Tommy doesn’t want to let the New Year’s issue drop; he’s intensely curious about whatever happened that David thinks was awkward. But he seems determined not to tell Tommy about it, at least not while they’re at this speed-friending session. Tommy decides to let it slide for now, but he sticks a pin in it to come back to later.
“Name a single hero who retired and stayed retired,” he says, eyebrow arched as he takes a sip of his coffee. “Hell, even Billy got back in, and he was really determined to quit after that whole thing with Scarlet Witch and the Avengers and everyone else.” He shrugs. “Once a hero, always a hero.”
And if David was willing to track down his brother after knowing Tommy for two whole days, Tommy’s pretty sure his instinct about David still being a hero was correct. He knocks back about half of his coffee in a single gulp and sets the mug back down on the table.
“Tell you what - wanna get out of here? We can go somewhere else, I could start paying off that lunch debt I owe you, and I can tell you about where I’ve been for the last nine or ten months.”
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“Name a single hero who retired and stayed retired,” he says, eyebrow arched as he takes a sip of his coffee. “Hell, even Billy got back in, and he was really determined to quit after that whole thing with Scarlet Witch and the Avengers and everyone else.” He shrugs. “Once a hero, always a hero.”
And if David was willing to track down his brother after knowing Tommy for two whole days, Tommy’s pretty sure his instinct about David still being a hero was correct. He knocks back about half of his coffee in a single gulp and sets the mug back down on the table.
“Tell you what - wanna get out of here? We can go somewhere else, I could start paying off that lunch debt I owe you, and I can tell you about where I’ve been for the last nine or ten months.”