Home is where the heart is

[sorryitasedyou]

Who: Darcy Lewis and YOU!!!
Where: ALLLLL over - see below
When: 6/30 all day into the evening
Rating: PG-13 to be safe for language - will up it if needed
Summary: Darcy's back from being sent home and is dealing with it... to a point.
The Story:



A:

[She's back in Wonderland, much to her dismay, the last thing she remembers is eating cereal with Jane, Erik, and Ian after the whole almost dying and plunging the universe into darkness thing. She moves to one of the chairs, letting out an angry sigh as she flops into it. There's a small yelp as quickly shoots back up, realizing her communicator had been somehow slipped into her back pocket. She gives out another sound, mumbling something that sounds like a long string of swears if listening closely enough as she sees the full inbox.

There's an increasing number of sounds as she continues to listen, momentarily considering just throwing the stupid thing in the ocean or whatever it was. Instead, she clears out the inbox, firing off a few quick texts.]

[text to Tony]

Got your message. I'm back - somehow ended up back home. Hope you guys didn't have to go through too much trouble with Jane's freak out.

Please tell me she didn't actually call for search teams...

Also, as an apology I will make you those brownies we talked about. I'll be in the kitchen later tonight.


[text to Jane]

Got all of your messages. I guess not all of the things in Wonderland are bottomless pits because you definitely filled up my voicemail. I'm back - ended up getting sent home somehow. I will be in my room soon if you want to meet there - I can explain more.


[mass text to other Avengers and people from her world]

I'm back - was sent home for a little bit apparently. Sorry if Jane caused as much of a fuss as I think she did.


[She spends a few more moments in the chair, gathering her thoughts before starting to make her way up to the 7th floor to make sure nothing had changed in her absence.]


B:

[She's in her room, the familiarity slightly comforting if not only adding on to the annoyance of being back. While she's glad it stayed the same, it wasn't really something she was about to jump for joy about.

She settles in, communicator at her side, waiting to hear from people. She grabs a Jane Austen book, trying to read but continually getting distracted by thoughts of home.

Eventually giving up, she turns on some music, moving back to the door to peek out and see if anyone was out there.]


C:

[After agreeing to give Jane a much needed reprieve from animal duty, she makes her way around the mansion with 2 ridiculously awesome puppies that she's still not 100% sure about and the two piglets. She has all four in harnesses and leashes, although that doesn't stop them from slipping away every now and then.

They all eventually settle in the music room, Darcy playing random chords as the puppies sing along rather loudly.]


D: [For Tony, but can definitely be open to others.]

[Puppies and piglets in tow, she makes her way back down to the kitchen to do some much needed baking. She first gets the animals settled with some water and food before turning her attention to gathering the supplies for the whiskey brownies she'd promised Tony. Turning on some music, she lets herself fall into the familiar motions of baking.

It was a welcome distraction, not thinking about Thor, Ian, Erik, or her family - just focusing on the task at hand. It's easier said than done, something she'd been struggling with all day. It had been easier being here the first time, so caught up in what was happening she didn't really have a chance to get homesick, but the dangling tease of her actual life had left her wanting to go back. She missed her friends and family, missed Thor.

Pushing it aside, she goes back to what she was doing, realizing she'd been attempting to stir air in an empty bowl.]


E: [For Will Graham, open to anyone who sees her.]

[After making the brownies, she notices she has an extra bottle of Whiskey, deciding to wrap a bow around the neck and drop it off in front of Will's door on the first floor. She makes a point to include a little bag of the brownies she'd made with another note of the alcohol content in them before making her way back up to the 7th floor.]


[ooc: feel free to have gotten a misfired text from her or run into at any point along her journey - just name the place!]

Comments

A (for the moment - likely to turn into action?)

[widows_kiss]

[When the text pops up on her phone, Natasha's relieved. Jane's not the only one that's been worried about her absence. Although now she's curious as to how and why Darcy made the trip - and what she might have learned while doing so.]

Welcome back, I think?

Have we missed anything interesting?

sure!

[sorryitasedyou]

Just some dark elves trying to plunge the world into darkness... The basics. Thor was there so it was totally fine. Have I ever told you about my intern?

[She leaves out the kiss and just how homesick she really is, how seeing everyone only to be sent back here was a twist of a knife in her heart. She missed Thor and Erik and Ian, even if he confused her more than anything right now. She was grateful to have Jane, unsure of what she'd do without her. Sure, there were others from her world here, but that personal connection from home was the only thing keeping her semi-focused from letting her thoughts drift away to home.]

[widows_kiss]

[ That was still events in Natasha's past so she doesn't press for more details, just accepted the answer as indication that Darcy hadn't experienced DC or anything past it. ]

I didn't realize interns got interns.

[sorryitasedyou]

Well, with Jane's work getting more intense, I needed the extra hand and someone else to suffer with. Ian is a little quiet but he's really good at doing the heavy lifting.

[And throwing their keys through a portal...]

[widows_kiss]

Interns are good for that, I agree. Does he make good eye candy while he's doing it?

[ She has the best priorities. This is why Coulson never lets her pick the interns. ]

[sorryitasedyou]

The best. It was definitely a deciding factor in the decision making process. I also may or may not have kissed him...

[That's right, be proud. She kissed a boy.]

[widows_kiss]

[ She's very proud. ]

Did you now? He must have been very nice eye candy then. What's his name?

[sorryitasedyou]

[There's an uncharacteristically loud and girlish giggle, making her glad that this is text.]

His name is Ian and he's very nice eye candy - British accent and all.

[She still didn't know what to make of it all, not having had the chance to actually sit down and talk to him about the heat of the moment kiss.]

[widows_kiss]

[ She's also very amused right now. Then again, 'girl talk' isn't something she gets a lot of time or excuses for. Mostly because Steve was really bad at it. ]

Definitely a plus. Sounds like you had an exciting trip home.

[sorryitasedyou]

[If someone had told her she'd be having 'girl talk' with Natasha a year ago, she'd have laughed in their face and called them crazy.]

It was definitely something although I could have done without a good chunk of the excitement, especially the whole almost dying again thing, even if it resulted in a kiss.

Ian saved my life. He threw a car on the elf minion dudes that were coming after us while Thor was off doing his universe saving thing. It was amazing. I wish you could meet him, I wish he were here.

[Along with Thor and Erik... She misses home.]

[widows_kiss]

You really need to stop with the almost dying thing. It's bad for your health.

It definitely sounds as if he's a good choice in intern then. And perhaps more?

[sorryitasedyou]

Tell everyone else that.

I don't know. Maybe? We didn't really get to talk about what happened and it's not exactly like I can call him up. I'm not gonna close myself off of other things but it's weird. I don't do this whole boy thing.

[widows_kiss]

Sounds like you were doing just fine.

[sorryitasedyou]

It was a heat of the moment thing. I don't even know what popped into my head that told me to do that. I don't tend to kiss people who save my life.

I dipped him. I legit dipped him... Like a full blown pretty pretty princess dip.

[widows_kiss]

Remind me to bake you a cake next time I see you.

Or, you know, summon one from a cupboard.

Please tell me someone got footage of that?

[sorryitasedyou]

I don't need a cake or any sort of reminder. If Ian ever shows up here, I will be hiding in my room forever.

Also no footage and no witnesses whatsoever. None at all.

[Except for Jane, but she's not gonna give up that info. She just hopes she can lie better via text than she can in person.]

[widows_kiss]

I find that hard to believe. I'll have to hack SHIELD security footage when I get home. I know there was shots from all over that area. There's got to be something.

What, with him?

[sorryitasedyou]

OMG no to all of the above. No... Just no. I will be hiding in my room alone and no hacking.

[Her face is bright red, even more glad that this is via text because no, no, no, no, no no nononononooooo........








NO]

[widows_kiss]

Well that would be a shame. Who'd show him all the ropes?

[ Natasha can guess anyway. ]

[sorryitasedyou]

I feel like we aren't thinking about the same thing here...

[Because those ropes are not gonna... Yeah, no.]

[widows_kiss]

Are you sure?

[sorryitasedyou]

I've led a hanky-panky free life here just fine - I'd like to keep it that way.

[Maybe. Sort of. If the right person came along, or not... Relationships were complicated and more of a headache than she needed.]

[widows_kiss]

I think I'd prefer that to the dangerous messes you keep finding.

[sorryitasedyou]

It was two times... Not like it's a daily thing.

[At least as far as she remembers... Although those two times were more than enough.]

[widows_kiss]

Two was plenty.