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“What took you so long?” Lizzie questioned as her husband walked in though the door around roughly one in the morning
“You happened babe” he sighed as he sat down on the couch next to her, leaning most of his weight on her as she paused what she was watching. “I happened four hours ago Joel, please dont tell me the forced you to stay out there that long just because of that” she scoffed
“Apparently someone else was spotted around somewhere too, but pretty much. Though at least Turbo and Gemini got stuck there with me” Joel hummed tiredly, leaning into his wife’s embrace
“That’s madness. Don’t they know you have a life outside their every beck and call” Lizzie began to complain, though in all honesty Joel wasn’t sure if they did know that.
“Like how are you going to keep a man out til one in the morning and expect him to work for you bright and early the next day? Hello? The H.E.R.O organization needs to get its shit together” Lizzie huffed as she tried to push he husband back up so the pair could go to bed.
“Sure their flawed but it’s not like you or Jimmy help” Joel chuckled as he made no effort to help Lizzie get him up
“Yeahhhh that’s why you should quit, come be free and do crimes with your wife” she chuckled as she gave up and resorted to simply pushing Joel off the couch which cause the brown haired man to let out a surprised yelp
Groaning slightly after landing on the floor he sat up “as fun as that would be, I do this job to protect people from the villains who aren’t you and actually harm civilians” Joel sighed and Lizzie couldn’t help but feel a little guilty
She definitely wasn’t a saint but she forgets not everyone was married to a hero and didn’t feel bad for those who got cought up in the smoke of the fights they caused because of it
“Yeah yeah, not everyone is as awesome as me I get it” she decided to joke instead “now come on, we’re going to bed.” she spoke firmly as she stood in front of Joel with her hands stretched out and the brunette took them happily
“Good idea” Joel hummed as Lizzie helped him up off the floor and led them to their shared room
Lizzie flopped down while Joel moved to their dresser and pulled out a pair of pajamas and changed
“Your being awfully slow” Lizzie jokingly complained “it almost like you don’t want to lay next to me, do you not love me anymore” she fake cried, bringing one hand to her chest and the other over her forehead
“No I just don’t want to sleep in Jeans Lizzie” Joel chucked tiredly as he laid down next to her then wrapped his arms around her
“I promise I love you, now it’s late and I want to sleep, you dramatic weasel” Joel snickered and Lizzie couldn’t help but join him
“Yeah your right, good night, love you” Lizzie hummed as she leaned into Joel’s embrace
“Love you to, night babe”