Rikki's favorite place to study these days is the living room. It's usually quiet, but people wander by often enough that she doesn't get lonely and occasionally provide distraction or breaks when she needs it. Half the time, she doesn't even go to her room when she gets back from class, just grabs a snack from the kitchen, heads right to the living room, and collapses into a chair.
She gets all the way to the couch before she realizes there's someone else here already... and it's not one of her teammates. She jumps a little, pulling a fist back instinctively (because unannounced adult in a teenagers' dorm is kind of weird), but she recognizes him a moment later, and all the fighting readiness disappears in an instant.
"Agent Barton?" She's known him since before she was a sidekick. He trained her in archery. He was one of Cap's best friends. What on earth is he doing here? "...is Agent Bubbles being replaced or something?"
No, that's silly. He's on Alpha Force - even if he's still a CONDOR agent, he doesn't have the time to be the Trailblazer liaison on top of Alpha Force stuff.
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She gets all the way to the couch before she realizes there's someone else here already... and it's not one of her teammates. She jumps a little, pulling a fist back instinctively (because unannounced adult in a teenagers' dorm is kind of weird), but she recognizes him a moment later, and all the fighting readiness disappears in an instant.
"Agent Barton?" She's known him since before she was a sidekick. He trained her in archery. He was one of Cap's best friends. What on earth is he doing here? "...is Agent Bubbles being replaced or something?"
No, that's silly. He's on Alpha Force - even if he's still a CONDOR agent, he doesn't have the time to be the Trailblazer liaison on top of Alpha Force stuff.