Just one more ask: How does Adian find out about his father's past with Hydra and how does he react?
Hmm...I’m thinking right around middle school age because that’s when kids are honestly the worst and the meanest. Don’t have a specific grade in mind, but maybe sixth or seventh.
Adian’s a little smaller than the other kids his age (which skye thinks is just nature playing a trick on them because she’s adamant that he’s going to have a massive growth spurt in high school because have you seen how tall his father is?) and so naturally, he gets picked on by the older kids because of it.
Everything’s always about his height, which doesn’t really bother him that much. but then one of the older kids escalates things by bringing Adian’s family into things, namely his dad and his past. Adian’s confused at first, naturally, because as far as he knows, his dad is the best guy in the universe and can do no wrong.
The older boy is taunting him, telling him that his dad is a traitor to the country and should be in prison and that his mom is just as bad for having kids with him. It’s nothing too nasty because they are middle schoolers after all; it’s mostly just empty threats and vague taunts.
Thankfully, one of his aunts is picking him up from school that day, so he doesn’t have to face his parents right away. But when he gets home, he’s quiet for a while, barely says anything to them throughout dinner. And then right before bed he confronts them about it, demands to know what’s going on and pleading with his parents for what the other boy said to be wrong.
So they sit him down and tell him as much as they think is appropriate to tell him. They make sure to let him know that they were planning on telling him, just when he was a little older and they could do it in a safe environment and without any outside influences.
It takes Adian hardly anytime after that to recover from what he’s told. He bounces back pretty quickly and makes sure to let his dad know that he loves him, and knows that he’s not that guy anymore. That he’s the best dad in the universe, and the universe clearly knew that he would be because it let him change and marry his mom and have him.












