Re: Billy + Rebecca Kaplan
anonymous
May 26 2011, 23:32:23 UTC
I am all over this prompt, anon. I've wanted an excuse to write something like this for a while. Billy and his obsession with Wanda being his "real" mom makes me sooooo sad for Mrs. Kaplan. :\
...I had actually started writing something like this for my YA mother's Day fic collection... I might as well post here. I'm sorry if it's lame
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Re: Realization
anonymous
May 27 2011, 15:47:29 UTC
This was deliciously poignant! I love that you included Wanda in this - and the last two paragraphs sum up my feelings towards this matter: even if it turns out that Billy and Tommy ARE the Scarlet Witch's twins, Rebecca will always be Billly's mother. Thank you so much for filling this prompt!! :D
Fill: Mother's Love, 1/?exfatalistMay 27 2011, 14:58:40 UTC
A/N: A double fill, but I just couldn't resist this prompt!
Jeff cuts the crust off Billy's sandwich and slices it diagonally before fitting the pieces into a clear sandwich bag. Rebecca adds an apple and a bag of fruit-flavored gummy snacks to the Power Rangers lunch box open on the counter, smiling sidelong at her husband. After the box of juice, she adds one last thing: a brief note, written in big, kid-friendly letters, telling Billy she and his father love him very much and they both hope he has a good day at school today.
Overhead, there is the sound of thundering feet as their son takes the stairs at break-neck speed and Rebecca can imagine the heels of his shoes lighting up with each thud. The rubber soles of said shoes squeak on the kitchen linoleum when their excited five year old finally arrives and stops just short of barreling into the backs of his father's knees.
"Mom!" Billy exclaims, "I don't want to be late!"
"We won't be late, honey," Rebecca assures him, crouching down to be at eye level with him.
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Fill: Mother's Love, 2/?exfatalistMay 27 2011, 15:00:37 UTC
At eleven, Billy decides he likes crust on his bread, but doesn't like grape jelly anymore. By twelve, he thinks lunchboxes are totally lame and he wants to start getting lunch at school. When he's thirteen, he sighs at the thought of babysitting his brothers interrupting the cataloging of his steadily growing comic collection.
When Billy comes home with his first black eye and busted lip at fourteen, Rebecca scrutinizes him for a moment over the top of her glasses, but lets him thunder right up the stairs and into his room without a word. It isn't uncommon to hear Billy's door slam these days. Jeff says it's just a teenage phase, but Rebecca recognizes it as more than just that.
Later, when she suspects Billy might be ready to talk, she brings his dinner up to his room, along with an ice pack and something for the cut on his lip. The argument starts small, with her urging him to eat and his dramatic response that he isn't hungry, but ends in frustration. It takes all of her resolve to keep from outright punishing him
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Fill: Mother's Love, 3/4exfatalistMay 27 2011, 15:05:46 UTC
Teddy is on his second heaping plate of eggs, courtesy of Jeff's nervous cooking, before he explains where the two of them have been.
"They had Billy in prison," the boy across the kitchen table explains, looking just as pained as Rebecca feels. "In a place called the Negative Zone. It's this anti-matter universe Reed Richards discovered. They put a prison there for all the unregistered heroes being held awaiting trial. I, uh. Captain America asked me to -- er -- help break in and rescue everyone from our side. Billy was -- "
"Is he okay?" Rebecca urges, needing to know on no uncertain terms. The boys arrived back home last night and Billy has been asleep for almost twelve hours.
"I think he's just tired." But there's an uncertainty in Teddy's voice that speaks volumes of his own worry. "He didn't say he was hurt. It's probably just -- you have to have your molecules scrambled to even go to the Negative Zone without exploding -- "
Fill: Mother's Love, 4/4exfatalistMay 27 2011, 15:07:21 UTC
When it's all over, Billy finds himself leaning against Teddy and is relieved to have Teddy's arms around him in return. It feels like forgiveness and he needs that more than anything.
"Was it worth it?" Teddy asks. His voice is strained and Billy knows why. He's been chasing a ghost, chasing the idea of the Scarlet Witch, for nothing. As many excuses as he produces, as many justifications as he gives himself, Billy knows it's always been his obsession with his favorite Avenger and the suggestion that somehow the two of them are linked. Calling her 'mom' just gets under Teddy's skin and Billy knows what his boyfriend thinks: Teddy lost his mom, tragically, and would give anything to get her back, so he just doesn't understand why Billy isn't more grateful for the mother he's known all his life.
Sadly enough, Billy doesn't know why, either.
Teddy's arms tighten around him when he finally, finally, lets go of the tears he's been holding back for so long. "I want to go home," Billy says softly, burying the admission against
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Re: Fill: Mother's Love, 4/4
anonymous
May 27 2011, 15:54:54 UTC
Double fill? I am NOT complaining! :D Especially because I adored this to BITS. I love all the canon references, especially the ones to Billy's sibilings and to the Civil War arc! Teddy was a very welcome guest - I like how he's there for Billy but he just... lingers in the background and their relationship is not the main focus of the story. That's what I like the most about it in canon as well. You also inadvertently satisfied my Jeff Kaplan cravings: ["What are we talking about, here?" Jeff wonders. "I'm talking about whether or not our son is actually a mutant, like his principal said." "Is that the only thing you think he was talking about?" She crosses from the doorway and settles onto the edge of the bed on her husband's side. "Jeff, our son is gay."] I LOVE this man. (And I ship Jeff/Rebecca almost as much as I ship Vizh/Wanda - which is saying something!). Thank you so much for writing this! Happy anon is happy.
Re: Fill: Mother's Love, 4/4exfatalistMay 27 2011, 16:10:31 UTC
Ahhh, this comment makes me so happy!
One thing I've always appreciated about Young Avengers is that the writing never beats you over the head with Billy and Teddy either being gay or being in a relationship. It's nice and subtle and just there.
I also ship Jeff/Rebecca so much! He strikes me as such an adorable dork, especially with his whole "I didn't know, your mother had to tell me" thing in canon. Oh, Jeff. >:3
I had lots of fun writing this (as it's something I wish they'd address in canon), so I'm really glad you enjoyed it! :D
(He should have never forgotten that)
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I love that you included Wanda in this - and the last two paragraphs sum up my feelings towards this matter: even if it turns out that Billy and Tommy ARE the Scarlet Witch's twins, Rebecca will always be Billly's mother.
Thank you so much for filling this prompt!! :D
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Jeff cuts the crust off Billy's sandwich and slices it diagonally before fitting the pieces into a clear sandwich bag. Rebecca adds an apple and a bag of fruit-flavored gummy snacks to the Power Rangers lunch box open on the counter, smiling sidelong at her husband. After the box of juice, she adds one last thing: a brief note, written in big, kid-friendly letters, telling Billy she and his father love him very much and they both hope he has a good day at school today.
Overhead, there is the sound of thundering feet as their son takes the stairs at break-neck speed and Rebecca can imagine the heels of his shoes lighting up with each thud. The rubber soles of said shoes squeak on the kitchen linoleum when their excited five year old finally arrives and stops just short of barreling into the backs of his father's knees.
"Mom!" Billy exclaims, "I don't want to be late!"
"We won't be late, honey," Rebecca assures him, crouching down to be at eye level with him. ( ... )
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When Billy comes home with his first black eye and busted lip at fourteen, Rebecca scrutinizes him for a moment over the top of her glasses, but lets him thunder right up the stairs and into his room without a word. It isn't uncommon to hear Billy's door slam these days. Jeff says it's just a teenage phase, but Rebecca recognizes it as more than just that.
Later, when she suspects Billy might be ready to talk, she brings his dinner up to his room, along with an ice pack and something for the cut on his lip. The argument starts small, with her urging him to eat and his dramatic response that he isn't hungry, but ends in frustration. It takes all of her resolve to keep from outright punishing him ( ... )
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Teddy is on his second heaping plate of eggs, courtesy of Jeff's nervous cooking, before he explains where the two of them have been.
"They had Billy in prison," the boy across the kitchen table explains, looking just as pained as Rebecca feels. "In a place called the Negative Zone. It's this anti-matter universe Reed Richards discovered. They put a prison there for all the unregistered heroes being held awaiting trial. I, uh. Captain America asked me to -- er -- help break in and rescue everyone from our side. Billy was -- "
"Is he okay?" Rebecca urges, needing to know on no uncertain terms. The boys arrived back home last night and Billy has been asleep for almost twelve hours.
"I think he's just tired." But there's an uncertainty in Teddy's voice that speaks volumes of his own worry. "He didn't say he was hurt. It's probably just -- you have to have your molecules scrambled to even go to the Negative Zone without exploding -- "
In the kitchen, Jeff drops his spatula.
"Sorry," Teddy offers with a wince.
Rebecca ( ... )
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When it's all over, Billy finds himself leaning against Teddy and is relieved to have Teddy's arms around him in return. It feels like forgiveness and he needs that more than anything.
"Was it worth it?" Teddy asks. His voice is strained and Billy knows why. He's been chasing a ghost, chasing the idea of the Scarlet Witch, for nothing. As many excuses as he produces, as many justifications as he gives himself, Billy knows it's always been his obsession with his favorite Avenger and the suggestion that somehow the two of them are linked. Calling her 'mom' just gets under Teddy's skin and Billy knows what his boyfriend thinks: Teddy lost his mom, tragically, and would give anything to get her back, so he just doesn't understand why Billy isn't more grateful for the mother he's known all his life.
Sadly enough, Billy doesn't know why, either.
Teddy's arms tighten around him when he finally, finally, lets go of the tears he's been holding back for so long. "I want to go home," Billy says softly, burying the admission against ( ... )
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Especially because I adored this to BITS.
I love all the canon references, especially the ones to Billy's sibilings and to the Civil War arc! Teddy was a very welcome guest - I like how he's there for Billy but he just... lingers in the background and their relationship is not the main focus of the story. That's what I like the most about it in canon as well.
You also inadvertently satisfied my Jeff Kaplan cravings:
["What are we talking about, here?" Jeff wonders. "I'm talking about whether or not our son is actually a mutant, like his principal said."
"Is that the only thing you think he was talking about?" She crosses from the doorway and settles onto the edge of the bed on her husband's side. "Jeff, our son is gay."]
I LOVE this man. (And I ship Jeff/Rebecca almost as much as I ship Vizh/Wanda - which is saying something!).
Thank you so much for writing this!
Happy anon is happy.
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One thing I've always appreciated about Young Avengers is that the writing never beats you over the head with Billy and Teddy either being gay or being in a relationship. It's nice and subtle and just there.
I also ship Jeff/Rebecca so much! He strikes me as such an adorable dork, especially with his whole "I didn't know, your mother had to tell me" thing in canon. Oh, Jeff. >:3
I had lots of fun writing this (as it's something I wish they'd address in canon), so I'm really glad you enjoyed it! :D
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So much of this was so just mnfgh, I have no words except that now I miss my mom. ;o;
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