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So, most of Billy's time at home was supposed to be spent with his family, but thankfully, his parents understood that he needed to spend time with his friends too. Especially since they had a very important mission.
"Do you think this counts as stalking?" Billy asked, watching Teddy check the clock on his phone for the umpteenth time as they waited outside Eli's apartment building.
"It's an intervention," Teddy insisted. "He thinks he can't be forgiven for messing up, and he's being stubborn about it."
"Which is a total shock, really," Kate said, smirking from where she was perched against the railing of the apartment building's landing, bouncing rubber bands off the stop sign across the sidewalk.
Billy smirked back at her. "Have I mentioned that you should come visit me at school and meet Hawkeye?"
"Why? So I can take one look at him and burst into tears?" Kate asked. "Unless he's gonna come back with me so he's not dead here? No thanks."
"Anyway," Cassie said sharply, since talking about dead people who weren't her dad wasn't allowed, "it's Eli's own fault that we had to come here. If he'd just answer our texts or our calls--"
"Or Billy's weird emails from school," Teddy suggested.
"Hey! They're not that weird!" He hadn't even mentioned the Umbridge situation, so clearly everyone had gotten off light as of late.
"They're pretty weird, but not as weird as finding you all here."
Eli frowned at the four Young Avengers, who all moved without speaking to stand between him and the front door. It was nice to know that Billy being gone hadn't changed some aspects of teamwork.
( In which Billy breaks a promise to Topher through no fault of his own. )
[Adapted from Young Avengers #9. Warning: contains violence and (secondary) character death.]
"Do you think this counts as stalking?" Billy asked, watching Teddy check the clock on his phone for the umpteenth time as they waited outside Eli's apartment building.
"It's an intervention," Teddy insisted. "He thinks he can't be forgiven for messing up, and he's being stubborn about it."
"Which is a total shock, really," Kate said, smirking from where she was perched against the railing of the apartment building's landing, bouncing rubber bands off the stop sign across the sidewalk.
Billy smirked back at her. "Have I mentioned that you should come visit me at school and meet Hawkeye?"
"Why? So I can take one look at him and burst into tears?" Kate asked. "Unless he's gonna come back with me so he's not dead here? No thanks."
"Anyway," Cassie said sharply, since talking about dead people who weren't her dad wasn't allowed, "it's Eli's own fault that we had to come here. If he'd just answer our texts or our calls--"
"Or Billy's weird emails from school," Teddy suggested.
"Hey! They're not that weird!" He hadn't even mentioned the Umbridge situation, so clearly everyone had gotten off light as of late.
"They're pretty weird, but not as weird as finding you all here."
Eli frowned at the four Young Avengers, who all moved without speaking to stand between him and the front door. It was nice to know that Billy being gone hadn't changed some aspects of teamwork.
( In which Billy breaks a promise to Topher through no fault of his own. )
[Adapted from Young Avengers #9. Warning: contains violence and (secondary) character death.]
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