Mixed Reactions

The Invisible Woman's wardrobe needed an update. Tighter jeans. More skin. More cleavage. Wonderbras and thongs. The kind of clothing that emphasized Sue Storm's figure, that she worked so hard to obtain and maintain. It took a few attempts to cull out the mom jeans, the baggy blouses and long-sleeved shirts, some of them left over from Sue's last pregnancy. A few shopping trips to add clothes that were new and exciting.

The rest of the Fantastic Four took notice. No one said anything openly, though Sue noticed Ben look away quickly from time to time, and Johnny blush. Reed barely noticed, and probably wouldn't have said anything unless she came into his lab naked. The children were just happy to see her.

Her costume she took more care of. Not necessarily more skin exposed, but the addition of some transparent panels and cut-outs made her normally neck-to-toe blue-and-white coverings a bit more provocative.

Ben Grimm was the first to see it. His blue eyes widened as he saw her new costume...and the unlit cigar tumbled out of his mouth. Sue giggled and used a **** field to pick it up and pop it back into his mouth.

"I'll take THAT as a compliment," she teased him. And felt his eyes on her ass as she walked about, a conscious sway to her hips.

"Mommy, you look pretty today!" Valeria said, and Sue smiled and bent over to pick up her youngest and swing her around.

It was breakfast time, and the Fantastic Four assembled for cereal, toast, fruit, and oatmeal. Johnny Storm ran a flaming finger over his chin, burning away the morning stubble. When he saw Sue Storm's new costume, the flame shot up and singed the hairs inside of his nose, which made Franklin laugh and ask him to do it again.

Reed emerged from the lab, dark bags under his eyes. His arms stretched out toward the coffee pot.

"Darling, I love you," he mumbled as he poured the brew, the rubbery arms retracting as his tired body caught up with them.

It was only when he was half-way through his first cup that Reed Richards actually looked at his wife.

She was perched on a stool at the kitchen counter. A transparent 4 revealed her abdomen, and dipped dangerously low toward her crotch, almost showing that she was a natural blonde. A transparent cutout made her shoulders and back look bare, and emphasized her cleavage, while giving the impression that she wore long blue arm-sleeves. Her thighs, too, were bare, and the feet of the costume incorporated small heels.

"You redesigned your costume," he said, with a neutral voice.

"You like it?" she asked with a smile, batting her eyelashes so he could see the blue eye-makeup on her lids.

Reed sipped his coffee...but there was a smile. He was about to say something when the alarm went off, followed quickly by a screech like nails on chalkboard. The Thing chomped through his cigar.

Ben Grimm glanced out the window. Terrax the Tamer sat there, scratching their window with his cosmically-powered axe, gesturing at the Fantastic Four. The Thing sighed and put the broken cigar into the trash. Cracked his knuckles.

"It's dat time again," he rumbled.

"WHAT TIME IS IT!?" Franklin and Valeria cheered in unison.

The Thing was already moving, at impressive speed. Straight toward the window.

"IT'S CLOBBERIN' TIME!" he yelled as he crashed through, catching Terrax and the two fell through the sky.

The rest of the Fantastic Four were on the move. Sue Storm's new costume was about to get its first public outing.