Invincible x Reader (mostly Mark Grayson)

RAMEN NOODLE REX

Rex x Reader, Gen neutral, 550+ words

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You're ripped from the soft hug of your blanket and the grips of sleep.

There is a familiar screeching in your ears.

Fire.

There is a familiar stench in your nose.

Smoke.

You bolt from your bed. Blanket long forgotten. You run as fast as your legs can take you to the source of the flames to find...

"Rex?? God dammit man!!"

From the thick cloud of steam you find your favorite asshole, besides the one attached to your body, frantically calming the fire that he started. He stomps and curses across the kitchen using the special spray Robot gave him. Thankfully Robot stepped in dutifully teaching Rex about how to properly put out oil and electrical fires. This is the fourth one this week.

You try to empathize. He's trying his "turn a new leaf" thing again. Which you support, or at least are indifferent to, but good LORD this man cannot cook. At least now you know his power to start fire is universal.

Which gives you an idea. 

You walk past him, sparing him a pitiful look in your eyes but a sneer on your lips. (He did wake you up after all) You reach into the cabinet and pull out a box of ramen noodles. Rex tries to follow your movement until another *POP*  from his failed experiment ... I mean, breakfast, grabs his attention once again. You ignore it and grab a pot that is still intact from the cupboards. You fill the pot with water and by then the fire has been put out.

"Thank for the help dumbass! Do you know what Robot would have done if I burned this place down??"

"Sure, this is his place after all."

"Ooh, low blow. Ya' know I'm trying here! Take out gets old and expensive and you are just so-"

When the pot is full of water, you cut him off by shoving it in his face.

He stares in confusion. The fire is already out? And you can't use water that way? What is Y/N planning now...

You prompt your special dumbass by reaching for his hand and placing it under the pot. (You ignore the tiny jump he takes from the physical contact) 

"Fire, Now." Cut, concise, to the point.

"Here? Now?" Confused, questioning, not understanding the point

You giggle and repeat, with more instruction.

"Yes. Fire, Now. You start fire, water boils, noodles go into water. Breakfast."

Your grip on his hand tightens before he can snap back with any comments. His breath hitches and you, again, ignore it. (You think it's cute lol)

You give him some reprieve and let go. You put down the cardboard from the ramen box on an undamaged piece of the stove. 

Rex does as he's told with no other verbal input, which surprises you. The blush dusting his face tells you all you need to know. 

Eventually, you have ramen. 

You get a bowl and serve yourself. You get another bowl and hand it to Rex who is staring at the pot with a strange intensity. 

"A 'thank you' will suffice." You try to break him out of his trance.

It seems to work, he holds the bowl for himself and you take a seat at the table. He gives himself a portion and sits in the chair across from yours. You expect something snarky or maybe rude, but instead you hear a small 

"thank you" 

before the sound of obnoxious eating. 

You return to your own meal with a smile on your face and a comfortable warmth in your chest.