Her Superhero Lover

“One last time.”

*****

When she came to, Renee found herself lying peacefully on the couch covered by a light blanket. “Grady?” she asked, blinking. “Where are you?”

“In the kitchen,” he called from the back of the house. “Just a moment.”

He came in, his body dried of sweat, but still naked. Despite the utter boneless feeling in her body, she looked at him with desire again, but a tamped one. Her lust and need could wait. After all, he’d be here, maybe for the rest of their lives. “What were you doing?”

“Ah, sweeping up,” he said sheepishly, glancing towards the kitchen. “That last time, you screamed so high and so loud that you shattered most of the crystal in the cabinets.”

Renee sat up, shocked, before falling back over, laughing. Grady joined in, and soon the two of them were giggling like teenagers at the ridiculousness of it all. “So have the neighbors called?”

“Nah, you so quickly went ultrasonic that they couldn’t have possibly guessed what that was, although a few of them might think we were being pretty energetic,” he said as he calmed down, wiping tears of laughter from the corners of his eyes. “I think the neighborhood dogs might be pissed off at you though.”

That sent them into fresh howls of amusement, and they both laughed until their sides hurt. Grady sat down on the carpet next to the sofa, composing himself while the laughter died down. When Renee calmed down, she reached out to stroke her hands through his now normal light brown hair. “Is it always going to be like this?”

Grady shook his head and smiled. “I don’t think the house could take it. We’re going to have to replace some carpet too, by the way. More importantly, I don’t think we could take it. I’m so hungry right now you could bring an entire cow inside here, let me lop off the horns and skin, and I’ll be happy gnawing it like a Rottweiler. Throw in about two pounds of spaghetti, and I might have a full stomach I think.”

Renee nodded as her own stomach grumbled at the mention of food. “I was thinking chocolate cake. You know, there’s a Marie Calender’s off the I-5 about fifteen minutes away.”

“That’s just one more thing I love about you,” he grinned leaning over and kissing her. “I’m rich, but you just want to go to Marie Calender’s. Next thing you know you’ll say you want to go to Hometown Buffet for dinner tomorrow.”

Renee grinned and shook her head. “Hell no. I’ve got a gig tomorrow. However, I wouldn’t mind finding a Hometown or a Chinese buffet after you and I go over to the Del Mar lab and get a good workout in. If I’m going to be a superhero, I need to depend on more than a punch and a kick.”

Grady chuckled and got to his feet. He held out his hand and pulled her up, kissing her when he had her in his arms. “Don’t forget a spear tackle that would make any linebacker in the NFL jealous,” he said when their kiss broke. “While we’re driving, I’ll fill you in on the rest of your damage.”

“Such as?”

“Such as turning a metal ruler into a throwing star and then giving the pimp slap from hell and knocking a guy out. The teacher of the class you saved gave you major props for that one.”

“Really? Well, I guess I’ll have to make it part of my normal repertoire. After all, every superhero has their signature moves.” She headed off towards the back, where she thought she had left some of her regular clothes from another time she had stayed over at Grady’s house. Before she left the living room, she turned and looked back at him. “By the way, I’m going to have to redesign my costume. I can go with Dark Justice, but I am not flashing my panties any more to anyone. And we’re going to have to come up with a better solution to my change in height than just funky padded shoes. What do you say to taking a month’s vacation somewhere, where I can supposedly undergo a lot of plastic surgery? The society pages will chatter, but they’ll do that anyway.”