[IC] Appointments Post

[selfhelp]

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[selfhelp]

I don't... make promises I can't keep.

[It's hard not to cry, to be honest. He doesn't particularly want to, either- he'd promised to pack while Teddy took Optimus for a good long walk before they left, and he'd been in a decent mood beforehand. He doesn't want Teddy to come back from that and find him a mess.

He's just... so relieved, though. He is most certainly trembling.]

...thank you... thank you, for telling me...

[He'd known. He'd known there was something there, but to know, and to really know...]

[dickmoves]

[ He'll never get used to being appreciated. Or being part of a group. Or...

Well.

Anything involving a family, really. He pats Billy's shoulder awkwardly, looking off to the side. If only it'd been this easy back home, just... a few words, Teddy's love, some stupid brotherly moments. If it had been that easy than maybe...

Nah, better not to think about it. ]

Yeah, yeah. I'm amazing... I probably should've mentioned it a little sooner.

[selfhelp]

[Billy pulls back before too long- he knows hugs make Tommy uncomfortable, even if he doesn't buy the claims that he doesn't ever want them. He leans back against the desk, scuffing a hand through his hair and looking like his whole world's been flipped upside down.]

No... it's okay. I might not have believed it until I had some time to... work stuff through, I guess.

[dickmoves]

... You know what, that wasn't even the weirdest part about finding mom. I don't know if your geekery can handle this.

[selfhelp]

...What? Then what was?

[He's not sure if he'll regret asking... but with Tommy so unusually forthcoming, he can't help but indulge his curiosity.]

[dickmoves]

Dr. Doom was almost our soul-stepdad.

[selfhelp]

[......

.......

.......

....n....o....]

He's what!?

[But- that would mean-

-Wanda-]

[dickmoves]

He was almost! We broke up the wedding, don't worry.

[selfhelp]

Why the hell was Wanda marrying Doom?

[Was the kidnapped? Brainwashed? Mind-controlled??]

[dickmoves]

Amnesia.

[selfhelp]

[...Ugh.]

Of course it was amnesia...

[No wonder she's been missing all this time.]

So she was in Latveria the whole time?

[dickmoves]

Yep. We checked there, but she was probably in Doom's castle.

[selfhelp]

...That is so, so messed up.

[dickmoves]

Yeah. Can you imagine the birthday gifts, though?

[selfhelp]

"Happy birthday, children, enjoy unwrapping Reed Richards' head on a silver platter."

[...Well. He probably won't be feeling that charitable towards the guy after getting out of that prison, but...]

[dickmoves]

The Thing's actual hands instead of those dumb inflatable fists. [ Tommy makes fists and lightly socks the air. ] Maybe our own country to turn into an ass-backwards evil utopia.

[selfhelp]

The thought of us running our own country is probably scarier than having Dr. Doom as a step-dad.

[....]

Oh god, Dr. Dad.

[HE TAKES IT BACK THAT'S WAY SCARIER]

[dickmoves]

Let's agree to never say that again. And if he comes here, we're banning him from getting anywhere near teen mom.

[selfhelp]

Agreed. Agreed one-hundred-percent.

[God, they have a messed up life, for a sentence like that to even be necessary.]

[dickmoves]

[ ... ]

Do you think they have a teen Doom.

[selfhelp]

...O-oh god. Maybe? How weird would that be... he'd probably be a witch-in-training, like me and Wanda, too.

[....]

What if they hit it off!?

[dickmoves]

No. I forbid it! The universe forbids it!

[selfhelp]

What would we even say, though? "Sorry, Not-Mom, you can't date a future super-villain"? Cassie had a big crush on Nate, and he was going to be Kang.

[dickmoves]

[ He grabs the smoothie off of the counter and uses that to cover up any discomfort he might feel.

Carry on like it's nothing, tough guy. He does just that after a lengthy gulp. ]

Aaaaaand she ended up with Jonas. Problem solved.

[selfhelp]

...She did?

[HE HADN'T HEARD THAT PART OF IT]