[Aaand there she goes making him laugh again, but, uh ...]

Trust me, I've done the whole 'shack up with the supervillain' thing and it is not great.

[His whole experience with Knockout's made him pretty darn sure that's not something he wants to give a second try. Besides ...

[He smiles, brushing a stray lock of hair out of her face with his thumb.]

I don't know ... call me crazy or whatever, but I kinda just like this.

[Because, honestly? She's fun, and funny, and it's impossible not to smile around her, and that's pretty fucking great.]