[Teddy regards the present with surprise; it's not that he didn't expect Billy to get him anything, but really, this whole thing is still a surprise for him. Not to mention that he just. Didn't really get presents from people in the past, save for his mom.
Still, he lets that look fade into a smile and he sets his brownie aside to take the package, feeling the weight and shape of it.]
What, so you fed those to me thinking they were going to taste like toxic waste? What were you trying to do to me, B?
[He shoots Billy a grin before he opens the package, being one of those guys who is not careful about ripping the paper.
But his movements halt once he sees what's inside.
The Avengers mansion, particularly where they used to meet. The city in the background, as lit up as a sketch can get in the night sky. The very scene that Teddy finds himself missing the more time he spends here. And all of the Young Avengers: not just what's assembled now, but even Iron Lad. Teddy still regrets the last thing he remembers of Iron Lad - lashing out at him, more enraged than he's ever been, thinking that Billy was gone for good, killed, wiped out from existence, "give him back or I swear I'll -"
But he'd still been a wonderful friend. And if it weren't for him, they would never have become the Young Avengers, and he would never have met Billy. Two of the most wonderful things to ever happen in his life.
Teddy rests his hand on the sketches, careful not to actually touch the drawings themselves for fear of smudging it, and seems to be at a total loss for words.]
[SNAKES ON A PLANE]
Still, he lets that look fade into a smile and he sets his brownie aside to take the package, feeling the weight and shape of it.]
What, so you fed those to me thinking they were going to taste like toxic waste? What were you trying to do to me, B?
[He shoots Billy a grin before he opens the package, being one of those guys who is not careful about ripping the paper.
But his movements halt once he sees what's inside.
The Avengers mansion, particularly where they used to meet. The city in the background, as lit up as a sketch can get in the night sky. The very scene that Teddy finds himself missing the more time he spends here. And all of the Young Avengers: not just what's assembled now, but even Iron Lad. Teddy still regrets the last thing he remembers of Iron Lad - lashing out at him, more enraged than he's ever been, thinking that Billy was gone for good, killed, wiped out from existence, "give him back or I swear I'll -"
But he'd still been a wonderful friend. And if it weren't for him, they would never have become the Young Avengers, and he would never have met Billy. Two of the most wonderful things to ever happen in his life.
Teddy rests his hand on the sketches, careful not to actually touch the drawings themselves for fear of smudging it, and seems to be at a total loss for words.]