❝ Whaaat? Bummer... ❞ Michael leans over from his seat, trying to read the paper. It doesn't work very well. He sighs. ❝ Well, no use in letting a gift like this go to waste, eh Teddy? ❞ That grin of his returns in an instant. He stands, hiking a thumb toward the other rooms. 〖 ✎... 〗

- 𝐼𝓃 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒸𝓁𝓊𝓉𝒸𝒽𝑒𝓈 𝓎𝑜𝓊’𝓁𝓁 𝒷𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝒶 𝓈𝒽𝑜𝓇𝓉 𝓈𝓅𝑒𝓁𝓁 𝒯𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝒹𝑒𝒸𝒾𝒹𝑒 𝒾𝒻 𝓎𝑜𝓊’𝓇𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝑜 𝒽𝑒𝒶𝓋𝑒𝓃 𝑜𝓇 𝒽𝑒𝓁𝓁. -

❝ Wh- I- ❞ Groan. He turns to Skeets. ❝ Thank you. Skeets. ❞ ❛ Always a pleasure, sir. And it's good to see you again, Mr. Kord. ❜ 〖 ✎... 〗

【 ☆ 】Anyway.

❝ Hah! No such thing with me, Teddy! ❞ He throws his arm around Ted, that wolfish grin making its return. He holds the hug for maybe a moment too long before pulling away. He walks with Ted to the house. ❝ ... huh. Okay! So like- free house, I guess? ❞ He isn't complaining. 〖 ✎... 〗

↳ i can literally get there so quick ↳ ill be like sonic ↳ gotta go fast!!! Michael is already getting ready. He starts to use speech-to-text as he does. ↳ Skates will be happy to see you. He's been asking about you. ↳ I'll be there soon. ↳ Don't miss me too much. Winky face. 〖 ✎... 〗

Michael is kicking his feet in bed. He loves talking to Ted. He's been trying to find the way to start the conversation all day- ↳ o sweet! ↳ so a new hangout spot rite? 4 us? ↳ itll be so coooool!! Gasp! He rolls over and sits up, furiously typing out a response. 〖 ✎... 〗

.... UGH- He can't take it! He misses @usb-kord.bsky.social!! He's whipping out his phone to next the other. 〖 To: BBBFF 〗 ↳ ted my man!! ↳ u free rn? ↳ im itching 2 hear more about what uve been up 2!

He's taking some selfies in front of a bad guy he just defeated. Skeets is helping with the lighting.

Michael slips out of the buggy, still able to stand with minimal effort. He turns to Ted as he speaks, a grin still on his face. It's nice to see that Ted still wants to talk to him, even as they part. Man... this isn't helping anything. He shoots Ted a salute. 〖 ✎... 〗

Booster is going insane. Ted is his best friend. The best man he's ever known! So why is he suddenly floundering? Maybe he missed Ted that much. Maybe there are some feelings he needs to address. (Spoiler: they will not be addressed.) Maybe he just needs another beer. 〖 ✎... 〗

❝ Signals? Wha- ❞ The feeling of the other so close makes his heart skip a beat. He needs to control himself. He gives Ted's hand a squeeze. ❝ ... Wait- are you losing on purpose?! ❞ That makes Michael's chest puff out. He sits up, taking the cards back. 〖 ✎... 〗

Michael pauses, staring blankly at Ted. He just got read to filth! Play it cool. ❝ ... maybe. ❞ Smooth. He leans forward, so close to Ted that their foreheads almost touch. ❝ I can't help it! I missed you a ton, Ted! ❞ He trows one hand up. 〖 ✎... 〗

He saw Joker. ... he's immediately reminded of the time(s) he tried to stop Barbara from being paralyzed. He's nervous now-

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sʰᵉ'ˢ ʲᵘˢᵗ ᵃ ˡⁱᵗᵗˡᵉ ᵏⁱᵗᵗʸ, ʸᵒᵘ ᵇⁱᵍ ᵇᵘˡˡʸ!

"So I'm back... From Outer Space!"

【 ☆ 】Did you know I love him.

"𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙙𝙞𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚."

⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘⛓️‍💥⫘⫘ “𝚂𝚘 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖𝚜 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚖 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚖 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚋𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗, 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚠𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚖𝚖𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚜𝚘𝚘𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎.” ♡ + ↻ .ᐟ ⫘⫘⫘⛓️‍💥⫘⫘⫘⫘⫘

【 ☆ 】I fear he would crumble and die.

❝ Or! Counter point- you can actually bet something! AND get it doubled! ❞ He holds up one finger on each hand. Then he bumps his hands together, holding up two fingers on one hand as if it had been transferred from the other. ❝ C'mon. Unless you're... chicken? ❞ 〖 ✎... 〗

❝ WOOOO!! ❞ Michael pumps both fists now. He begins to chant. ❝ Bu-ggy! Bu-ggy! Bu-ggy! ❞ He's so happy, he could explode! If he were a lesser man, he'd get up and high-five the other patrons. But he's bigger than that! ... He does high-five a guy passing by, though. 〖 ✎... 〗

Booster waits until the other finishes ranting. Then, he rests his arm on the table and leans forward. ❝ What are you- ❞ He taps Ted on the nose. ❝ -going to do if I don't, Ted? ❞ He leans back, his arms behind his head. ❝ I don't think you have the heart to hurt li'l ol' me! ❞ 〖 ✎... 〗

Booster laughs as the last coin is slid forward. He pumps his fist in the air, then grabs his beer in the same fist to gulp some down. ❝ Yeah, right! I beat you fair and square! ❞ He snatches up his coins, holding them out. ❝ I even had two to spare! ❞ He slides some coins back to Ted. 〖 ✎... 〗

❝ Hah! As if! ❞ Booster finally finds a deck of cards. He snatches it up, moving over to the booth with a beaming grin. ❝ I'll give ya the rules, so listen up! ❞ He pulls out the deck, shuffling it in all kinds of ways as he speaks. 〖 ✎... 〗

Booster holds his own beer, the other arm wrapped tightly around Ted. ❝ Hell yeah! Good beer, good buddy- what could be better?? ❞ He glances over his shoulder at the pile of games. It does look smaller... ❝ The puzzle! Damn! ❞ Ted liked that puzzle! Booster... liked the art. 〖 ✎... 〗

❝ Boy, all this work being a hero is making me thirsty! ❞ He fans himself. Then, he looks into an imaginary camera. ❝ Good thing I've good Boosterade to boost my electrolytes and keep me hydrated! ❞ He's holding up his hand... but he's not even holding anything.

❝ Unless you can repair time itself? Nah. But! I'll let you know, alright kid? ❞ He flashes Bart a grin.

𝘎𝘈𝘔𝘉𝘐𝘛 𝘕𝘌𝘝𝘌𝘙 𝙁𝙊𝙇𝘿𝙎 ・𝚁𝚎𝚖𝚢 𝙻𝚎𝙱𝚎𝚊𝚞・ ┏ ┓ ᴍᴄᴜʀᴘ ᴀᴜʀᴘ ᴍᴠʀᴘ ┗ ┛ 𝙾𝚌𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚍 ♡

⛧ ─── ⋆⋅🥀⋅⋆ ─── ⛧ ❝Is this what's left of me? Debilitated life— look back and see nothing but my self wasted. ⠀ Is this what's left of me? What’s left will be destroyed. Is it ever ending, my self-hatred?❞ ⛧ ─── ⋆⋅🪦⋅⋆ ─── ⛧

🕸️✦•┈๑⋅⋯ 🕷️ ⋯⋅๑┈•✦🕸️ 🕷️| 𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐦𝐞. 🕸️| 𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫. 🕷️| 𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫-𝐌𝐚𝐧. ✦•𝐀𝐜𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭.•✦ 🕸️✦•┈๑⋅⋯ 🕷️ ⋯⋅๑┈•✦🕸️

❝ Good! Let the bug handle it. Plenty of them, and frankly? Not enough of you. ❞ He pats Ted's arm before taking the carrot, biting into it in a way akin to Bugs Bunny. ❝ Leave it here for now. We'll come back if the bug deems it safe, deal? ❞ He glances at the construct warily. 〖 ✎... 〗

❝ You're telling me! I can't catch a break! ❞ He rubs his chin. ❝ I'm gonna have to figure out what's stopping the kid from going back. ❞

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❝ Who? That Thawne guy? ❞ Booster sighs, rolling his eyes. ❝ I'm trying to fix that crap he pulled with the newsboy! He really messed up the Time Stream with that one. ❞

Booster instinctively grabs onto Ted in return, holding him close to protect him from the... House? He stares at the building in front of them, furrowing his brow. Wait- Ted is- ❝ Hey! What are you doing?? ❞ He reaches out, grabbing Ted's arm. 〖 ✎... 〗

❝ Please! I gotta make Booster Jr.s somehow! ❞ He peers over Ted's shoulder as the other picks up the mushroom. ❝ ... huh. Wild. ❞ He reaches for a completely separate mushroom. ❝ So- how did you test them? Did you just... bottoms up? ❞ He mimes popping the mushroom into his mouth. 〖 ✎... 〗