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WHO: The Spider-Devil family and friends and guests. If you have a reason to be there, come on in? Feel free to ask if you’re not sure.
WHERE: May and Reilly’s place at the MAC
WHEN: Tonight!
WARNINGS: Attempting to bring joy to Daredevil and Devil jr.
SUMMARY: It’s Reilly and Matt’s birthday! A party is thrown, good times are had. Whether the birthday boys like it or not.
FORMAT: Para to start, then whatever! Feel free to start your own area/event threads.

After the late- or was it just really early?- birthday-meeting with Matt and dad the night before, May had immediately headed home to start decorating and generally preparing for the day. This would be the second of Matt and Reilly’s birthday’s she’d be witness to. It was weird to think about. But more than that, she was determined to give this year’s a little more kick to it than the rushed surprise cake from the year before. She knew all the more now how rarely either man celebrated the day at all, let alone happily. And just in case she’d been in danger of forgetting that, Matt’s post the night before had certainly reinforced the point.

So she’d gone all out. Streamers, balloons, all the works she could manage in their small apartment, even a few frosting scented (and oh so carefully webbed by the bottom in place) candles for the birthday boy who couldn’t appreciate the sights. Along, of course, with the finest in ordered food and (non-alcoholic) drink she could manage with the pooled money from interested parties. Now it was just a matter of tricking the boys into both coming and staying long enough to enjoy themselves.

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That's ... different.

[He flops down into a chair, considering this.]

Matt -- okay, I admit it. I'd die for the guy any day, but he can be hard to handle. He's always been there for me, though, always. Even from the start, back when none of the other -- when none of the rest'd give me the time of day, even Johnny and his family, or Steve and Tony. He always respected me.

[ she's quiet again. wow, that's... vastly different. ]

He didn't respect my Peter. At all.

[Another, longer pause. Peter looks away, then meets her eyes again, shifting slightly in his chair.]

You're using the past tense.

He died.

[ simple as that. but she's not looking at him when she says it. ]

[He suspected as much, but ...]

... Oh.

It was during the flood that took out almost all of New York. I don't know what happened.

[Okay, if anything could distract Peter from secondhand moping, it would be that. His home, his city destroyed? It doesn't bear thinking about.]

Sorry, the flood that what? That sure as heck never happened in New York, not even when the Atlanteans tried to invade. That's -- that's horrible.

[[I hope it's never happened, anyway. *handwave*]]

Uh...

[ vague hand gesture. bad memories since you know. FAKE DEATH. ]

It was something about Magneto. He tried to flood New York and almost succeeded. I lot of people died.

God.

[Hands rubbing his face.]

I guess that's not as surprising as it should be. Magneto's pulled some stunts over the years back home, too.

I'm not surprised. He's a... [ without realizing it, she's rubbing her own face as well ]

He's a total tool.

[He shifts over so he can squeeze her shoulder.]

Sounds like you guys've had a rough time of it.

[ just goes limp and stares at her knees ]

It's been a while since it's happened. No big.

[Slowly, so she can pull away if she wants, he tugs her into a light hug, arm around her shoulders.]

If a city being destroyed and people dying is "no big," I'd hate to know what "big" looks like.

[ burying her face against him, not moving ]

It'd knock your pants off. Mmf.

[He'll just ... hold her for a while. Part of the big brother mandate. Eventually:]

You've noticed that about half the time I'm not actually wearing pants, right?

[ long... pause and she's. laughing under her breath ]

Now I've noticed.

[Ruffling her hair.]

Your observational skills are unparalleled.

[ face reddening out of embarrassment ]

It's a talent. A skill. Fifty more EXP points and my observation skills level to Captain Obvious quality.

But what will you get for your Achievement Unlocked? I figure Captain Obvious is worth at least another bar on your Loquacious Meter.

I get a pin.

[ she pulls back to use her index finger to draw a circle in the air ]

It'll say, "I made this many obnoxious remarks on everything around me and all I got was this stupid pin. I am truly Sherlock Holmes."