Infixity War

She Causes Every Grey Hair I Have

"So how did you two end up in the middle of space anyway? There was no ship around, nor debris of any kind."

Rocket steadily guides the ship as he talks over his shoulder, not giving a damn that Cate had her feet propped on the dash. Thor looks up from watching Groot's video game.

"That would this one's fault right here."

"Hey!- Look! Maddie said we had to be ejected into space!"

Cate retorts, smacking away the pointed finger.

"Who's Maddie?"

"My best friend, she's a wizard now. Just under the Sorcerer Supreme, and I'm pretty sure she doesn't steal the title for the sole reason that she doesn't want to deal with all the extra work that comes with it."

"Uh-huh.... so this wizard sent you into space because... she said you had to?"

"Pretty much. That and I wanted to because it meant I'd be in space."

"Ah. Alright. Well Thor, your partner is quite impulsive isn't she?"

The raccoon's grin was met with a relieved sigh from Thor

"Yes. Thank yo-"

"I like it."

"Ugh..."

There goes his hope.

"She causes every grey hair I have."

The god mumbles. Cate bites her tongue, wanting to call him a drama-queen but also knowing exactly how it would be received. So she merely put her hands in her lap, leaving the pod in silence before Rocket speaks again.

"So, any stories to tell?"

"Well, my father died, which in turn released a sister I didn't know I had from imprisonment. She cut out my eye and then I had to kill her, as well as destroy the only place I've ever called home."

As Thor spoke, Cate went silent. The weight that Ragnarok must've held to Thor suddenly hitting her in a unexpected wave. Her fingers twitch in her lap as she refrains from reaching to comfort her partner, he'd probably dodge her anyway. Rocket's ears dropped a bit, feeling the atmosphere thicken with grief and uncertainty.

"I-... I'm sorry to hear that."

He mutters, grip loosening on the controls a moment. Seeming to think before he presses a button on the dash, putting on autopilot as he hops down from his seat. Stepping towards Thor as he rummaged in his vest for something, his paw clasped around a small object he offers to the god.

"I think you need this more than me. I stole it from a sap a few months ago"

"Thank you Ra- Rocket."

Thor reached and lifted the prosthetic eye to his face for closer inspection, a warm smile now gracing his features.

"It's the right colour, that's a nice coincidence."

Cate points out as Thor removes his eye patch, the female winces a bit as she's thrown back onto the ledge, gripping the marble to catch herself as she hears him call her name. Only to look up and have blood spatter across her face. She shakes her head a little to clear it, and by the time she comes to, Thor has the eye in place. Rocket's words jarring her further out of her mind.

"I would've washed that. In order to sneak it out I had to hide it in my-... nevermind."

Cate jolts.