“That’s different,” Roxanne squirmed on the bench uncomfortably, she didn’t want to think too hard about the strange relationship that had grown with the super villain in her life, “It’s hardly like I spend time with him socially. It’s still only kidnappings. Just… sometimes those kidnappings don’t actually result in epic battles.”
There had been at least ten called battles a year lately. Whether due to malfunctions, weather, conflicts, or overlapping with other disasters. Megamind always claimed he didn’t want to share the spotlight with a fire, but both Roxanne and Wayne knew he just wanted Metro Man’s attention to be where it belonged, saving people.
“It’s not- I mean-” Megamind was hot, a blush crept onto her cheeks faintly, “I do like men. It’s not the same. Accepting that he’s a decent person deep down and hoping that he wouldn’t break your heart,” she finally admitted, looking away, “Bad boys might look appealing, but how do you excuse their behavior? How do you justify accepting that they’ve stolen or killed? It would be one thing if they repented, changed, but how could I ever have a relationship, a friendship even, with a man who spends half the year behind bars?”
“You say you know Megamind, or Megaminds. Have you ever seen them behind bars?” she rounded the questions back to Harrison to get the focus off her own fragile heart.
Harrison didn’t realize how much he pried into the personal life and heart of a stranger until he heard that response. It was real, honest, and frankly entirely rational. After all, its one thing to have a friendship with a villain and quite another to spend days or weeks or months with a lover behind bars. He cleared his throat before speaking.
“I’ve never visited any of the Megaminds in jail, but I’ve seen one of them after, specifically after a stint in solitary. He was wrecked, emotionally and physically exhausted. I had to hold him while he slept,” the blue man confessed solemnly, licking his lips and choosing his words carefully before he continued. “I grew up in a prison Miss Ritchi, so convicts don’t frighten me. Orange jumpsuits, bad food, shivs, and guys named Tito are as much a part of me as my business or my designer suits. Prison is long stretches of boredom interspersed with periods of extreme stress. I don’t think anyone does well in that environment.”
Roxanne could see far too clearly how hurt and broken the Megamind she knew might be after getting out. Especially is the time she’d interviewed him was a common day for him behind bars. What Harrison described, however, had Roxanne balking.
“Grew up in prison?” she had to have misunderstood that, “No one grows up in prison. You mean you spent a lot of time in juvy?” that wouldn’t account for the orange jumpsuit or shiv comment. Frowning she tried to find some logical reason and fail. Brows furrowed in confusion she implored him for an explanation.
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