“Well if you’re paying, I’m to deny myself a little treat,” Roxanne smirked, she wasn’t above taking gifts, it felt stupid not to. Unless there were strings attached and she didn’t get that impression from Harrison.
“Personally I’ve never really gone for the dramatic makeup for myself, well… not since high school anyway,” she’d had a brief foray into the grunge look while dating Mike. It hadn’t really worked for her and it certainly didn’t fit her current career path, “Oh gosh, that was so many years ago.”
“It was a year or two into the kidnapping? Things were rather sketchy back then. I can’t even tell you how many times things went wrong before they’d even call Wayne in. Anyway, they’d interrupted my date. Or my attempt at a date. He’d stood me up after getting spooked about ‘stealing’ the hero’s girl,” Roxanne rolled her eyes with a sigh, “I think it was the first time Megamind had seen me with more than just my work makeup on because his banter just sort of stopped and he just was staring at me. I can’t even remember what he said now, but it just felt good that at least someone was appreciating all the effort I’d gone to that night.”
“So when he started asking questions I told him it’d be easier to demonstrate than to describe it,” she laughed fondly at the memory, leaning back on the bench, “Never even called Metro Man that day. We spent the rest of the night drinking cocoa Minion made and I did Megamind’s makeup. I hadn’t had much practice doing someone else’s makeup before, and especially not on his skin tone, but god that was fun. I didn’t have much to work with that would fit him so I stuck to the eyes and a clear gloss. He asked questions through the whole thing… it was the first time I think I ever really met him. The real him. You know?”
“See, now this is what I don’t understand. You hang out with him socially, sharing make up tips and drinking cocoa. It seems like you get along quite swimmingly. But you wouldn’t date him?” Harrison raised a quizzical eyebrow. “Maybe I’m biased because I’ve also been lucky enough to see the man behind the image with several of the Megaminds in town, but they’re all little sweethearts underneath. So seriously no interest?”
Roxanne blew out a breath and tucked a strand of hair behind her ear. Lack of interest wasn’t the problem at all. Too much interest was the problem.
“It doesn’t matter what he could be, it matters what he is. People are defined by their actions, all of them. Whoever he is in private, he’s also a convicted felon and a super villain. You can’t just ignore that,” just because he’s cute. Just because he looks stunning in leather and makes her heart race. Just because he intrigued her more than anyone she’d met in a long time, “Besides, if he was going to change his ways, he’d had plenty of years to do that. I could never let myself fall for someone like that,” not again.
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