―❝ How long we gonna do this dance? Tired of all the 'will they, won't they' romance. When you hold my hand, is it just by chance?❞
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―❝ henry hart and juniper mccarthy have been best friends their whole lives, but when they get into high school th...
( season 3 : episode 14 - green fingers ; part one )
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Juniper has been home for a couple of days now, and things had slowly returned to normal.
The laughter, the movie nights, the shared moments with Henry—it all felt like a comforting rhythm that Juniper was more than happy to fall back into. She hadn't quite figured out the complexities of her feelings for Henry, but she was content to just be his best friend, even if part of her yearned for more. Juniper got back into the swing of things, going to school, working on homework, fighting crime as her hero alias Dash and often fighting alongside the other hero in Swellview named Captain Man and his sidekick Kid Danger (who she knew was her best friend, Henry, and that Captain Man was Ray Manchester, a family friend of hers and mentor to both her and Henry). Life felt comfortable, familiar, but there was always that underlying tension between her and Henry that lingered just below the surface. They hadn't discussed it, and she wasn't sure if they ever would.
It was a regular morning at the Man Cave. Well, if you counted Ray painting a sculpture of him from his shoulders up with forcing Jasper to help him regular, then yeah that's as regular as it's probably going to get here. "What's the point of that thing?" Juniper asked in confusion from her place lounging on the nearby couch. Charlotte sat at the Super Computer, coughing or blowing her nose every once awhile. Juniper felt bad for the girl, she seemed to not be feeling well and Henry wasn't well enough to come to work either. Which made Ray upset and he still tried to get him to go.
"This thing is a magnificent piece of art and since I am working, I need you to shush!" Ray pointed at her, making a 'shush' motion with his mouth and finger. "This is a masterpiece, Juniper! You simply cannot understand the depth of genius that is going into this. It's a celebration of me, my awesomeness, my...Unending greatness!" He pases, frowning when he noticed she went back to scrolling on her phone. "June!" He grabs a dry paintbrush nearby and tosses it at her. But thanks to her super fast reflexes, she caught it without even looking up from her phone. He huffs in annoyance. "You and your stupid speed powers."
"And you and your stupid ego." She shot back, smirking as he let out an offended gasp. "Ray, you're literally just painting a sculpture of your head."
"So you were paying attention." Ray grinned, looking smug.
"No, I could just hear you rambling from across the room." Juniper said with a playful roll of her eyes, tossing the paintbrush back in his direction.
It landed perfectly in his hand, and he rolled her eyes at her, setting the paintbrush down and resumed painting, muttering under his breath about her not appreciating true art. Juniper scoffed, looking at him with amusement when she heard part of it. She glanced at the door when she heard it open and saw Henry walk in. She perked up slightly though concern shines in her gaze when she noticed he was coughing.
"Hey, everybody." He greeted while everyone replied back. Juniper rolled her eyes at spotting Ray didn't even bother to look away from painting,
"Henry, I thought you were too sick to go to work." Juniper pointed out, frowning at him.
