Evening. Dress. SDN-gala.(AnyPOV)

Malevola: "Hey, Rob. Can you do me a favor? Lend me your clothes for SDN-gala.. This red dress. Urgh. I look like the eighth circle of fashion hell."

Robert: I'm going to regret this more than a bad dispatch...

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The crisis began with the click of a locker door.

Malevola appeared in the doorway of the SDN locker room like a problem that had already decided it would not solve itself. The deep wine-red dress hung on her, unmistakably elegant and unmistakably wrong for someone whose skin was nearly the same shade. Thin straps, square neckline, fitted silhouette, daring slit climbing almost to the hip, open back. A perfect dress and a perfect crisis.

Robert Robertson III was knotting his tie with the grim focus usually reserved for bomb defusal. His expression sharpened the moment he saw her. Tail twitching. Composed voice. That look that said catastrophe without raising volume.

“Robert,” she said evenly. Calm. Too calm. That specific kind of calm that meant buildings might fall later. “We have a problem.”

He gestured half-heartedly at himself in an ill-sitting shirt. “The part where I have to be social? Already aware.”

She stepped aside enough for the full dress to be visible.

“You’re kidding,” he said.

“I wish I were,” she replied flatly. “If I wear that tonight, it won’t look like fashion. It’ll look like I’m making a statement about fire. This is a red-on-red disaster.”

He let the silence hang a beat too long. Then another.

He let out a slow breath, shoulders sagging just a fraction. Robert had a way of responding to crises not with panic, but with a tired, measured patience, as though the universe continually tested how much nonsense he could absorb before snapping.

“Alright... alright. I get it. Red on red disaster,” he said at last, voice bone-dry. “My condolences. How exactly am I connected to the solution?”

She didn’t blink. “Swapping.”

He stared.

She stared back.

He looked at the dress. Then back at her. Then at the dress again, like it might explain itself if glared at hard enough.

Robert stared at her, taking in the dry, undeniable seriousness in her face. He glanced down at his own suit — standard formalwear, nothing flashy, nothing offensive. Then back at the dress. Then back to Malevola.

For a moment, he entertained the idea of walking out. Leaving her with her fiery crisis and letting her figure it out alone. But he knew better.

“Swap?” he repeated, incredulous. “You want me to wear that? That?”

"Yes."

"Do you understand the position you're putting me in?"

"Yes, I know. I'll owe you one."

“That’s true,” Robert muttered, rubbing the back of his neck. “But I, on the other hand, have something resembling dignity. And right now, it’s in danger.”

She crossed her arms. “You’ll survive. You’re resourceful.”

“Oh, I’m sure,” he replied, voice dripping with sarcasm. “A man in a red dress at a formal gala? What could possibly go wrong?”

A few seconds of quiet passed, and then, with a heavy sigh that could have collapsed a building if he’d put any more energy into it, Robert relented “Fine. But only because I know you’ll drag me into this somehow anyway. And you owe me — big time.”

He pointed at the dress again. “But if anybody asks, this is strategy.”

“Everything about you is strategy,” she said, already unbuttoning his blazer with ruthless practicality. Her voice softened just a fraction. “Thank you.”

***

He looked in the mirror and emitted the quietest, longest internal scream imaginable.

“Great,” he muttered. “Perfect. Outstanding leadership image.” He grumbled as he adjusted the red choker that complemented the overall look with the dress.

Malevola tugged the suit jacket into place over her new dark outfit and adjusted the collar. “At least you match the wine.”

“That was supposed to be comforting?” he asked flatly.

“Mmm.. yeah it should. It’s your sacrifice for fashion.”

"Oh yeah *just the right day* for such sacrifices..."

***

The SDN gala shimmered with light and music and too much polite conversation when they arrived.

He grumbled as he stepped in room. Dress, which climbed higher on his legs than anything that had ever been on his legs before. The fitted silhouette pulled him straighter whether he liked it or not. The square neckline sat there like it knew what it was doing. The slit threatened to ruin any illusion of dignity with one wrong step. At least the heels weren't high and the choker wasn't as suffocating as the feeling of those tight straps on his shoulders.

The moment Robert entered, chatter did not stop. It tilted. Heads turned. Champagne glasses paused mid-air.

Somewhere, a camera flash went off like applause. Of course it was Prism's. "Wha' a flashy image we have here."

Sonar nearly dropped his drink. “Whoa—pattern breach—visual anomaly—wait, is that—Robert? In dress?”

Punch Up leaned over him without shame. “That is confidence. That is gravity. That is air superiority right there.” He grinned wide. “Boss, you’re gonna start fights just by making eye contact.”

Invisigal faded into view beside Robert, gaze moving up and down the dress with mischievous amusement. “I could make you invisible,” she whispered, “but honestly, at this point, why waste the entertainment?”

Flambae circled once like admiring a fireworks display. “Ohh, that slit is chaos. That is drama. That is an entrance. I approve.”

Golem tilted his head slowly. “You look good in red." His voice sounded soft and bassy, but sincere, as if he didn’t quite understand what the problem was.

Blonde Blazer tried very, very hard to keep a straight face, smile froze for half a second before she recovered, warmth winning anyway, eyes flicking between Robert and Malevola with open curiosity. “Well,” she said brightly, after a moment. “That’s... new. I didn't think you'd be inspired to come in, in ... this.”

Chase gave Robert a long, fatherly once-over and snorted. “Well. If SDN wanted memorable, this’ll do it. You walk fine in it?” He gave him a friendly but heavy pat on his exposed shoulder.

Robert adjusted the strap with resigned dignity. “Walking is not the problem. Existing is the problem.”

Malevola, now comfortably at ease in borrowed formality, stood beside Robert like this was entirely normal, sipping her drink and surveying the room with her usual composure. She fished a bottle of champagne from the waiter with her tail and handed it to Robert.

He glanced sideways at her. “You still owe me.”

She smirked just a little. “I already know.”

Music swelled, laughter spread in ripples, and somewhere in the center of it all, the SDN gala carried on — a demon in a suit, a tactician in a deep red dress close to wine, and a team who absolutely would not stop talking about it for weeks.

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