Coming Home | Platonic Avengers x Reader

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"This is speaking."
'This is thoughts.'

A mysterious figure, dressed from head to toe in black, stared at the two girls from a parked car. The black car blended in amongst the few other cars that were parked in the same parking lot outside of an old bar. Their beady eyes followed the two young girls with their eyes and watched as the older girl steered the cart down an alley. The person in the car turned their head towards another person who was also in the car. They plucked a folded picture off of the dashboard and held it up for both of their eyes to look at. One of them then snatched the other picture off of the dashboard and held it up as well. One of the pictures seemed older and more worn than the other one. The two girls they had just seen were the two same girls in the pictures. The older photo of [Name] and the newer one of Morgan.

The two mysterious figures looked into each other eyes and nodded at each other. One of them grabbed a radio from the cup holder and held it up to their mouth and started muttering into it. The other person turned away from their partner and stared at the alleyway, remembering exactly where the two girls went.

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[Name] steered the cart into an alleyway, ignoring Morgan's complaining about the weird smell coming from the overflowing dumpster lining the wall. The end of the alleyway opened up to the forest that surrounded the town, tall trees made the alleyway seem darker. [Name] dropped the handle as she parked the cart next to the dumpster, trying to at least hide it from anyone walking past. She planted her hands against the wall and slowly slid down the wall, trying not to scrape her back. She curled her legs inwards and let out a sigh, her legs now getting some rest.

She flinched as something tapped on her head. She quickly looked up to see Morgan staring at her over the side of the car, her other hand holding out a bag of something.

"For you." The little girl plainly stated as she dropped the bag in front of the older girl's legs.

[Name] picked it up and looked at the front of the bag. She looked back up at the little girl.

"They're nuts... salted nuts." Morgan read out.

The older girl ripped the bag open and stuck one in her mouth. Morgan turned back to look at her doll, she cradled it and played with its hair. She looked over at the backpack lying opposite her in the cart and caught a glimpse of the spiky tail of the [Name]'s dragon. She looked behind her at [Name] who was munching away at the salted nuts. The little girls reached into the bag and pulled it out. She quietly made the dragon 'bite' her doll and smiled slightly. Her smile soon fell as she remembered how her mommy and daddy would play with her. When her mommy and daddy were too busy, some of daddy's 'work friends' would play with her instead. They were funny but definitely not as funny as when her daddy would make weird sounds as the 'silly monsters' would try and fight with her dolls.

Morgan looked up from her dolls to see [Name] had moved from her spit against the wall. [Name] was now kneeling at the side of the cart, her arms flat with her head resting on them. She chucked the empty bag behind her carelessly and messily wiped the salt from around her mouth. The older girl was watching as the little girl played with the toys. [Name] looked up at Morgan when the girl stopped moving her hands. The older girl tipped her head back slightly as Morgan moved the dragon towards her, confused as to what the little girl was doing.

"Here!" Morgan said as she gestured for [Name] to take it.

[Name] snatched it and held the toy in her hand as she looked at Morgan.

The little girl grinned as she started to gently hit the doll against the dragon, pretending that the two were 'fighting' just like she and her daddy did. [Name] watched and soon the corner of her lips curled up as she smiled slightly. [Name] joined in as she hit the dragon against the doll. The little girl giggled quietly, and the older girl's smile got wider. [Name] ignored the fact that her whole body was now soaking wet from the rain, again.

"I like playing with you," Morgan giggled.

[Name] let out a quiet huff from her nose as she smiled at the little girl. Whatever this 'playing' was, [Name] liked doing it with Morgan too.

[Name] stopped and watched as Morgan let out a big yawn. [Name] yawned as well making the young girl giggle again.

By the time [Name] had gotten them to the town the sky was dark, but now it was darker.

"I'm sleepy," Morgan said as she leaned back against the edge of the cart, hugging her doll to her chest and rubbing at her tired eyes.

[Name]'s smile dropped as she nodded her head. She reached to put the dragon back in the backpack and looked back at Morgan's face, the little girl's eyes fluttering closed. [Name] stood up from her kneeling position and peered down at Morgan. Hesitantly, she reached towards Morgan's coat and tugged on it slightly to make sure it covered her properly. She then re-adjusted the umbrella to stop the rain from hitting the girl's shoes.

"Have a... Nice sleep" [Name] stated plainly as she scratched at her thumb.

Morgan replied with a sleepy hum as she wiggled to get more comfortable.

Once again, [Name] put her hands against the wall and lowered herself down to sit on the ground, her legs curled inwards with her arms resting on top of them. She looked around her. At the trees, the sky, the rain, and the puddle in front of her. She stared at the ripples in the puddle as cold droplets fell from the rumbling sky.