Room 307, Monday Early Afternoon

[dollpocalypse]

The second Topher stepped out of his portal onto the Causeway, he wanted to turn back and head back to Peter's place. That place had technology, a blissful lack of noise and visitors, and a guilt-free environment free of awkward apologies and blaming himself for stuff. Basically, it was perfect. Fandom was... not.

It was even less perfect after Topher went to class, where all that guilt-free philosophy imparted unto him by Peter was promptly zapped away by the same scarily-persuasive Wiggin rationalizing that had gotten it into his head in the first place. Weighed down by the fresh reminder of all the bad stuff he'd done that week, he trudged back to his room and without even bothering to close the door properly, strode on in, flopped on the bed, and stared at the ceiling.

Seriously, he'd love a portal back to Haiti. Even one that took him through a layover filled with giant rats would be fine. Maybe if he intentionally took one of those, the schadenfreude would be enough for Peter to let him stay a little longer?

...Whatever, he could dream.

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[selfhelphero]

"As far as I know, he's a nice guy," Billy said. "It was a science experiment gone wrong, or something. He's worked with Iron Man and Captain America though, so he's totally one of the good guys."

[dollpocalypse]

Topher made a face at that. "I want a totally badass science experiment to give me powers so I can work with Iron Man and Captain America." Topher. No you didn't. "But that's cool. Does he go to school here? I wonder if he'd be okay with people doing tests..."

TOPHER.

[selfhelphero]

Billy leaned enough to pinch Topher in the arm. "No, bad Topher," he said. "He's an adult, and no, no tests."

[dollpocalypse]

"Awww. Okaaaaay." Topher gave an exaggerated sigh, laying his head down on Billy's shoulder. "If you say so."

Huh. That was new.

[selfhelphero]

Yes, that was new, but Billy had no complaints. Hopefully, Topher wouldn't have any complaints about Billy reaching over to pet his hair either.