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It had honestly been a while since Axel had set foot into this particular comic book shop. But one of his buddies had gotten a job here so he felt a certain need to pester him. It wasn't like he had anything else better to do today.

The little bell on the door rang as he strolled through the door. Wearing faded jeans and a red long sleeve shirt. Dark brown hair spiked up in his usual Faux-hawk and his face looking particularly unshaven for the most part. Dark grey eyes scanned the shop quickly. Hadn't really seemed to change much since the last time he'd wandered in her.

He didn't see his friend, probably stuck doing grunt work in the back. So Axel casually made his way back to the wall. Scanning the shelves of comics that lined it. Picking one up, he flipped through the pages slowly.

Axel honestly had payed no mind to anyone who had been coming into or going out of the shop. It wasn't until a voice came up from the ground beside him that he noticed the little boy standing there, clutching the Superman comic in his hands.

He wasn't really that big of a Superman fan. Batman was more his style. But from the look on the kid's face it told him that saying how much Superman was a douche might crush his little world.

So he merely chuckled, placing the comic he had been looking at back on the shelf. "Oh there's a new one out already? These comics come out so fast its hard for me to keep up with them sometimes." Leaning down slightly, he looked at the cover of the one that the boy was holding. "What's this one about? Is he finally gonna defeat..." s**t who did Superman fight? "Lex Luthor?"

The speed in which Winston was speaking almost made Axel's eyes roll around in his head. He had spoken to some pretty fast talkers, mostly ditzy chicks who didn't know when to stop talking. But this kid was certainly giving them a run for their money.

But it was refreshing none the less.

"Ah well, that's comics for you. The suspense is what makes you keep coming back." He rubbed at the whiskers on his chin. "Kryptonite you say? Wow that is pretty horrible. But I'm sure Superman will come out on top for sure. He is super after all." Yea, this kid was totally into the blue tights and cape racket. Probably had dressed up like him for Halloween too if he could of guessed. Hell, Axel was pretty certain the kid would run around in Superman get up all the time if his parents would let him.

Speaking of parents....Winston seemed a little too young to be running around on his own. Grey eyes peered about in a non-obvious fashion before he shot a grin back at him. "Axel. It's nice to meet you Winston."

"My favorite hm?" He rubbed at the thick stubble on his chin. "Well Superman of course. Man of steel? Can leap tall buildings in a single bound? Faster than a speeding bullet? If I had those kind of powers like him that would be seriously cool." Axel figured anything but that kind of answer might garner a negative reaction from Winston. And really he just hated seeing little kids looking all put out. So while Superman probably wasn't his top choice there was no harm in a little white lie right?

Right.

Axel knew enough to keep up with the whole Superman talk anyhow.

He knew that perhaps his name wasn't the most common, but he never really thought of it as anything super special. Or great. Or what have you. A name was a name. But he couldn't help but smile at the boy's enthusiasm. It was refreshing.

"Well if you mean every day well no. I drop in from time to time. One of my friends works here so I like to drop in and see what he's up to."