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Detective Rosa Diaz ([personal profile] died8yearsago) wrote2019-02-14 10:28 am

MHA #3; Thursday Morning [02/14].

Thank you, everyone, for helping prove Rosa's point that Valentine's Day was an incredibly dumb day.

The three from Kitty were easily the only ones she could deem acceptable and not terrible. Not only had she wound up with mystery flowers from an anonymous person that really had better not be from who she thought they might be or else she was going to have to be really pissed off, but she also got a weird one from her boss (though, he was right, she did appreciate that it wasn't a rose), and a whole bunch of roses that she couldn't even pretend she hated, even if she tried.

And she had tried.

The worst of it, though, was the fact that someone had gotten her an axe. And not just any axe. This was a giant freaking greataxe nearly half her size. Which was bad ass, she had to admit, but who the hell got people giant axes for the dumbest holiday in the entire world? Anonymously! It wasn't even practical; what was she going to use a greataxe for? Though it would make for a pretty sweet centerpiece for the weapons closet. She had been thinking about reorganizing and redecorating in there, anyway...

Still. An axe? And there was only one person she could think of that would actually get her an axe, if it turns out she got her anything, she was going to be pretty pissed off about it.

She may have given it a few experimental swings around the living room, though, and decided that, okay, so it wasn't so bad. Really unweildy and not very useful, as far as axes go, but she could get used to something like this.

She was still going to be pissed off about it, though.

[[because who doesn't love a good wave of reactions posts? It's open! With the expected V-Day slowness]]
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[personal profile] what_the_shock 2019-02-14 06:21 pm (UTC)(link)
That afternoon, Miguel showed up, spent a relieved moment noticing that the flowers weren't still on the stoop, then knocked.
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[personal profile] what_the_shock 2019-02-15 12:28 am (UTC)(link)
"Diaz." Miguel nodded and smiled. "Are you free for a few hours, or have you got plans?"
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[personal profile] what_the_shock 2019-02-15 02:31 am (UTC)(link)
"An axe?" Miguel asked around the dog hellos. "No. I got you flowers and tickets to a Valentine's Day activity I thought you might not hate."
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[personal profile] what_the_shock 2019-02-15 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
Miguel grinned "Well, maybe. What do you think - paintball or laser tag?"

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[personal profile] what_the_shock 2019-02-15 05:15 pm (UTC)(link)
"I mean, anyone else there today has to know what they're getting into, right?" Miguel asked.
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[personal profile] what_the_shock 2019-02-16 01:17 am (UTC)(link)
Rosa, you were a cop!

"Sure. What kind of project. Anything I can help with?"
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[personal profile] what_the_shock 2019-02-16 01:59 am (UTC)(link)
"Sure." Miguel followed along. "How big is...huh. Yeah, I can see where that'd take some reorganizing."
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[personal profile] what_the_shock 2019-02-16 04:48 pm (UTC)(link)
"And you thought it might be me?" Miguel mimed a shot to the heart. "I'm hurt."

He watched as she put things away; he knew better than to offer to help Rosa with weapons.
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[personal profile] what_the_shock 2019-02-17 06:10 pm (UTC)(link)
"I can live with that," Miguel decided. "I'm fond of proximity. So is the axe a good thing or a bad thing, anyway? You could probably do a lot of damage with it."
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[personal profile] what_the_shock 2019-02-17 10:36 pm (UTC)(link)
"Depends if you'd rather get splattered or help me splatter everyone else," Miguel said, grinning.
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[personal profile] what_the_shock 2019-02-18 12:45 am (UTC)(link)
"Nah, figured I'd go this one in jeans," Miguel said. "Unless you want to see the outfit. I'm not above using distractions to help me out."
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[personal profile] what_the_shock 2019-02-18 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
"Of course not," Miguel said. "It's bulletproof and acid-proof, you think it can't handle a washing machine? We can stop and get it, though. On the way to the causeway. I assumed you'd want to drive, but I can call a cab if you'd rather."
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[personal profile] what_the_shock 2019-02-18 02:31 pm (UTC)(link)
"No idea; I've never been painted before," Miguel confessed.
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[personal profile] what_the_shock 2019-02-19 01:13 am (UTC)(link)
"UMF it is." Hey, Miguel didn't need much excuse, either; the outfit was damn comfortable, and it didn't come with a load of associations around here. "You ready to head out?"
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[personal profile] what_the_shock 2019-02-19 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
If anyone had told Miguel two years ago that he'd be running around in tights, he'd have...probably had someone else punch them.

"Yes, ma'am."