Mini-fill Alex/Hank prompt: Nerdy talk
Hello everybody! So first of all, this fic was not beta'ed and secondly English is not my first language so sorry for the mistakes that could be found in there. Anyway!
Answer to this prompt
"When I'm finished with the new Cerebro, the Professor will have even more possibilities than with the first prototype. You see..."
Actually, Alex had a hard time seeing what exactly Hank was talking about. It's was full of long, complicated scientific terms his brain was not familiar with. Nerdy in a word. But it was nice to hear him talk nerdy; Alex liked it. Hank was so adorable like that (not that he would ever admit it out loud, less so to Hank). How his face would litterally lit up, his eyes shining and his speech happy and assured. Hank would radiate self-confidence. Okay, maybe adorable wasn't the best word to use; because a self-confident Hank was downright sexy.
So nerdy Hank meant sexy Hank.
Alex had noticed it the first time he had tried the chest plate. Hank had been explaining everything in great details while zipping up the jacket, not even bothering to think that Alex was a big boy who could zip the jacket by himself, thank you very much. And was going to say just that but then Hank raised his face and holy shit was he sexy. Losing his voice at the moment, Alex had just nodded his understanding of the thing.
However, getting Hank to talk nerdy was easier said than done. First of all, he needed to find him. That was the easy part since Hank tend to spend most of his time in his lab. Then Alex had to distract him from his on-going work which was the tricky part. Because Hank was the master at multi-tasking (or second after Charles, who was able to telepathically fuck Erik while giving a lecture to the children; yeah they were that obvious); he could easily talk to you while working on the prototype of whatever he was working on. But talking-while-working Hank was just plain boring. So he had to really distract him from his work by like...Almost pissing him off. Almost. Something which Alex became a master in. First he would enter the lab, without knocking of course, and calling him "Bozo". That would only earn him a glare from his target, before said target turned back to his work. Here came part two: wandering around the lab, touching everything and anything (which didn't look too dangerous anyway) all the while staying in Hank's field of vision without seeming to notice. Eventually the genius would get up from his stool, groaning (and Alex would not say what THAT did to him), and took back whatever Alex happened to play with at the moment, asking then an annoyed:
"Alright, what do you want?"
To which Alex would shot a bright winner-like grin and ask whatever he wanted because he knew he had Hank's attention focused of him.
Today, Alex asked about Cerebro abecause the Professor mentionned Hank's progress on it and Alex had seen there his fix of Nerdy Hank.
"Alex, are you even listening to me?" Hank asked, his eyes a bit inquisitive. Alex looked up and shot a grin.
"Of course Bozo, always." well, he didn't listened to all of it but for the most part yes. Hank looked at him with his unyielding stare, trying to figure out if this was yet another prank.
"Then, did you understand a word of what I have been saying?" the genius boy raised an eyebrow as if to say "if you're making fun of me you'll pay" and Alex took a few second before answering.
"I think I could do with a second time. I didn't catch up on everything"
Hank sighed, slightly annoyed to have to go through all of it again but smiling nonetheless; happy that someone (other than Charles that is) was interested in his work. Cleaning his glasses with a clothe, he went again about Cerebro.
Hank may be a nerd, but he was Alex's nerd.
Answer to this prompt
"When I'm finished with the new Cerebro, the Professor will have even more possibilities than with the first prototype. You see..."
Actually, Alex had a hard time seeing what exactly Hank was talking about. It's was full of long, complicated scientific terms his brain was not familiar with. Nerdy in a word. But it was nice to hear him talk nerdy; Alex liked it. Hank was so adorable like that (not that he would ever admit it out loud, less so to Hank). How his face would litterally lit up, his eyes shining and his speech happy and assured. Hank would radiate self-confidence. Okay, maybe adorable wasn't the best word to use; because a self-confident Hank was downright sexy.
So nerdy Hank meant sexy Hank.
Alex had noticed it the first time he had tried the chest plate. Hank had been explaining everything in great details while zipping up the jacket, not even bothering to think that Alex was a big boy who could zip the jacket by himself, thank you very much. And was going to say just that but then Hank raised his face and holy shit was he sexy. Losing his voice at the moment, Alex had just nodded his understanding of the thing.
However, getting Hank to talk nerdy was easier said than done. First of all, he needed to find him. That was the easy part since Hank tend to spend most of his time in his lab. Then Alex had to distract him from his on-going work which was the tricky part. Because Hank was the master at multi-tasking (or second after Charles, who was able to telepathically fuck Erik while giving a lecture to the children; yeah they were that obvious); he could easily talk to you while working on the prototype of whatever he was working on. But talking-while-working Hank was just plain boring. So he had to really distract him from his work by like...Almost pissing him off. Almost. Something which Alex became a master in. First he would enter the lab, without knocking of course, and calling him "Bozo". That would only earn him a glare from his target, before said target turned back to his work. Here came part two: wandering around the lab, touching everything and anything (which didn't look too dangerous anyway) all the while staying in Hank's field of vision without seeming to notice. Eventually the genius would get up from his stool, groaning (and Alex would not say what THAT did to him), and took back whatever Alex happened to play with at the moment, asking then an annoyed:
"Alright, what do you want?"
To which Alex would shot a bright winner-like grin and ask whatever he wanted because he knew he had Hank's attention focused of him.
Today, Alex asked about Cerebro abecause the Professor mentionned Hank's progress on it and Alex had seen there his fix of Nerdy Hank.
"Alex, are you even listening to me?" Hank asked, his eyes a bit inquisitive. Alex looked up and shot a grin.
"Of course Bozo, always." well, he didn't listened to all of it but for the most part yes. Hank looked at him with his unyielding stare, trying to figure out if this was yet another prank.
"Then, did you understand a word of what I have been saying?" the genius boy raised an eyebrow as if to say "if you're making fun of me you'll pay" and Alex took a few second before answering.
"I think I could do with a second time. I didn't catch up on everything"
Hank sighed, slightly annoyed to have to go through all of it again but smiling nonetheless; happy that someone (other than Charles that is) was interested in his work. Cleaning his glasses with a clothe, he went again about Cerebro.
Hank may be a nerd, but he was Alex's nerd.