Mars 2112 Restaurant and Bar, NYC, Friday Evening

[selfhelphero]

Considering how much trouble Fandom had given them in getting together in the first place, Billy and Topher had agreed to have their first date away from the island, but it had been Billy's idea to get a portal to his New York, so he could show Topher some of the city (without any encounters with giant rats, he'd promised). He hadn't meant to pick a restaurant that matched the Prom theme - finding someplace where they'd have plenty of nerdy things to talk about and could avoid awkward silences had been his biggest concern.

"The menu looked pretty awesome. Kind of Asian and Indian all together," he said as they were seated. So far, so good.

[NFB! For the other fanboy!]

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[selfhelphero]

"Captain America. And Iron Man. My Iron Man. I mean, he's not mine--" because he was totally Captain America's, duh, "but you know what I mean. God, this is so cool."

[dollpocalypse]

"Ohmygod," Topher babbled. "Um. Are they gonna talk to us? Or. Probably they're gonna take care of the Doombots first because they're all heroey but then are they gonna talk to us? Because dude."

[selfhelphero]

"We...could totally say hi?" Billy said, as nervous as he ever was at the prospect of talking to his heroes. "It looks like they're taking care of things pretty well. I'm going to bring us down, okay?"

[dollpocalypse]

"Kay," Topher said, nodding. Yes, he was back to squeezing Billy's hand more tightly now. And inwardly speculating about whether this particular incarnation of Tony would have a goatee. "This is so cool," he breathed.

...shut up. It was hot older Tony. He was allowed to be fanboyish about it.

[selfhelphero]

Billy brought them down to the ground as the heroes overtook the last of the Doombots. "Let's wait and find a good time to talk--"

"Wiccan? What are you doing here?"

Billy's hand tightened on Topher's instantly as he gave Captain America a sheepish smile. "Or I could remember they're very observant," he whispered to Topher.

[dollpocalypse]

Topher managed a weak smile of his own. "They're not gonna be mad or anything, right?" he asked Billy under his breath.

[selfhelphero]

"Um, not sure," Billy whispered back, before smiling and leading Topher over. "We wanted to see if you guys needed help. The news made things look kind of crazy."

"Who's we?" said Iron Man, looking them over. "Where's the rest of your friends?"

Knowing Kate, Eli, and Teddy, the rest of the Young Avengers were probably trying to sneak out of their houses as they spoke. "They'll be coming soon. Actually, I also kind of just wanted to say hi. This is my friend Topher, from my boarding school. He's heard all about you." Yeah, that wasn't awkward at all.

[dollpocalypse]

"Hi," Topher said a little breathless as he stuck out a hand in their general direction. "Um. You guys were, uh, really awesome with the Doombots just now."

Fanboooooy.

"This is the coolest date ever," he whispered to Billy. Like someone who had completely no sense of what was appropriate to say at a given time.

So... like a Topher.

[selfhelphero]

"He brought his date with him to fight Doombots. You have to admit, that beats some of my worst dates by far."

"Do you want him to aspire to match your dating history?" Captain America shot back, and Billy had to press his lips together tightly to keep from smirking at the banter.

Iron Man waved off the comment and turned back to Topher and Billy. "I'm glad you enjoyed the show. We're very good at what we do because we're trained adults. You might want to remember that."

[dollpocalypse]

"Wha-- wha-- what's his dating history?" Topher asked, totally not bouncing on the balls of his feet with excitement at getting new insight into Tony's personal life.

Because he was a weirdo.

[selfhelphero]

That was a question with a very long answer, and one that Billy wasn't sure he wanted to give in front of this Tony, so as to not look like a creeper. Sometimes, he did have a tiny bit of self preservation. "I'll tell you later. Back at school. Where, um, maybe we should be going. Unless our help is needed somewhere?"

The silence from both Captain America and Iron Man pretty much answered that question.

[dollpocalypse]

Topher nodded a few times in quick succession. "Um. Nice meeting you guys!" he blurted out hastily. "And, um. Good luck world-saving!"

Thanks, Topher.

[selfhelphero]

Billy laughed as he pulled Topher away, retreating back up into the air with another disk before any further commentary about them could be made, or at least heard. "So, was that worth postponing dinner?"

[dollpocalypse]

"Definitely," Topher said, immediately going right back to squeezing Billy's hand. Since, you know, flying and all. "Um. Thanks. For, um, that whole thing and everything." With a thoughtful nod, he amended his earlier statement, "Way cooler than World of Warcraft. Just so you know."

[selfhelphero]

"This was way more fun than...well, anything else I could have been doing," Billy said with a grin. "I'm glad you were with me."

[dollpocalypse]

"Me too," Topher agreed, grinning. "I mean, that it was us two." Seriously, if it weren't for the fact that he was on a flying disk right now, he'd probably be bouncing. "Um... ice cream and then back to Fandom?" he suggested.

[selfhelphero]

"Those are great ideas," Billy said, giving Topher's hand a squeeze. If he'd known the date would go this well, he so would have asked Topher out sooner.