[Even just the act of writing letters to an imaginary man who'd bring you gifts you actually wanted would have been a marvel to Nina in her childhood, although the "naughty or nice" thing does leave a particular sour taste in her mouth in the here and now.
Her eyes light up.] Exactly! It's like if you crossed Die Hard with...oh, what's that other one? Not where the kid is alone in a city and meets the pigeon lady but the first one- Home Alone! [Nina likes watching movies with Barry, even when she can tell he doesn't get the same things from them she does. It used to be a solitary activity for her, in the dark of her apartment (or, more likely, her office) with a bottle of wine or something harder depending on her mood. Now she gets to comfortably sprawl on a couch with him, one hand in a bowl of popcorn and the other entwined with his.
Unsurprisingly, she's found she vastly prefers the latter.]
I'll make a mental note to avoid introducing her to Loki's brother if the chance ever comes up. [She's not positive if the two of them would actually count as vikings in the traditional sense but based on what she's heard better safe than "Dee wants to upgrade to a battle axe now".
Nina removes her hand from behind her back, handing him a square package wrapped in shiny silver paper and carefully tied off with a purple ribbon.] Yours just happened to travel extra well so I figured it'd be nice to do it here. [She smiles, wide and warm, and gives his arm another reassuring squeeze.] And I don't mind being surprised when we get home.
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Her eyes light up.] Exactly! It's like if you crossed Die Hard with...oh, what's that other one? Not where the kid is alone in a city and meets the pigeon lady but the first one- Home Alone! [Nina likes watching movies with Barry, even when she can tell he doesn't get the same things from them she does. It used to be a solitary activity for her, in the dark of her apartment (or, more likely, her office) with a bottle of wine or something harder depending on her mood. Now she gets to comfortably sprawl on a couch with him, one hand in a bowl of popcorn and the other entwined with his.
Unsurprisingly, she's found she vastly prefers the latter.]
I'll make a mental note to avoid introducing her to Loki's brother if the chance ever comes up. [She's not positive if the two of them would actually count as vikings in the traditional sense but based on what she's heard better safe than "Dee wants to upgrade to a battle axe now".
Nina removes her hand from behind her back, handing him a square package wrapped in shiny silver paper and carefully tied off with a purple ribbon.] Yours just happened to travel extra well so I figured it'd be nice to do it here. [She smiles, wide and warm, and gives his arm another reassuring squeeze.] And I don't mind being surprised when we get home.