I know where the Manpower office is, it’s not far. And Lyn lets me stay with her.’ ‘Yeah, Lyn told me all that too. So I haven’t caught you ly...ng yet. You had lunch already? You hungry?’ — Thus began my funtime with Clarita. She invited me to eat. She invited me to play guitar. She invited me to tell stories. She invited me and Lyn for dinner, and before- and after-dinner wine, and more guitar music and stories. She invited us to stay the night in her king bed. Lyn declined, I accepted. Turns. But I told her about my experience with The Storm’s magic and how it was certainly the greatest sexual experience of my life. I think that really held water with her because she probably thought I was the greatest sexual experience of her life. I was describing something even greater without involving intercourse. “Are you coming with us?” I made it seem as though it was the utmost important thing for me to take her there. I simply didn’t want to go without her. “Hanna and I want to take you to. Then almost as though by mutual consent they halted their exploring hands and settled in a comfortable stillness, his hand still covering her warm globe, hers on his chest. Their kiss gradually subsided and their lips pulled slightly apart. ‘That does feel nice,’ Steve murmured. ‘Umm,’ was all the response Jennifer gave. The bright moonlight suddenly dimmed and both the young people instinctively looked up. Dark clouds had begun to sweep in from the west and the first of these had slid across. "Good. Then we wait. We wait until these so-called heroes are sufficiently distracted. And then we strike. Monitor the target subjects. Inform me when it is time."Upstate New York: New Avengers HeadquartersPepper Potts walked into the suite she shared with Tony Stark, kicking off her heels and dropping her bag and files onto the desk in the entrance hall. The living quarters weren't as lavish as Tony's usual penthouses and mansions, but the suite was still quite nice compared to some of the.