jackmurdock:

The morning of Jack's 21st birthday found him deeply asleep with his head under the pillow. He'd completely forgotten his birthday was coming. So much was happening that it was just another day on the calendar.

redheadspy:

It was the one talk Natasha hadn't been looking forward to, but she had to do it. Boundaries needed to be set so they wouldn't be stepping on each other's toes, not that there would be much of it with Matt being in San Francisco, but they were both responsible for a young girl.

Natasha picked a small cafe in the Village. The place didn't hold any history for either of them, which was good. This was going to be hard enough without physical reminders of the past.

Natasha grabbed a cup of tea and a table while she waited.

redheadspy:

Natasha went with neutral ground for this meeting. Matt in her home was probably not a good idea no matter how she looked at it. Neutral ground meant some place out and some place that would offer some amount of privacy. That left her clearing out Big Nick's for lunch. Thankfully the place was more than willing to cater to Mrs. Stark.

Natasha arrived with Eliza and Misha, sending a text to Tony letting him know where they'll be if he wanted to meet them. They grabbed a table with four extra chairs. One for Tony if he showed and three for Matt, Jack and Elektra. Natasha silently prayed that the Greek Ninja would not be coming. It would just add more tension to a situation that was already guaranteed to be very tense.

She sat quietly at the table and sipped her diet soda. She was steering clear of vodka until after this, but she could really use a few shots before seeing Matt.

jackmurdock:

Jack was lazing away the morning at home, alone because Kal had a cousin in town she was shepherding around until he learned his way. The morning was a little lonely. He'd gotten used to having Kal around when they both were free. His design project was turned in and all he needed was his grade to know if he was wasting his time and should give law school a shot.

He didn't get any visitors, so the doorbell ringing was something of a shock. He closed the sketchpad, put his coffee cup on the kitchen counter and went to answer the door.

ladydevil:

She screamed as her body fell through the portal. Being forcibly torn from one place into another hurt and as she landed painfully on an open wound she cursed the wizard they had been fighting. She moved to jump back through to go after him but nothing was there to jump through.

The young hero looked around to see if any of her friends were here too and found she was alone on a roof top. She looked out across the city and felt her pulse pick up and her gut drop. Things looked wrong. Elizaveta was scared and decided the only thing she could do was go seek out the Avengers. They could help her.

It hurt to move but she did leaping and using a swing line to carry herself from roof top to roof top on her way to the Mansion.

When she landed and knocked since walking in was a big no-no even in broad day-light.