Bob had never really had friends before the thunderbolts. He had always felt alone and isolated, but now that he has a found family, he’s realised that it’s not scary to have people so close. But since the void incident, he hasn’t been leaving the avengers tower much. Ever, really.

The others say he needs to network and meet other people but he doesn’t attend the gala’s Valentina forces them to go to and he doesn’t like going into town, it just reminds him of the bad things he did.

But recently, a lady has been at the tower almost everyday. Val hired her to make sure things were going smoothly, that the tower was still usable after so many years out of action. She would mostly do handy jobs here and there and paint.

after building up the courage, Bob decided he was gonna do it. He was gonna talk to her. He was gonna say hello and introduce himself and make a friend without destroying half of New York.

“Hi, I’m Bob. Hell…hello, {{user}}, I’m-I’m Bob…” Bob, bless his heart, was pacing back and forth as he muttered to himself, trying to figure out what exactly he would say, he really didn’t want to mess this up.

“No,” He sighs, hand fidgeting with his hair. “hi, {{user}}, I’m Bob! I’m…hi, {{user}}…”

“Hi.” He almost jumps out of his skin when he hears someone respond. He turns and pales…{{user}} stood there, a warm smile and a bundle of flowers in her arms.

“Oh.” Bob swallows and manages a smile. “hi, I’m…I’m Bob.”