BWI Airport Portalocity Lounge- Saturday morning

[stacyexperiment]

A few days ago Gwen saw New York destroyed and drowned and her friend/roommate/surrogate brother type was presumed dead for a while- got a really amazing obituary for his alter-ego and everything. Today she was waiting for a portal that was going to take her to a school in Maryland. She was actually looking forward to school, just to get back to doing normal things again, but the timing was weird.

She seemed to be the first one here, and the banner meant she was probably in the right seat, so.

Gwen would be the sullen-looking girl sitting under the glittery Fandom High banner and showing too much midriff. And occasionally brushing at the top of her head with her hand because she was convinced the glitter was probably raining down on her.

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[ultimatehottie.livejournal.com]

Johnny was still carrying his life in his backpack, so it looked like, well, pretty much what you would expect from an American teenager spending three months adrift in Europe. He smelled better than you would expect from that, though. He might have been on hard times, but he was still vain as hell.

He found his way under the Fandom High banner and plopped down in a seat. He may have been staring at the ceiling after he did so, but he still gave a wave of acknowledgement at the girl who was already there... and who looked vaguely familiar.

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[stacyexperiment]

You'd have to forgive Gwen for not recognizing him outright. For reasons.

"'s up?" she greeted him, eloquently.

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[ultimatehottie.livejournal.com]

"Things. School. Stuff. Y'know?" Johnny answered. And then he sighed. "Sorry, I'm usually more charming."

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[stacyexperiment]

"It's too early for charming. Save it for school," she assured him. "Gwen Stacy."

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[ultimatehottie.livejournal.com]

"As long as it goes better for me than the last time I tried regular people school," Johnny said. Why did that name sound familiar? "I'm Johnny."

Either she'd recognize him from the name and his face or he'd get a few more minutes of anonymity.

Re: Wait for the shuttle

[stacyexperiment]

She peered at him, even if she wasn't quite putting two and two together, because why would she do a thing like that?

"What happened last time you tried regular people school?" Gwen asked.

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[ultimatehottie.livejournal.com]

"There was a cute girl, a group date, and a fire thing on a beach. Long story," Johnny said, sitting up so he could actually look at Gwen as he was talking. "Not arson and nobody was hurt, I swear. I know I just made it sound super sketchy. It isn't. I swear."

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[stacyexperiment]

She was still peering at him. "Wait, are you Johnny Storm?"

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[ultimatehottie.livejournal.com]

"I'd say no, but we'll probably have a class together and you'll find out then and call me a liar," Johnny said, waving his hand dismissively at that future. "So yes, I'm Johnny Storm. Don't tell anyone." Like they wouldn't know anyway.

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[stacyexperiment]

"Are you okay? How'd you get out of New York? What are you doing here?" So maybe she was a little concerned by way of Peter. Who was so getting a text later.

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[ultimatehottie.livejournal.com]

"Well, I've spent the last three months bumming around Europe after, you know, my dad died in the wave and the Fantastic Four broke up," Johnny said. "And I'm here because, I dunno, I was done with Europe."

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[stacyexperiment]

Gwen's first thought was that she'd died in the flood somehow and been resurrected again after three months and no one told her.

Gwen was a drama queen.

"Three months?" she repeated. "It's been like three days."

Welcome to Fandom, kids!

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[ultimatehottie.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, three days after was when my dad was buried," Johnny said. "I'm pretty sure calendars will have my back on this on."

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[poison-princess.livejournal.com]

At least the boys here were cute. Not, she thought hastily, that she was doing anything more than looking, not with Branden back home. But if she had to be in a free range psych ward or whatever, having a few nice faces to look at couldn't hurt.

Melissa would be all over him, if she were here. Of course, Melissa wasn't crazy, so she got to stay in Sterling where she belonged.

"Hi," she said, because she didn't know how not to talk to people. It was a trait bred into all charming Southern girls. "You look pretty comfortable all things considered."

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[ultimatehottie.livejournal.com]

"Hi there. I've been in planes for days," Johnny said. "It's easy to be comfortable anywhere once you've spent enough hours in one of those."

"And it doesn't hurt that pretty girls keep walking up. That just helps put me in my element."

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[poison-princess.livejournal.com]

That got him a smile, at least. "Funny, most boys would say that being approached by pretty girls makes them less comfortable."

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[ultimatehottie.livejournal.com]

"That's just one of the many things that makes me more fun to be around than most boys," Johnny said.

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[poison-princess.livejournal.com]

"Oh? And do I want to know what those other things are?" Evie asked, trying not to laugh. "Do you have them listed somewhere, like on a business card you can hand out? Are there references I can check?"

She held out her hand. "Evie Greene. Nice you meet you."

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[ultimatehottie.livejournal.com]

"That would be tacky. I leave it up to everyone I meet to come up with their own list. If they want, they can tweet it, hashtag 'johnnysgreat'," Johnny said, reaching out to shake. "I'm the Johnny in question. Johnny Storm."

She didn't seem like she knew that yet. This was getting weird.

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[poison-princess.livejournal.com]

Nope. Not a clue. Oh the woes of anonymity!

"I'll keep the hashtag in mind for later," she said. "We do have a whole shuttle ride for me to observe your awesome in action. Maybe we can get you to be a trending topic or something."

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[ultimatehottie.livejournal.com]

"Wouldn't be the first time, I doubt it'll be the last," Johnny said. "But I'm getting the impression you're from a place where I'm not already famous. So you wouldn't know that yet."

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[poison-princess.livejournal.com]

Maaaaan. And just when she thought he was kinda normal!

"You're famous," she said, trying to keep a straight face. "Like, you have a Youtube channel? Or....?"

Please don't let him be one of those awful guys where he was on the news for doing something horrible and now thought it made him 'famous.' There wasn't an orderly or even a TSA agent around if he got creepy.

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[ultimatehottie.livejournal.com]

"Well, I have that too," Johnny said. "I'm a superhero. The Human Torch. It's really weird that I'm not getting recognized more here. I probably could have tried to do a secret identity thing if I knew about that ahead of time."

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[poison-princess.livejournal.com]

"Oh. A superhero. Yeah, of course," Evie said, smiling and nodding like a champ. "The Human Torch, huh? You...glow? Or just light stuff on fire?"

Was there anyone else around? Help? Evie needed an adult!

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[ultimatehottie.livejournal.com]

"If security busts me, it's your fault. I'll take the heat for you, though, since, you know, hero," Johnny said. He looked around to make sure the coast was clear. Then he held up a flaming index finger, which he used to sign his name in midair. A fiery "Johnny Storm" was visible for a few seconds before it faded.