Sunday, February 13, 2011

The Ten Signs of His Love

The first of the Dancing With Danger series. It chronclies how The Victor and Officier Huntre went from friends to a couple.

Alicia Huntre never took her hand off her lips as she watched her fellow officers load police vans with Red Rogue and her lackeys. The Thorny Thief had kidnapped the officer but Alicia had gotten herself free and turned the table on the supervillain. But Alicia wasn’t thinking of Red Rogue or her goons; she was trying to figure out how she hadn’t known that her best friend was in love with her. The more Alicia thought about it, the more she realized the clues had been there, all she had had to do was look.

10. The kiss had been her first clue, actually it was the last clue, it just was the hardest for her to ignore. When he had seen her he just ran over and pulled her into a deep embrace.

09. He had run. The brave, unwavering Victor had ran. When they had come up for air, his face had filled with shame and fear. He had apologized for his action and asked her to forget that it had happen. Then, not waiting for an answer, he had left to find Red Rogue and the rest of her thugs. In the ten years that she had known him, The Victor had never left a room without making sure everything and everyone was all right, but this time he had just left.

08. He had yelled. He never yelled. Sometimes he would have to raise his voice to make sure everyone heard him, but he had never shouted. But when she had found him had had one of Red Rogue’s minions by the collar and was screaming into the henchman’s face demanding to know where she was being held.

07. He had said her name. In all the time they had known each other, he had never said her first name. He always called her Officer Huntre or just Huntre. When he teased her he would call her Valkyrie or Val, but he never used her first name. But when he had demanded to know where she was, he had called her Alicia, not Officer Huntre.

06. He let her touch him. The Victor had always been a very out going person. A hand on a shoulder giving support, a thumb wiping away a tear, a hug if needed, but he would always be the one to make first contact. If someone looked like they were going to touch him, he would beat them to it. It was one of the reasons why he was called the Untouchable Man. But not with her, if she thought he was goofing off or needed a good pounding she would hit him or give him a shove and he would let her. She had seen him dodge a fury of punches; he could easily have evaded her, but never did.

05. He made time for her. Alicia didn’t know who was under the mask, but she knows he had to be a very busy man. Between patrolling the city and his charity work, he had to have only enough time for maybe a day job and getting some sleep. But he never complained if she needed help on a case or to vent about her life. He would just lean back and let her cut loose. Then he would give whatever advice he could think of and wave off any thanks before getting back to work.

04. He listened to her. Kind of hard to believe with The Victor, he was renown for his stubbornness. But if she thought he was being naïve or just refusing to see all the facts, she would call him on it. He would ask her why she believed that and nod his head to any problems she might have. Even if he didn’t change his plans or agree with her, he would admit she had a point and let others know of her concerns.

03. He couldn’t stand to see her upset. If she was sick or in a bad mood, he would crack a joke, make a funny face, talk in a goofy voice, honk her nose, or throw a few silly moves in when solving the problem at hand. If all else failed, he would use his dreaded one finger tickle. She didn’t know how he did it but it worked. One minute she would be yelling and the next she would be overcome by a fit of giggles.

02. He smiled when he saw her. Sure, as The Victor he always was grinning, but after getting to know him, she could tell when he was forcing one because it was expected and when he was genuinely happy. Whenever she walked into the room his eyes would light up and his lips would curve up even more.

01. He looked after her. Shortly after they started to work together, he had bugged her to try to have a social life; he even gave her tickets to a show she had wanted to see. She had taken his advice and asked out someone she knew from her neighborhood. The outing had turned sour when on the way home when her date had tried to force a kiss. Before she could react, The Victor had pulled him off her and sent him into the nearest wall. The Victor apologized, saying he only wanted to make sure she was relaxing but had overreacted. He then walked her home and asked her to try again.

That’s it. When The Victor had asked her to try again, she had posed the question of why it was so important to him. He had just looked down and said that at least one of them should be happy then had left before she could respond. Lowering her hand, Alicia decided ten years was a long enough wait. Smiling brightly she raced into the night after a friend who is so much more than that to her.

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