[Comprehensive British and American] After the Raiders

It was a two-storey villa built by the lake with its back against the forest. Neil's car was parked in front of the villa.

Neil was no longer in the car, but the open door of the villa seemed to vaguely reveal Neil's attitude towards Tony's visit.

This made Tony feel a little more relaxed, but after he parked the car next to Neil's car, he sat quietly for a long time before getting out of the car and walking in.

His eyes circled around the house, the simple modern decoration, no private photos, and no personal traces left, it seems that what it was like when Neil lived here has not changed much now, compared to "home" "This word, the inside looks more like a temporary vacation home, with no life atmosphere.

Neil was standing behind the bar, holding a glass that was about to bottom out, leaning against the cabinet behind and looking at Tony in a relaxed posture.

"It's rare that you can find this place." His tone was casual, without surprise or surprise, just like a normal greeting.

Tony knew what Neil was referring to, and after a moment of silence, he said,

"I saw your wife, Daisy."

Hearing Daisy's news from Tony's mouth, Neil just raised his eyebrows, other than that, his expression was still very calm, as if the name "Daisy" did not mean that he had lived intimately with him for more than two years wife, but any other stranger.

He even corrected Tony's words in a very flat tone,

"It's the ex-wife."

"what happened?"

"What happens between unsuitable couples, they love each other until they get bored, and finally separate."

His attitude was downplaying, and he briefly mentioned the matter in one sentence.

That look is so relaxed that it's a bit hateful, it seems that everyone is dispensable to him, just like when he left him back then, he also looked like he didn't care at all.

Tony should get out of here at this point, go back to his playboy world and continue to be a playboy, and those old histories should stay where they belong.

But he clearly knows what kind of person Neil is, but feelings are a very strange thing. After so many years, some things are still not buried by the blur of time.

He still cares about him as much as before.

Tony was almost powerless against himself like this.

...

This day's dinner was prepared by Neil, which was simple pasta with canned meat sauce.

Even though Tony was fully aware of how crude the ingredients on that plate of pasta were, he still took his first bite with a lot of anticipation.

"um..."

It's not overwhelming, but it's not delicious at all.

He hesitated for a while, recalling the dark dishes Neil had made back then, the disdainful eyes that looked at the plate of pasta disappeared instantly, and even his tone could not help but become full of sincerity,

"better…"

Neil just glanced at Tony quietly, without speaking.

A cell phone ringing rescued Tony, who was under pressure from Neil's stare. He silently took another bite, and after Neil picked up the phone and looked away, he silently put the fork aside as if nothing had happened.

Neil, who had always looked calm, frowned not long after he answered the phone, and after hanging up the phone, he said to Tony,

"I have something to go out for a while, you can do whatever you want."

The phrase "you are free" seems to mean trusting and reassuring Tony, but looking at the furnishings in the house, it is clear that Neil doesn't care about this house at all.

Hearing this, Tony immediately pushed the plate of pasta in front of him away,

"I heard that there is a good restaurant here, just take me for a ride."

Tony, who said so, didn't even mention the name of the restaurant that was said to be good when Neil drove the car to the small town hospital.

Neil didn't say anything, and brought Tony, who had attracted some attention after entering the hospital, into a ward.

There was a person lying on a hospital bed in this ward. It was a middle-aged man with plaster on his right leg and neck. Tony had met him not long ago today.

"Did Lily call you?" The man had a gentle smile on his face, as if the plaster casts on his body were just some interesting decorations.

"Oh," he then noticed Tony standing behind Neil, and smiled with some novelty and joy, "Is this your new friend?"

Except for frowning when he received the call, Neil's expression on his face has always been indifferent, but after coming here, he seemed to relax, and he became "friendly" inexplicably.

He nodded to the two blond women with red eyes sitting beside the hospital bed, and he didn't mean to introduce Tony, he just asked,

"How are you?"

The man was lying stiffly on the bed looking at Neil, which was a bit funny, but there was no negative emotion on his face, and he looked very optimistic and happy.

"I'm fine, I just fell down accidentally, but I may not be able to fish with you for a while."

From Tony's first sentence with Neil today, he finally saw a little bit of vivid expression on Neil's face. It was a smile, a warm and genuine smile,

"That's a pity. I'll probably be lonely for a while."

They talked for a while, during which time Neil communicated more with the man's wife, Emma, ​​than with their daughter, the girl who looked like Daisy.

It was rare for Tony to be so quiet. He didn't say a few words until he and Neil left the hospital.

But inexplicably, it can make people feel that he is in a better mood, and his tone is extraordinarily relaxed,

"New friend? Since when did you become interested in fishing?"

Neil glanced at Tony lightly, and there was no change on his face, but the deliberate sense of distance he had treated Tony before seemed to fade a little.

"Always."

Tony pouted,

"I almost forgot that you are still an old antique."

"Want to go fishing tomorrow?" He looked reluctant, "It's time to experience the life of retired seniors in advance."

...

On the way back, Tony was happy with the unexpected progress of the day, until they passed a fork in the road and a car suddenly came out of the corner and hit them.

Tony only felt dizzy, and he didn't even have time to look at Neil's situation before he fell into a brief darkness.

He didn't pass out for a long time. After regaining consciousness, he didn't have time to check the injuries on his head and body. He just looked at the position beside him for the first time.

"Neil..."

He looked at the back of Neil pushing the car door, his voice was so weak that it was almost inaudible, he tried his best to get rid of the dizziness and powerlessness and activate his armor.

But when Neil looked back at him, he couldn't help being stunned.

Under such an impact, the window glass could not be spared, and there were many wounds caused by the glass on Neil's face and arms, but those wounds disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye under Tony's sight.

That is definitely not the appearance of the wounds healing quickly, as if those wounds were originally a colorful picture that was wiped away by an invisible eraser.

Tony only felt the dizziness getting stronger, and the tinnitus made him extremely uncomfortable.

Before falling into darkness, he could only vaguely hear voices coming from there.

"Yo~ baby, dear Daisy, let me bring you my love~"

"Did you feel it?" The voice was full of gloating smiles, "I conveyed it to you very 'intensely'~"

...

When Wade swung the pistol at Neil, Neil didn't dodge it, his footsteps didn't stop at all, and he didn't even look at the blade at all.

So it was stabbed into Neil's shoulder by Wade very smoothly, but it seemed to be stabbed into the illusory light and shadow, without blood, and there was not even the sound of tearing skin and muscles.

At the same time, Neil's hand gripped Wade's wrist with a completely different strength from before. No matter how hard Wade tried, Neil's hand never loosened, not even trembling.

This made Wade scream like a little girl who was molested,

"This unscientific!"

Then Wade's face, which was also not very scientific, came into close contact with Neil's fist, but he seemed to be completely unaffected, and pretended to be humming, his voice sounded particularly miserable,

"What do you villain want to do to me, I will not give in to your lust~"

Neil, who was in a good mood after punching, ignored Wade's poor performance of only three-pointers, and let go of Wade's wrist.

"What are you doing here?"

"Hmph, of course I'm here to kill you," Wade said with a sullen look on his face, poking Neil's shoulder with the point of the knife while desperately trying to kill him, "What kind of ability is this?"

But he only felt as if nothing had been pierced by the tip of the knife.

Saying the words "kill you", Wade's thinking became more and more divergent, and his mind began to fill in some indescribable things. The pair of white eyes on the mask suddenly curved up, and he looked eager to try. Not even a mask could hide his arousal,

"What would happen if I attacked you in bed?"

Neil slapped away Wade's restless pokes, and they all knew that was not the real reason. If Wade came here for this, then he should have aimed his weapon at those fatal parts in the first blow.

The way Neil looked at him blankly seemed to make him feel a little wronged, so he started making trouble for no reason,

"For my little treasury, I'm going to kill you anyway."

Having said that, Wade followed Neil all the way home in the end.

...

Tony woke up in the guest room of Neil's house. The small wounds on his body had been bandaged with medicine. Miraculously, under that kind of impact, his head was not injured.

Thinking of what he saw last night, and thinking of the touch different from hard glass when his head was hit, Tony felt a little complicated for a while.

He stared blankly at the white chandelier above his head, until the sound of footsteps gradually approaching, his eyes recovered, but his body did not intend to move at all.

"how do you feel?"

Tony turned his neck, turned his gaze to Neil who was sitting by the bed, and then scanned carefully all the way from the beginning. He knew that Neil was asking about his body, but he still couldn't help but stab,

"Surprised."

With this feeling of ignorance, Tony inexplicably felt that he could understand Daisy's mood back then, and his heart was filled.

Neil continued unmoved,

"I've contacted Ms. Potts and she will arrange for someone to come pick you up."

"Wait," Tony broke out of the high-cold mode in an instant, "I remembered that I still have something to do here."

Neil raised his eyebrows,

"Is something wrong? I seem to remember what you said yesterday..." His upper body leaned forward slightly, repeating Tony's previous words, "Just passing by?"

Tony was silent for a long time under Neil's gaze, and the expression on his face gradually faded away.

He didn't think his crude excuse was clever, or that Neal was unaware of his intentions.

As long as Neil didn't say it, he could use this excuse to stay until he figured out what he wanted and got it.

He looked at the man across from him somewhat complicatedly, and finally he couldn't help but sighed.

He thought he probably already knew what he wanted, and in front of Neil, he was always willing to be more mature and honest than usual.

"I miss you…"

...

The author has something to say:

Nai’s message brought me back~ one for each hahh~

If Neil hadn’t taken the branch line in this episode, it’s a short and short Shura field hhh~

After the episode is the ending~