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WHO: JEN & LEN
WHERE: Avengers Mansion.
WHEN: YESTERDAY...
WARNINGS: none
SUMMARY: idk feelings
FORMAT: lazy

[He's been in the mansion before--the one back home, anyway--but being invited to stay there gives the entire atmosphere a new and uncomfortable weight.

But more importantly: Skrull invasion, et cetera. He turns to Jen after looking around the living room for a second.]

So.

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[ well, that's a little comforting, but... ]

No reason!

[ a beat ]

What about Tony? You know... before coming here.

[No reason. Of course.

Vague uneasiness makes him hesitate.]

I talked to Tony about a few things, yes.

[ this is a bad idea. this is a really bad idea. ]

Maybe... about Bruce?

He asked for a psych profile. [Pause.] What happened to Bruce?

[ dammit. she's just going to get angry about this again... not that she isn't but ]

Nothing happened to him. [ liar ] I was really just wondering! You know what, this isn't something you need to talk about on you first day here!

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[Part of him wants to call her on it, but there's no point in escalating things--nobody would like either one of them when they're angry, etc.]

Well, when should we talk about it?

[ a pause ]

Never?

Uh-huh.

[should've seen that coming. he leans back against the couch.]

Here's what I don't want: I don't want you to not be able to talk to me without having this thing, whatever it is, getting in the way. I don't want you to have to watch what you say.

There is no thing. I swear. [ stop lying.

pause. ]

I can talk to you! This nothing-thing wouldn't even be a problem. Things are just -- you know -- you're the last person that I expected to show up here.

[No point in reading into that. He's quiet for a few seconds.]

Well, it's up to you.

[ she's going silent to... staring at her hands now ]

A lot of things have happened since you last saw me. Not even just me managing to get over my transformation issues.

[and that's all it takes for him to swing into therapy mode.]

Jen things, or bigger than that?

[ oh damn. welp. ]

A little bit of both?

[ a beat ]

Definitely a lot of Jen things.... a lot. [ WEH MY LIFE SUCKS WEHHH ]

[raising an eyebrow at her, even though she ISN'T LOOKING AT HIM]

Not so good?

[prompt prompt prompt, listen listen listen]

[ STILL NOT GOING TO TBH ]

Is it ever really good? [ a beat... well.... god she has no idea how she feels about him anymore or how to deal with him ]

I got disbarred a while ago. I stopped being a superhero. I got arrested. I found out I had a bunch of family members I've never known about. I got married and then divorced to John Jameson.

A lot of stuff.

[ NOT INCLUDING GETTING SHOT FULL OF NANOBOTS YYYEAHH ]

[that...is a lot, and it shakes him right back out of therapymode.]

You got disbarred? And-- [everything else, good lord] How did all that happen?

[ siiigh ]

I made a lot of bad choices and a lot of stupid decisions. No surprise there, right? [ ha... ha....... ]

[with a little hey now nudge:]

Every human in history has made bad choices and stupid decisions. I could write a book on mine.

[ YEAH SHE KNOWS. burying her face in her hands though ]

Yeah, well, mine took away everything I loved to do and cared about. Not a big deal though, right?

It's old news.

You need to focus on what you can do to get those things back. Have you told, uh-- me about any of this?

[wow differing timelines make it awkward to phrase things like that.]

Whenever you come from? You know I'd help you any way I could.

No, we... haven't really talked much lately.

[ because of the reasons she's trying to avoid talking about. y e p. ]

I mean, not that I don't appreciate the thought, Doc.

That's too bad.

[back to being quiet. strange that they wouldn't talk--unless both of them were incredibly busy.

or it's related to the thing she clearly doesn't want to talk about, which is a little unsettling.

after a second he gets up.]

I guess I'll turn in. Do you mind pointing out an empty room?

[ there's this awkward pause from her because Len is still one of her best friends, but... ]

I'll walk you.

[ and she's standing up a moment after him, gesturing ]

Most of the rooms here are available so you can take your pick. But you might end up waking up next to Lockjaw one day; I have no idea how that dog works.

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