YA ficlet, Crush
Title: Crush
Characters: Teddy, pre- Billy/Teddy
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Teddy’s had a few crushes.
Warnings/spoilers: Pre-canon
Notes: Just a little musing. Every teenager has at least one crush and I wondered who Teddy would crush on. Before Billy, that is.
When Teddy was fourteen he got his first crush. Everyone in the world who knew him wasn’t surprised it was on a superhero. Everyone he actually told, including himself, was surprised it was on Thor. It was the first time Teddy realized he might be gay but it didn’t matter much, passing as quickly as it came and then followed by other equally inconsequential crushes on dashing heroes and attractive people.
By the time Teddy turned sixteen he was pretty sure he was definitely gay, brief episode of adoration for She-Hulk aside, so he wasn’t really surprised to be developing a crush, most potent yet, for the dark haired wannabe hero he’d just recently met.
What surprised him was Thor tumbling out of his mouth when Billy started musing about what hero he should pattern himself after during training. But it worked, fit, and Billy’s smile in return made Teddy’s heart skip a beat.
It really is somehow fitting to have a connection between his first crush and his most recent, and one that may even be returned, Teddy can’t tell yet. Besides Thor’s costume on Billy would be pretty hot, Teddy thinks.
Characters: Teddy, pre- Billy/Teddy
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Teddy’s had a few crushes.
Warnings/spoilers: Pre-canon
Notes: Just a little musing. Every teenager has at least one crush and I wondered who Teddy would crush on. Before Billy, that is.
When Teddy was fourteen he got his first crush. Everyone in the world who knew him wasn’t surprised it was on a superhero. Everyone he actually told, including himself, was surprised it was on Thor. It was the first time Teddy realized he might be gay but it didn’t matter much, passing as quickly as it came and then followed by other equally inconsequential crushes on dashing heroes and attractive people.
By the time Teddy turned sixteen he was pretty sure he was definitely gay, brief episode of adoration for She-Hulk aside, so he wasn’t really surprised to be developing a crush, most potent yet, for the dark haired wannabe hero he’d just recently met.
What surprised him was Thor tumbling out of his mouth when Billy started musing about what hero he should pattern himself after during training. But it worked, fit, and Billy’s smile in return made Teddy’s heart skip a beat.
It really is somehow fitting to have a connection between his first crush and his most recent, and one that may even be returned, Teddy can’t tell yet. Besides Thor’s costume on Billy would be pretty hot, Teddy thinks.