With the week having passed, Marcus was beginning to feel a bit back to his old self. The stitches had recently come out due to his slightly heightened healing process having helped out along the way, but a bandage remained for now until the wound was fully healed. Either way, it was  good news for the older villain, whom had grown increasingly bored with having to stay inactive during the healing process. Well, perhaps not completely bored. Truth be told, Marcus may have grown antsy enough to risk popping a few stitches on a smaller job were it not for another source of distraction within the apartment building. An apartment building which he'd normally been so eager to get out of when the man wasn't entertaining himself with his sound system, 'private collection' and the related enjoyment which came from annoying the neighbors as they overheard it.<br/><br/>But now the older male had the frequent visits with Alexis whom - despite his continuing to feel was perhaps a bit too goody-goody and trusting for the real world - Marcus was finding himself to surprisingly enjoy the time spent with together. Funny how a few flesh wounds can make one slow down enough to actually talk and reconsider how they felt toward the other. Granted, Marcus realized how it may look for a relatively known enjoyer of smut to begin hanging around with a girl nearly half his age. Which was ironic, since the pair hadn't done anything remotely sexual, aside from the occasional talk on parts of his 'collection' - particularly when it came to the few superheroine and villainess related pieces he'd owned.<br/><br/>Actually, a fairly frequent topic of conversation between them had related to talks on different heroes and villains in the city. A topic which Marcus wouldn't help to find more than a bit humorous, albeit not to the degree of which it actually was if they both knew the others secret. In a way, the older neighbor was going to miss their talks when his injury healed enough to get back into the swing of things - which was going to be very soon, judging by the way his body had both recovered and indeed felt the itch for some action.<br/><br/>Either way, they had a little time left before this would happen, as evident by the man's current efforts at getting dressed after washing up following a fairly vigorous exercise session. It was only shortly after getting the stitches out that Marcus had begun to resume his previous workout habits, and the male had seemed intent on making up for lost time earlier, as he now walked past the heavy weights while now dressed in a fresh pair of jeans and a simple black shirt which hugged somewhat tightly to his muscular frame.<br/><br/>"Dinner with Alexis and her roommate. This could be interesting." The mature male mused while exiting his apartment; referring largely to the strained dealings between Lana and himself which had continued even after having patched stuff up somewhat with her friend. Marcus figured it'd be best to be on his best behavior, but even that wasn't saying much for himself, as the mature male eventually approached and stood before the apartment door at the agreed upon time. A simple knock at the door, and the tall, fit older male would wait fairly patiently until the sounds of approaching footsteps had assured him that somebody was home.<br/><br/>With the door eventually swinging open , Marcus stood there, half-smile upon his strong features, while greeting whichever of the girls had answered the door. "Hey there. I'm here for my dinner date?" He spoke with the hint of tongue-in-cheek nature, albeit while also showing a certain underline smugness/confidence which was nearly impossible for him to fully put away in a social situation.