Sounds like I'm being taken out for a real treat," he said with a little grin.

[kolodnoykovki]

"S'the kind of thing you're supposed to do with your best guy," Jim said more quietly, slightly cautious, but more shy.

[justakidfrombrklyn]

"And lucky me, my best guy's knows how to take me out in his town," he said, keeping his voice pitched low but warm.

[kolodnoykovki]

"On your dime - but we'll do it on mine next time."

[justakidfrombrklyn]

Steve shrugged, because he'd never really thought of his money as 'his' so much as 'theirs' for most of his life. Steve reached up and pointed towards one of the shop fronts.

"That the mattress place over there?"

[kolodnoykovki]

"Yep. Last time I saw so many beds in one place was my first barracks. And no way in hell were they that nice." It was a little intimidating - almost. "Let's just hope they've got one firm enough for us."