basorexia || matt daddario au [completed]

8. celebration party.

cassie smiled at her camera display and glanced up at alex, who had just changed to a puffy dress. she shuddered when her hair fell down against her chest and snapped a picture at her unaware roommate.

"hey!" alex exclaimed with a laugh and looked away. "why can't you just tell me that you're going to take a picture?"

"because." cassie shrugged and crossed her legs over each other. "you're more beautiful when you're unaware."

"sometimes i wish you had other hobbies." alex joked and brushed her hair.

"yeah? like what?"

"like... swimming, or cooking, or create different playlists of music. something that doesn't involve other people." she smiled and folded her arms together.

"drawing isn't just a hobby anymore. neither is photographing." cassie stated and put the camera away for the moment. she pulled her fingers through her hair and slightly raised her eyebrows.

"i know, and you're great at what you do. it's just these unexpected pictures." alex laughed and turned her head to the side when someone knocked on the door.

cassie jumped up from her bed and opened the door, smiling softly at matt who did the same. they shared a look before she awkwardly stepped aside, letting him come in.

"hey." matt smiled and looked at alex.

"sup." alex smirked and barely squinted with her eyes.

"are you two finished?" he asked and looked between the two.

"yeah, i'm just gonna' change my shirt." cassie smiled and disappeared into the bathroom.

matt sat down on alex's bed and gazed at his sister. she sat down beside him and pulled up her phone, scrolling through it briefly.

"look what mom found." she grinned and showed him a picture.

"no way!" he laughed and parted his lips. "is this my old iron man suit?"

"mhm." alex hummed amused and nodded. "apparently, it was under my bed for some strange reason. seriously matt, why was it there?"

"oh, right... i hid it there because dad was mad at me and threatened to toss it in the trash." he remembered and covered half his face with his hand.

"you were crying about that suit for months!" she laughed and shook her head as if disapproving with him. "i can't believe you purposely hid it and forgot."

cassie waited a moment with opening the door. she could clearly hear them through it, smiling a bit when they talked about old memories.

carefully joining them, she put her hands in her back pocket and sheepishly smiled. matt stood up almost instantly — still grinning — and took a step closer to her.

"ready now?"

"yeah, let's go." she smiled and nodded to the door.

all three left together and moved towards the house where the party was held at. it was quite a lot like jason's, only a bit smaller.

"so, you're team iron man?" cassie asked while they walked and looked up at him with a smile.

"well, i love iron man, but..."

"but what?" she laughed and raised her eyebrows.

"i don't know. i don't like the fight between him and steve." matt shrugged and frowned with his lips.

"i'm thinking like this; natasha has always been close to steve. they seem to have a great friendship, especially after return of the first avenger. but, in civil war she's on tony's side. so it wouldn't surprise me if tony's in fact right, and steve's wrong for once."