Be Careful Making Wishes in the Dark- Eplilogue
Title: Be Careful Making Wishes in the Dark
Fandom: Young Avengers, Loki: Agent of Asgard
Rating: T+
Pairing: Billy/Teddy, Loki/Teddy, Billy/Loki
Warnings: suicide, temporary character death
Summary: Billy has lived this morning too many times. At least he's not alone.
Mother has been defeated, and we finally see the rest of the team.
cycle 1 and 2 - cycle 3 - cycle 4 - cycle 5- cycle 6- cycle 7 - cycle 8 - cycle 8 (part 2) - cycle 9 - cycle 9 (part 2) - epilogue
Billy’s not sure Tommy will ever forgive him for leaving his twin out of their adventure. Billy gets it; Tommy was the only Young Avenger who still wanted to stay with the team after Cassie’s death. From that perspective, it’s kind of shitty to have left Tommy out when they ran off to fight Mother.
Still, Billy can’t believe he’s still holding a grudge after two months.
Today’s the first time he’s even made it to brunch with them, holding out even longer than Eli, who took the train down to join them the week before.
Tommy is talking a mile a minute and he brought some other guy with him. Billy’s pretty sure his name is David, but it’s hard to decipher Tommy-speak sometimes, so he wouldn’t bet on it. The funniest part is when Teddy asks how they know each other.
Tommy says “we’re friends,” at the same time that maybe-David says “We work together”. David gives Tommy a look of weary acceptance. Billy thinks Tommy must live so fast that other people’s social scripts don’t always match up.
He’s beginning to think that they’ll never have the full Young Avengers team in one room again, because while Tommy is here, Eli is not and Billy doesn’t care if Eli hung up his mask for good or not, once a Young Avenger, always a Young Avenger. Noh-Varr gets a pass for missing brunch, as he’s not technically allowed to be on Earth anymore.
Billy is pretty sure that’s why America is still hanging around, too. She and Kate have been hanging out a lot lately, and Billy thinks America is probably staying with her while on Earth-616. That would explain why Kate is wearing America’s sweater, anyway.
Kate is telling David and Tommy about the Kree Soul-bow she borrowed from Noh-Varr during their adventure, mourning its passage back to its original owner.
“It sounds like it was perfect for you,” David says, “keyed to your energy signature and no need for ammo. Why didn’t you keep it?” David is kind of a super genius and knows ‘pretty much everything, ever’, in Tommy’s words, so Billy suspects he’s only asking to be polite.
“It didn’t seem right to keep it,” Kate sighs, “I’m more of an arrow-girl than a plasma-blast girl. I’ve got Hawkeye’s bow here anyway, and it’s really more suited to me.” Billy catches her eye and taps out a text message under the table. “METAPHOR”.
Kate and Tommy are making awkward eye contact now, and Billy isn’t really comfortable thinking about the pile of drama and feelings between his brother and his best friend, so he looks away.
“Billy,” Kate suddenly growls, clearly having read his text. She playfully makes a grab for him across the table, and he tries to duck away, jostling Teddy in the process. Teddy’s arm slams into the table, the dull thump of the impact quickly drowned out by the crash of their communal coffee pot shattering onto the floor.
“Shit,” someone says.
Teddy looks apologetic. “A little help?” he begs, nudging Loki, who has been uncharacteristically silent this whole time.
“Hm?” the god asks, studying the porcelain shards sitting just inches from zir feet. “Kate broke it. She should pay for it.”
“Can’t you just-?” Tommy wiggles his fingers at Loki in the universal sign for ‘magic’.
Loki shakes zir head. “It’s not worth it. My magic tends toward destruction, anyway. I wouldn’t risk it.”
Teddy frowns. “Since when?”
Loki rolls zir eyes, “Since always. Loki has been mayhem and madness for so long, my magic has gotten into a rut.”
“Like how I’ve been working with Wanda to teach my magic new habits,” Billy adds, aware that several people at the table aren’t willing to take Loki’s word for it.
“Not exactly,” Loki admits, “It’s different for gods. We’re creatures of story, after all. Everyone knows Loki is evil and wicked and dickish, so that’s what my magic tends toward, you see?”
“So you have to tell a different story?” America guesses.
“That’s not all. Loki is such a long, well-known story already. I have to mitigate the influence of the old story, too.”
“So what are you going to do?” Teddy wants to know.
Loki looks thoughtfully at zir milkshake. “I’m going to try for Lawful Good.” Billy looks unconvinced. “Maybe Lawful Neutral,” Loki allows.
“Ohgreatnowwehaveawholesetofnerds,” Tommy complains.
Kate ends up paying for the broken pot, and soon after that the rest of the food finally arrives.
Teddy wraps an arm around Loki in a transparent attempt to get closer to zir milkshake. Ze moves it out of reach with a vindictive smile, offering it to Billy instead.
It’s good to be home.
Fandom: Young Avengers, Loki: Agent of Asgard
Rating: T+
Pairing: Billy/Teddy, Loki/Teddy, Billy/Loki
Warnings: suicide, temporary character death
Summary: Billy has lived this morning too many times. At least he's not alone.
Mother has been defeated, and we finally see the rest of the team.
cycle 1 and 2 - cycle 3 - cycle 4 - cycle 5- cycle 6- cycle 7 - cycle 8 - cycle 8 (part 2) - cycle 9 - cycle 9 (part 2) - epilogue
Billy’s not sure Tommy will ever forgive him for leaving his twin out of their adventure. Billy gets it; Tommy was the only Young Avenger who still wanted to stay with the team after Cassie’s death. From that perspective, it’s kind of shitty to have left Tommy out when they ran off to fight Mother.
Still, Billy can’t believe he’s still holding a grudge after two months.
Today’s the first time he’s even made it to brunch with them, holding out even longer than Eli, who took the train down to join them the week before.
Tommy is talking a mile a minute and he brought some other guy with him. Billy’s pretty sure his name is David, but it’s hard to decipher Tommy-speak sometimes, so he wouldn’t bet on it. The funniest part is when Teddy asks how they know each other.
Tommy says “we’re friends,” at the same time that maybe-David says “We work together”. David gives Tommy a look of weary acceptance. Billy thinks Tommy must live so fast that other people’s social scripts don’t always match up.
He’s beginning to think that they’ll never have the full Young Avengers team in one room again, because while Tommy is here, Eli is not and Billy doesn’t care if Eli hung up his mask for good or not, once a Young Avenger, always a Young Avenger. Noh-Varr gets a pass for missing brunch, as he’s not technically allowed to be on Earth anymore.
Billy is pretty sure that’s why America is still hanging around, too. She and Kate have been hanging out a lot lately, and Billy thinks America is probably staying with her while on Earth-616. That would explain why Kate is wearing America’s sweater, anyway.
Kate is telling David and Tommy about the Kree Soul-bow she borrowed from Noh-Varr during their adventure, mourning its passage back to its original owner.
“It sounds like it was perfect for you,” David says, “keyed to your energy signature and no need for ammo. Why didn’t you keep it?” David is kind of a super genius and knows ‘pretty much everything, ever’, in Tommy’s words, so Billy suspects he’s only asking to be polite.
“It didn’t seem right to keep it,” Kate sighs, “I’m more of an arrow-girl than a plasma-blast girl. I’ve got Hawkeye’s bow here anyway, and it’s really more suited to me.” Billy catches her eye and taps out a text message under the table. “METAPHOR”.
Kate and Tommy are making awkward eye contact now, and Billy isn’t really comfortable thinking about the pile of drama and feelings between his brother and his best friend, so he looks away.
“Billy,” Kate suddenly growls, clearly having read his text. She playfully makes a grab for him across the table, and he tries to duck away, jostling Teddy in the process. Teddy’s arm slams into the table, the dull thump of the impact quickly drowned out by the crash of their communal coffee pot shattering onto the floor.
“Shit,” someone says.
Teddy looks apologetic. “A little help?” he begs, nudging Loki, who has been uncharacteristically silent this whole time.
“Hm?” the god asks, studying the porcelain shards sitting just inches from zir feet. “Kate broke it. She should pay for it.”
“Can’t you just-?” Tommy wiggles his fingers at Loki in the universal sign for ‘magic’.
Loki shakes zir head. “It’s not worth it. My magic tends toward destruction, anyway. I wouldn’t risk it.”
Teddy frowns. “Since when?”
Loki rolls zir eyes, “Since always. Loki has been mayhem and madness for so long, my magic has gotten into a rut.”
“Like how I’ve been working with Wanda to teach my magic new habits,” Billy adds, aware that several people at the table aren’t willing to take Loki’s word for it.
“Not exactly,” Loki admits, “It’s different for gods. We’re creatures of story, after all. Everyone knows Loki is evil and wicked and dickish, so that’s what my magic tends toward, you see?”
“So you have to tell a different story?” America guesses.
“That’s not all. Loki is such a long, well-known story already. I have to mitigate the influence of the old story, too.”
“So what are you going to do?” Teddy wants to know.
Loki looks thoughtfully at zir milkshake. “I’m going to try for Lawful Good.” Billy looks unconvinced. “Maybe Lawful Neutral,” Loki allows.
“Ohgreatnowwehaveawholesetofnerds,” Tommy complains.
Kate ends up paying for the broken pot, and soon after that the rest of the food finally arrives.
Teddy wraps an arm around Loki in a transparent attempt to get closer to zir milkshake. Ze moves it out of reach with a vindictive smile, offering it to Billy instead.
It’s good to be home.