Diamond Heart™

“I’ll do my best to not break that promise then,” Griffin smirked, starting to stretch himself out as he waited for Adrian to get ready. The mentor rolled his eyes at the younger man, amused at Adrian’s way of riffing back with him. “Careful, you’re starting to go into an area I’m not sure you want to explore,” he chuckled, bouncing a little on the balls of his feet. “Beat me in the sparring match and then we’ll see how it goes. Are you just going to stand there all day?”

Grinning again at the mentor, before shrugging in his direction. “Well, then you better do your best not to disappoint me, Griffin. Or else I don’t know how I’ll forgive you.” Watching as the mentor stretched his eyes running over the other’s exposed skin, licking his lip again he nodded a little. “Is that so? What makes you think I don’t want to explore it?” Chuckling when he was asked if he was just going to stand there all day, he shrugged again. “I was waiting for you to go first, age before beauty you know.” 

“A promise,” he chuckled, grinning wider at the protege. “Maybe I am,” Griffin teased Adrian, tossing his shirt to the side before lowering himself into a ready position. “In your wildest dreams. I might not be as strong as the other mentors, but I’m definitely enough to have your ass beat, Adrian,” he chuckled before gesturing for the other man to come at him with a little taunting hand wave. “C’mon, big boy. Let’s see what you’ve got.”

“Well then, I should warn you, I’m not a fan of broken promises, sir.” Watching as the mentor moved into a position that he’d be ready to strike from, Adrian did his best to keep his distance at the moment deciding he was going to play with the other for a little longer before going into the actual match. “Yeah? We’ll see about that, though you seem to have some weird obsession with talking about my ass, sir.” Raising a brow at the mentor, “Big boy? I mean if you wanna see what I have then come be my guest, and see it for yourself.” 

“All I’m saying is that when I beat your ass and leave you sprawled on the ground, don’t come crying to me,” Griffin chuckled as he tugged off his shirt. He smirked across the mat at the younger man, eager for their little sparring session. It had been a while since he had the opportunity to go one-on-one in a little physical round. “No powers, alright? Just a good tussle.”

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“Is that a threat or a promise to leave me sprawled out on the ground? Cause you sound way to into it, sir.” Running his tongue over his bottom lip when he saw the mentor pull his shirt off, his eyes running over his figure, partly checking him out and partly looking over his physique to see if he was going to be able to take him on. Adrian liked to think he had a good shot at beating the older. Nodding when the rules were laid out, “No powers, just a good tussle, got it. Oh, and I hope you don’t cry, sir when a protege beats you.” 

     “  that’s true.  but not many as handsome as you,  ”   he  grinned.    solomon extended his hand and waved it.   soon after people were unfrozen.   he looked up at adrian and he smiled.   “  well if anyone ends up sending bullets or something, i’ll make sure to be next to you, or well behind you,  ”   he  chuckled.   he looked down at their hands still holding and he grinned.   he didn’t let go, and he wondered if the other would.   eyes were back at the other and he smiled.   

Feeling a bit of color on his face, and running his tongue over his bottom lip, before giving a small shrug. “I guess they aren’t if you say so. Thank you, though, I appreciate it.” Looking around as people were once again unfrozen. “That’s so fucking cool. That must be helpful when you’re trying to get ahead of people on like lines and stuff.” Chuckling when Solomon mentioned wanting to be behind him if anyone were to shoot at them. “Well, I suppose being behind me will help, a lot.” When Solomon kept holding his hand, Adrian didn’t think much on it, instead just returning the smile, not sure of what the other was thinking. 

     eyes looked around at what he did.   sometimes it amazed him at what he could do with his power.   he wouldn’t want any other power.   eyes shifted to look at adrian’s free hand and seeing the power that he was using.  it was pretty darn cool.   eyes shifted from his hand to adrian’s eyes.   he smiled.   “  that’s really cool.  i love that.   so like, are you vulnerable to getting hit or something?  like, you’re a personal shield?  ”  he asked, keeping his eyes on the other, as his hand was still holding his.   “ brains and beauty.  that’s hard to come by.  ”

Looking around at just what the other was doing was really cool to Adrian, it always amazed him at what other people could do with their powers. His seemed so limited when he observed just how powerful others were. Not that he didn’t like his powers, they had come in handy so many times on tests in school. “Yeah, it’s pretty much exactly like a personal shield. Nothing I’ve ever gone through has hurt when I’m in that form. Though I can’t swim, I just sink. So that stinks.” Chuckling when he heard the other mention him having brains and beauty. “I uhh I guess. Though I would say both of those are debatable. No doubt there are a ton of people here with brains and beauty.” 

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“——i’m not sure.” july didn’t want to submerge himself in water. even though he was certain that he was waterproof and that his insulation was sufficient enough to handle a dip in the pool, he was still somewhat anxious about it. he just hung his feet over the edge into the water. “i think i’m good. you go be michael phelps over there.” 

The light blushes on the tall man’s cheek did not escape Noah’s hazel eyes. He smirked slyly, waited until the other man got into position before he took a deep breath and lifted the weights once more. His muscles tightened, posture quickly adjusted properly, the bi-ceps on his arms bulked up as he lifted. Noah was pleased to notice the other man was checking him out, with a coy grin, he met the man’s eyes when the tall man’s gaze met his facial feature. “Enjoyin’ the view, eh? No worries, Adrian, ye can stare as hard as you like,” He teased as sweat dripped off from his forehead. “Name’s Noah, by the way. Alright, now, three more…”

Noah took a deep breath and hid the smile away. He grunted in a low voice, pushed himself further to do another three lifts before he put down the dumbbells. He sighed in satisfaction, rested and laid on the bench as he ran a hand over his red fiery hair. “Safe hands, eh?” Noah smiled at the man, “I wonder what else those hands can do.”

Looking over how the other’s muscles moved when lifting up the weight, how they tightened and bulked. Working out was not new to Adrian. He’d seen lots of people work out, but it still never went passed him just how good some people looked working out, and right now, the man working out in front of him was quite the catch. Rubbing the back of his neck, he blushed again, and tried looking away from the other a little when it was made clear that he had caught him checking him out, finally nodding a little, he looked back down at him. “Yeah, yeah I am. Really enjoying the view actually.” Nodding again, he chuckled when he was told that he could stare as hard as he wanted, running his tongue over his bottom lip when he saw the sweat dripping off of him. “Noah? That’s uh, that’s a good name. I like the name, Noah. Fitting, since I also like looking at you.” 

Swallowing as Noah finished up the last of his set, he watched as he put down the dumbbells, and laid out, chuckling again when he mentioned wondering what else Adrian’s hands could do. Raising an eyebrow, he smirked a little. “Oh, um, they happen to be good at a lot of things. I’ve been told they’re good at sizing things up, feeling things up.” Shrugging. “Though people have told me the best thing they’re good at is grabbing asses.” 

   “ no, i’m not going to zap you,  ”  he laughed.  really, solomon didn’t need his hand, he just wanted to hold it while he used his power.   with his free hand he extended it out and immediately the place was completely frozen in time, except for them.   “  so, i can kinda stop time, in a way.   really it’s slow down molecules, and also speed them up.   he looked and saw a waterbottle nearby and he flicked his hand and the water inside exploded out of the bottle, the top flying like cork being pulled from a champagne bottle.   “ it’s much cooler when i can make things explode from it.  ”

Chuckling when he was told that he was not going to be zapped and hearing the other’s laugh after confirming that was not going to be happening. Taking his hand then on the reassurance he wasn’t going to be zapped. He watched as Solomon using his free hand demonstrated his power. Watching as things seemed to slow down, he nodded running his own free hand through his hair as he looked around, only then to watch as he made a water bottle pop like a champagne bottle. “I can imagine, this though itself is really cool.” Smiling, he lifted his free hand, now in its diamond form. “I can do that. And I remember pretty much everything I read, so I’m uh pretty decent at Jeopardy.” 

“I don’t actually know. I mean the powers I have are really, I think anyway, cool. Maybe like I could breathe underwater? Or shoot ice outta my hands? But to be honest, I really like the powers I have. I don’t think I would change them.” 

“Any three? I get to pick them? Fine, I guess I’ll finally bite since you wanna know some names so bad. Torque, why? Cause he started this whole thing. Lightning Shot, cause it’s fun watching him lose to me in Trivia Crack and uhhhh the third slot can be for whoever wants to know me more.” @torquethrust @sparksflyitslike

“I mean, everyone here is attractive. I don’t know if I can narrow it down to a few. Why don’t if you wanna know if I think you’re attractive or not, slide into my dms.” 

“I-I have never actually bottomed before. I have only ever topped. I don’t know if I necessarily want to be wrecked though. That doesn’t exactly sound enjoyable. But I mean bidding will start at 300 if you want to get to be the first to, as you say, spread this ass and leave it wrecked.” 

  solomon grinned.  adrian was a flirt, and solomon was glad.  sometimes he might say things and solomon would feel like he would have said too much.  but it was good that adrian was into it.  “ i don’t have one right now.  so you and i can be in there and there would be no interruptions.  ”   he stated.   he kept  his smile though, nodding at the other when he asked about his power.   “  take my hand, and i’ll show you,  ”   solomon said, extending his hand.

“Well then, that makes things even better and it certainly makes things more interesting both in the distance and immediate future.” When he was offered the hand, he looked at it for a few seconds considering what the other would be able to do. There wasn’t really a limit to what the other would be able to do, so this was a pretty big gamble. Smirking a little, “You don’t have like zapping powers where I’m about to be hand buzzed by you, or you don’t have some obscure power where like if you touch someone you can make their clothes fall off or something.” 

“Yeah? Maybe I’ll grab both cheeks at the same time. Might have to feel more than that. Where’d you rather meet up? My room? Your room? I’m open to either or anywhere else really. Just wear something cute that’ll be fun to take off of you.” 

  solomon couldn’t help the awkward chuckle.   he definitely was blushing the moment the other smirked.   what a flirt.  solomon looked down briefly, avoiding eye contact.  he looked back up and he smiled at the other.   “  well, if ever the case, my room is open for that, ”  he teased.   “ i appreciate that.  i guess i found my own hero to watch over me.   i don’t think i’ll have a hard time with teammates, if i get along with them as i am with you.  ”

When he heard the chuckle Adrian had worried he did something wrong, and then the blush and the other’s now avoiding eye contact made him feel worse until he saw him look back up and smile. “Is that so? You sure your roommate wouldn’t mind if we started bumping uglies in there?” Casually running his eyes over the other, before smiling again. “Good to know though.” Now it was his turn to blush when he was told that he was his own hero to watch over them. “Who knows, I can’t promise they’re all relaxed as I am. So I don’t think I’ve asked, what’s your thing? Ya know, what makes you super?” 

  he kept his eyes on the other male.  he chuckled when the other mentioned the singlet.  he wasn’t sure he would be comfortable in that.  “ i might have gotten an erection, especially if someone is holding me down, so good thing i never did that, or watched wrestling.  where you good at wrestling?  ”  he asked.   “ yea, i love soccer.  i just had issues with some teammates, but what’s new.  and tennis, now that sounds like a fun sport.  i think i need to pick that up.  ”   he laughed.  “ yea, i definitely need to keep an eye keeping my legs in check.  ”

Shrugging, “People got them. I may have popped one or two. You just sorta learn to ignore it and pass it off as the adrenaline.” Smirking a little, “Good to know holding you down helps expedite that though. I was decent, not the best, not the worst. It wasn’t really my thing, to be honest. It was more my parents trying to find me a sport, so I got shuffled around through a few until tennis stuck. I’m sorry you had issues with teammates. Hopefully, that doesn’t happen here.” Raising a brow, “I mean I could help keep an eye on your legs for you.” 

 “  thank you, i appreciate that,  ”  he states.  he certainly didn’t want to spend this time alone, and it was nice that he was meeting more and more people and creating new friendships from them.   he glanced up at the other male when he spoke.   “  definitely not that.  i think that might be too physical.  granted i played soccer in high school.  i still don’t know how i made it out alive, my legs definitely got a lot of bruising.  ”  he admitted.  solomon was very athletic, even now.  

Chuckling a little when Solomon mentioned that wresting was too much physical contact. “I mean we had the singlet on preventing too much skin on skin contact.” Nodding when he mentioned that he had played soccer in high school. “Soccer is fun. I never did it on a team sport but I’ve played it recreationally.” Looking down at the direction of his legs when it was mentioned that they got bruised a lot. “Well that’ll get you ready for superhero work won’t it? After my brief stint with wrestling though, I went into something with much less physical contact, tennis. I played that up through high school, actually.”