Tomb Raider - Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel

22. Surprises

Carol led the way deeper into the ship, fist glowing, ready to blast the mysterious someone if need be.

They walked all the way through to the back of the ship, where they found a man in a long leather coat digging through one of the supply stores.

"Hey." Carol's voice startled him, and he jumped and bonked his head on the side of the ship.

"Ow! What the hell-" He spun around, the annoyance quickly falling from his face when he saw them, replaced by a cocky grin. "Oh, well, this might just be my lucky day. And I thought I'd already found the most intriguing things aboard the ship." He chuckled and straightened up, tucking his thumbs into his belt loops. "Hey there, I'm Peter Quill, but you can call me Star-Lord-"

"'Star-lord?'"

"Yeah, perhaps you've heard of me."

"Can't say I have - Star-lord," Carol repeated mockingly.  Nora couldn't help but give a brief snort of laughter in agreement.

"Hey, don't laugh, it's my proud title," he defended.

"Okay, if you say so."

"But seriously, you haven't heard of me?" The ladies shook their heads. He seemed astounded and offended by this. "No? Seriously? The Great and Mighty Star-lord, legendary outlaw-"

"I'm gonna stop you right there." Carol held up a hand. Yes, the man didn't realize his attempts at flirting would get him nowhere - he didn't know that the two women he was currently flirting with had just confessed their feelings for each other and had just been lost in passionate snogging. "And I'll kindly ask you to please leave my ship before I kick you out."

"Your ship?"

"Yes, it's mine."

"Oh, well, this is awkward... I haven't actually been in this situation before..." Quill muttered.

"That still doesn't explain what you were doing aboard my ship going through my stuff." Carol observed him, arms crossed.

"Well, in my defense, I didn't realize it was taken, let alone yours. It looked abandoned."

"Temporarily abandoned. But we're back now, so I would like my stuff and ship back, thank you very much."

"Perhaps we could strike a deal-"

"Not interested."

Nora was impressed - Carol was excellent at not giving in to any deals and standing her ground.

"All right, fine. Very well-" Quill stepped over the case he had been rifling through and brushed past the ladies.

"Hey, hand it over, Quill." Carol extended her hand.

Quill sighed, reaching into his inner jacket pocket and withdrawing a tool of some sort that he had stolen. "It's Star-lord."

"Whatever." Carol took the item and made a shooing motion with her hand. "Get moving, Star-lord."

Nora was still impressed - Carol was good at this.

Quill moved to leave, but then stopped again. Nora caught Carol rolling her eyes. "If you're around space, maybe we'll see each other again."

"Unlikely."

"Well, worth a try." With that, he was finally gone.

"Well, that was weird," Nora remarked once he was gone and they were alone. "So, evidently space is full of cocky men too, not just Earth."

"Oh trust me, it is. Hopefully we won't be seeing him again." Carol shook her head. Then she smiled at Nora. "Come on, Doc. Let's go home."

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On the way home, Nora admired the light from the stars illuminating Carol from above. Carol caught her staring from the pilot's seat and smirked, and it took every ounce of self-control for Nora not to jump in her lap and snog her again.

Finally, they made it back safe and sound to Earth. Nora never thought she would be so happy to see her old house.

"Ah, home sweet home." They got changed out of their suits and settled in, Nora getting them something to eat.

"I'm sorry, again," said Carol, now looking guilty again. "About our disastrous space mission."

"It wasn't all bad," Nora assured her. "Maybe you can make it up to me..."

"Oh, and what did you have in mind?" Carol smirked, and now Nora knew for certain she was doing it on purpose.

Nora leaned forward, motioning for Carol to do the same. They met halfway again and were soon lost in kissing once more.

"Hey, you're back - oh-" Footsteps alerted them to someone else's presence, and they pulled away. Fury walked into the room. He stared at them for a moment. "Well? Did something happen while y'all were up in space?"

"Sure. Lots happened. We visited a space museum, a space bar, I got captured by space pirates..."

Fury raised his eyebrows. "Well, sure sounds like you two were busy."

"We were. Were you just hanging out in my house until we got back?"

Fury shrugged. "So, in and amongst all that, did you manage to get the magic thing?"

Nora held said 'magic thing' up.  "Sure did. Two pieces down, one to go."

"Good, good. Any lead on that last piece?"

"Nope, not yet."

"You were too busy for that." Fury nodded to them, still locked in an embrace.

The ladies exchanged a glance, rolling their eyes towards each other. "No, we just haven't started searching yet, we've been too focused on finding the first two pieces," Nora explained.

"I thought you were supposed to be looking for this thing?"

"We were."

Fury chuckled and turned to leave. "Ha, Hill owes me ten bucks."

"What for? You had a bet?"

"Yup. That you two would hit it off. You're welcome, by the way?"

"How's that?"

"I introduced you." Fury gave a grin.  "Go on, you can thank me anytime."

"See ya later, Old Man," said Carol, waving him away.

"The sooner you thank me, the sooner I'll quit bugging you about it." With that, he left them.

Nora turned back to the grinning blonde. "So, what now, Captain Dearest?"

"I guess go after the last piece of staff. But first..." Carol was kissing her again.

Yeah, finding the last piece of the staff could wait for now.

(Sorry for the delay - I've been busy moving back to university and getting ready for school to start again!

Hope you enjoyed the cameo! And the cute Nora/Carol moments ;)

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