The Rest of the Fantastic Four Are Okay With It

The news spread fast. Ben Grimm watched it play out on a screen in the kitchen as he tossed a salad.

SUE STORM DECLARES HERSELF LEADER OF THE FANTASTIC FOUR.

"I mean, she kinda is," the Thing said, delicately dribbling oil over the greens.

"Is she really, though?" Johnny Storm said. His hands over the stove, flames grilling the steaks to perfection. It had become a habit for him, making sure everything was cooked just right. "I mean, she's been bossing me around my entire life, but to just come out and say it...what do you think, Reed?"

Mister Fantastic was setting the table, elastic arms stretching from china cabinet and silverware drawer with ease as his torso stood still beside the fridge, one eye on the news screen. The cameraman had caught Sue with her arms crossed under her breasts, a stern, no-nonsense look on her face.

"Well, she's not the Invisible Girl she once was," Reed said. "She hasn't been for a long time. There are certainly times when she's led the team before."

"Yeah, but that was mostly when...we thought you was dead," Ben Grimm said, as he brought the huge bowl of salad to the table. "A lot of folks look to you to lead the team."

"Patriarchal nonsense," Reed said dismissively, as he began to fill water and milk glasses. "She's my wife, but we're not some backwoods Christian Evangelists that expect her to serve me on her hands and knees. Sue is intelligent, charismatic, determined..."

"And enjoys flattery," Sue said, fading into view and giving Reed a light kiss on the cheek. "Look, I know I should have talked it over with you all before just making the announcement, but I think this needs to be official going forward. This team, this family, needs direction. We respond to crises that require instant decisions. I'm not trying to cut any of you out of the loop—but when we're facing a threat like an undead Terrax, we need to be able to act decisively."

The men all mumbled their agreement. Alicia came in, her hands held by Franklin and Valeria, who had just washed up for the meal. They guided her to her chair, next to Ben's extra-large and reinforced one.

It was the kind of peaceful family dinner that was all too rare in their adventurous lives.

It was night, after the kids had been put to bed. Alicia was staying over with Ben; Johnny was meeting Iceman for...well, Sue didn't really get the whole of it, but understood that it was, very emphatically, not a date and they were just bros. She allowed herself a glass of wine and thought about how her life had changed, recently. The sexual vistas that her sessions with Karla had opened up within her. The thrill of domination.

She thought of Reed.

There was a time when he had been enough for her. When his cock sawing in and out of her pussy had been the whole of her sexual world. Now...now there was Karla. Her precious Karla. So eager to please her. So obedient.

A thought came to Sue Sotmr, wicked and yet...

She slid into Reed's lab. He was monitoring a viewscreen tied to a probe in the Negative Zone.

Didn't hear her come in, with her footsteps muffled by invisible **** fields. Her hands settled on his shoulders and her jumped...and then settled back down.

"Darling," Sue Storm said. "I've been thinking about something. We've been rather stale in our sex lives, lately. I think...I'd like to bring in someone else. A woman. For both of us."

Reed Richards head turned away from the Negative Zone, corkscrewing his neck like an owl's. She had, Sue saw, gotten through to him. Her heart hammered in her chest. It took something immense to get Reed's attention away from science.

"What? But Sue, this is...this is so sudden..."

She grinned and grabbed his head, pulling it up to nestle against her chest, between her breasts, the neck stretching easily.

"No," Sue said. "It isn't. I've been thinking about this for a while. You've been too busy with your science. So I'm making a command decision. I know the perfect partner for us both. Someone to spice things up. You'll see, darling. It will be wonderful."

She pulled his head up so they could share a kiss. Reed Richards knew he should be more upset than he was. Another woman? In their bed? They had never talked about a menage a trois before. Yet something about Sue's commanding, dominant manner sent a thrill through him, even as he felt a thousand alarms and questions resound in his brain.

Silently, he wondered if Malice, Sue Storm's old splinter personality, was somehow returning. Or if Sue had fallen under some evil influence. Hypnosis, telepathy, nanite infestation, some sort of neural parasite...the building's scanners should have detected some of those, but the possibilities were endless.

Still... he thought to himself. Maybe he would wait and see what Sue has planned first.