‎ٙ̄ ⟢ ‍ ‍ᵁ̳ᴾ ᴵ̄ᴺ 𝐅͟𝗟͟𝐀͟𝗠͟𝐄͟𝗦.

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[‎ٙ̄ ⟢ ‍ ‍ᵁ̳ᴾ ᴵ̄ᴺ 𝐅͟𝗟͟𝐀͟𝗠͟𝐄͟𝗦. @torchiejunior]

WHAT? THAT ISN’T MY NAME!

[𝓈𝗂𝗋𝖾𝗇 𝗂𝗓 𝗆𝖾𝗋𝗍𝗏𝗒𝗄𝗁 𝗓𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗅． @gutscrash]

… ARSON.

[‎ٙ̄ ⟢ ‍ ‍ᵁ̳ᴾ ᴵ̄ᴺ 𝐅͟𝗟͟𝐀͟𝗠͟𝐄͟𝗦. @torchiejunior]

i agree.

[𝓈𝗂𝗋𝖾𝗇 𝗂𝗓 𝗆𝖾𝗋𝗍𝗏𝗒𝗄𝗁 𝗓𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗅． @gutscrash]

it is in the public’s best interest to not let me have a glock.

[‎ٙ̄ ⟢ ‍ ‍ᵁ̳ᴾ ᴵ̄ᴺ 𝐅͟𝗟͟𝐀͟𝗠͟𝐄͟𝗦. @torchiejunior]

like it’s fine when you decide to play dirty.” he’s past giving in to her request now, right or wrong. he’s too prideful to admit he should come clean. “you’ll end up on the other pages of the news if you act like that.”

[‎ٙ̄ ⟢ ‍ ‍ᵁ̳ᴾ ᴵ̄ᴺ 𝐅͟𝗟͟𝐀͟𝗠͟𝐄͟𝗦. @torchiejunior]

“hey, i didn’t even throw you under the bus! the news decided to do that themselves. it’s not like i told them it was you or anything,” he feels his own irritation rising now between the dig at him and the implied threat if he doesn’t

[‎ ‍‎ 𝗍𝗁𝖾 ‍ ꨄ︎ ‍ 𝕳𝐄𝙰͜͡𝐑𝐓. @PALADINHE4RT]

slowly lowering the ipad, the look of outrage on her features eases into something colder. “oh, well, i’m glad you’re listening to your dad, even if it means i take the blame for your mess!”

her tongue clicks against the roof of her mouth, head of chestnut curls shaking —

[‎ٙ̄ ⟢ ‍ ‍ᵁ̳ᴾ ᴵ̄ᴺ 𝐅͟𝗟͟𝐀͟𝗠͟𝐄͟𝗦. @torchiejunior]

come clean.

focusing on regulating his body temperature, he replies, “are you threatening me now? that doesn’t sound very heroic of you, now does it? you were just preaching about me ‘blaming you’ as being a 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘭𝘰𝘸, but it sounds

[‎ٙ̄ ⟢ ‍ ‍ᵁ̳ᴾ ᴵ̄ᴺ 𝐅͟𝗟͟𝐀͟𝗠͟𝐄͟𝗦. @torchiejunior]

while walking a bit further into the room, beginning to do a few stretches to busy himself.

[‎ٙ̄ ⟢ ‍ ‍ᵁ̳ᴾ ᴵ̄ᴺ 𝐅͟𝗟͟𝐀͟𝗠͟𝐄͟𝗦. @torchiejunior]

strolling into the training compound, he’s greeted, barely, by none other than valerie. she’s always so … boring, never wanting to be spontaneous or fun, just trying to follow all these rules and guidelines for training. where’s the action

[ᅠ ᅠ ᅠ ‍ᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠ ᅠ 𝗦𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗧 ᅠ ᅠ ‍ᅠ ᴺᴼᵀᴴᴵᴺᴳ ᵎᵎ @guttedribbons]

valerie turned around , gun in hand .
oh it was .. 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 . she swiftly turned
back around— keen on ignoring the
flame user .

[‎ٙ̄ ⟢ ‍ ‍ᵁ̳ᴾ ᴵ̄ᴺ 𝐅͟𝗟͟𝐀͟𝗠͟𝐄͟𝗦. @torchiejunior]

and on-the-job learning type stuff?

a small flicker of a flame ignites in his palm, throwing it her way. it’s small enough that it’ll fizzle out quickly, but remain long enough to get her attention.

“you avoiding me now?” he calls out

[‎ٙ̄ ⟢ ‍ ‍ᵁ̳ᴾ ᴵ̄ᴺ 𝐅͟𝗟͟𝐀͟𝗠͟𝐄͟𝗦. @torchiejunior]

i am not a sore loser! the game was obviously not on my side.

[‎ٙ̄ ⟢ ‍ ‍ᵁ̳ᴾ ᴵ̄ᴺ 𝐅͟𝗟͟𝐀͟𝗠͟𝐄͟𝗦. @torchiejunior]

i think you’re just making that up, bird girl.

[‎ ‍‎ 𝗍𝗁𝖾 ‍ ꨄ︎ ‍ 𝕳𝐄𝙰͜͡𝐑𝐓. @PALADINHE4RT]

i don’t know if you’ve noticed, but when you get really angry, it starts coming out of your ears.

[‎ٙ̄ ⟢ ‍ ‍ᵁ̳ᴾ ᴵ̄ᴺ 𝐅͟𝗟͟𝐀͟𝗠͟𝐄͟𝗦. @torchiejunior]

“well— yeah. my body temperature is usually hot, and then sometimes i forget and overheat the area i’m in,” sheepish nod of his head. “i try to control it, but it’s hard to sometimes because it feels normal to me.”

[‎ٙ̄ ⟢ ‍ ‍ᵁ̳ᴾ ᴵ̄ᴺ 𝐅͟𝗟͟𝐀͟𝗠͟𝐄͟𝗦. @torchiejunior]

smokes?!

[‎ ‍‎ 𝗍𝗁𝖾 ‍ ꨄ︎ ‍ 𝕳𝐄𝙰͜͡𝐑𝐓. @PALADINHE4RT]

and i rebuke you. stand down, smokes!

[‎ٙ̄ ⟢ ‍ ‍ᵁ̳ᴾ ᴵ̄ᴺ 𝐅͟𝗟͟𝐀͟𝗠͟𝐄͟𝗦. @torchiejunior]

HOW?

[𝓈𝗂𝗋𝖾𝗇 𝗂𝗓 𝗆𝖾𝗋𝗍𝗏𝗒𝗄𝗁 𝗓𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗅． @gutscrash]

you’re evil sometimes.

[‎ٙ̄ ⟢ ‍ ‍ᵁ̳ᴾ ᴵ̄ᴺ 𝐅͟𝗟͟𝐀͟𝗠͟𝐄͟𝗦. @torchiejunior]

/ i’ll do replies todayyy

[‎ٙ̄ ⟢ ‍ ‍ᵁ̳ᴾ ᴵ̄ᴺ 𝐅͟𝗟͟𝐀͟𝗠͟𝐄͟𝗦. @torchiejunior]

i revoke it.

[‎ ‍‎ 𝗍𝗁𝖾 ‍ ꨄ︎ ‍ 𝕳𝐄𝙰͜͡𝐑𝐓. @PALADINHE4RT]

folks, i hereby announce my candidacy to lead my fellow bunch of future heroes. as long as we’ve got heart, smarts, ethics, and each other, i have no doubt that we can continue to build on the legacy of the avengers and make the world a safer place for all!

birdie out! 🦅

[‎ٙ̄ ⟢ ‍ ‍ᵁ̳ᴾ ᴵ̄ᴺ 𝐅͟𝗟͟𝐀͟𝗠͟𝐄͟𝗦. @torchiejunior]

it is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[𝓈𝗂𝗋𝖾𝗇 𝗂𝗓 𝗆𝖾𝗋𝗍𝗏𝗒𝗄𝗁 𝗓𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗅． @gutscrash]

no?????????

[‎ٙ̄ ⟢ ‍ ‍ᵁ̳ᴾ ᴵ̄ᴺ 𝐅͟𝗟͟𝐀͟𝗠͟𝐄͟𝗦. @torchiejunior]

that’s false.

[𝓈𝗂𝗋𝖾𝗇 𝗂𝗓 𝗆𝖾𝗋𝗍𝗏𝗒𝗄𝗁 𝗓𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗅． @gutscrash]

you hate me.

[‎ٙ̄ ⟢ ‍ ‍ᵁ̳ᴾ ᴵ̄ᴺ 𝐅͟𝗟͟𝐀͟𝗠͟𝐄͟𝗦. @torchiejunior]

no. no.

[𝓈𝗂𝗋𝖾𝗇 𝗂𝗓 𝗆𝖾𝗋𝗍𝗏𝗒𝗄𝗁 𝗓𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗅． @gutscrash]

sooooo good.