no. he's working from home today. “ — uh, hello? pete? ”

“ there you are! ” he said with a smile, sitting on the couch with his laptop on his lap. typing some . . code ? it seems ? “ — did you just get home? ”

“ pleasure to meet you! “ he mused, nodding as he stepped inside and put his backpack down. “ nice lab you got here, ”

cleaning around at FEAST.

“ hm — ” max said, pausing for a second to take a sip of his tea. “ lab got locked down over lunch, so i'm just working from home. ” small smile. “ how have you been? i feel like we haven't /really/ talked in . . forever. ”

// bangs fist on table. give me angst.

intra muscular nano tech injections that can stimulate movement in paralyzed patients.

hm. right. why?

// should i make a ....... ghoul/zombie/other creature oleg or irinya maximoff (aka the mcu parents of the twins)

wh — that sounds worrying. maybe don't do that? but also thank you :)

well — i have a few prototypes laying around. if you want to give it a whirl.

// or should i bring back my trans pepper account 🧍🏼‍♂️ i miss him he was so cool

yeah! i work at oscorp, head of development of a few teams actually. i'll go grab some stuff.

// he was a surgeon who was originally from france, padget 'pepper' potts my beloved

// i wrote him a couple of years ago with a patrick dempsey fc 🫡

// guess i'll remake him 🤭

avery.⠀ RETURNING: THE ONE, THE ONLY, PADGET PEPPER POTTS ! #marvelverse / #mcurp world renowned trauma surgeon. added neurosurgery to his skills after tony's accident so he could help him. temp pinned.

ah, it's okay. max likes that kind of humour! “ — well, there are worse gifts to get. i got glasses made out of dry pasta as a gift one year. ” soft chuckle. good memories.

max shook the other's hand with a smile, then letting go again. “ — what music do you like to listen to, james? ”