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It’s not that the footsteps were exactly distant per say… More of… smaller… But they seemed to be louder… sort of. Matt would feel a hand grasp his forearm and feel himself being pulled up.
“We really gotta stop meeting like this.” There was a familiar voice there.
Scott, attired in his Ant Man costume, pulled Matt’s arm around his shoulder and used his own arm about the other man’s waist to help support him.
“Just hold onto me, okay?” It would be obvious that Scott was attired in a costume. He pulled Matt away from the danger and made his way to a car.
Matt’s jaw clenched as soon a hand was placed on his arm, torn muscles tensing even though the gesture was meant to aid him.
He knew that voice, even if the vigilante wouldn’t be surprised if he was hallucinating; it was real. It was Scott. Not the last person he expected to come across, but, well, fairly low on the list.
Numerous pained noises fell from his lips, head coming to rest upon Scott’s costumed shoulder for a moment - just until he could regulate his breathing, find something to focus on. “Definitely not planning on letting go anytime soon.” As soon as they reached the car the masked vigilante fell against it, teeth gritting.
“Yeah, well... good.” He let him into the passenger’s side gently as he could and got into the driver’s seat. “You are gonna be fine, man. I got this.” He knew where he could take him where they wouldn’t get questioned too much. There was a local doc in the box that he frequented. They stopped asking anymore. “We’ll say you got hit by a car.” He grinned to himself and turned on the radio. He also turned on Matt’s heated seat to relax him some and maybe ease the pain a bit.
“Just hang on buddy.”
Squished Bug
He turned back and smirked. “You aint winning any beauty contests tonight either.” He was just grumpy because he was in pain. He was almost seeing double. Her wider grin caused him to raise an eyebrow. “Do… we know each other?” She smiled as though she knew him He was clueless on who she was, though.
As for SHIELD, yeah Pym told him to run like he stole something if they tried to recruit him and his suit. Pym instilled that SHIELD wasn’t anything but trouble.
The lady eventually stormed out and Scott made his way forward. It was apparent he wasn’t going to driving himself home tonight. He turned back to Bobbi and with a sweet pleading expression that could melt an iceberg, he spoke.
“My name is Scott Lang. I’m not a drunk or a junkie. Just a good dad who had a really shitty day… I… got… mugged earlier… I’m picking up on you, but I haven’t been in town long… after we pay for our stuff… if I give you my keys… Could you drive me home? I’ll pay for a taxi to take you back to your car… I just… can’t drive right now… Double vision.” Now was Bobbi’s chance. Being invited into the domicile of the much elusive Scott Lang. Take that Coulson.
“Ouch. I thought I didn’t look all that bad.” Her words are playful and it’s almost effortless for her to bounce into her flirty and teasing ways, nothing could really bring the blonde down, well as long as she didn’t allow it to get to her. She only ever had a tad of self control when it came it to keeping up appearances, Bobbi wouldn’t have made it as far as she had in SHIELD if she had allowed everything that occurred to her display so clearly on her face. Bobbi could count on one hand the people who could see through her, luckily Scott Lang wasn’t one.
“Well after that line, I’m glad we don’t know each other.” She’s still playing as she shifts her basket onto her other hand, her hip aches with the bruising that’s surely there but Bobbi can testify that she’s had so much worse, this was nothing.
She breaks eye contact with him as she watches the woman rush out of the store, clearly she had given up on trying to explain herself and Bobbi was at least glad that the line could finally get moving. It’s very easy for Bobbi to slip herself into people’s lives, at least important people. The blonde is playing at which lines she is going to use, which laugh will slip past her lips and how she would ask him out for a drink.
Bobbi was almost a little too good at her art of deception, she wasn’t Widow but she was something else. There was an art in the way she came off as the girl next door, the way she choose the cool girl persona over the untouched or seductive, Bobbi had her own technique but it goes null and void when Scott speaks again.
“That’s forward.” Are the first words that leave her lips, however she doesn’t take this as an easy target more or so as seeing what kind of man Scott actually is, it’s rare that among all the bravado and secrecy at SHIELD that you get someone who actually asks for help. It was refreshing.
“Well Scott, I’m Bobbi.” She begins as she offers a genuine smile, “I’m not a drunk or a junkie either, I just happen to have got this bad boy..” Bobbi points to her bruised cheek, “When I forgot to duck during kickboxing class.” Her story isn’t a complete lie, she was in a fight that had kickboxing technique in it, so she could get away with that right? Hell it did more than well in her book.
“I’m going to say yes only on the condition that…” Bobbi pays for her stuff as she speaks to him, she swipes her card and enters her issued pin without a second thought before thanking that cashier, “You let me look at those injuries, I’m kind of a doctor.” She offers the deal with confidence, while she wasn’t giving flu shots and treating colds, Bobbi had her PHD and more than basic understanding of the human body, not to mention injuries that she only got too often.
“What do you say, Scott?” She’s walking now, her blonde locks bounce with her as she expects him to head towards the same way as her.
“Sure... Sure...” He wanted to just pass out on the couch with an old friend names Jack Daniels and forget what he was feeling right now. He had definitely had his ass handed to him tonight. He was using the remainder of his strength just to hold himself up.
“You just want to see me with my shirt off...” He pointed at her playfully. but was still maybe a little serious. Why not? It was funny.
After her stuff was paid for, he lead her out to his not so bad car that was back and silver with a red pinstripe. He got into the passenger’s seat and programmed the car to navigate to his apartment.
Ant-Man & Tony
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“I guess so. I mean…” He looked at his tablet and pointed. “Here. If you have cameras here… You can see… And I dunno… A signal decoy or something?” he shrugged rather casually.
Tony raises his eyebrow, grinning: “Oh, we’ll be looking into that.”
His own glass is draining quickly. “Signal decoy? Or something? And that explains why your Pym’s errand boy,” he laughs; not meaning offence, but some people tended to get tetchy with his humour. “Any plans on bringing it back, or should I add that to my list of philanthropy for the year?”
“That is between you and Hank. I just get the stuff... I don’t do the details.” He clicked his tongue and stood up, placing the glass on the desk (not on a coaster) with a clink, he let out a huff as one often does after finishing a fine drink.
“Thank you Mr. Stark. It’s been real.” He gave him a nod, but it was an off nod. Like something just went right over Tony’s head. Pym was a wonderfully smart man whom knew Tony’s father and in turn, knew Tony.
He started out of the office, but stooped with his hand on the door frame and looked behind him.
“By the way... You really need to update your security system... even some two-bit errand boy and an old man can get the password... Send information to the competition... All while making it look like they were showing you something. You have a great day.” And then, he left. All the while thinking...
It was a surprise; even to Matt that he was still alive. Sure, Murdocks were built to take a beating (and occasionally hand one out) but that had been something else.
His body had become a blur of red hot pain, each gasped inhale sending sharp slices through his chest as he rolled over on to his front, arms braced in front of his chest. In the silence, Matt prayed that he’d make it to his feet and home safe; the last thing he needed was a repetition of the night with Santino and Claire, especially considering the likelihood of the person finding him being as understanding as the pair of them.
He made it on to his knees, arms and legs shaking with the effort only to collapse again just before he could think about moving further. Footsteps caught his attention; a brisk pace… But that was all he could tell, the noise far too distant, his brain far too foggy to make anything more of the information thrown at him.
It’s not that the footsteps were exactly distant per say... More of... smaller... But they seemed to be louder... sort of. Matt would feel a hand grasp his forearm and feel himself being pulled up.
“We really gotta stop meeting like this.” There was a familiar voice there.
Scott, attired in his Ant Man costume, pulled Matt’s arm around his shoulder and used his own arm about the other man’s waist to help support him.
“Just hold onto me, okay?” It would be obvious that Scott was attired in a costume. He pulled Matt away from the danger and made his way to a car.
Ant-Man & Tony
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“My story?” He sat down in the chair across from Tony’s desk. Why not? He needed the alcohol to work through him anyway before he got back to Pym.
“Well, I was born in a wagon of a travelin’ show. My mama used to dance for the men they’d throw… My papa… well.. he did what he could. Preach a little gospel… sell a couple of bottle of Dr. Goode.”
He gave the guy a deep smirk, but digressed.
“Uhm… I tried to steal the Ant Man suit. Well, turns out, Pym was setting me up to steal the Ant Man suit… Though, apparently, it wasn’t until I tried to return it that he knew I had what he needed…. Aside from the before mentioned suit. Then, I borrowed something from you… and kicked Falcon’s ass. THAT felt good. After years of having my ass kicked… I needed it.”
He thought for a second.
“Uhm… I have an ex-wife with a psycho cop fiance and a daughter… Cassie… for who I would do anything for… which was what got me into trouble to begin with. Peer pressure, man.”
Gypsies, Tramps, and Thieves
Scott seems to settle in just fine so Tony takes his own seat, kicking his feet up onto the top and listening to his story with a fair amount of attention, given his usual span.
Mama and Papa indeed - he grins, back, nodding along. Thief, but if they all judged each other based on past circumstances, where’d that get them?
“Wait, wait, you borrowed what from me?”
“Please tell me there’s security footage of that. You had that showdown somewhere with security coverage, right?”
“Kids’ll do that to you - thankfully, I don’t have any.” For more than one reason.
“I guess so. I mean…” He looked at his tablet and pointed. “Here. If you have cameras here… You can see… And I dunno… A signal decoy or something?” he shrugged rather casually.
Scott happened to round the corner and stop short as he saw someone from the corner of his eye. Damn it. With a paper grocery bag in his hand, he stopped and looked at her.
“Why do the pretty girls always get depressed at this corner? They should call it Depressed Pretty Girl and 40th. Like, Oh yeah, Chico’s is at the corner of 40th and Depressed Pretty Girl.” He gave her a soft smirk.
“Yeah. Bad joke, I know. You okay?” He was genuinely concerned.
The voice startles her slightly, and Peggy wipes the corner of her eyes, blinking away the moisture threatening to fall. With a watery, weak laugh, she turns to the passerby, gratitude in her voice.
“No, it’s- it’s very sweet,” she smiles, “And I am, yes, thank you. Though I hope I won’t find myself on any posters, heralding depression for old- for ladies.” There was a frightening thought, depression.
His concern warrants an explanation, and she struggles to find a way to offer him something. “At times, things simply seem overwhelming. But sometimes, you just need a kind heart to remind you it’s not that bad.”
He was one of the most compassionate men that you could ever meet. His empathy ran deeply. He handed her a napkin from his back pocket to wipe her tears.
He gave her a kind yet concerned smile. “I know what you need... You know what you need? You. Need. Ice cream. Two scoops? Whatever flavor you want. My treat.” Scott was an old soul in a modern body. He actually enjoyed the simpler things like ice cream and walks through Coney Island.
“I won’t take no for an answer.” He crooked his arm for her to hook onto. “I’m Scott by the way. Scott Lang. I hope you don’t think I’m being forward... But, my mom... She always took me to ice cream when I was down.”
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Squished Bug
His face faltered a bit at Matt as he realized that. he watched Matt run his fingers over the card and look disappointed. “Here” he swiped the business card back and flipped it over. He then took the clerks ink pen and did his best to write his name and number backwards on the card; baring down as hard as possible so to raise the other side.
All jokes aside, Scott was very compassionate. His heart was probably bigger than his brain, but in today’s world… Well, maybe that’s what’s the world really needed.
He handed the card back and grinned. “Better?” he inquired with a hopeful expression.
He was about to protest; very much just about to, only to find Scott had made his way back over to the desk to… write. It came as a bit of a shock, in all honesty. Perhaps it came with being a New Yorker, but people were usually, at best, nonchalant towards such things. It was his problem not theirs, right?
Accepting the card once again, Matthew grinned appreciatively, once again running a thumb across the card only to find the name and number practically carved into the small rectangle. “A lot better. You didn’t have to do that though.” The smile did not falter as he tucked the card into the pocket of his blazer, and reached out to give Scott’s arm a grateful squeeze.
“Thank you.”
He smiled softly and patted the hand that squeezed his arm.
“Not everybody in this town is an asshole. Some of us are half-way decent.”
He backed up and pointed at Matt and added. “Me. You Beers. Don’t drop the card because you’ll never find it.”
There was that chuckle again. He had a laugh that was heartfelt and friendly. This could work. Gotta network. AND a lawyer? Never know when you’re gonna need one.
Squished Bug
“Okay. I’ll need that in writing, though. It’s a crazy world. I called a girl Miss the other day and she said that I was a closed minded misogynist… I don’t even know what that is…”
He placed his stuff on the counter and the clerk got his prescription. Sweet sweet Loratab. “But, I can style you in what I call Che’ Lazee. Mostly super hero shirts and jeans, but also some casual button ups and nice cargo pants.”
He pulled out his wallet and paid for his stuff. He pulled a business card out as well and slid it into Matt’s hand. “Get someone to read that for ya.”
“I’ll have it drawn up - in writing - by tomorrow morning.” Matt chuckled, brows rising above the rim of his glasses momentarily. “Ah, well, some can be a little too sensitive.”
“Super hero shirts,” another soft laugh fell from his lips at the very idea; the idea of a vigilante, who in comparison to the ‘super heroes’ had very little impact upon the world wearing a shirt of those who had, in numerous small ways, made his work seem worthwhile.
He frowned, fingers closing gently around the small card, a thumb running over the print just in case the text was printed deep enough to be read by touch; unfortunately, no, technology had improved a little past that point. But, as Scott rightly said; he could have someone read it out to him. “Will do.” Shaking his head, Matthew placed his one item; Advil upon the counter, handed over the cash and stepped away once again.
His face faltered a bit at Matt as he realized that. he watched Matt run his fingers over the card and look disappointed. “Here” he swiped the business card back and flipped it over. He then took the clerks ink pen and did his best to write his name and number backwards on the card; baring down as hard as possible so to raise the other side.
All jokes aside, Scott was very compassionate. His heart was probably bigger than his brain, but in today’s world... Well, maybe that’s what’s the world really needed.
He handed the card back and grinned. “Better?” he inquired with a hopeful expression.
Squished Bug
“Ha! I’ll tell ya this… I am a t-shirt and jeans kinda guy. And for a few years my outfit was a drab grey and chosen for me. I’m hardly a fashion guru, but if ya ever wanna go the comfortable route and not so fancy, I am your man. We could get beers or something… Listen to a movie? Or sporting event of some… kind?”
How do you hang out with a blind dude?
“Honestly; I don’t have a halfway point like that. I’m either in a suit; tie and shirt at least, or sweatpants and a hoodie. Opposite ends of the spectrum.” He shrugged nonchalantly, another grin flickering across his lips. “I’ll keep that in mind then, Scott… Never really been much into sports; but I’m not one to say no to drinks.”
Another laugh. “And you can say ‘watch’, ‘see’ and ‘look’, I promise. I’m not going to start screaming at you. – Unless you catch me on a seriously bad day.”
“Okay. I’ll need that in writing, though. It’s a crazy world. I called a girl Miss the other day and she said that I was a closed minded misogynist... I don’t even know what that is...”
He placed his stuff on the counter and the clerk got his prescription. Sweet sweet Loratab. “But, I can style you in what I call Che’ Lazee. Mostly super hero shirts and jeans, but also some casual button ups and nice cargo pants.”
He pulled out his wallet and paid for his stuff. He pulled a business card out as well and slid it into Matt’s hand. “Get someone to read that for ya.”
Squished Bug
“Yeah… no. About that uhm. Me and Cops… yeah, no. I handled it. i don’t think they’ll be mugging anyone any time soon.” He smirked proudly.
“So… I gotta ask.. Do you have like a butler or… do you pick out your own clothes? I only ask because you have navy pants and a black jacket. A big fashion no no.” Now, Scott was just being a dick. Actually, he was just trying to lighten the mood.
“Well, that’s good to hear.” It was - truly. One less criminal - or a few, he didn’t bother asking for anymore details; victories such as that were meant to be basked in in private. Secret identities, and all that.
He laughed heartily, pulling a face momentarily. “I wish; it would make my mornings a lot quicker – but no, I don’t have a butler; usually a friend of mine will come along with me when I go shopping, help me pick out clothes and then my closet’s organised so – as you put it, fashion no-no’s don’t happen.”
The other’s sense of humour was refreshing, Matt’s cheeks were beginning to ache. “Don’t fancy being my fashion guru, do you?”
“Ha! I’ll tell ya this... I am a t-shirt and jeans kinda guy. And for a few years my outfit was a drab grey and chosen for me. I’m hardly a fashion guru, but if ya ever wanna go the comfortable route and not so fancy, I am your man. We could get beers or something... Listen to a movie? Or sporting event of some... kind?”
How do you hang out with a blind dude?
Squished Bug
He raised an eyebrow before waving his hand in front of Matt’s face. How did he know the extent….?
“I… was… mugged… They didn’t get anything. I… uh… fought them off pretty well.” he cleared his throat then.
He moved up more.
For a moment, Matt was tempted to question the man’s actions - there’d been a gesture, that much was obvious - most likely to detect whether or not he could actually see. He couldn’t see; not in the usual definition of the word, certainly and thus (thankfully, too) there was no reaction to the movement.
“Did you go to the police, at least? I’ve heard it’s their job to deal with that sort of thing.” He frowned, concerned, taking a few steps forward as Scott did but remaining behind him.
“Yeah... no. About that uhm. Me and Cops... yeah, no. I handled it. i don’t think they’ll be mugging anyone any time soon.” He smirked proudly.
“So... I gotta ask.. Do you have like a butler or... do you pick out your own clothes? I only ask because you have navy pants and a black jacket. A big fashion no no.” Now, Scott was just being a dick. Actually, he was just trying to lighten the mood.
Squished Bug
“Huh…” He knitted his eyebrows together. “Let me say it like this… Were your last three meals out of a tin can? if not, then, well, you aint doin’ too bad.” Now that he was on the Pym payroll, he wasn’t doing half bad either, but he was so busy paying off debt and catching up on child support that well, he was lucky to afford Taco Bell sometimes. “Thanks for the… support.” He was able to move forward now that the lady had angrily stormed out ranting in her native tongue.
He stepped up which would possibly guide Matt up some as well.
“Hank Pym has more money than he knows what to do with and a temper not to be messed with.” He grinned to… himself… “He… did the Ant Man project back in the day and the more recent Yellow Jacket.” Shut up Scott. You’re almost there. Be careful what you say jack ass.
“I agree, I’m well aware I could be doing a lot worse.” Without his father’s encouragement from such a young age, Matthew was certain he would be doing a lot worse - he sure as hell wouldn’t be a lawyer, that was for sure. Even if the profession didn’t necessarily mean wealth - as Nelson and Murdock seemed to be doing too good a job of proving. It was worth it, though.
“My pleasure. I’m not even sure I want to know what happened to land you in such a state. Didn’t have to much to drink now, did you?” He smiled, just to ensure the other knew he was teasing. Matt had much more of an idea as to how the injuries had occurred than anyone else, but it wouldn’t do him any favours to let it be known.
Laughing, he nodded ever so slightly. “I will bear that in mind should I ever run into him; don’t piss Hank Pym off. He paused for a beat. “Oh, yeah. I have to admit though I’m not exactly an expert on the topic - that was a while ago though, hm? I do, however, know the Yellow Jacket controversy; something about a tank?”
He raised an eyebrow before waving his hand in front of Matt’s face. How did he know the extent....?
“I... was... mugged... They didn’t get anything. I... uh... fought them off pretty well.” he cleared his throat then.
He moved up more.
Squished Bug
Being a hero had its perks, but it had its downfalls as well…
Especially when you were only human.
No super healing, no super speed, no super strength. Just a man in a super suit. That can become a bit taxing on ones body and internal organs. The ER nurses all but knew him by name now. He wondered how people didn’t find out who you were when you are constantly coming to the ER. He’d tried to think of the best stories that he could. He finally settled on the truth because who the Hell is going to believe that this awkward goofball is any kind of hero.
The perfect cover.
The New York winter nights were biting cold. The kind of cold that digs its teeth right into the marrow of your bones and makes your joints ache. It was worse when some of your bones are broken.
There was a robbery. Ant Man went into action and got the job done, but not without the expense of broken ribs, chipped tooth, busted lip, dislocated finger, and ripped eyebrow. Just another night on the job.
After yest another visit to said ER, Scott was now in line at the 24 hr pharmacy to get his prescription filled and pick up Epsom salts. He was starting to think that he was keeping them in business.
The line seemed to stretch on forever as the woman at the front argued in her native tongue (of which the clerk could not understand). This was not making his ribs feel any better by any means. He felt like he was going to throw up and/or pass out. I suppose here, we should add a concussion to the list of current battle wounds. He swayed back and forth a bit, holding his ribs with one hand and the basket of what not in his other. Just praying to God he didn’t faint or vomit on the carpet. He just wanted to get his shit and go home.
She isn’t a stranger to 24hr Pharmacies, hell she had her little membership card hanging off her keys, but the blonde never made it a habit of going to the same Pharmacies. It was too risky. Too many questions. Too many cameras. She feels like letting out a loud groan as she feels the bruising in her spine and the ache in her heels, she’s here for her usual after mission care. It’s a lot of bandages, two tubes of icyhot and a couple pain killers and she never forgets the ice cream. Their is a piece of heaven on earth and that is Rocky Road.
Bobbi tosses her hair behind her as she listens to the woman upfront bark the same sentence again at the unknowing clerk, Bobbi was fluent in a lot of languages and she could pick up easily what she was saying but she knew better than to step up in a situation where the woman looks ready to start throwing things. She radiates a calm exterior despite the situation, though the way her heel taps certainly doesn’t complete the look. She’s growing anxious and while you can’t see her injuries except for the bruised cheek and missing fingernail that is covered in a bright blue bandaid.
The man in front of her sways and by his posture Bobbi can tell she isn’t the only one with a bruise or two, normally Bobbi wouldn’t comment on it but she figures what the hell.
“You look like hell.” Bobbi speaks in her smooth town, she’s managed to retain her sparkling personality despite the beatings she handed and minimally took earlier today. It isn’t until she gets a look at him that her greeting smirk widens, she’s an Agent of SHIELD of course she knows the face of Scott Lang, Sam told her enough about him and Scott had been top priority prior to the mutant and inhuman mission, now he wasn’t exactly being sought out. Bobbi knew that they couldn’t handle seeking him out and the 24/7 search and protection of inhumans and mutants.
He turned back and smirked. “You aint winning any beauty contests tonight either.” He was just grumpy because he was in pain. He was almost seeing double. Her wider grin caused him to raise an eyebrow. “Do... we know each other?” She smiled as though she knew him He was clueless on who she was, though.
As for SHIELD, yeah Pym told him to run like he stole something if they tried to recruit him and his suit. Pym instilled that SHIELD wasn’t anything but trouble.
The lady eventually stormed out and Scott made his way forward. It was apparent he wasn’t going to driving himself home tonight. He turned back to Bobbi and with a sweet pleading expression that could melt an iceberg, he spoke.
“My name is Scott Lang. I’m not a drunk or a junkie. Just a good dad who had a really shitty day... I... got... mugged earlier... I’m picking up on you, but I haven’t been in town long... after we pay for our stuff... if I give you my keys... Could you drive me home? I’ll pay for a taxi to take you back to your car... I just... can’t drive right now... Double vision.” Now was Bobbi’s chance. Being invited into the domicile of the much elusive Scott Lang. Take that Coulson.
Ant-Man & Tony
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“Yeah? He can still break a nose, though.” He lightly pinched the bridge if his own nose as he spoke.
He took the glass and gave Tony a nod in thanks.
“To Legacy… And being only human but able to accomplish amazing things.”
He tapped the glass and drank. Wow was that freaking strong. The rich life burns all the way down. He liked it though.
“Speaking from experience?” he asks, friendly amusement causing him to smile.
“Cheers,” he says, tapping the glass. He takes a hearty swallow, grinning at the familiar burn. Nothing like some good ole’ scotch in the morning.
“So, what’s your story, then?”
A protege of Pym’s was a long-time coming, but Tony’s curious why the guy chose this dude. Someone who, it seemed, actually had a sense of humour.
“My story?” He sat down in the chair across from Tony’s desk. Why not? He needed the alcohol to work through him anyway before he got back to Pym.
“Well, I was born in a wagon of a travelin’ show. My mama used to dance for the men they’d throw... My papa... well.. he did what he could. Preach a little gospel... sell a couple of bottle of Dr. Goode.”
He gave the guy a deep smirk, but digressed.
“Uhm... I tried to steal the Ant Man suit. Well, turns out, Pym was setting me up to steal the Ant Man suit... Though, apparently, it wasn’t until I tried to return it that he knew I had what he needed.... Aside from the before mentioned suit. Then, I borrowed something from you... and kicked Falcon’s ass. THAT felt good. After years of having my ass kicked... I needed it.”
He thought for a second.
“Uhm... I have an ex-wife with a psycho cop fiance and a daughter... Cassie... for who I would do anything for... which was what got me into trouble to begin with. Peer pressure, man.”
Gypsies, Tramps, and Thieves
Scott happened to round the corner and stop short as he saw someone from the corner of his eye. Damn it. With a paper grocery bag in his hand, he stopped and looked at her.
“Why do the pretty girls always get depressed at this corner? They should call it Depressed Pretty Girl and 40th. Like, Oh yeah, Chico’s is at the corner of 40th and Depressed Pretty Girl.” He gave her a soft smirk.
“Yeah. Bad joke, I know. You okay?” He was genuinely concerned.