remy grumbles and follows after pietro with a chagrined expression. “ but, pietro, ” he whines, plastering himself over pietro’s back and working on his best puppy dog eyes. “ ororo is goin’ to think i’m ignoring her. you don’t want that, do you ?? ” he peels himself off of pietro now – “ if you go get it for me, i won’t let the kids pickpocket you at all. or i’ll warn you like a week in advance so you can make traps. ”
the thing about remy is, you really don’t need to look to see the puppy dog eyes. it’s basically a sixth sense for pietro at this point, as much as it is to sigh deeply. “ honestly remy, I don’t really care if she thinks you’re ignoring her. the balcony plants could do with watering anyway. ” pietro positively does not look in remy’s way. he knows himself, and what it will lead to, and — lets himself get baited anyway, apparently. “ you think I need traps for them? ” rude. but he still takes remy’s hand and holds it to his chest. “ if I go get it for you, you need to up the ante. raise the stakes. delivery fees are steep without voucher codes, i’ve been told. ”
pietro has no idea why he’s been given office space, not when there’s a gym clearly in his domain, but he’s definitely not complaining. there’s a headache that’s brewing underneath the surface for the last few hours, and any attempts at selfies for instagram have unerringly been backdropped with yelling infants. dive jumps gone wrong, and balls getting stuck in the ceiling. the office is a relatively safe reprieve. so naturally it’s once he gets the self-timer set-up that there’s a knock on the door, capturing his annoyance in the cloud forever. “ what is it?? whoever you are, this better be good or you better run. ”
“ jus’ how mad would you be at me if i told you i left my phone at home today ?? ” remy asks casually, hip against the wall. he gives pietro a once-over that just barely gives way to his ecstatic amusement. “ look a’ you – we gotta get you a whistle, complete the ensemble. how many kids y’think you’re gonna yell at ?? ”
“ 5 out of 10. mad enough that i’m not going to get it for you when I reminded you before we left. ” pietro sighs, and because he can, hip checks remy on the way to his stuff. and naturally remy can’t leave it alone there, it goes against his nature, but annoyingly it still gives pietro the urge to laugh anyway. “ careful what you wish for, i’ll bring work home with me. whistle every time you leave a dirty dish in the sink. as for yelling... probably all of them. if you’re planning on making me a pickpocket assignment, schedule it for next week would you? ”
( jesús castro, 38, he/him ) Look, it’s PIETRO MAXIMOFF from earth-2327! I hear they go by QUICKSILVER and they’re currently TEACHER OF PHYS ED. I noticed they’re PASSIONATE, but also kinda IRRITABLE. I can’t wait to see what they do next!
okay i’ll try and keep this simple!! pietro is based from the 616-comics, so for anyone unsure he’s vastly different to the mcu or xmen movie version!
pietro and wanda are romani, and were raised as such on wundagore mountain until they were adolescents. this was when their powers started kicking in, and when the camp was attacked by local villagers he was quick to flee along with his sister. this leads to them travelling across europe, young and with no other known family.
eventually they were recruited by magneto for the brotherhood of evil mutants, and stayed with him out of a sense of obligation and fear to fight for his cause. once magneto is beaten they turn to the avengers for refuge.
some point along the line pietro gets married to crystal, a member of the inhuman royalty, and they have a child together. however busy as pietro was with hero work he didn’t have much time for his family, and crystal eventually cheated, ending the marriage when pietro found out
house of m stuff also happened, but the wiki will explain that better than I would
pietro’s also been part of x-factor on different occasions, most recently having joined to keep an eye on his half-sister polaris. ... he left, when she found out he joined for that.
currently pietro isn’t on the main avengers roster, but is usually called in as needed in emergencies.
bonus:
- no surrender run has definitely happened, mr.dibbles is munching on some real organic fruits out here
- pietro can be considered extremely impatient and kinda irritable to anyone that’s not his sister or closest to him but he also experiences time a lot differently, so ... patience can only be stretched so far. it’s a conscious effort to do stuff in normal speed
- he v much regrets not being able to see his daughter as much as he’d like, and regrets a lot of bad choices
- currently has a special someone 🤟
- has actually taught before for avengers academy! and did get close to a student who... did blackmail him at first. note: there’s v little shame he’s got left hiding from the world, not worth a go :/
