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Clark Kent ([personal profile] stands_for_hope) wrote2015-06-01 10:49 pm
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Clark and Karen | Continuation Thread

The problem with organized crime was that when a leader fell, all it did was create a power vacuum. Criminals were people as much as anyone else, and amongst them were people who wanted to climb to the top and others that desperately wanted someone to tell them what to do and how to succeed.

With the damage done by the Battle of New York and the 'war' that had been waged between the Devil of Hell's Kitchen and the now-unmasked Wilton Fisk, the field had been left ripe for the picking in more than one way and the cream of the crop of the organized crime syndicates had noticed.

Bruno Mannheim didn't even try to play the philanthropist. No, he was there for one reason and one reason only: easy pickings. And that was why it was getting increasingly dangerous out there for the uniformed crime fighters... and their non-uniformed vigilante assistants. Criminals with guns that reminded them more of the kind of weapons the Chitauri had brought with them. Criminals with allies in other towns, alibis in other places. Nasty on all levels.

Which was why Clark came home that night and headed for his laptop instead of his favorite book. It seemed this journalist was going to have some work cut out for him after all here in New York.

[personal profile] investigador 2015-06-08 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
She wrapped her arms around his neck, and just held him close for a while. It might take some time for her to be able to come completely clean. She was just very unsure, and worried that things could turn really dark for her still.

"I'm sorry, I am...I don't think I could explain, I am just--there is so much pain behind it, what happened. What I did," she said wearily.

[personal profile] investigador 2015-06-08 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
"It's just... Ben, and I--we...he died, He died. It was me, he died because of me, it was my fault," she let it spill out without thinking.

She buried her face in the croak of his neck, and just held her breath for as long as she could hold it.

[personal profile] investigador 2015-06-10 05:32 am (UTC)(link)
She took in a few shaky breathes of air, trying to regain her calm, but it wasn't happening just yet. She clung to him for a few moments, just trying to feel his warmth, his solid weight against her body.

His words shake her out of her thoughts, and she nods a moment, and takes in another shaky breath. "Yes, you can tell me anything," she said softly. Moving then to press a kiss to his cheek. "Just, don't go too far, please?" She asks in a pleading tone.

[personal profile] investigador 2015-06-11 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
Karen slipped into his lap when he pulled her down, and she leaned her cheek against his head for a few moments to breathe him in for a few moments.

She listened intently to his story, and she knew he was right, but her biggest problem was that Ben shouldn't have been there in the first place. That was on her, she tricked him into going to that nursing home, and talking to Fisk's mother. That blame was solely on her.

When he finished, Karen just wrapped herself around him for a hug, it was an intense hug. A hug filled with sorrow, regret, remorse, pain, but also filled with hope, understanding, and caring. "I am so sorry that happened, Clark. I can't even imagine what that must have felt like. And I do understand what Ben did, but if it weren't for me, he never would have - should have - been there. That was on me, and he had to protect me because I was too adamant to find the truth, to find a way to put Fisk away," she finished speaking, took in a shaky breath, and pushed up against him more fully. Wanting to hold him to her tight. "I get what you are saying, with all my heart, and my own heart goes out to you. But, I fucked up, and it wasn't the first time," she said in a shaky voice. There was no way she could tell Clark about Wesley, and she wouldn't want to get him in trouble as well, nor would she be willing to share what happened because she felt like a monster for doing it. No matter what the impetus was behind her actions.

[personal profile] investigador 2015-06-11 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
She listens, and nods at his comment, "I get it," she said softly. She didn't want to get it, but she got it.

Karen let him slip his hand in with her own, and she gives his fingers a nice squeeze.

"I don't know if that matters in some cases, Clark," she said wearily.

[personal profile] investigador 2015-06-11 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
Karen listens intently, and she barely moves, just letting him play with her hand a bit.

His words are wise, and it makes sense, but it doesn't change what she's done. Can't change what she's done, and how it could effect other people. Swallowing thickly, she tries to swallow the lump in her throat. "I hear you," is all she said.

She just couldn't deal with how he would look at her when he found out that she killed someone, and why, and how. It may seem like a good theory, but if felt like too hard a practice.

[personal profile] investigador 2015-06-11 03:13 am (UTC)(link)
Karen wraps herself up against him, and sighs as she takes in a deep breath of him. Would he still hold her like this if he knew what she'd done? Possibly not. It made her shiver deeply. Pushing a hand into his hair, burying her face in the crook of his neck.

The next words slipped out of her mouth, "I think I love you," she said quietly.

[personal profile] investigador 2015-06-11 12:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Thankfully, they were off the subject of her, and onto something more positive, when he said he loved her too, she hugged him more deeply, pulling back to press a kiss to him lips. It slowly got a little hungrier, but she didn't push it.

She rubbed her hands through his hair as they kissed, and she just relished in being with him. Calming down considerably.

[personal profile] investigador 2015-06-12 12:15 am (UTC)(link)
Karen fell in against him with a sigh, enjoying the kiss that he was giving to her, it made her hum against his mouth. When she needed to breath, and pulled back, she was smiling slightly.

"I really enjoy kissing you, Clark," she said in a sweet, but sad voice. The concerns of those tenants she told him about still on her mind. Yet, she didn't want it to interrupt things.

[personal profile] investigador 2015-06-12 02:12 am (UTC)(link)
"Do I need you, no. I mean, I do, but not right now. Go, do what you do. I'll be okay," she said resolutely.

Smiling toward him, she patted his arm, and moved to slide out of his lap.

[personal profile] investigador 2015-06-12 02:59 am (UTC)(link)
When his arms didn't drop, Karen moved back to sit back in his lap.

He tells her that he'll finish the article later, and she nods, and smiles. "Okay, I mean, I don't want to impose is all," she said warmly.

She resettled into his lap, and leaned against him.

[personal profile] investigador 2015-06-12 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
"Thank you," she whispered toward him, leaning in to the kiss to her hair. She curled up, and tried to look him over. Unsure where to take this whole evening? Thankful that he isn't leaving just now.

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