"To be fair, you probably didn't let her be kidnapped any more than you let Bruce be kidnapped," Nicky said. "It was out of your hands. And I get it - you wanted to be there to protect her and to save her. Perfectly understandable." He took another long drink of the mead. "But you were not at a fault here, and there is nothing to forgive yourself for. Even Roxie herself didn't blame you for being kidnapped. Vincent, you guys are heroes. Champions. Avengers. Well, you know what I mean. Things like this, like it or not, are bound to happen, and you cannot hold yourself accountable when the woman you are or were dating gets thrown into danger. I get it, everyone wants to be the hero, but you need to realize that, at some point, powers or not, someone else ends up the hero. And beating yourself up about it i going to do nothing to fix it."

Nicky shifted around in his seat and licked his lips. "I think you're already at the point where you aren't moving on with your life, Vincent. Pulling up images of Roxie, wallowing in some form of self-pity because she moved on..." Nicky shrugged. "This isn't healthy for you, and it's not going to help you achieve whatever it is that you need to for the Avengers to take you back."

And as for that last question... "I think that the next person you date should be someone who you aren't trying to have a long-term relationship with. You're on the rebound, to use a Midgardian term. You need something fun, casual, and not emotionally heavy. Though that might be difficult because you seem to be a very emotionally-heavy guy." A result of being the son of his mother?

Maybe.