Mallory's House | Late Friday Morning

About half an hour after Annie had left, the meeting with Ms. Neuman concluded, and Butcher and his associates were crowded around Colonel Mallory again for orders.

At least, everyone except Hughie, who was stuck on the couch injured. He flagged down Diego, probably hoping that the person who knew him the least of this group might be a soft touch? Either that or he saw a guy with scars and assumed he'd be cavalier enough about injuries to let a guy with a bleeding stomach wound come along on whatever they were gonna do. "Hey, dude, I'm going with you guys. Tell Butcher I'm coming too."

Because if nothing else, he needed to get the hell away from Lamplighter. They all needed to get away from Lamplighter.

( Daytime porn viewing and accusations of treason, oh my )

[preplayed with defenderofdesmoines as Hughie and Lamplighter, and unfortunately taken kind of directly from canon, yeah -- The Boys 2.07, 'Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker' is responsible for all of this. warning for three dudes watching porn during the day, NFB/NFI/OOC welcome]

A Pawn Shop in East Flatbush | Friday evening

To say today had been rough was quite possibly the biggest understatement ever. It had started with watching porn at way too early in the morning, went into cutting off a guy's hand to get his girlfriend out of jail and somewhere between that Annie had absolutely gotten her ass handed to her by Black Noir.

Diego was worried. He knew why Annie was playing it cool. Her mother was there, and Billy Butcher wasn't exactly someone you wanted to look weak in front of. But she had been hurt, and neither of them had gotten the chance to process that and he just really needed to make sure she was okay.

When everyone seemed to be as settled as they were going to be, he found his way to Annie's side. "Can we talk?"

[Last post for the day, I promise. For the girl! NSFW!]