Bobby does try to build a life beyond the original X-Men. He goes to college, studies accounting, and serves with the Champions and the Defenders. Hank and Warren remain part of…

Bobby does try to build a life beyond the original X-Men. He goes to college, studies accounting, and serves with the Champions and the Defenders. Hank and Warren remain part of his wider superhero history, but that history isn't confined to the original school anymore. I think it's worth leaving room for the ordinary ambition in that. Wanting an education or a career doesn't have to be treated as a lack of commitment. These characters are expected to risk their lives repeatedly, often for people who don't particularly want them around. Having some idea of what life might look like outside an emergency is understandable. His relationships can bring out a less composed side of him. His feelings for Lorna and his jealousy over her relationship with Alex are part of his earlier history. He doesn't handle every disappointment gracefully, and being entertaining company doesn't automatically make someone mature about rejection. But those dynamics aren't frozen in their earliest version either. By the later rescue involving Arcade, he can work alongside Lorna and Alex without the old jealousy dominating everything. That's a quieter kind of development than a costume change or a spectacular new ability. Looking across those appearances, there are different stages of adulthood happening alongside the superhero work. Bobby is figuring out relationships, work, friendship, and where he belongs. Returning to familiar teammates doesn't erase everything he has been trying to work out elsewhere.