Fix My Mechanical Heart

[IceQueen]

Kiora nodded softly, leaning into him.

 

[grey987]

Moving his arms away from Kiora's body, Mark proceeded to slide his left arm behind her knees and lifted her up off the floor, carrying her bridal style over to the balcony door.

 

[IceQueen]

Kiora giggled softly. "Now we really are married." She joked at his holding position.

 

[grey987]

Mark smiled at Kiora and chuckled, leaning in to briefly press his lips against hers. "I guess we are," he joked back, opening the door with his hand and turning to close it before carrying her to his room.

 

[IceQueen]

Kiora smiled and leaned into him softly, resting her head on his shoulder as he carried her.

 

[grey987]

Mark abruptly stopped on the way to his room and instead stepped inside Kiora's room, setting her down gently on her bed. "I'll be right back," he told her with a smile. "I'm just going to go change into something more comfortable." He then turned and left her room, going into his own to change.

 

[IceQueen]

Kiora smiled and waited for Mark to come back as she settled down for the night.


 
Kiora smiled and waited for Mark to come back as she settled down for the night.

 

[grey987]

A moment later, Mark came back into Kiora's room changed in his black and red flannel pajamas and a loose blue t-shirt, slipping under the covers with her.

 

[IceQueen]

Kiora smiled and put her head on his chest.

 

[grey987]

Mark smiled back at Kiora, looping an arm around her and resting his hand on her shoulder. "Good night, Kiora," he said softly, leaning down slightly to give her head a kiss.

 

[IceQueen]

Kiora smiled. "Good night." She mumbled, curling into him.

 

[grey987]

Mark kept Kiora pressed against him, closing his eyes and eventually drifting off to sleep, his chest rising and falling at a slow and steady pace.

 

[IceQueen]

Kiora closed her eyes and fell asleep strait away.

 

[grey987]

The morning after, Mark had already woken up and was doing the finishing touches to Hunter's repairs, having already rewired several circuits and welding the scratched metal. Once he finished that, he went to go grab a new piece- a medium-sized, circular thruster.

 

[IceQueen]

Kiora woke up with a groan, still a bit tired. She decided to take a shower to wake up.

 

[grey987]

Mark spent a bit of time tinkering with the mech and the thruster, making a few adjustments here and there before finally finishing up with Hunter a few minutes later. "Whew. Glad I'm done with that," he said to himself with a satisfied smile, rolling back the sleeve of his unzipped hoodie and wiping an arm across his forehead. There had been a smear of grease on the skin of his arm when he lowered it. "I should go back upstairs and take a shower, now."


 
@Icefox11

 

[IceQueen]

Kiora had just gotten out of the shower, and she was drying off her hair as she sat in the bathroom.

 

[grey987]

Mark headed up the stairs, thinking about when he could test the new modification he'd made to Hunter. Maybe later today, depending on what Kiora wants to do, he thought to himself.

 

[IceQueen]

Kiora sighed as she finished getting dressed and walked out of the bathroom, looking at him.

 

[grey987]

Mark looked back at Kiora as he entered the apartment, smiling and chuckling. "I'm a mess, aren't I?" he asked.

 

[IceQueen]

Kiora smiled at him and nodded. "I can smell you from here."

 

[grey987]

Mark laughed and shook his head. "Which is why I'm going to go and take a shower, now." Going into his room to grab another set of clothes and pecking Kiora's cheek on his way, he then went into the bathroom and closed the door shut.

 

[IceQueen]

Kiora smiled and went to go rub the grime off her cheek and hopefully succeed at breakfast again. Unfortunately, burned bacon next to the fire alarm does not go well.

 

[grey987]

Several minutes later, Mark emerged from the bathroom freshened up and wearing black cargo pants, a green t-shirt and his trademark green hoodie which was unzipped overtop of the t-shirt. Having heard the fire alarm even before he left the bathroom, he walked into the kitchen with a raised eyebrow. "Everything alright over there?" he asked, even though he could guess what had happened.

 

[IceQueen]

Kiora sighed. "Yeah. I just burned bacon. The landlord is going to call and ask what's up, so yeah, be prepared." She said, just as the phone rang. "And that is her."