"She would," John acknowledged. "I think she's grown up to be even more sarcastic than I was, though - you might not be able to cope," he added, with a faint grin on his face. The idea of his own quickfire savagery combining with Katie's more cynical wit might be enough to make Bobby hide in their room. Or just cut a swathe of greatly offended British people through London.

"She'd probably love you though, so I wouldn't have to be too mean to her." Because being mean was practically part of the big brother code, along with random humiliation and punching people who cat-called your sister. The Allerdyces' love was a rough form of love, that was for sure. "And thanks. I know I probably make Mom sound a bit scary." He didn't add anything about how he'd found Magneto easy to deal with after his mom. Because she totally was more than a bit scary.

"We could watch a movie. Snuggle. I think you're too gone for wild sex," John murmured, in a deadpan, affectionately grouchy tone.