Wait a minute! Somebody's missing.

[ladyhatshepsut.livejournal.com]

I've seen this in real life (usually with kids), and in movies.  I've seen thin in other fanfic fandoms (The Sentinel and Magnificent Seven, to name two).  I'm wondering if this has been done for the Avengers.  It could be after a battle, on the trip back home.  Or maybe after a long day and they get together to go out to dinner.  The team/group gets to their destination or they're almost there, when someone thinks to do a headcount and realizes somebody is missing.  One of them was lagging behind, or in the bathroom maybe, and got left behind withoug someone noticing for the longest time.  What happens then?  Do they rush back, embarrassed and ashamed or do they say "fuck it, we'll worry about it later, he/she didn't want to be with us anyway."

The thought came up while reading the extras for the First Impressions and Second Chances series where Tony Stark isn't wanted on the team and every friendly gesture and gift from him is met with scorn and finally violence.  But the outside/forgotten person doesn't have to be Stark; it could be any one of them.  (I'd love to see Darcy kick ass and take names if the group went out for a "family" dinner and forget she was in her apartment changing clothes or something and came back to the common floor to find it empty.)   Or maybe the team goes to some event and the press is there as they get out of the limo and they're asked "Hey, where is (whoever) and they realize they've forgotten someone.

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[vinib.livejournal.com]

At this point, I think any example featuring Matt Damon being left behind is basically moot. He is like Princess Peach from Mario. Me thinks, most of the time he "gets left behind" on purpose.

Seriously, though, getting left behind in space is not the same a superhero getting left behind on a pizza outing.

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[parakaleo.livejournal.com]

I guess I just don't understand why you jump to the left-behind person just "crying like a baby" upon being left behind (although depending on where they are left they totally deserve a few minutes to fall apart!) and don't think they would do what they needed to do to get back.