A/N: HEY EVERYONE! SORRY I HAVEN'T UPDATED IN THE PAST TWO MONTHS, THINGS HAVE BEEN BUSY FOR, ASIDE FROM CLASSES AND STUDYING, I'VE BEEN DEVELOPING THE STORY FOR THE LIS/SPIDER-MAN CROSSOVER STORY AS WELL AS THE STORY FOR THE NEXT FEW CHAPTERS OF "SUFFER IN SILENCE." I THANK ALL OF YOU FOR READING THIS AND YOU'LL BE HAPPY TO KNOW THAT I HAVE NOT ABANDONED THIS FIC; I JUST HAVEN'T HAD THE TIME TO WORK ON A NEW CHAPTER YET. IM GLAD MOST (IF NOT ALL) OF YOU GUYS LIKED IT. PLEASE KEEP REVIEWING THIS STORY BECAUSE I REALLY WANT THIS STORY TO BE A GOOD ONE AND HAVE IT COMPLETE. AS FOR THE LIS/SPIDER-MAN CROSSOVER STORY, DON'T EXPECT THE FIRST CHAPTER TO COME OUT ANYTIME SOON, IT'LL TAKE A WHILE. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I FORGOT TO PUT ANA IN THE LAST CHAPTER, BUT SHE WILL BE IN THIS STORY.
NOW ONTO THE MAIN STUFF, YOU'RE GOING TO READ WHAT I CALL AN INTERMEDIARY, A SECTION THAT LINKS TWO OR MORE CHAPTERS TOGETHER, IT'S NOT LONG AND I WON'T BE DOING THIS A LOT BUT HOPEFULLY IT KEEPS YOU OCCUPIED. ENJOY
Shortly after chapter 2
Lena and Winston was currently cleaning up from today's festivities, meaning Reinhardt got drunk so Angela had to get him out before he could start setting a "terrible" example for the kids or so she says and then the latter. The commanders had come back from whatever 'emergency' meeting they had with one of the politicians, and everyone continued to have fun. Then everyone started to go back to their quarters or their homes for the night. Lena and Winston decided to stay back and clean the place up before they called it a night.
"This was a really good idea Winston! We should do this more often luv" Lena said as she was cleaning the last of the plastic bottles
"I'm glad to hear it Lena, most of the others seem to agree as well." Winston said while gathering all the trash into a garbage bag.
"Of course they do! Why the bloody hell would they ever not, we all agreed on this entire program you've set up, none of us ever regretted it! Besides, the young ones are just a joy to have around here luv, it makes it less boring, especially with Emily not being here." Lena said as she finishes up her work.
"I'm glad to hear you've enjoyed it then! At least it didn't go to waste, especially with all the effort in trying to get this approved." Winston said, if Commander Morrison had the full reigns around here, it really wouldn't have taken so long for such a program like this to have taken off in the first place, but alas the scientist had to go through weeks of UN processing, evaluations, and even a small but slightly public hearing just to see this through, and at the end of it all, even he never thought it could happen especially with Overwatch's lately negative reputation with the public in the past few years. In the end, it was approved but he could have 3 interns under the tutelage of the organization, which he thought was unfair since he felt that more people should deserve a chance at this.
"Not to worry luv, when those bloody fools at the UN see the good work we've done with these kids, they surely have to let us have more around." Lena said optimistically
"Your optimism is always a welcome addition Lena." Winston said with a smile
"Aww, anytime Luv, but I got a question for you if you don't mind."
"I never mind, what is it?"
"Well….it's about that boy, Nathan" Lena said, her voice showing some concern
"What about Nathan? Don't tell me you don't like him already, you seem to get along with quite well."
"Don't get me wrong, he's a smart kid for his age, and he's just this small innocent looking child that you wanna snuggle with, trust me I feel like Angie was about to do that when she first saw him."
"But…" Winston said
"But…he's too….what's the word….quiet" Lena said as she thought of a non offensive way to describe the young boy she just met
"Oh that, it just because he's a bit shy, he really is an intelligent young man, but he works by himself or with me only, I'm hoping after today he could open up a bit more to the others. If he's been silent for most of the time, I believe its because he's intimidated by the presence of the rest of the team, give him a while and he'll be fine with being around you guys." Winston
"Its not just that, I mean he's silent, like he's really scared of something, plus he's awfully small for a 12 year old, I mean sure some kids grow a lot later but, he's also really skinny, I held his arm and I was sure I could feel his bone or something and I noticed he was sort holding back a reaction, like it hurt him or something. " Lena said with a small amount of worry
Winston thought about it, "You do have a point, now that I think about it. He is awfully skinny when I first met him, and his behavior is quite silent for his age. I'll tell you what, I can check after him tomorrow when he comes in and you can talk to him when he's free during his break, if everything is fine and he's just probably not eating enough, we'll just encourage him to have a fuller diet."
"And if something's wrong?" Lena said
"Then, I will bring this to commander, you can take him to Angela to get him checked out, and I will bring up his file and his application to see where he lives and we'll see what we can do."
"Sounds like a plan luv." Lena said approvingly
"I still don't think anything is really wrong though, he's just needs to adjust, that's all. He's still new here."
"Yes, but I got about him, I just need to make sure its all right that's all." Lena said
"Heh heh, Ana would be proud" Winston said with a chuckle
"You know she would, speaking of which when's she coming back?" Lena asked, it's been a while since the second-in command at Overwatch had left for her mission
"Last time I heard, her mission ended a day ago, she should be coming back in 3 days from South Africa."
"Ooo wait, till she meets them, she'll be the grandma of the entire family." Lena said playfully
"She already is if you think about in that context"
And so the two comrades continued their conversation like this for the rest of the night.
