aiden-zavala

[aiden-zavala]

 fiery-rose:

Rose had gotten back to Hydra base and she didn’t know how to feel. S.H.I.E.LD. was not the demon organization that she had always thought it was. There were genuinely good people there, yet Aurora was right. Rose had a duty to her patients and to her father. For the moment, she was going to remain where she stood before Hydra had ever sent her out onto the field. When she got back, there was one specific patient on her mind, since mutants had gotten back their powers, Aiden. 

The blonde, walked through the halls to where she knew Aiden’s room was. She still was in her prison clothes, which had consisted of a hoodie, t-shirt, and sweatpants. However, she was in them for comfort and the fact that she had nothing else to where back at S.H.I.E.LD.’s base. Pulling her hair down from it’s messy bun, there were clear waves in her hair, as she brushed it back behind her ear. When she reached the door, she knocked and got no answer. 

Slowly, she pushed the door open and noticed he wasn’t in there. Part of her wondered if he had been looking for her. The other nurses were not nearly as nice as she was at times. So she decided to wait. Rose, sat down on his bed and realized how exhausted she was. However, she decided to stay there so she could see how he was doing before she went to her own room to sleep.

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After going so long with a somewhat normal sleeping schedule without his powers, getting them back threw him off completely. The instance he got his normal powers back was a nightmare, the electromagnetic waves swarmed him, attacked him and he passed out. Only to wake up in his room to the bright, obnoxious waves, without anyone asking him if he was okay or not. That was something he missed about Rose, she actually cared about him, just like he cared about her. Now all he has for company are the damn waves. The worst part was that it was as if the Electromagnetic waves were brighter and more active than normal. Since the day he’d gotten technology manipulation back, the waves have slowed down and gone back to their usual brightness, but he still felt as if he was missing something.

Aiden hadn’t realized how much he depended on Rose until she was gone. How much he enjoyed her company, her laughter, her smile, her very presence. He missed it all. Being surrounded by other doctors that were nothing remotely like Rose only made things worse. It was as if they didn’t want to help him at all, like they didn’t want his memories to come back or for him to get any sleep at all. It was disheartening, and it was annoying. Honestly, it was downright depressing. More times than he could count Aiden was quite literally kicked out of the infirmary. Right now was one of those instances. He was on his way back to his room after being at the infirmary for god knows how long. He was so close, so close to downright begging the doctors for some sort of medicine to get him to sleep, but he refused to go so low.

The walk back to his room was slow and quiet. He was only in sweats and a long-sleeved t-shirt, not even shoes. There was a pair of sunglasses on his eyes, protecting his tired eyes from the bright em waves that twitched raced around him.  Thankfully they seemed to be avoiding him today, as if noticing that his computer like brain was running slower than normal, thus unable to process information and, in simpler terms, unable to act as a medium for the electromagnetic waves. Yawning, Aiden opened the door to his room, not surprised to find it already open since he probably left it like that after leaving. However, just as he closed the door, he noticed something in his bed, or rather, someone. It took him a moment to realize who it was, then a few more to believe what he was seeing, once it all computed, Aiden couldn’t help but jump at the woman. “Rose!” He shouted, wrapping his arms around her and pulling her close, “I can’t, I can’t believe you’re back!” Almost as soon as he grabbed her, her let her go, pulling away so he could look at her properly. “Are you okay? Did they hurt you?”

Stay With Me || Aiden & Rose

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Aiden didn’t know what he was expecting to happen, he knew what he wanted to happen, but what did end up happening was none of the previous things. The kid grabbed his leg, well, it was more of a hug, but that wasn’t the point. For some reason, the feeling of the kid hugging him felt, nice? It brought happiness to Aiden that he didn’t recognize, just like how he didn’t recognize this kid, at all. God, why was this kid calling him daddy? WHY him? Why did he have to be the one with some random kid coming up to him and mistaking him for someone else? He doesn’t even have that sort of face, the kind that just looks familiar to everyone, right? Despite the thoughts of how annoying this kid might be with all his ramblings and exaggerated movements, Aiden found himself attempting to actually pay attempt. It actually wasn’t that hard either, since most kids that age had a pretty small vocabulary. Regardless, this inhuman didn’t like what he was hearing from the smaller human. A crying mom? Wings falling off? None of that sounded pleasant. And Aiden especially did not like the part where this lonely kid missed his obviously out-of-the-picture father. Something about that was especially sad to Aiden, but he didn’t know why. Subtly taking a deep breath, the inhuman somewhat patiently waited for the kid to finish talking, then knelt to his level. “Alright, kid, how bout I bring you back to your mommy? That sound alright with you?”

Sylvie/Noah & Aiden | Once upon a dream

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Aiden frowned when Aurora said that her brothers were giving her a hard time, ‘again’. Despite her saying that it was ‘alright’, he didn’t think the same. “Why are they giving you a hard time now? Want me to go talk to them? I could, you know, have a chat with ‘em, man to man.” He offered, concern almost clear on his face. Why anyone would give Aurora a hard time is beyond him, especially her own brothers, that itself just sounded stupid. And, besides, if they were all friends, he could just have a talk with them, right? When Aurora laid next to him, the inhuman easily got comfortable with her all snuggled up close, this position feeling very familiar and right for him. He must lay like this with her all the time, since he can’t see or remember himself doing this with anyone else. “Of course I think you’re sexy, anyone with eyes can see that, it’s clear as day.” He replied, a slightly confused, yet also amused, look on his face. Aurora is super hot, he must’ve told her that before, right? At the feeling of her fingers on his chest, Aiden felt his face heat up a bit, mostly from embarrassment because he can’t remember doing anything slightly intimate with anyone, other than Bethany of course. However, when she asked if he’d been staring at ceilings again, his smile faltered a bit. “Yeah, I, I’ve been trying to get my memories back, but nothing’s been working.” He paused to frown, since this whole memory loss thing was really bringing him down, “Actually, maybe you could help, do you know anyone with wings? There’s this girl, I never get a glimpse of her face, though sometimes I’ll see a smile, a really gorgeous smile, but almost every time I get a flash of memory, I see wings, but I can’t find anyone here with wings.”

Aiden & Aurora | We’ve always been friends

Aiden had been one of the most fun little projects around here. She almost wished this wasn’t all a game and that he truly had been a hydra agents from the beginning. Because they could get along rather well this way. It was almost a waste it hadn’t always been this way. “Oh you know, the usual.” she said. “My brothers are giving me a hard tiem again. But that’s alright because all the more reason to visit you!” she said excited while letting herself fall next to him on his bed. She put her head on his houlder and chuckled. “You think I’m sexy? What a cute thing to say.” she teased. “Well, I just wanted to hang out with you. You know…I could some good company.” she s aid while walking her fingers over his chest. “Have you been staring to ceilings gain?” she asked.

[aiden-zavala]

Despite his attempts to look alert and awake, Aiden found his body sagging and his muscles relaxed. Honestly, he didn’t feel like he fell asleep on the floor, but that could be because he hasn’t slept that well in what feels like forever. Actually, he vaguely remembers falling asleep on a couch. Yawning, the inhuman looked around with groggy curiosity, seeing that he was, in fact, no where near the couch he remembered falling asleep on. The yawn he just let out probably wasn’t helping his claims of being ‘awake and alert’ but that didn’t really matter now. “In my defense, I distinctly remember falling asleep on a couch.” He said, extending a hand towards Mason, clearly expecting the other inhuman to help him out, “Come on man.”

Mason found his patience wearing thin much faster than it usually did. Normally, he would be busy doing something. Whether it was bringing somebody back or recuperating. But now, all he did was pace around and try to find something to do. Growing frustrated with his room, he left and walked around the base. While he was walking, he stopped while he saw somebody lying on the floor. It didn’t take long for him to recognize Aiden, even if he hadn’t known him well he had seen him around a few times. Unsure whether he was hurt or sleeping, Mason walked over and nudged him with his foot. “Yeah, completely awake. obviously.” He commented, raising an eyebrow. “Most people don’t sleep in the middle of the floor, you know.”

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Aiden had no idea what was going on, he just heard a thump and now he was wide awake. Okay, that’s a lie, he wasn’t wide awake, hell, he was barely any form of awake. For all he knew there could’ve been an attack. Maybe someone died, maybe Shield was raiding the base, maybe someone just dropped dead next to him, he wasn’t really sure about what had woken him up, but now he was awake. To be honest, he just really wanted to go back to sleep, he wasn’t even sure if he was dreaming, he just wanted to sleep more.

Hearing someone speak, Aiden turned his head to look in that direction, surprised to see someone that looked vaguely familiar to him. A girl with silver hair, pale skin, someone who was also on the floor just like him. He didn’t know where he knew this girl from, but seeing as she was in the Hydra base, it wasn’t hard to assume that she was an agent like him. “The sky?” Aiden questioned, looking up, expecting to see the sky, but only growing more confused as he looked at the ceiling, “You mean you fell out of the ceiling, right?” Aiden was mildly curious, only ‘mildly’ because he just woke up from a nice long nap and was too tired to do any real thinking. “And I don’t consider that strange, then again I guess I’m not the best at talking about what is or is not strange.”

Mallory was hard at work trying to understand her new ability. As much as it was an inconvenience, it was also pretty liberating. She could do so much more in the base and work offensively rather than defensively all the time. This was going to be the moment she was able to control it and then she lost it and fell through the upper level, landing on the floor below. Groaning she rolled over on her side. Now she was starting to miss her healing ability, she knew her ribs were probably bruised. Out of the corner of her eye she saw someone jump up, obviously startled.

She knew him, and they were sort of friends or at least she hoped they were. Rumor has it he lost his memories, and ended up there. Mallory wasn’t one to give rumors merit and chalked it up as someone was giving him a beautiful tragic backstory. She wondered what they gave her. Probably, strange girl with silver hair, is the only one alive as the smoke clears and she joins Hydra to survive. Wasn’t much of a tragic rumor since it’s partly true. “Nothing is happening, a silver haired girl just fell out of the sky. No need to be alarmed.”

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Aiden had snuck out of the Hydra base, yet again, to explore the outside world. You’d think he’d remember a giant bomb going off, a bomb that leveled NEW YORK, would be something he’d remember, regardless of being hit in the head. Yet, here he is, completely clueless to the events. Okay, not completely clueless, he’s read what he could from the internet, but that was before the second wave went off. He’s happy to get much needed sleep and to relax, but he has to admit things feel very off. Well, he already felt off without his memories, so it’s easy to understand that he’s a bit frustrated now that things are even more off. Hydra doesn’t seem to understand this or, rather, they do and that’s why they’ve put him under more surveillance, very strict surveillance. Of course, after years of sneaking around people who were paid to keep an eye on him, it’s pretty fair to say that he’s really good at sneaking away from people. Granted he’s going to be in trouble when he gets back, but nothing will really change. This time, however, was different. Aiden decided to look around the market. Normally he’d wander the rubble around the Hydra base or dare to wonder to no man’s land, but today he wanted to see the people, so he went to the market.

It’s so weird to see all these people, some Hydra, some Shield, some just there, and most of them didn’t seem to care who was who. Very amazed and very curious, Aiden explored the market area. He’d been looking around for god knows how long when he felt a sudden weight bump into him. Before Aiden could even question, there was a high, loud voice screaming below him. Then there was pain, just pure, white pain. He could hear screaming, a lot of screaming, and his own voice, trying to sound soothing but obviously very panicked. Then there was crying, loud crying, but also happiness, very powerful, tear-jerking happiness. Of course, just when Aiden started to see someone, someone he knew was important, the memories were gone. Just before it was over, he saw something, a smile, a gorgeous, tired but happy smile. Very confused, he looked down to see a kid, hands outstretched to him as if expecting Aiden to do something. “Um,” He paused to look around, feeling very confused but also unwilling to just step away like he wanted to, “No, I’m not, where’re your parents?”

Sylvie/Noah & Aiden | Once upon a dream

“Noah don’t wander off.” Sylvie told her four year old son as they wandered the market. It was a busy, sunny day and Sylvie was looking for all kinds of fabric. Now her wings were gone her body had changed. Which meant she was clumpsy, her balance was worse, her eyesight was no longer enhanced, her bones were heavier and most annoying of all she got cold again. She could no longer stand the low tempratures and the clothes she had did not only not give her enough warmth but they also all had cut out backs to allow her wings to come through. With her new power of invisibility this was no longer needed. Which meant she had to redo her entire wardrobe. “How much for this?” she asked the woman selling the colorful fabrics.

Noah had let go of his mother’s hand. She hadn’t noticed because she was feeling the satin and talking to the lady. Noah looked around, big eyed and impressed by all the people roaming around and yelling about their merchandise. He wandered off a bit. He was dreamer and everything that moved or he deemed beautiful caught his gaze. Noah crawled through the legs of all the people until he bumped into the tall man in front of him. Noah looked all the way up. Everyone was a giant in his eyes but this man had caught his attention because there was something so very familiar about him. “Daddy!” Noah called out, stretching out his hands to him, wanting to be picked up. 

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Aiden physically lightened up when he heard Rose’s voice, the calming sound always soothing to him. Seeing her smiling face brought a smile to his once worry ridden face. Being in a mental asylum for so long has made him hate anything remotely medical-like, especially hospitals and places similar to them, but for some reason Rose made him feel safe even when in the hospital section of this gloomy place. “A, both?” He replied, his smile turning a bit sheepish as he admitted that there was both something wrong and someone he wanted to talk to. “I’m alright, getting a lot more sleep than usual, which is great. How’re you?” He asked, genuinely curious because he knew how hard she worked for the people here, himself included. 

Rose+Aiden || Lose Confusion

Rose was dealing with Zadrian threatening her over trying to get his sister’s clothes, finding out Steve and Theon were and Hydra, her new power she still had to keep hidden, and other minor things. Least to say, she preferred to be at work for the moment. Yet, the hospital wing was a bit empty today. No problem, she would just try to organize everything and make sure everything was clean. It was then she heard a voice that was unmistakable. Turning in the direction of the voice, she had a huge smile on her face. “I’m over here, Aiden. Is something wrong? Or do you just need someone to talk to?” Rosalie started to look around to see if she could spot him. When she noticed him, she walked up to him. “There you are. How’s my favorite patient today?”

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Aiden is always bored within the Hydra base, everyone who comes within earshot knows that. Pretty much every word out of this inhuman’s mouth is a complaint, sometimes about the noise, sometimes his boredom, sometimes he just complains about the damn weather. But now, right now, Aiden is sleeping like a baby, on the floor of all places. Now, after everything that’s been going on, he shouldn’t be sleeping, let alone on the floor, but there he is, doing exactly that. Granted, he wasn’t aware that he was doing it, he’d just fallen asleep while doing something, but a sudden noise brought him out of this ‘peaceful’ sleep. “WHAT, what, what’s happening, I’m awake, I swear.”

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Rose+Aiden || Lose Confusion

This second wave thing has been a great experience for Aiden. Finally, for the first time in a long time, he can sleep. There’s no annoying, bright lights or static to keep him up or wake him up if he does get some sleep. He can rest. Which, in all honesty, is all he’s been doing. Sleeping is great, it’s a lot better than how it used to be, now he can sleep for hours. But, at the same time, there’s a downside to this whole, ‘new’ power thing. His memories, the ones that he’s gotten back at least, they seem faded, much farther away. That worries him, a lot. What could that mean for his amnesia? Is it getting worse? Is he getting worse? Did his other power, the much more annoying one, the one that made his life hell, multiple times, did that power make his amnesia better? Without it, are his memories permanently gone? With all these questions buzzing around his mind, the inhuman decided to visit the hospital section of the base and seek out help. Of course, there was only one person he felt comfortable talking about this with. “Rose? Rosie, you around?”

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Aiden groaned loudly in annoyance, the sound echoing off the walls of the empty room he was currently occupying. His ‘old room’ apparently. When he’d first walked in, he had a terrible headache and images flashing through his mind, there was also this blinding, overwhelming feeling of happiness. But that was a long time ago. He was hoping to trigger more memories by laying in the dusty bed or opening drawers and stuff, but now there was nothing , hell he was lucky to feel ‘comfortable’ in this weird, slightly familiar room . Aiden had been told that ‘forcing’ things to happen wouldn’t make them happen, but that didn’t stop him from trying, especially when he’s stuck in this base. Hearing a sudden, very familiar voice, Aiden sat up and looked to the source of the voice. “ There’s the sexiest girl in all of Hydra.” He said with a smile, obviously much happier now that his friend was here, “What’re doing here?”

Aiden & Aurora | We’ve always been friends

When Aiden had been brought to Hydra with a loss of memory she had been absolutely delighted. He had always been so handsome, only his judge of character had been awful and he could be so awfully annoying. Especially because he had this thing for the winged freak of nature. She had not forgotten or forgiven him for hurting her and her brother. But after the bombing his mind seemed to have been reset and the blank canvas was completely free for her to color in. Which was a marvelous game. Aurora had grown tired of the troubles with her brothers and decided to pay Aiden a visit as a pleasant distraction. She appeared in his doorway with a flirtatious smile. “If that isn’t my favorite Hydra agent.” she smiled. “Handsome as ever.”

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Aiden could easily see the concern on Sylvie’s face, the way she obviously worried for Luca, which only made him even more concerned for the other man. While he and Luca may not be the best of friends, he knows that the music teacher wasn’t very good at defending himself, powers or not. Only the more reason for Aiden to look more into this James guy. He already had a bad feeling, only having it multiplied if Sylvie felt the same way. 

Once the tension had cleared, all with a simple kiss, Aiden smiled and watched her walk away. He knew that no one would hurt them on this island, that everyone was informed of why they were here alone(or at least given a small summary), but still. After everything that had happened, he didn’t want Sylvie out of his sight. Even though she has shown that she is capable of defending herself in deadly situations, he didn’t want her to be in deadly situations, Period. 

Stretching his arms over his head, Aiden made his way to the gorgeous beach that awaited him. He had memories of being in a similar spot with a few people, talking with them about simple or silly things. The beach seemed so empty now, without the chairs, umbrellas, and the people. But, it was also much more peaceful. Breathing in the fresh, salty air, the inhuman pulled a pair of sunglasses out of his swimming trunk pockets and surveyed the area. It didn’t take him long to find the breach chairs and large umbrella pre-set up for himself and Sylvie, since they were the only things covering the sandy shore. He figured that, since he was going to be swimming, he might as well take off his shirt. Without a second’s hesitation, Aiden tugged off his shirt and tossed the thing to the chair on the left. 

He noticed some activity on the Em waves above him. Despite the island being fairly remote, there were a few EM waves around, nothing too big, just a few thin ones, probably connected to phones and a computer or two, not enough to cause sleeping problems for Aiden. Honestly, it might not even be the lack of seeing the waves, it was more likely Sylvie that was the one helping him get more sleep. Snuggling with her at night, holding her close, hearing her soft breathing and the gentle beating of her heart, it’s so calming, he falls asleep much faster than normal. Shaking away the thoughts, Aiden realized that he must’ve been standing there looking at nothing for a while now. And there seemed to be a feeling of someone watching him. Curious, he turned around, only to smile widely when his eyes landed on Sylvie. He was just about to call out to her when he was distracted by her gorgeous, well, everything. Her wings, her face, her eyes, her everything, Just, Sylvie, her gorgeousness, it catches him off guard all the time, makes him hold his breath. Her wings, jesus, she looked like an angel, like she always does. The only thing that brought him out of this fog was the sight of the ice cream falling to the ground. It seemed so sudden, the dull sound catching him off guard, and suddenly he was falling in love all over again. “Sylvie, I think you dropped something.”

Sylvie & Aiden || Fly away with me

[aiden-zavala]

Aiden has only celebrated his birthday a few times, at least, a few times that he’s remembered. One time in the institute, he specifically remembers one of the doctors saying ‘oh, Zavala, it’s your birthday, lucky you’ so offhandedly. Bethany insisted that they celebrate, so they snuck out of their rooms late in the night and broke into the institution’s cafeteria. Somehow they found ice cream and had an amazing night, all without getting caught. Then there were a few times when some of his coworkers tried to surprise him with miniature birthday parties, but each year they seemed to realize that he wasn’t into it, nor did he really care, so they slowly came to a stop. So, in conclusion, birth dates have never been a thing Aiden has made a point to remember, especially not his own. But with Sylvie, he’s pretty positive that’ll change very soon.

“You think? Sounds like a it of a handful to me.” Aiden said in response to her own statement about the twins. “Not that I wouldn’t want kids. I just, I don’t think twins would be a good way to start out, you know?” The twins were his brother’s oldest kids, and Aiden can’t even imagine what it would be like to have twins as his first kids. That’s, like, twice the amount he wants to start out with. Are there even books about how to take care of twins? He could probably find some, or at least some blog articles. So maybe it wouldn’t be too hard. Focusing back on the topic at hand, Aiden’s eyes focused back on Sylvie’s gorgeous face. Though, he could see the thought in her eyes, the way there were questions she hadn’t spoken yet. Then, just seconds after thinking that, Sylvie asked if she could ask him a question. “Of course Sylvie, I might not be able to give you a lot of information, but I’ll tell you what I can.” He stated honestly. If the files were encrypted or harder to get, then that meant the files were classified. If they were easily accessible, then everything was open for the public, or at least ‘public’ in Shield terms. Frowning, the Inhuman searched all of his memories for anyone named James D. Finding nothing, he searched just James. Still finding nothing, Aiden just shook his head. “I don’t know anyone by that name.” He said, which was a bit unsettling. If there was an agent in the school that he didn’t know about, that would be a problem. He’s in charge of a majority of the security and monitoring students. So, either some agent was wandering around, specifically without his knowledge, or there was no agent at all, just someone wandering around. Possibly someone associated with HYDRA. There was a strike of worry that flashed across the Inhuman’s mind, worry not only for Sylvie, but also for Luca. Could Luca be unknowingly involved with someone connected to Hydra? Pushing away the thoughts, for now, Aiden just pulled a new smile to his face. “I can’t think of anyone, but I’ll definitely look into it.” He promised, pressing a kiss to her forehead. 

The sound of her cheerful laughing washed over him, filling Aiden with joy and pure happiness, only fueling him to do more. Gosh did he just to make her this happy all the time, forever if possible. He wished they could stay on this island forever, but they have to get off at some point. Good thing they have the chance to meet his family, who knows, maybe that’ll give him more ideas for their future. “It’s strange, but I’m happy.” He explained simply, pretty sure that didn’t make any sense, but it was okay because he meant it, it made sense to him, and that’s pretty much all that matters. “Yeah, but, I stayed very close to the shallow end. People say that some things will just ‘come to me’, like from muscle memory, but I’m not big on that, leaving stuff to chance, so to this day I still don’t know certain things about myself. I don’t know if I can swim, play with a yo-yo, or other things that involve ‘instincts’.” It was hard to explain all of these things, but for some reason, he had a feeling Sylvie understood things, had a feeling that she understood him. “Alright, I’ll meet you at the beach!” He said, gently cupping her face in his hands and kissing her on the lips. “Take all the time you need, I’m not leaving this island, not without you.”

Sylvie & Aiden || Fly away with me

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Aiden’s expression became even more sheepish, if at all possible, but just when he thought he’d hit the peak of redness for his cheeks, her words brought him away from his embarrassment. “You’re not a toddler, you’re brilliant.” Honestly, age didn’t matter to him, he was all about Sylvie and her brains, her very unique, creative brain. He looked a bit confused when she asked his birthday, wondering why that was something she wanted to know, then he remembered that most people remember that kind of stuff. “May.” He replied, though he still seemed a bit hesitant on his answer. With his free hand, Aiden reached out and opened the closest EM wave, it didn’t take him long to open his file and find his birthday, since that was usually one of the first things listed in files, it didn’t occur to him why they did that until now. “Yes, May 30th.” He stated, much more confident in his answer now as he closed the EM wave and gave her all of his attention. At her next question, the inhuman’s expression changed to something different, more serious. “Of course no Sylvie, I would never breach your privacy like that.” He said, granted he usually did do such a thing to other people(mainly to find out their names and power, if they had one), but that wasn’t the point.

Aiden’s smile widened and his mind immediately wandered to when they could spend time with his brother. “We could do it later this week. That gives both of us plenty of time to relax. He says his kids are kind of a ‘wily’ bunch.” He explained, returning her kiss with passion but continued gentleness. “I believe he has four kids. One set of twins, a 5 year old, and their latest is one year old.” He wasn’t able to give off the same kind of enthusiasm his brother did when explaining the kids, but he figured that was because the children weren’t his own. Maybe he would be like that with his own children? “I’d love to spend Christmas dinner with you, Luca, and, Calvin.” Aiden said, faltering a bit when saying Calvin’s name, but still smiling. “It doesn’t matter if it’s a little bit or too much, if it makes you happy, it’s a family.”

Aiden laughed when Sylvie suddenly jumped off the swing, showing a lot of energy he hasn’t seen before the incident. Suddenly he rushed forward and wrapped his arms around her, picking her up and spinning her around while he showered her with kisses. It’s been a while since he’s done that, too long in his opinion. “Yes, we shall.” He replied as he gently set her down, “Ice cream sounds delicious, but I have no idea if I actually know how to swim, so it’ll be an adventure for both of us.” 

Sylvie & Aiden || Fly away with me

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Aiden felt his cheeks flush with embarrassment and the blue orbs that were his eyes darted up to focus on some floating clouds. He’s never had this sort of problem before, age issues. It’s entirely new to him. Sure he’s heard about this stuff before, but usually the things he hears are about one of the two going to jail. He knows that the age of consent in New York is 16(which is kind of young in his mind, but that’s not the issue), so he wasn’t worried about that. In fact, he was worried about what she’d think of him after finding out how old he is. He heard her response, making his face grow even redder, but then he heard her laughter. Growing confused and curious(and more nervous), Aiden slowly turned his head. “You’re not mad?”

The feeling of her soft hand stoking his cheek made Aiden feel calm again, but he wondered if she could feel the warmth of embarrassment on his cheeks. Though, he couldn’t feel the heat as strongly anymore, maybe she had teh magic touch. Smiling a bit, Aiden nodded and said, “I’ll try.” Honestly, he would do anything for Sylvie.

Aiden’s smile returned full force, his lips pulling back to reveal bright white teeth and his eyes shining brilliantly. But he didn’t care about anything else, just that Sylvie was coming with him, just that she could meet his family with him, the nicer part of it at least. “Really?” He asked, though he was sure he already knew the answer since she’d already said it twice, “Thank you Sylvie.” At the question of when, he wasn’t really sure how to answer that. “I said I’d have to talk to my date, but he said we could visit whenever, just as long as I gave him a heads up. So we can do this whenever you want.” He explained wanting her to know that there was absolutely no rush at all. They could do it anytime they wanted. “And we can stay for however long you want as well. If you just want to do a simple dinner, or if you want to spend a couple nights there, he and his family live in this country house, lots of land and open space, they said they’re open to anything.” He might be getting a bit ahead of himself, but god, he was so happy. He’d been nervous to meet his brother and his family alone, but having Sylvie by his side gave him strength and determination.

Sylvie & Aiden || Fly away with me

[aiden-zavala]

“Nothing.” Aiden shook his head, wanting to reveal only a few secrets at a time, but smiling to assure her that everything was okay. Though, he definitely wasn’t expecting her to ask the next thing. “My age?” He paused, more than highly aware of their age difference, but not sure of how she would react to things once they were said out loud. Besides, his past may be behind him, but his age isn’t exactly something he can change, even if he wanted to do so for Sylvie. “I’m 25.” Aiden was going to introduce the thought slowly, but some idiot part of his brain just decided to rip the band-aid off.

The question about reading his files wasn’t entirely new to him, sure only a select few new about his life, but his memories, or lack there of, isn’t something he wants even those close to him knowing. “Pretty much. I mean, my power gives me almost unlimited access to everything. If there’s something my file doesn’t tell me, I could just look into my family’s records. That’s including banks, transcripts, resumes, hell even credit card accounts. Protection softwares and other security things can only keep me away for so long, eventually I get the information I want, and maybe a headache afterwards, but the information is worth it.” He explained, wanting her to understand more of his power but not wanting her to worry either. 

Hearing Sylvie say that he should go only encouraged his thought of bringing her with him. How could he go anywhere without her after the things she’s just been through? Letting her out of his sights for a few minutes was like hell to him because he didn’t know who or what could be lurking in the small crevice of a bathroom. He’s seen the Avengers in action, so he knows that somethings that might not be believable actually exist. Though the expression on her face and the tone of her voice told him that she was scared. Aiden forgets that she doesn’t like her wings or, rather, the people around her don’t like her wings. He hates that, because they’re gorgeous. He could be biased because she’s his angel, but Sylvie is still a very likable, mostly lovable, person. It actually took Aiden a few seconds of thought to remember something, something important that he probably should’ve mentioned way before any of this. “Well it’s a good thing they’re inhumans like us.” He said smoothly, the had that had been wrapped around her moving carefully to touch the feathers on her wings. “I can’t believe I didn’t mention this first. My brother was affected by the inhuman wave. Then so were his kids. I don’t believe their powers are extremely noticeable, but he said that he wouldn’t mind me, you know, looking into space and waving my hands around like an idiot. And if he doesn’t mind that, then he definitely won’t mind the sight of a literal angel appearing in his home.” He said, smile continuing to get wider. He hoped he wasn’t pushing her too much, he just wanted her to know that she was welcome. “If you don’t want to come, I understand, but I really want to you there with me, as my girlfriend.” The inhuman moved his hand from her feathered wings to her hand, gently enveloping her fingers with his own, “As my angel.”

Sylvie & Aiden || Fly away with me

[aiden-zavala]

Aiden nodded when she questioned his ‘good guy’ statement. “I mean, I wasn’t a thief or a-” The word ‘killer’ caught in his throat. That was something he could hold off right? That was something he didn’t have to tell her right now. Right? “Anyway,” He continued, clearing his throat and moving on, “from what I understand, I was an attention seeker. I didn’t care what kind of attention I got. It makes sense though, I was one of five children, not to mention I was in the exact middle, two older siblings and two younger. I must’ve been lonely, or something, and acted out so that my parents would give me attention.” Even as Aiden explained these things, these things about himself, he still felt a disconnection to the words. That wasn’t him. Sure he acted out once in a while, but it wasn’t because he wanted to please anyone or he wanted someone’s attention, it was because he was bored. 

His smile widened when she apologized, leave it to Sylvie to make him smile when talking about something so unamusing. “To be honest, I never saw it as a bad thing. I’ve read my file and that life, that old ‘me’, none of it sounded that great. I’m happy with the how I am now, with the friends I have, especially the angel by my side.” He explained, leaning down so he could press a gentle kiss to the top of her head. She helped him think, think like a person, like a normal person. Normally the Inhuman thought that he spent too much time thinking about things, but now she was showing him that he might not have considered everything.

As Sylvie spoke to him, Aiden gave her all of his attention, and then some. Even when he wanted to jump in and say something, he let her speak, god knows she never got to do much of that. In the end, he was really happy he did. Just like Aiden was always telling her, Sylvie was showing off her true genius. “I know they aren’t the awful ones. It’s my older my. He moved out long before my incident, to be honest I don’t even know if he’s aware of what happened. He invited me to dinner, him and his family.” He explained, even though none of this information changed anything for her. At least, it changed things for him, if only a little bit. However, the kiss gave him determination, as if a fire had been ignited somewhere inside of him, a fire that only Sylvie could find, a fire that only burned for her. He kissed her back passionately as he wrapped his arms around her, wanting her to know just how appreciative and thankful he was to have her in his life. “Come with me.” He said just after pulling away, close enough for their foreheads to touch. “He’s got a wife, four kids, and they live in a place with lots of space.  I, I don’t know if I could do it without you.”

Sylvie & Aiden || Fly away with me

[aiden-zavala]

“I’d love to help you take the bandages off tonight.” Aiden replied, wrapping his arm around Sylvie and pulling her closer, if at all possible since their legs had already been touching. His fingers barely brushed against the feathered appendages, the urge to touch and feel them as strong as ever, but right now he just wanted her close. While he loved the sight of her smile, his eyes flicked away and he found himself looking down. He was too distracted to fully appreciate it, which made him feel worse, but at the same time he felt like he didn’t deserve her patience.

“My family is fine, I mean, I think so.” He replied, a small, but humorous smile coming to his face, “We haven’t been in contact for a few years.” He knew that this much was only so vague, but he was just building himself up, getting ready to explain to her everything she needed to know. “My power, technology manipulation, makes my brain act similar to a computer. The power also allows me to see these things, they’re called electromagnetic waves, every machine has them, but their size and strength depend on the size and function of the machine they come from. Since I myself am not a machine, I don’t have a wave, but my brain attracts them, it’s, it’s like a magnet. The attraction gets stronger if I manipulate a machine for too long or keep in contact with a wave for too long.” He hoped this wasn’t too much for her, but this was a very watered down version so he figured it would be enough, for now at least. “When the wave first hit, I had moderate control, but I wasn’t aware of how dangerous the waves were. One day they all swarmed at me, forcing me to download all their information. I was overstimulated and, just like any other computer, my brain just shut down. I woke up in the hospital a few days later, no memories of anything, as if my brain had just done a factory reset or something. I wasn’t exactly a good guy before all of this either, which meant my parents weren’t happy with me. They thought I made up the whole thing, that I’d had some sort of psychotic breakdown, so they basically disowned me. I was institutionalized for a while, some stuff happened which resulted in Shield finding me, but that’s not important right now.”

Already Aiden had shared more with Sylvie than he’d willingly shared with anyone else. Shield knew everything, well, all the higher ups did. Aiden made sure no one knew about his past unless strictly necessary. But Sylvie, she’s different, he wants her to know, he trusts her, god knows he does. “Since then my family didn’t want anything to do with me. Shield pulled he out of the institute and since waking up in that hospital bed I haven’t had a single conversation with anyone in my family. I was okay with that, honestly I was. I just figured that if I needed them, they’d be in my life, you know? I figured that, if they wanted to see me, they would try to find me. But now that someone has, I, I don’t know how to feel or what to do.”

Sylvie & Aiden || Fly away with me