“We won’t tie you down.  Unless you ask us to.”  Billy grinned impishly, sticking his tongue out at Bobby.  He sat up, stretching and groaning when his back gave a satisfying string of pops.  Shamelessly, he slid out from under the covers, standing up on shaky legs.  ”Oh this is going to be fun.”

He moved carefully to the pile of clothes left by the bed and grabbed a pair of boxers, not caring whose they actually were.  ”Need a shower.  And some ibuprofen…”

As soon as Billy got out of the bed, Bobby noticed he walked uneasily. “Aww, did we hurt you?” He chuckled. Bobby stretched his arms and put an arm around the muscular blonde boy, then nudged Teddy. “He looks like a freakin’ wounded calf. Man up, bro.” 

“Fine, you leave us, I get your fiancee all to myself.” He said as he hooked both arms around the young man’s abs. “God, you are a space-heater, aren’t you?” He gave a quick look to Teddy and then turned his attention back to Billy. “We could stay here, unless you want us to shower with you.”

Teddy chuckled a bit as Bobby scooted closer. He wrapped his own arm that was around Billy previously around the mutant’s shoulders and hugged him closer, raising an eyebrow. “What? You didn’t expect me to be so warm, Iceman?”

But at Bobby’s second suggestion, he turned and looked back towards Billy. “I think there’s some in the medicine cabinet. But if you think you need us to help you in the shower, it wouldn’t be any trouble at all.”

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Teddy winced at sound of the gunfire and his head shot up to see. He let out a sigh of relief though when he saw it just skimmed the mystery hero’s shoulder. As he pulled the first two robbers, Teddy nodded at his command and stretched his arms inside to the passenger seat. His arms coiled around the man like a snake, binding him before opening the door and pulling him outside.

By the time all of that was finished, the sirens fully blared. Cops surrounded the car from every angle, but no officers pulled out their weapons. One head officer stepped out of his car first though, hand over his gun as a precaution in case any of the robbers attempted anything, but he was smiling.

“Mr. Fantastic,” he said as Teddy put the third robber next to the two injured. 

“Good evening, officer,” Teddy offered back politely. He kept his arms wrapped until a group of policemen can running out with handcuffs for the criminals. Only then did he let go once the men were in full custody. 

“Fast and minimal damage this time,” the head officer observed before holding his hand out for a handshake, which Teddy took. “Though, who is your partner? Ain’t there only four of you in your group?”

Teddy blinked before turning back towards the mystery hero. In all the excitement, he hadn’t really had the time to ask and it was certainly the most pressing question in his mind at the moment. 

“Why doesn’t he just introduce himself for you?” Teddy cooly replied before putting a hand on the officer’s shoulder and turning towards Genis.

Genis gave the cops their space to take away the criminals, he took the time to examine the car he took the bags of money then handed them to the officers. 

It was a good job there had been no causalities, he’d managed to not get shot and the fake Reed wasn’t causing trouble, at least not yet. 

“Good job guys” patting their shoulders, Genis thanked the officers, then when shot the thugs a smirk “And thank you for keeping me entertained guys, it’s been a blast, literally” 

“Captain Marvel” the topic had shifted to Genis and he introduced himself as he made his way over to Reed. “Probably heard of at least one of us. Good to see you again Reed.”

Captain… what?

The officer and Teddy’s heads both turned fast. The officer’s eyebrows furrowed a little, confused as he looked the man up and down before laughing and patting Genis on the shoulder. “Captain Marvel you say? Last I heard, the Captain Marvel lurking ‘round these streets was a bit more curvy and feminine than your figure, kid. So, what, one of them shapeshifters too or—?”

“You’re not Captain Marvel,” Teddy interrupted. While the officer looked confused but still a little amused as the thought, Teddy felt almost downright offended. Ms. Marvel, he could forgive. She’d taken up the mantel, taken the title as more of an honor above everything else, which was fine. Those kind of things happened all the time in the superhero business. Hell, one of his best friends had done nearly the same with Hawkeye. 

But this guy? Who the hell was he to take that name?

“Who are you?”

“Just like old times, isn’t it?”

With the wedding so close and the excitement of that day so real, Teddy had completely lost track of holidays. There was always something last minute, something vital that one of the two had forgotten. This time, it had place mats for the table centerpieces for the reception. So Teddy was off running again, with a vague idea of what to buy and a pocket of cash.

It was so busy, almost unnecessarily so. Every store was packed, every restaurant with lines nearly out the door. And Teddy was completely perplexed by it all. The idea popped into his head that maybe there had been an event, but the crowds were too spread out for that and there were far too many children wandering those New York streets with their mothers. But then he find his answer in a Hallmark store front. There was a giant red, pink, and white sign hanging from the window. ‘Come by for your last minute Mother’s Day shopping!’ 

Mother’s Day. He’d forgotten about Mother’s Day, again.

It wasn’t the first time. Teddy never had a mind for the holidays, always forgetting the dates, sometimes even of Christmas. He didn’t know why exactly. He’d know when the holidays were coming, but somehow closer to the date, his mind would just sort of blank them out. Then this would happen. But this year, it felt so much worse.

This year, there wouldn’t be any excuses. There would be no late shopping for a present and card. No run-ins to restaurants or home cooked meals as an apology when he couldn’t get a reservation.

One year, him and his mom spent the whole day just sitting in with a pizza and watching Grey’s Anatomy because Teddy had forgotten. His mom hadn’t been mad, but did have one of those disappointed tones in her voice. So, the following year, one that Teddy had actually remembered, it was his mom who forgot and ended up working late into the night. They laughed about it over the phone on her lunch break, joking about how they knew where Teddy got his forgetful nature from now and made plans for the following day. They ended up spending a nice but relatively dull day at the museum. 

This year though?

Teddy ended up forgetting completely about the placemats. He flew all the way back to his room at the Institute, not talking to anybody. His shoulders slumped as he shoved his hands tightly into the front pocket of his hoodie. Sure, there couldn’t be any dinner or any drama show marathons, but that didn’t mean there had to be nothing. Once in his room, Teddy dug through his closet. He carelessly dropped and tossed things out, mostly clothes and DVDs, before he found what he was looking for - an old, beaten and slightly burned shoebox. He didn’t even look inside before flying out the window and far across the city. 

When the urn garden came into view, Teddy touched down. He landed on his feet in front of a tombstone, instantly dropping to a sit Indian style on the grass before it. He put the shoebox on his lap, popping the lid off and pulling out the first thing he saw. Inside was not a whole lot - papers, pictures, and a half-burned stuffed teddy bear. He looked the bear over, it’s right plastic eye melted and caked in the fluff on it’s face. But still, he smiled as he put it up against the tombstone. His hand lingered after a moment, brushing away the dirt and vines from the stone slab.

It was already getting to be nighttime, probably close to midnight. Billy would be wondering what was taking so long and might get a little upset when he came back empty-handed, but he’d understand. 

“I forgot again, mom,” he laughed, though choked a little on it. Teddy had to pull his eyes away from the tombstone after that, wiping them furiously before going through the box, shifting through all that survived from the fire. “Just like old times, isn’t it? You forgot last year, so I guess it was my turn again. I’m sorry… I’m so sorry.”

Genis flew alongside the car as the false Reed forced it to stop, keeping a charged blast ready in case any of the robbers pulled out a gun, when it stopped, the Captain landed beside the imposter. With a suspicious glare he looked the man up and down, even with what experience he had differentiating between shifters and the real thing this one must have done his research, he’d gotten it almost right with the minute details, almost. 

“Of course” His hands glowing bright yellow and orange as energy circulated, a precaution against fire arms, Genis tore open the door op the can, throwing it aside like loose paper. 

Bang

A bullet skimmed his side, the first and only shot they would make. The shooter was met with a photon blast to his shoulder which broke it, another robber took up a shot gun and was met with a blast to the thigh as he tried to scurry out of the car. The other sat shaking in the passenger seat clutching the bags of money to his chest. 

“Get rid of the third guy will you?” He asked the imposter as he tossed the injured men out of the car. 

Teddy winced at sound of the gunfire and his head shot up to see. He let out a sigh of relief though when he saw it just skimmed the mystery hero’s shoulder. As he pulled the first two robbers, Teddy nodded at his command and stretched his arms inside to the passenger seat. His arms coiled around the man like a snake, binding him before opening the door and pulling him outside.

By the time all of that was finished, the sirens fully blared. Cops surrounded the car from every angle, but no officers pulled out their weapons. One head officer stepped out of his car first though, hand over his gun as a precaution in case any of the robbers attempted anything, but he was smiling.

“Mr. Fantastic,” he said as Teddy put the third robber next to the two injured. 

“Good evening, officer,” Teddy offered back politely. He kept his arms wrapped until a group of policemen can running out with handcuffs for the criminals. Only then did he let go once the men were in full custody. 

“Fast and minimal damage this time,” the head officer observed before holding his hand out for a handshake, which Teddy took. “Though, who is your partner? Ain’t there only four of you in your group?”

Teddy blinked before turning back towards the mystery hero. In all the excitement, he hadn’t really had the time to ask and it was certainly the most pressing question in his mind at the moment. 

“Why doesn’t he just introduce himself for you?” Teddy cooly replied before putting a hand on the officer’s shoulder and turning towards Genis.