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[Billy's face appears on the screen, it's clear he's worried. It's also kind of obvious he hasn't slept; dark circles rim his tired eyes. He looks exhausted and not at all like his normal bright self.]

Uh, has anyone seen my boyfriend? Tall, blond, incredibly too good looking for me, answers to the name Teddy. I seem to have misplaced him.

[Or he was still avoiding Billy. Or the real reason he couldn't find him was that he'd been sent home, home before they could even talk about what happened. Before he could apologize...at least Teddy wouldn't remember anything.]

If you see him, tell him...just tell him I'm looking for him.

Private text to Kate.

Tell me you're still here. I can't lose you too Katie.

(OOC: Action is also fine if you want to find him wandering around looking for Teddy. He could use the distraction :) Edit: He's also apparently now at the bar, someone keep him from drinking too much? Yeah? )

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Oh. Well that's a little reassuring. I'll talk to Darcy, I don't think I've actually met Pepper yet.

[He frowns again. After Kate, Natasha was probably the one he felt most comfortable talking to.] Yeah, it was...it was pretty bad.

[ She studies him a moment longer before giving him a sympathetic look. ]

You wanna talk about it? I bet I can coerce some ice cream out of my closet.

[He's surprised to find that he actually does want to talk about it. ]

Well, who says no to ice cream? See you in a few.

[He cuts the feed, but pockets his phone in case Teddy is still here and decides to contact him, before making his way down the hall to Natasha's room. It occurs to him that he didn't even check to make sure she was there first. Well if she wasn't he would wait.

He knocks. ]

[ Fortunately for him, that's where she'd been answering from and she opens the door mere moments after he knocks, giving him a small crooked smile. ]

Hey, kiddo. Come on in.

[He returns her smile easily, even if it's not as happy as it usually is, and he walks in, looking around. He hadn't been in here before.]

Ice cream?

[ Oh good, then he won't notice what's still missing after her visit from a particular Mirror.

She smiles and nudges the door shut after him. ]

Ice cream indeed. What's your flavor? I suppose we can coerce just about any indulgence out of the closets.

I usually go for cookie dough. Nothing better than eating raw cookie dough without getting the 'you'll get sick' lecture from your mother. Followed up by the 'studies show that kids who miss too much school are behind socially then their peers' lecture. [Rambling again. He gives her a sheepish smile.] My mom is a psychologist.

Cookie dough it is, then.

[ She gives him a fond smile and heads for the closet. ]

Is she? I imagine that's both useful and aggravating as hell.

So aggravating. She just knows everything without asking. I'm pretty sure she knew I was dating Teddy before I knew I was dating Teddy.

That could have just been a mother's instinct. Besides, somehow I doubt you and Teddy were all that subtle.

[ Her voice is fond as she comes back with a pair of bowls and spoons and a big tub of cookie dough ice cream, along with a large bottle of chocolate syrup. Might as well go all out. ]

Subtle enough that I had no idea we were dating until he told me he told his mom we were dating. Apparently I'm the least subtle gay boy he'd ever met?

[And talking about Teddy just made him feel more guilty. He really had a way of ruining the good things in his life.

He took a bowl and spoon from her when she joined him on the couch and began doling out ice cream for them.]

[ She sinks down in the chair beside his and reaches out to ruffle his hair fondly, not missing that flicker of expression. ]

So. Are you going to tell me what happened before he vanished that has you looking all guilty over it?

[Billy pauses, he wants to tell her, wants to talk about it, but he also doesn't know how she would take everything he has to say. He finishes serving them both ice cream, taking the time to think about what to say, and hands her a bowl. ]

Promise not to get mad? [He waits long enough for her to agree before launching into a long explanation. ]

It's been weird with us for a while, him being three years behind.we've been though a lot together, my team and just Teddy and I and most of it, the most important parts, he hasn't lived them yet. It changed us, we broke up for a short while. Anyway, we've been having some...issues.

Back in August, I was talking about magic, and Loki volunteered to teach me a few things. We stuck up a weird friendship after that one event, I trust him, to an extent. I know who he is and what he's done, but, I don't think he would hurt me. He is also the only person here who knows how my magic works. He's been helping me control it better. I didn't tell Teddy about it because he keeps demanding that I stay away from Loki.

So of course he followed me. We got into a big fight about keeping secrets. And he refused to tell me what happened with my mirror. I was mad and tired of the same fight and I accidentally used magic on him to make him tell me. And then he got mad and said some things and I got mad and I told him that he wasn't my Teddy. So he stormed out and I think he broke up with me and that's why I have no idea if he's gone or just wants nothing to do with me ever again. Not that I would blame him.

[He looks at her miserably. Apparently he really needed to get that off his chest.]

[ She listens to all of it with a careful expression, not judging him for any of the revelations he drops between them - and some of those are quite startling in themselves. The Loki thing especially. Although she's been getting a lot of interesting revelations about Loki lately herself, ones she's still trying to decide what to do with.

While he talks, she takes the ice cream scoop from his hand and finishes filling their bowls. When he's done. his is full and she hands it over to him, then offers him the bottle of chocolate syrup just in case. This conversation warrants an excess of chocolate, obviously. ]

'Accidentally' using magic on anyone is still that - an accident, which also says that perhaps your lessons in magic are warranted. Granted, you picked a pretty controversial choice in tutor, and I can understand his concern although I can't think of many more adept at wielding magic than him. [ Which was, in part, what worried her. What was Loki's angle in that little effort? ]

Teddy doesn't seem the sort to hold a long grudge, especially over things said and done in the heat of the moment. If he's off working through what you fought about, he'll be back when he's ready. Although considering not even your magic can't find him, it's more likely that this place is to blame. As his things are still here, I'm sure you'll get a chance to apologize soon.

[He has to admit he's a little surprised she's taking the Loki thing in stride, then again he probably shouldn't be. If anyone was going to listen to him it was Natasha.

He douses his ice cream in chocolate sauce and hands the bottle to her before speaking.] Technically Loki offered, but I know. I understand his concern too. I'd just like it if he didn't act like I was an idiot and he had to protect me from everything. Especially since not too far off in his future he walks away from me to deal with a magic eating parasite that wants to kill me. [So maybe he's still bitter about that.]

He wouldn't hold a grudge, or if he was and didn't want to see me he would let me know he was ok. [Especailly after Billy left him about five voicemails.] I have a feeling he's been sent home.

Yes, but he's not his future, not yet. And everyone tends to be overprotective of the ones they care about. [ She points this out gently as she takes a bite of her ice cream, watching him thoughtfully. ] If he were in danger, I suspect you'd be just as worried and wanting to help. Considering how much effort you've tossed into trying to find him here, I'm guessing?

[ She steals the bottle of chocolate syrup back, adding it to her own ice cream as she nods and absorbs that information. ] Then the hardest part right now will be waiting for him to return. But it's still better than the alternative.

Guilty. [ He shrugged at her, smiling slightly as he ate his ice cream. ]

Yeah. I just hope the Teddy that comes back isn't like from before we even met. That would be my luck.

I'm sure you could seduce him all over again.

[ She points this out with a gentle chuckle, but it's something she can sympathize with. Nothing like having someone who is an important figure in your life show up with no memory of you. Not that she's ever had that happen to her. Ever. Nope. ]

Most people seem to come back from further ahead, however. Not further back. I think you should be alright.

[That has Billy laughing.] I don't actually think I seduced him the first time. I would probably be horrible at that.

I hope so, there a lot I want him to know, even if it's painful. It's not fair to him that I have to keep secrets.

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