Unnatural History, "The Invitation" [rated pg-13]
Fandom: Unnatural History
Title: The Invitation
Author: Paynesgrey
Characters/Pairings: Jasper/Henry, hinted M/J/H
Genre: Humor
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 300
Spoilers: none really, up to current episodes
Notes: Written for the "Surprise" theme at fanfic_bakeoff.
Summary: Jasper and Henry come out to Maggie, with an offer.
Maggie should be surprised. She should be at least, a little bit shaken up by their news.
Only she’s not, and she acts as if there’s nothing out of the ordinary in hearing her two best friends, both cousins, reveal their ongoing clandestine relationship.
Henry smiles brightly, unaffected, but Jasper is starting to freak.
“You’re really okay with this?” Jasper asks.
Maggie shrugs and rolls her eyes. “Come on, Jasper. With you two, I’ve seen way worse. I’ve been attacked, kidnapped and thrown into car trunks and underground dungeons, not too mention almost killed. I can totally handle your standard gay outing.”
“Standard?” Jasper croaks, and then whispers. “But we’re cousins.”
“Yeah, which Henry has described as being typical in many cultures around the world,” Maggie counters, and Henry nods in agreement.
“Jasper, I think Maggie is taking this very well, so I don’t understand why you want to ruin it,” Henry offers.
“I’m not...” he starts, but turns to pout at his cousin.
“I do admit,” Henry says congenially, “as fun as it is, we wouldn’t mind if you came along as well, Maggie.”
Maggie prompts freezes; if the outing doesn’t surprise her, this does.
“Wait, did you just invite me into a threesome?” Maggie asks, a little too loudly. Jasper looks around nervously; Henry, as usual, isn’t fazed. He turns to Jasper, searching for affirmation.
Jasper’s eyes widen as he thinks about it. “Wow, I mean...yeah, if you want...”
Maggie looks back and forth at both of them. Jasper’s eyes glaze over, and he’s obviously imagining it. A smile curls on the one side of his mouth.
Maggie scoffs, but surprisingly agrees. “I suppose... we could try,” she says hesitantly, but she whips back to Jasper with a stern glare. “But only if Jasper can stop drooling.”
Title: The Invitation
Author: Paynesgrey
Characters/Pairings: Jasper/Henry, hinted M/J/H
Genre: Humor
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 300
Spoilers: none really, up to current episodes
Notes: Written for the "Surprise" theme at fanfic_bakeoff.
Summary: Jasper and Henry come out to Maggie, with an offer.
Maggie should be surprised. She should be at least, a little bit shaken up by their news.
Only she’s not, and she acts as if there’s nothing out of the ordinary in hearing her two best friends, both cousins, reveal their ongoing clandestine relationship.
Henry smiles brightly, unaffected, but Jasper is starting to freak.
“You’re really okay with this?” Jasper asks.
Maggie shrugs and rolls her eyes. “Come on, Jasper. With you two, I’ve seen way worse. I’ve been attacked, kidnapped and thrown into car trunks and underground dungeons, not too mention almost killed. I can totally handle your standard gay outing.”
“Standard?” Jasper croaks, and then whispers. “But we’re cousins.”
“Yeah, which Henry has described as being typical in many cultures around the world,” Maggie counters, and Henry nods in agreement.
“Jasper, I think Maggie is taking this very well, so I don’t understand why you want to ruin it,” Henry offers.
“I’m not...” he starts, but turns to pout at his cousin.
“I do admit,” Henry says congenially, “as fun as it is, we wouldn’t mind if you came along as well, Maggie.”
Maggie prompts freezes; if the outing doesn’t surprise her, this does.
“Wait, did you just invite me into a threesome?” Maggie asks, a little too loudly. Jasper looks around nervously; Henry, as usual, isn’t fazed. He turns to Jasper, searching for affirmation.
Jasper’s eyes widen as he thinks about it. “Wow, I mean...yeah, if you want...”
Maggie looks back and forth at both of them. Jasper’s eyes glaze over, and he’s obviously imagining it. A smile curls on the one side of his mouth.
Maggie scoffs, but surprisingly agrees. “I suppose... we could try,” she says hesitantly, but she whips back to Jasper with a stern glare. “But only if Jasper can stop drooling.”