#angelisa

Angelisa added to Artfight!

Rosario: "Really!? I'd love to hear more about it instead of just sitting in the bathtub with my super sexy boyfriend who is feeding my chocolate and filling my wine glass."

Maikel: "Perfect because it is LENGTHY-" and Rosario rolls his eyes and hangs up and Benito is all: "That was rude." and Rosario shrugs and he's all: "He knows I still love 'em. I just love you more~" only for Benito's phone to ring and he sighs and picks it up and he's all: "So, uh...funny coincidence, apparently Maikel uncovered my underground weapons trade so I have to take care of that-" and Rosario groans but sips wine and at least watches as soap and water fall down and drip off of Benito's butt.

OR LIKE, TOMMY AND MARTHA JUST DEAL WITH IT BY GOING OFF THE RADAR. They are UNREACHABLE. Batman is trying to find her with the Bat Computer but nothing is showing up and SHIELD is using all of their resources to find Tommy. Meanwhile, they're on the beach laughing and clinking their wine glasses BECAUSE THEY DESERVE IT. AND WHEN THEY GET BACK, they get lectured so badly but it was so totally worth it. Like, Martha and Elazar totally have an agreement where one of them goes off-radar or off-planet with their s/o and the other person covers as leader for both teams. MEANWHILE, Tommy kisses Martha and he's all: "Every hour I spend with you is precious but we should consider going back tommorrow because I feel like Lonan is doing shit he should not be doing-" and Martha giggles and she's all: "I mean, he does need practice~"

MAIKEL KNOWS HIS VILLAINS SO WELL that he plans his dates specifically on dates he KNOWS they're gone, in Arkham, etc. But obviously since he's a man with many enemies, it's hard to the perfect day so sometimes he takes his chances. Like, he and Felicia are having a really nice dinner at a restaurant and Felicia is all: "I need to use the restroom." and Maikel casually notices a sniper out the window and he's all: "Look at that, I do too! You know what would be fun? Crouching as we make our way to the bathroom and pretend like we're trying to avoid being shot." and Felicia frowns: "That doesn't sound very fun at all." Or like, Cheshire and James-Dean show up to ruin their date and kill them but Maikel is all: "OKAY, how about I buy you two dinner and you DON'T ruin my date with my girlfriend." and they agree but they purposely order the most expensive dishes because they're petty like that. And when Maikel gets the bill, Felicia is all: "Oh dear, we didn't order that much, did we?" and Maikel just side eyes the two of them but he's all: "You know how expensive these places are. It was probably that water refill I asked for-"

LISA AND ANGELO'S DATES ARE KIND OF EXPECTED TO GO OFF THE RAILS. That's why Lisa likes them because they're so fun and exciting. They're driving to see Wicked or something in Angelo's convertible and Lisa sees a black car following them and she hums softly: "Oh dear, looks like we have company~" and Angelo is all: "Lisa, I'm DRIVING. You handle it." and she nods before she's all: "...Did you move my gun from the glove box?"/ Angelo: :"How would I know where YOUR gun is?"/ Lisa: "Because you're very insensitive and like to move my things around without asking. Like that one time I washed my face with handsoap and not moisturizer!"/ Angelo: "HOW IS IT MY FAULT YOUR MOISTURIZER LOOKS LIKE HANDSOAP!?" and Lisa scoffs: "AH-HAH. It was in the side pocket here!"/ Angelo: "Now that you mention it, I probably did put it there when I was cleaning your car-" And Lisa pouts but when the car behind them starts shooting. Lisa sitting up and Angelo uses one hand to hold her skirt down so it doesn't blow up from the wind as she shoots the two front tires of the car.

"We have your wife and director, HALT better listen to our demands or else-" but Angeloux is all: "Put my wife on the phone."

"Oh, you don't believe us, huh? Alright."

And he just sits their patiently as he finishes garnishing the soup and Lisa is all: "Angeloux! Honey, I'm so scared~/ Angeloux: "Woman, why do you insist on playing games?" and Lisa's voice rings out: "Aw, how could you take that cruel tone with me? I'm being held captive by four big men with guns. Are you telling me my big strong hubby isn't going to come to my rescue?~"

Angeloux: "You don't need me to rescue you."

Lisa: "Well it would still be nice to know you CARED!"

and now the people who held her captive are awkwardly staring at each other as she and Angelo have a screaming match before Angeloux is all: "I'm about to start eating this dinner without you. You have 30 minutes to come back home!" and he hangs up and Lisa GASPS before she's all: "OH NO HE DID NOT. Call him again!"

Captor: "...It went straight to voicemail."

Lisa: "UGH. HE'S SO BORING!" so she kicks all of their asses and storms back to her house with Angeloux sitting at the dinner table with her and he just smirks when he sees how frustrated she is.

Angeloux: "Dinner's getting cold, wifey~"

Lisa: "YOU HUNG UP!?"

Like, Lisa trying to seduce and flirt with him because she likes flustering her partners and teasing them. However, Angeloux is a hater and a humbler so Lisa using the tip of her heel to make him look up at her while he's praying and he just looks at her and says: "That new perfume doesn't suit you at all." and he smirks when she gets up and storms out. Or, like, he asks her permission for a new covert operation he's doing and she's all: "I don't know if I want to invest HALT funds in that~ Perhaps there's another way you could convince me?~ Don't you want to mix business with pleasure?~" and Angeloux looks her dead in the eyes: "No." and he turns around and walks away and Lisa frowns and says: "UGH, FINE. Do your covert mission, I don't care anymore."

And after a while, she just decides to stop flirting. Like, she won't flirt with anyone else because she's a married woman! She can't tarnish her reputation like that but she also hates how Angeloux brushes her off. It was cute the first few times but it does do a lot of damage on her self-esteem. So Angeloux noticing that after a few days...Lisa hasn't really flirted or teased him. Yeah, she makes a few snarky remarks but she hasn't been playing coy for a while. He even will purposely bend over in front of her to pick something up but Lisa just continues to read her romance novels or sigh longingly as she watches a romantic K-Drama where the female lead is being swept off her feet. She slowly stops wearing her nightgowns to bed and slowly starts wearing sweats to hide her body because what's the point if your own husband doesn't find you attractive? So Angelo does end up feeling bad and he starts to make excuses for her to dress up nice and be eases up on her.

Angeloux: "Get dressed, we're going out for dinner."

Lisa, huddled on her side of the room playing video games: "I don't feel like going out."

Angeloux: "It's going to be at the new and fancy upscale restaraunt that opened up~" and Lisa pouts even more: "You can go by yourself, I'll just order pizza tonight."

Angeloux: "...I just want to show off my beautiful wife tonight. Is that so wrong?"

and Lisa just looks at him because he rarely ever compliments her and Angeloux smiles softly at her. So she hesitantly stands up from her desk and she quietly says: "Give me a few minutes." and Angeloux hums: "Take your time. Your perfection can't be rushed~"

Lisa: "Okay, you're starting to scare me, Angie."

And he flirts with her the entire night but she just doesn't understand why he's acting like this and wonders if he's just trying to manipulate her or if he has news or something and he gets so frustrated that he says: "Lisa! I just want you to flirt with me again, okay!? I'm sorry I kept brushing you off...and I'm sorry I'm a bad husband. I promise if you do it again, I'll play along....Unless it's really bad. Then I'll let you know."

Lisa, smirking: "Good thing I'm not a bad flirt~ Now, what were you thinking for desert? Or would you rather we do desert at home tonight?~"

It's a bit weird for them for a while because it's hard for them to let each other's gaurd down in their shared home. They have separate offices, separate bathrooms, separate beds, and their living room has a couch but they never sit on it together. Instead they prefer to sit in their respective lounge chairs. They even have separate dish sets that they use and will wash themselves.

Soft moments will happen when Lisa needs to wash her dishes and Angelo needs to wash his at the same time and they awkwardly look at each other with a handful of dirty dishes and Lisa just awkwardly coughs, "Um...I wash, you dry?" and Angelo just nods and they silently do dishes together at first but Lisa keeps trying to start a conversation and Angelo will just nod or shake his head and give curt answers, not to be an asshole, but its just so strange to him.

Or nights when they go to bed and Angelo says his nightly prayer and Lisa just lays on her side and watches him sometimes. But one night, she sits up and she's all: "It's a little awkward hearing you pray when I'm in the same room...do you mind if I join? You, uh, you may have to teach me." and Angelo looks surprised but he teaches her how to do the bedside prayer and she sometimes joins him, sometimes she doesn't but it does make him smile a little that Lisa expresses or at least tries to get involved with his religion a lot more than Martha did. They have separate cars but they sometimes drive to work together, having polite conversations or complaining about Troy for absolutely no reason. If one of them works overnight, the other just staying at the agency with them to help them get work done or just take a power nap in their office because the house feels so lonely and the whole reason they married each other is so they wouldn't feel alone. One night, Lisa was working late and Angelo was tired but he was tired in the way where everything was super funny to him so he could chuckle or snicker and Lisa would look up at him, "What's so funny, husband?"

Angelo: "S-Sorry, I just...I can tell you're reading Warden's report because you roll your eyes a lot when you read his mission reports." and Lisa just smiling and giggling a little when what he says sinks in and she's all: "Ah, you must be very observant, this is Warden's paper." and Angelo just bursts into a sleepy giggle fit and Lisa does join him and slowly gets back to work but she looks at him the same time he looks at her and he gives her a soft smile and she blushes and looks away.

But then, of course, things can't be happy and cute all the time and the reality of their relationship hits them. Lisa is arranging to meet with Ramone to discuss a deal about him selling out information about a crime organization that's been giving him trouble and that Lisa needs locked up and Angelo being in a sour mood because of it.

Lisa: "Angelo, would you mind if I had Ramone over? It'll be a quick dinner and disc-"

Angelo: "Yes. It's sad enough you crawl back to his lousy pub or into his home but I don't feel bad enough for you to allow him into mine." and Lisa frowns and she says: "I'm not crawling back to him, we're just discussing a deal over dinner-"

Angelo: "Bullshit, Lisa. He and his men are the only fucking exception from HALT."

Lisa: "Because he's the least of HALT's worries. His crime family is small enough to not to be too troublesome but big enough that we can exploit it to get to others."

Angelo: "Convient for you, isn't it?"

and Lisa scowls and rolls her eyes: "Look, I'll schedule it elsewhere. I'm sorry I asked in the first place, that was stupid and I won't do it again."

and like, OBVIOUSLY SHE WAS IN THE WRONG TO ASK HER HUSBAND IF HER EX-FIANCE CAN COME INTO THEIR HOME but Angelo just not letting it go even after she apologized so he says, "Everything about your relationship with that man is stupid. I mean, did you truly think that you mattered to someone that much? To Ramone Cobblepot nonetheless?" and Lisa just looking hurt but then she glares at him, "YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING. I DID MATTER TO HIM."

Angelo, smirking: "Just not enough for you two to be married, right now, huh?"

and Lisa just glaring at him and she storms off and Angelo is self-satisfied but that slowly fades away when the house grows lonely and quiet. Eventually he goes upstairs and he sees her bathroom door is closed and she's clearly taking a bath or something so he just gets ready for bed as well and figures he'll apologize to her after she's done. Then he realizes he needs to shower to he hops in for a bit but when he comes out, Lisa's bathroom door is open but her blanket and pillows are gone from her bed and he frowns and goes to look for her.

He checks the living room and she's not there, he checks the guest rooms and she's not there, and eventually he goes into the garage to check and he sees her blankets in the back end of her car and he scoffs and walks up to the window to see her just laying in her car, clearly still crying. When she sees him, she glares and he's all: "Lisa, get back in the house. This is childish!"

Lisa, who was on the phone with Blaise: "Yeah, he just came out of the house."

Blaise: "Girl, Manny and Andrés and I aren't home. You have the keys to our place, just crash there."

Lisa: "I'm not really in the emotional state to drive right now, otherwise I would."

Angelo, knocking on the window: "LISA. I KNOW YOU CAN HEAR ME."

Blaise: "I can fly over if you feel unsafe."

Lisa: "I'm fine. I have a gun in my car..."

and Angelo just rolls his eyes and gives up and shuts off the garage light and goes back into the house. Lisa just talks to Blaise a little more before letting her go. Then Angelo comes out of the house with his own blankets and pillows and unlocks his car and sleeps in the back of it and Lisa is so confused and annoyed but decides to go to sleep and Angelo just slept in his car so he wouldn't feel as guilty for driving Lisa out of the house.

When it's morning, they wake up at the same time and they both feel really sore from, you know, sleeping in each other's cars. When they're in the house and making breakfast, Angelo just groaning and he's all: "...You could've at least called Ramone to get you. That way I wouldn't have felt so awful."

Lisa, slamming her plate down: "Angelo, you bring him up more than I do, at this point. Plus, the whole reason YOU were annoyed was because you didn't like me being near him, right? So I'm not going to sleep over at his house because it'll only upset you further."

Angelo: "I...I suppose you're right."

Lisa: "...And even if I don't mean as much to him as I used too, he at least makes me feel like I do. I'm not saying you have to suddenly fawn over me but...it'd be nice if my husband made me feel like I was more than a roommate with benefits...but maybe I do deserve this..." and she's whispering that last part more to herself than to Angelo but Angelo still hears it and he turns to look at her before he walks over and wraps his arms around her.

Angelo: "...I'm sorry. For starting this. For upsetting you...I really am."

and she doesn't respond for a while so he just swallows nervously and says: "...I love you."

and he doesn't know if he means it, she doesn't know why he said it, but he did want to say something to comfort Lisa and that was the most reassuring thing he could think of to cheer her up. After recovering from shock, Lisa just sighing softly and decides that it wouldn't hurt to say it back.

She wakes up next to Shayan and she furrows her brows and sits up because she doesn't know who he is or she doesn't recognize him and she just slowly gets up from her bed to walk around and look at pictures. AND LIKE, IMAGINE THAT'S ONE REASON WHY SHE'S SO SILENT AND HAS A STARING PROBLEM. Because she forget what time period she's in, where she's at, and sometimes even WHO she is. AND WHEN SHE GETS FEAR GASSED, IT GETS WORSE BECAUSE SHE'S NOT ONLY FEELING HER ANCESTORS FEARS BUT SHE DOESN'T KNOW WHO SHE IS. And when it starts to wear off, she's just speaking either Arabic, Italian, or her native language and she's just looking around and panicking and Shayan just walks up to her and grabs her shoulders and he's all: "You are Ka'na;okwáho. You love dogs, you're the youngest out of four siblings, your favorite thing to do is climb, and your favorite color is sky blue." and he just tells her everything he knows about her until she gets that glint of recognition in her eyes and she smiles and hugs him tightly. AND LIKE, it makes Kana missing her siblings even sadder because they went through the same training so she's terrified that she'll forget about them and they'll forget about her because there are times she looks in the mirror and she doesn't even recognize her own face.

When she does the leap of faith, she feels a sense of herself because her ancestors did it so much and it's just nice to fall through the air, no thoughts in her head and no worries about which memories are and aren't her own. And at least Kana's siblings cared about her enough to limit her time on the animus as much as they could. Hence why she's so cultural, because those are key things about her character too, and she uses her native culture as a way to grasp onto her memories and childhood and who she is as a person. BUT ALSO, imagine Shayan making her a box that kind of works as a time capsule and it has photos and important trinkets for her. So when she gets really bad, he just takes her back home and shows her the box and carefully shows her things and will explain them to her if she's having trouble remembering.

Kana: "Who are those people in the photo?"

Shayan: "That's the Detective League and New Justice getting a commemorative picture. You're right there!"

Kana: "I'm very hard to see."

Shayan: "Yeah, you wanted to be hidden. But we all wanted you to be included and you agreed but, like, it took us two hours to find you in the photo after we took it."

Kana: "...This is very sweet...Cheyenne?"

and even though Shayan hates it when people get his name wrong, he smiles lovingly at her and is all: "It's pronounced Shah-yan."

Kana: "I'm sorry." and he just chuckles and is all: "Don't be embarassed. You don't remember it right now but I was so awful at saying your full native name that it took me 3 days to nail the pronunciation just right. Meanwhile, you said my name on the first try."

and Kana just stares at him and furrows her brows and then she gets that glint of familiarity in her eyes and she's all: "I...I actually remember rewatching interviews of you when you corrected people." and then her eyes light up and she's all: "I'm also starting to remember that one time you got into a fight with my sister." and Shayan is getting excited with her because she's getting her memories back but then she frowns: "And I remember...this isn't the first time where you had to do this...Pretty bird, I'm sorry I keep putting you through this..." but he's all: "Don't! You help me when I have weird past life memory stuff. And like, on the plus side...I kinda like seeing you fall in love with me all over again." and Kana rolls her eyes but she just climbs on top of him and he sets the box down next to him and now they're cuddling with each other as they just continue to go through memories they made together.

Because the Order was not that careful with Angeloux. He was way too young and it doesn't help that the Order filled his head with as many memories that painted them as the good guys. They're the solution. They're the answer. They're the way. Without them, Angeloux would be lost. So it kind of makes sense why Angeloux is self-righteous and so pretentious and so oblivious to the fact that he is a murderous hypocrite. LIKE, I might make it where his dad was the former Seraph but broke free of the conditioning and wanted to escape with Angeloux and his mom but the Order found out and had him killed. But they still feed Angeloux false memories of his dad's "valiant" conquests to give Angeloux something to look up to and idolize. BUT EVEN MORE HORRIFYING, ANGELOUX DOESN'T REMEMBER HIS CHILDHOOD AT ALL. He doesn't remember any birthdays, he doesn't remember when his first tooth fell out, he doesn't remember the faces of his parents, he doesn't remember when he first learned to read. LIKE, HE WAS SO BRAINWASHED THAT ALL HE REMEMBERS IS HIS FAITH, HIS MISSION, AND THAT THE ORDER IS EVERYTHING so he was genuinely devastated when they left him behind and deemed him a failure because they were the only thing he knew.

And it can explain why he was so possessive and got so toxic with Martha because his relationship with her were the only good memories he made for himself and remembers. So when Lisa is seeing him struggle with the bleeding effect, watching him be confused and scared and terrified, she just sits down and she holds his head to her chest and lets him cry and she's all: "Shhh, shh...You're okay."

Angeloux: "M-Martha?"

and Lisa just knowing he's going to be even more confused if she explains that she is, in fact, not Martha. Like, she doesn't pretend to be Martha but she knows that when Angeloux gets like this, he retreats back into his happy memories. Which just so happens to be the ones with Martha so she just doesn't say anything and just assures him that he's safe and sound and he just hugs her and is all: "Martha, I'm scared! I don't know who I am right now. I don't where I am, I- I don't-"

Lisa: "Just rest in my arms for as long as you need. I'll keep you safe."

and when Angeloux gets back to his senses, he has zero memory but wakes up next to Lisa and he's all: "...Why are we in the same bed?"

Lisa: "You're bleeding effect happened again, it was a lot worse this time. You destroyed quite a bit of the house in your hysteria. I thought the medication Vincent made you was working but you have been overworking yourself lately. The built up stress and anxiety must've festered."

Angeloux: "...Did I call you M-"

Lisa: "Yes."

and he feels really guilty and he reaches his hand to hold Lisa's and lays back down.

Angeloux: "I'm sorry."

"We apologize Mrs. Santos."

Angeloux: "Surely there must be a room with at least two beds?"

"I'm afraid not, we're booked for the whole week." and Lisa just blushing and Angeloux just sighing tiredly. LIKE THEY DO SHARE BEDS SOMETIMES but it's not really a common thing. So Lisa just nervously sitting on the side of the bed playing with her hair nervously and Angeloux comes out of the shower and he's all: "Ooh...I had hoped you were already asleep."

Lisa: "O-Oh, I'm sorry. I thought...maybe you wanted me to stay up for you and we would tell each other goodnight?"

Angeloux: "We never say goodnight to each other."

Lisa: "Yes, well, I just, you know, it's different because...You're right, it was stupid. I should've just went to sleep. Ignore me." and Angeloux just watches as she covers herself up in some blankets and kind of puts them over her head and he just climbs in next to her and lifts the covers.

Angeloux: "Goodnight."

Lisa: "...Goodnight."

Or moments when Lisa just accidentally walks in on Angeloux changing in his room of their house and she is genuinely surprised: "Sorry, I'll wait!" and Angeloux just stops her by saying: "If its important then you can stay."

Lisa: "N-no, it can wait!" and she just stands awkwardly next to the door and when he opens it up, he also looks kind of awkward: "For the record, it's not like there's nothing you haven't seen. I don't mind you walking in." and she just laughs it off nervously but he was being dead serious. Or like, Angeloux just seeing one of Lisa's bras on the floor that she must've dropped doing laundry and he just stares at it before he walks go her room: "Um, Lisa, your bra is laying in the living room floor."

Lisa: "Oh, that's embarrassing! You can just set it on my bed."

Angeloux: "O-Oh....I didn't grab it."

Lisa: "You didn't?"

Angeloux: "I didn't know I was allowed to do that..."