004 -- voice/action;

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[ natasha sounds irritated what else is new. ]

This place gets more ridiculous by the day. Must we play out every cliche Christmas tradition?

[ ooc: feel free to run into nat wherever you please, she's out and about! ]

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[repeatshimself]

[Usually, Billy is prepared for this.

Usually he wouldn't come to walk on a day such as this one.

But he's distracted and also he needs to go in the store when he sees Natasha, and he knows her, she's the Black Widow and he needs to be nice to her or she'll kill him with an eyelash curler or something.]

Hi, Ms. Romanov.

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[ oh no. is he even legal? who is this boy and why does he know her name what is happening oh no.

well too late natasha's got both arms around his shoulders and kissing him before she can actually inquire as to how he knows her name. this is terrible. ]

[repeatshimself]

[Oh holy god.

Oh holy god in heaven.

Billy is kissing back and it's weird because she's shorter than he is and also the Black Widow and holy crap-

When he pulls away he stares at her for a minute.]

Uh.

It's nice to see you too.

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[ everyone is taller than natasha. even billy. what is her life. ]

Have we met?

[ nevermind the kiss, why do you know her name? ]

[repeatshimself]

>[Oh no.

No no no.

No.]

I'm Billy Kaplan we met before I'm a Young Avenger my codename is Wiccan I'm a reality bender also gay so please don't take the fact that I molested your face with my tongue the wrong way Ms. Romanov.

[It's almost a spell it's so fast]

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[ there's a long pause while she just looks at him. ]

Interesting introduction.

[repeatshimself]

And that's...good. Right?

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It's not bad.

[ forever difficult. ]

[repeatshimself]

Right.

[He takes a nice step back. Give the lady some space]

So.

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How old are you?

[ she really, really doesn't want to know, and yet... ]

[repeatshimself]

Eighteen.

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[ oh thank god. ]

How do you know me?

[ this is slowly just turning into an interrogation. awful. ]

[repeatshimself]

Well, back home, I mean I never met you there but I knew of you.

I met you here. The first time you were here.

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[ she hadn't known that. the only visible indication of her surprise was her eyes widening, just slightly. ]

I seem to have forgotten.

[repeatshimself]

Oh, yeah. That's pretty common. I mean. Teddy forgets each time.

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Teddy?

[ she's mostly trying to get a sense of what she's dealing with, how many of them there might be, who might know what. ]