A/N: This is just a filler chapter because school and extracurriculars have been KILLING me.

Guest(1): We will get some Dr. Strange angst eventually, but likely not for a while. I'm glad you caught why Dr. Strange got irritated! I didn't know if anyone would realize that!

Guest(2): OH MY GOD THAT'S SUCH A GOOD IDEA! I'm definitely 1000% going to have Wade in here at one point, breaking fourth walls and causing mayhem.

Yes, Elena is Yo-Yo from Agents of SHIELD, and we'll sort of touch on that in this chapter, as well as awkward Kamala (as we know her to be from the comics).

Note: thank you to everyone who reviewed, followed or favourited this story since last chapter; my mail isn't working for some reason, so unfortunately, I can't thank you by name but know I am grateful for all of you!

Boredom seemed to be a disease in the Soul Stone.

You could find a new activity, and it would be fun for a while, but eventually the deeply-rooted feeling of having nothing to do would creep up again.

And there were only so many times one could make a pyramid sculpture using zombies.

So, when Elena and Kamala were braiding grass to make mats to sit and sleep on, Kamala decided to break the rule.

Kamala didn't know how the rule even came about, but it was only seven simple words:

Don't talk about life before the Snap

She also didn't know why it was a rule, either. Wouldn't talking about what they missed make them feel better? Isn't that what therapists made money from? Listening to people talk about their feelings for a while?

So, it only made sense to bring up the taboo topic.

"Hey Elena?" Kamala asked innocently, not tearing her eyes from the blades of grass in her hand. "What did you do for fun before the Snap?"

She could hear Elena stop moving and suck in deep breath.

"Why do you want to know that?"

Kamala winced and looked up to Elena's face, which was unreadable. She wished she could be a zombie right about now; not knowing what they were doing, not acting awkward and definitely not asking way too personal questions.

"Well…" Mumbled Kamala, looking down again. "It's really boring and you've been really nice-and-I-want-to-know-more-about-you-so-that-if-we-get-back-I-can-still-see-you…"

Kamala took a deep breath, feeling her face heat up with embarrassment at how fast she just spoke.

When Elena didn't answer after a few seconds Kamala looked up, expecting her to look sad, or even angry that Kamala would dare ask such a thing and break the rule…

Instead, Elena had a small smile on her face. With a soft sigh, she spoke.

"I didn't really have any free time for fun, Kamala." Elena said it in a sad tone, but she was still smiling a genuine smile. "My family and I always had to work, but since we worked together it was a good life."

"Do you miss your family?" Kamala blurted out.

The moment she asked Kamala regretted it. Obviously Elena missed her family, what a stupid question.

Elena didn't seem to mind the invasive question, though. "Yeah, Kamala, I do." She must've been thinking about a happy memory, because she chuckled. "Fate is a funny thing. I remember when I first met them, I hated them, thought they were the enemy."

Kamala gave her a confused look. "So, you only recently met your family? Were you adopted or something?"

"Adopted? Oh no, not me, Kamala. Family isn't who is genetically like you, it's who loves you for who you are. Or, loved you for who you are."

For a second Kamala was nervous Elena was going to cry (did that mean someone who was close to her died, or betrayed her?), but instead she decided to change the subject. "So, what about you? What do you do for fun?"

Kamala remembered the morning of the Snap. "Well, my friends Nakia and Bruno usually meet me at the Circle Q, and we hang out there when Bruno's working." She started rambling, trying to move on from Elena's ominous statement. "I also love this one rp game online… oh! And writing avengers fanfiction!"

As soon as she said the last word, Kamala gasped and slapped her hand over her mouth, embarrassed. "Please forget I said that." She groaned, putting her head in her hands.

Elena just laughed. A genuine, loud laugh.

Kamala looked up and was soon laughing as well, not believing she had actually just told a grown woman that she writes fanfiction (not to mention avengers fanfiction, who apparently involved Mr. strange too).

A few moments later Kamala heard someone enter the clearing and she turned around, surprised to see Peter back, more grass in his arms.

Peter looked between, Kamala and Elena, who was laughing so hard she was crying. "What… is happening?"

"Kamala has funny hobbies." Said Elena between laughs.

That just made Peter give an even more bewildered look. "Do you care to elaborate?"

"NO SHE DOESN'T CARE TO ELABORATE!" Said Kamala a little too loudly, but she had to say something before Elena blurted out about the fanfiction thing (even if Peter was her friend, not even Bruno knew about her totallyawesome account!)

"Ummm…okay?" Peter plopped down beside them and selected a few blades of grass from his pile to help them make mats. "So, you guys were talking about hobbies?"

Kamala nodded. "What were yours?"

Peter seemed taken aback by that question, confusing Kamala. "Um… well… I" He stammered, face turning red. "… I like building lego star war kits. And I'm obsessed with the avengers." He finally said, sighing in relief as he thought of something to say besides I spend my free time in a skintight red and blue suit swinging around on a string around Queens.

Because admitting you build lego sets meant for children wasn't that embarrassing.

Kamala's face lit up at the mention of Earth's Mightiest Heroes. "Oh my heck you like the Avengers too! How have we never talked about this?"

Peter shrugged. He knew the exact reason why they had never talked about it; if he ever brought it up he might've let it slip that he was one.

"Hey, you two, these mats aren't going to make themselves so why don't you fangirl later?" Saud Elena grumpily, but she was smiling.

Peter and Kamala shared a look and then started braiding the grass again.

After all, they had all the time in the world to talk about the Avengers.

I was going to put more angst with Elena but then realized that would involve spoilers for Agents of SHIELD (which I HIGHLY recommend).

Next chapter: not sure what it's going to be about. Review with a prompt (or vote for one that someone already suggested) if you have a suggestion!