We're fanboys, aren't we?

I am Prince Dorrek VIII, half-Kree, half-Skrull...Nah, but really.  I'm Teddy... just Teddy.

[oh-icemanbobby-blog]

Join me for a burger and fries. // the best boyfriends + Bobby + a loser

[alfredtpennyworth]

Billy hadn’t been doing much besides training lately, trying to get used to the effects of no longer having the antichrist attached to him. After he came face to face with one of his nightmares he decided he needed some sort of muscle tone, and needed to not rely so much on his magic. So he’d get up early, go for a run and then go straight for the gym and work on combat until lunch, when he decided he was done. 

This schedule, as well as the schedule that Teddy had prepared for himself had made it very hard for the two boys to see each other. Which was disappointing to say the least. He missed having goofy conversations with Teddy and playing video games. So he had busied himself with more running and bringing Cooper along, just to burn his energy out. 

However that morning - Billy’s rest day - he woke up to a note on Teddy’s pillow. Confused as hell, he read it and grinned. A date night at their favorite diner sounded like something they really needed right now. So he got himself out of bed, and getting himself ready for the day. He was excited to go, so he ended up being ready hours before. 

When the time finally came, Billy teleported himself to the diner, walking in and waving at the waitress who knew him all to well at this point, and saw Teddy. Smiling and making his way over, he noticed another familiar face, or two. Bobby was there, and so was Sam. His smile getting wider, he snaked an arm around Teddy’s waist and kissed his shoulder quickly. “Hey Tee.” He murmured before grinning over at his other two friends. “hey guys! What’s up? Haven’t seen you guys in like, a really long time!” 

[oh-icemanbobby-blog]

Bobby had just been settling in to read the menu when he felt someone sit down in the booth across from him. He looked up skeptically, already on guard — just in case — when he noticed it was Sam looking as adorable as always. A huge grin spread across his face and he dropped the menu. “Well would you look at that. Fancy meeting you here.” Bobby leaned across the table to press a soft kiss to his boyfriend’s lips. “I missed you,” he mumbled, then sat back to pick up the menu again.

And then someone else was walking close to their table. “Teddy! Dude!” He stood up from the booth and pulled the teen into a bro-hug, patting him on the back. “Long time no see, man. What are you up to.” He was about to agree to the catching up when Billy walked in. “Why don’t you guys join us. Impromptu double date. Hell yeah.”

He switched sides of the booth and wiggled in next to Sam instead, gesturing for Billy and Teddy to take the other side of the table. “The resturant is pretty packed anyway. Might as well save some seats.” He didn’t bother picking the menu he’d been trying to read back up again, considering it didn’t matter. He’d order the same thing as always and now his friends were around. “What have you guys been up to? Holy hell, it’s been way too long.”

[novanautprime-archive]

Sam smiled, leaning into the kiss and just so glad to see Bobby that for once he didn’t care about the public display of affection. He didn’t have the energy to worry anymore, all that mattered was finding a way to be happy and screw anyone else who tried to ruin it. “I missed you too.” He settled his head back onto his arms, tired and content. Everything was perfect. Well, add in a cheeseburger and a chocolate milkshake and then it would all be perfect.

So of course someone had to come along and ruin things, and not just any someone. Sam glared balefully from under dark brows at the blond who insinuated himself into their peaceful reunion. “Teddy.” He said the greeting like a curse, scowling openly as Bobby welcomed him. “Wait, what? No!” He sat up, scrunching his face in distaste. A double date? Now? With him?! How could something go from perfect to the worst thing of all time so quickly?

"Hey, Billy." The teen muttered, sliding over to make room for Bobby and jabbing him hard in the ribs in revenge. "I hate you forever, you asshole." He said quietly into the mutant’s ear before putting on his best smile for Billy. "Sorry dude, I’ve been up in space doing space things. You know, with like…the space people and stuff. Lots of heroics, I’m actually pretty well known across the galaxy now." A complete lie, but they didn’t know it and rubbing his success into Teddy’s face made him feel marginally better.

[imjust-teddy]

Teddy eagerly hugged his friend back, wishing they had more time to catch up with each other. Maybe tomorrow or- whoa, wait, what? For once he agreed with Sam. Wow, isn’t that a miracle. “No! I mean, I don’t think that’s a really good idea…” But the argument died on his lips as Billy pushed him down into the seat that Bobby had just left. He had no chance as soon as Billy started throwing those damn puppy dog eyes around. Thankfully, he was sitting across from Bobby instead of Sam. If he had to stare at that stupid face all night there’s no way he’d be able to enjoy his food.

“Yeah, okay, so this is happening.” He sighed, resigned to the fact that Billy and Bobby were evil boyfriends. The only fact that made him feel slightly better was knowing that Sam would be as miserable as he was. Teddy couldn’t hold back a snort at the Nova’s bragging. “You’re probably better known for running into things, right?” He’d seen firsthand how clumsy the guy could be, it was a fair guess! Expecting Billy's silent reprimand, Teddy tensed up a bit. It wouldn't be nearly as fun making fun of Sam if Billy was going to pout every time.

Turning away from the source of his annoyance, Teddy focused on Bobby. “I’ve kind of been lying low, actually. I decided to work more on muggers and bank robbers. You know, let someone else save the world every now and then.” Teddy shrugged; working his hardest to act like Sam wasn’t even there. He slung an arm over Billy's shoulders and started rubbing his thumb across it. So much for a nice evening with just the two of them. “So, what about you, Bobby?”

[changeyourstature-deactivated20]

Morning with Billy, Teddy and Cassie {And Coop:}

The sunlight streamed into the room through the gap between the curtains, falling directly onto the face of the sleeping blonde. She frowned in her sleep, mumbling under her breath, as she held her hand up groggily as if hoping to block out the sunlight. For the next few minutes it was absolute silence as the blonde slept on, but her blissful slumber was cut off rudely by the shrill sound of an alarm clock. 

Cassie groaned as she gropped for her clock, hoping to hit the snooze button and sleeping in. She frowned, her hand still over her eyes as her hand met empty air. She let her hand fall with a groan once she realised where her clock actually was. Both her friends had suggested that she put her clock across the room where she had to get up and turn the alarm off. It was the oldest trick in the book but it was effective. Muttering obscenities under her breath Cassie kicked the covers off of her as she stretched, the alarm clock still ringing relentlessly. Flinging her legs off the bed she staggered over to her dresser and turned the annoying thing off. The silence was like a blessing. Which was immediately cut off again but this time due to a pup yapping and barking right outside her door. Running a hand through her disheveled hair, Cassie shuffled over to the door and opened it. The dog satisfied that the girl was awake stopped barking. Giving a short happy yap Coop, turned around and padded off towards the kitchen. The teen could hear the clang of a frying pan as someone placed it on the stove. Quickly walking back into her room she quickly went through her morning routine and pulled on a tank top and jeans. Pulling her hair into its signature ponytail, she walked out of her room and into the kitchen.

"Morning!" She greeted the occupant of the room, yawning loudly. 

[alfredtpennyworth]

Billy liked to think he was a morning person, but in reality, he was not functional until he had a cup of coffee. And he tried to delay that cup of coffee as long as possible. But he’s been trying his hardest to get up earlier, something about starting the morning off without rushing seemed to make him more productive. But his sleeping brain forgot about that new wake up time and when his phone started chirping, cueing him to get out of bed, he let out a low whine and rolled over to hide farther into the crook of Teddy’s neck. If he hid from his cell phone, he wouldn’t have to get up. 

That logic, though airtight in his brain, didn’t work in reality, and five minutes later, his alarm was singing again. But now, Cooper was barking at it as if the rectangular piece of technology had eaten his dinner. Sighing heavily, Billy sat up in bed, kissed Teddy’s cheek and scratched Cooper behind the ears before rolling out of bed and pulling a sweatshirt on over his bare chest and righting the sweatpants that he was wearing that were way too big on him as he made his way into the bathroom. He didn’t even bother trying to comb his hair. It was a disaster, it was never not going to be a disaster. 

After doing everything he needed to in the bathroom he walked back into the bedroom, reaching across the bed to get his glasses before complying to the puppy who was rubbing against his calf and walking down the stairs and opening the sliding back door to the balcony with the yard that Billy may or may not have zapped there. As Cooper ran towards his favorite tree to pee on, Billy went to the kitchen, pouring food into his dog’s bowl as well as water in the other. After making sure Cooper had his breakfast he went to work on the humans of the house. 

Making pancakes seemed like the best thing to do today. By the time Billy was mixing ingredients Cooper had meandered back in, and instead of going for the food, he trotted his way up the stairs. Hm, he was probably pissed that the other two people in the house weren’t up yet to give him more attention. Chuckling at that though, Billy started making pancakes as well as zapping some fruit onto the counter and ‘wishing’ that it would cut itself - which it almost instantly started to do. 

Hearing a voice, Billy glanced up and smiled at Cassie. “Morning,” He said as he flipped a pancake into the air and catching it with the pan, making Cooper, who had finally found - and quickly demolished - his breakfast, go insane. “Hungry?” He asked. “Chocolate chip or blueberry? Or plain?”

[imjust-teddy]

Thanks to his pep talk from Iron Fist, Teddy got up when the sun did and went for a three mile run like he did every day. His mind wasn’t even awake yet, so he barely noticed what he was doing, taking the familiar path in a large square around their apartment. It wasn’t that he hated going for runs, he just didn’t like having to stop doing other things during the day to make time for them. Danny had suggested going in the mornings and that had sounded like a great idea. Until he actually had to wake up for them.

Once he got back he took a shower and threw on the shorts and cut off shirt that were lying in the clean clothes pile. Neither Billy nor Cassie’s alarms had gone off yet, and while Cooper had demanded a pet when he saw him even the dog realized it was too early to be awake. Teddy crawled back into his bed and curled up around Billy, determined to sleep for another hour and pretend that he hadn’t been up at an ungodly hour. It usually worked and left him the rest of his day to do whatever he wanted. Or stop whatever bad guy decided to try out his latest plan.

Teddy barely acknowledged Billy’s alarm going off or the rapid barking of Cooper. Instead of joining his friends in the land of the living, he pulled the pillow Billy had been using over his head and buried under the blankets more. It’s only when Cooper nudges the door open and moves the pillow to lick at his face that he finally catches the scent of pancakes being made. The promise of food is enough for him to scoop up Cooper, roll out of bed, and sluggishly make his way to the kitchen.

Giving a grunt that was supposed to be a good morning to Cassie and pressing his lips to Billy’s cheek in what was supposed to be a kiss, Teddy shuffled his way past them to the couch. He curled up on it, still holding Cooper, and closed his eyes again. Cooper was now licking his face, trying to get him to wake up the rest of the way, but Teddy refused to be conscious until the food was ready to eat. It was just too early to face the world.

[novanautprime-archive]

You're still an ass and I hate you (Sam + Teddy)

[novanautprime-archive]

Sam groaned, leaning heavily on Teddy as he tried to get his balance. Everything hurt, muscles spasming and twisting as the current played along his nerves in agony. He could have stopped it, he knew how to absorb electricity like that. He’d done it enough times with Striker before, hell, he even did it with that Thorsie guy Bill the zombie space Thor but he hadn’t been paying attention and it had caught him unaware. He made a soft noise of pain, shaking his head to clear it.

“I didn’t do anything.” He muttered, pushing the Young Avenger away to sway back to his own feet. “I didn’t even get near his stupid embassy, all I did was a fly by and they came after me. It wasn’t my fault this time, I swear.” Okay, maybe not entirely true, but mostly. He hadn’t been looking for a fight and even he had realized going up against Doom alone was a bad idea. If he was really going to try and capture one of the world’s most notorious supervillains, he’d bring his whole team to storm Latveria instead of taking pot shots at the Latverian embassy in New York.

The Nova kicked off the ground, blue light flickering pale around him as he hovered a foot from the ground. “Just stay out of my way, dude. No one asked for your help with this.” Hulkling might had saved his butt, but there was no way his pride was going to allow him to admit that. Gritting his teeth, he hoped the helmet was listening to him for once and braced himself for the blast. The metal tentacles lashed out and Sam caught the flailing appendage that crackled with electricity. He absorbed the energy, ignoring the buzzing in his head and channeled it back, releasing the pent up lightning in an amplified blast that fried circuits and sent the machines flying.

“5-4, I’m winning.”

[imjust-teddy]

Teddy snorted at Sam’s response. “Sure you didn’t.” Really, since this was Doom he could be lying or he could be telling the truth. It was hard to tell since sometimes the Doctor did stupid things that seemed kind of pointless, like having tentacle bots attack a kid hero randomly.

“Actually, you did ask for help.” The shifter let out a groan of frustration and flew into the air to move away from the blue glow now surrounding Nova. Last time he saw that light a warehouse caved in. “You sent out a help signal to the Avengers, which I’m a part of. A little thanks would be nice, seeing as I saved your ass twice now.” The blonde’s eyes widened as Nova somehow used the weird tentacle things energy against itself. “Okay, seriously. Why didn’t you just do that before? This could have been done ages ago!”

Figuring that Sam wasn’t going to get himself nearly killed again, Teddy focused on the fight. He kept calling out his scores, each of them upping the other only to be beaten not long after. But as much fun as it was to rip robots apart and snark with someone who was barely an ally, Teddy really wanted this fight to end.

“Why…” He smashed one robot into another. “…the fuck…” He ripped the arms off a bot and beating another with them. “…are there…” Teddy picked up the closest one and threw it against another, smashing them into the embassy wall. “…SO MANY?!” He let out a growl as he shifted bigger. “Nova, I don’t care about the score anymore, can’t you just blast them or fry them or something?”

[a-strangers-legacy-blog]

Family Reunion - Teddy

[a-strangers-legacy-blog]

Genis took a calming deep breath, bracing himself for what would be the harder part of the half-brother-to-half-brother meeting. Connecting. He came back, reluctantly separating himself from Teddy. “I didn’t know Mar-Vell, Teddy” he said, shaking his head. He hesitated, thinking for a second. Wondering, would it all make sense to Teddy? Genis’ parentage, how he came into being, was a confusing and condeluded story featuring heavily, Cancer, Eternal Super Science, and Wanderlust. “He. Well, he died before I was born. Three, Four years ago.” 

Elysius had broken the truth to Genis, about three years back, and to this day Genis acted like the incident had not had such a profound effect on him. So his past was a lie, a concoction of images that should have protected him from the truth, that he was the son of Mar-Vell, and that there were dozens if not hundreds of the Kree’s enemies that, after disease had beaten them to the Captain, yearned for the blood of the son. But in truth it coupled with the revelation had created this. A drunk. A failure. A man barely not a boy, in a costume that did not fit. Genis did not look at Teddy, now, for fear of judgement from his newest of few connection to Mar. “I’ve been alive, now, just longer than that. Mar never knew about me, he never knew my mother wanted to have me. … I was an afterthought. Elysius, my mother, Teddy, Mar was with her till the day he died, and when he did she was lonely, so she had me using what was left of him. I’m, well, humans call it IVF, I think, I’m a product of Eternal Science.” 

Genis took a step back as he felt himself become further distant from Teddy, emotionally, as the revelations came about. “If you were looking for stories I have none. All I know of him are stories, and a meeting with him, an alternate version of him from another universe.” he kept secret his meeting with the real Mar, that would wait if ever revealed to another. 

"You really don’t want to wish that" he said suddenly solemn, looking down, then turning away as he felt shame for his actions, not so long ago, crash into him like a wave against the shore. 

"We can" he said, some hope returning to his voice. "I mean" he chuckled "I don’t make a habit of this, getting in the way of relationships. I think there’s plenty out there for me to not need to look in the taken section. I am the hottest piece of ass this planet has ever seen, sorry Teddy, we’ve half the same genes so you can place high, but I do take that title. You can be….. third, ‘cause there was this girl last night. Wow.” 

[imjust-teddy]

Teddy didn’t like the look on Genis’ face. It promised even more difficult talks. Obviously the two would have several issues and a lot to work out, but couldn’t they just ignore that for now and be happy that they had family? Just for a little while? “Um.” Teddy knew he should have something smarter to say, but really, what else could you say to that. “So you’re technically only, like, four?” That took a minute to work through his mind, then a smirk grew on his face. “Does that mean I’m actually the big brother here?”

The thought of being an older brother was even weirder than being a little brother. It shouldn’t have been so odd, though, considering how often he helped take care of Max and Jackson Kaplan. As much as he really wanted to know about Genis’ history, it also sounded kind of horrible. How did you grow up completely in three years? Does that mean that Genis would be an old man in a few more? Ugh, too many questions and he wasn’t willing to ask them just yet.  Teddy also wondered if Genis suffered from trying too hard to live up to the legend. Their dad was Captain Marvel. Hero of he Kree Empire and one of, to Teddy at least, the greatest heroes Earth has seen. Even before he knew of their connection, Teddy would have done most anything for a chance to meet the man.

“So… you’re…” He struggled for the words. Calling someone a test tube baby just didn’t sound like a nice thing. Teddy wasn’t the best with words so he might as well just wing it. “I have no idea what to say to that. I’ve never heard of Elysius before either. My mom was Anelle… the Skrull princess.” Hopefully Genis already knew of his mixed genes and wouldn’t be too disgusted. Most people had a problem with the Skrulls, but no one as much as the Kree.

It was a shame that Genis hadn’t got to know Mar-Vell either, it would be nice to have heard more about him. This put them in the same boat, though. Another thing for them to have in common. “I met Mar-Vell once, but it was so weird. I think he was time traveling from the past? He had no idea he had kids. Or what Pokemon was.”

Their conversation took another dark turn and Teddy was afraid he’d said the wrong thing. Comforting others came naturally to him, but he still wasn’t sure on his footing with Genis yet. Still, he took a step forward and placed his hand on Genis’ shoulder, smiling at his half-brother. “I don’t know why you’re saying that, but okay. I’m glad to know you now.” The mood brightened and Teddy felt himself laughing. “Only third? Oh man, you know it would be really convenient if I had the ability to shift myself to look like whoever was in first place.” His smirk grew and let his face shift slightly to match Genis’ own. The change was only for a few seconds before he let it slip back to his regular features. “I guess I can live with third, though. I mean, that’s still a lot of bragging rights I get.” Yeah, they could definitely make this work.

[bloodstonecullen]

If this were a cartoon, there’d be a vein throbbing obnoxiously in Cullen’s temple. This guy must think he’s a real big shot, but that’s probably what it’s like being a hero since the day your balls dropped dropped, yeah? The hunter steps away, turning around. “No. I don’t. I —— bloody hell —-“

He didn’t need friends. Friends only got hurt. Friends lead to how he felt about Anachronism, and he’s not going through that again. The pain of seeing your schoolmates bleed out on the ground next to you — the crushing shock that settles in when you can’t save the person that means the most to your best friend. It —-

Oh, fuck. He’s having flashbacks to the island. Cullen can feel his chest grow tight and the room spin, and he’s doing everything he can to keep off a panic attack from destroying him in front of Teddy. He can’t —- can’t let him see him like this. He’ll think he’s weak. Stumbling into a near room, the hunter sinks to the floor, shaking.

[imjust-teddy]

Teddy rubbed at the back of his neck in confusion. Sadly, he was starting to get used to moody superheroes. He watched as Cullen's scowl faded a bit Teddy grew worried. "Cullen...?" He asked carefully, but the other boy didn't seem to hear him. Instead, he ran into the nearest room and Teddy stood frozen for a second before chasing after him. Cullen was sitting on the ground and Teddy immediately recognized the signs of a panic attack. He and Billy had definitely gone through enough of them for him to notice.

The main problem now was that he didn't know how to help Cullen out. Would getting closer only cause problems? But it didn't feel right to just leave him alone.

Moving very slowly, Teddy kneeled down in front of him, trying to keep himself from seeming threatening. "Cullen?" The shifter carefully placed a hand on the other boy's shoulder and gave it a slight squeeze. Hopefully he wouldn't freak him out too much, but he had to at least try and help.

[oh-icemanbobby-blog]

Join me for a burger and fries. // the three coolest guys + Sam

Bobby dropped his bag down on his bed and looked around his room. It was weird to be back at the school, but it was familiar, which was nice. He’d been gone a long time, taking a bit of time to be away. Losing his mutation, even just for a little while, had really screwed with him. He wasn’t used to having to deal with that side of him.. and now that everything was back to normal and he’d settled back into his health, he figured it was time to go home.

He’d been in touch with a few people in his absense. He’d promised Sam that he wouldn’t leave him alone again, so he made sure that phonecalls and texts were a near constant thing. Bobby just needed to be away.. it was as simple as that.

But being back in the real world meant that he needed to start focusing on real world problems again. Protecting. Teaching. Grading. Bobby shivered at that last one. There was so much makeup work he needed to shift trough and finish marking. First though, he wanted a burger. The “important things” could wait.. the most important thing for him was to head out for some food.

It was a short trip to the diner, especially with the new control he had over most of his powers. He’d been practicing with them while he was away, getting better at manipulating the molicules in the air to fly and practicing with his slopes. Bobby was getting pretty good.. he probably wouldn’t find himself in as much danger anymore. He dropped down in front of the diner and shifted back to his human form, straightening out his clothes. Food.. food was all that was on his mind.

[novanautprime-archive]

Space could be awesome and amazing and all kinds of exciting most of the time, but after weeks out in the deepest parts of other galaxies, all Sam could feel was a tired sort of relief to be home. Everything hurt and the gravity of Earth felt odd and heavy, like even the ground beneath him wasn’t quite right anymore. It was a hard few weeks and they’d taken their toll, near constant stress and battle against a rising fleet. Worlds to save, princesses to rescue, blah blah blah. All he wanted was a burger and a three day nap.

He hadn’t meant to be up so long, he had been trying to keep a balance between his responsibilities on Earth and his work as a corpsman, but with Bobby gone and the city relatively safe these days, it was harder to resist the call of the stars. At least he stayed in touch, keeping that thin line of communication back to the people he loved every day that tethered him to his real life. It had kept him grounded when he hadn’t been on solid ground in ages, thank you Xandarian technology for your crystal clear reception billions of light years away. However it worked, and Sam had honestly no idea how 90% of this space magic crap worked anyways, it was nothing short of incredible.

Sam hadn’t flown to the diner, too much Nova force on his last mission had left his head with a constant distracting buzz and a nervous energy that caused his fingers to tap and twitch. It would fade, it always did, but for now he felt uncomfortably amped when all he wanted to do was rest. Best to take a break and let it die down before donning the helmet again. Cross your fingers no crazed supervillain assassin robot thing would try to attack the restaurant until he’d at least finished his fries.

The teen spotted a familiar figure and smiled, surprised he was back in town but pleased. He followed the mutant quietly into the diner and slipped into the same booth without a word, folding his arms on the table and resting his head.

[imjust-teddy]

Teddy was completely exhausted. He'd spent the entire day running around and fighting off the little guys, the everyday muggers and bank robbers. It was a nice change and the happy smiles he got were definitely a great reward. The past few days he'd been doing this, heading home, and then crashing. It worked, but it also meant he and Billy didn't spend a whole lot of time together.

As a surprise, he'd left a note on his pillow for Billy telling him to meet him at their usual diner for dinner. He'd made sure he had time to run back and shower before showing up, but he was seriously cutting it close. Rushing into the restaurant, a quick scan let him know that he had managed to arrive before Billy. It also showed him that Bobby was finally back in town.

Making his way over quickly, Teddy raised his hand in greeting. The two hadn't talked a whole lot recently and they probably had a few minutes to catch up before his date showed. It wasn't until he was standing right next to the table that he realized someone else was slumped next to Bobby. "Hey Bobby!" He greeted anyway, pausing for a second before chastising himself and acknowledging the other boy too, though much less enthusiastically. "Hey Sam."

He glanced at the door when it opened and smiled as Billy walked in. Waving him over, Teddy turned back to Bobby to finish up what was supposed to be a short conversation. "Glad you're back in town, man. We should catch up sometime when we're not both dates, yeah?" He looped an arm over Billy's shoulders as he reached them and kissed his cheek. "Hey, Bee. Look who I found."

[imjust-teddy]

{text} i'm declaring code red {text} do we have a code red? {text} we need a code red. {text} 'cuz uhm, Mephisto was just at our front door

[text] you mean like the mountain dew???

[text] WHAT THE FUCK BEE IM ON MY WAY.

[bloodstonecullen]

Oh, great. The jolly green giant was his tour guide. At least —- Cullen thinks this was the person who went by the codename Hulkling. This man was slightly less big and green than all the pictures in his file. He rocks on his feet, his oversized sweater making him feel even smaller up close to the other teen. God damn his height. Or lack of height. Whatever.

He scowls, keeping his gaze pointed to the ground, and shrugs. “Who wants t’ know?” Cullen looks up, eyes locked on Teddy with a fiery intensity. “You the bloody sympathy party they throwin’ fer meh? Oooh. Poor litt’l Cullen, stuck on n’ island n’ forced t’ kill people. Piss off.” He scowls again. 

"I don’ need no one helpin’ me wit’ anythin’."

[imjust-teddy]

Well that certainly wasn't the response he was expecting. He had heard a bit of what happened on the island but he didn't think too much about it. That was really insensitive of him, the poor guy had probably gone through hell. Forcing the smile to stay on his face, Teddy gave a small shrug in response.

"I wasn't aware you wanted a full on party. We could probably throw something together, though." If Cullen wanted to go with sarcasm, Teddy could play along. "Yeah, no pity here, sorry man. I just wanted to show you around since it can get a bit confusing."

Was there anything he could do to make Cullen not hate him? As much as Ted was already beating his head against a brick wall with Sam, he figured Cullen could probably use a friend. And if there's one thing Teddy excelled at, it was being exactly what people needed of him. "Well if you don't want help, do you just want some company?"

[bloodstonecullen]

This whole situation was hilarious, in hindsight.

One minute, Cullen’s playing some fucked up version of the Hunger Games with about two dozen other kids, their lives being streamed to YouTube by bloody Arcade. —— Arcade. The bloke was a joke of a villain! Where does he think he gets off on pulling some Dr. Doom-level stunt?  —— The next, he’s being sat down and told he’s going to be joining the ranks of the young Avengers squad in America.

It’s his first day, and the young hunter is looking around, gauging who’d be easy to take out if needed, and where the exits are at, because he’s fairly certain he’ll have to bust through one if the cheesiness that is these spandex and tight-clad kids. He tugs on his sweater, rolling his eyes, and walks through a hallway, before noticing he’s being looked at by someone.

"Oy. What’re you frickin’ lookin’ at?" His eyes narrow as he stuffs his hands into his pockets.

[imjust-teddy]

Teddy was purposefully waiting around the Avengers Tower in the hopes of running into the new kid. It had made it through the grapevine that someone from Europe was going to be joining the Young Avengers and the blonde couldn't stop himself from getting excited. It had been quite a while since they officially got a new member.

There's a guy he doesn't recognize walking around and Teddy stares at him for a few moments, trying to figure out if he was Cullen. Teddy jumped at bit at his shout, but at least the accent confirmed his suspicions. "Hey! I'm Teddy Altman. You're Cullen, right?" He asked, just to make sure.

"I hear you're going to be joining us for a while so I figured I'd say hi." He shoved his hands in his jean pockets and rocked onto his toes and back. "I can show you around or introduce you to everyone if you want?" This guy didn't really seem all that pleasant, but Teddy wasn't about to give up on him just yet. He was in a new place for the first time, surely that's all this was. Right?

[alfredtpennyworth]

Heh, no actually…I did…uhm so as an April Fools joke I hid most of your shirts…and uhm, well…I went to put them back, and well, Cooper found his way into one of your my favorites and is currently running around wearing said shirt. Or more specifically…the shirt is wearing him.

[imjust-teddy]

Oh, is that why you were all mopey on the first? I thought I just hadn't done laundry in forever.

...wait what? Oh, god he's gotta be burred in that thing! I need pictures.

[alfredtpennyworth]

Oh God, today’s going to be interesting..

[imjust-teddy]

Why? ... I didn't forget something, did I?

[imjust-teddy]

{text} 'm with you 'til the end of the line, Ted.

[text] You mean like in Mario Kart?

[alfredtpennyworth]

{text} …..yes. Yes Ted like in Mario Kart

[imjust-teddy]

[text] NO YOU'RE SO NOT. Come out to the living room and I'll make sure you're nowhere near the line when I am!

[imjust-teddy]

{text} 'm with you 'til the end of the line, Ted.

[text] You mean like in Mario Kart?

[alfredtpennyworth]

Not in the Dark || Billy and Teddy

[alfredtpennyworth]

"Because," Billy said simply, spinning around in a circle so he could untangle his legs from the mess that Cooper had created. "Cooper gets jealous when there’s more than me at the table usually. Had to get him used to you at home before he could third wheel our milkshake dates." He said, rolling his eyes at his boyfriend and just stuffing his money in Teddy’s back pocket as he walked away. 

As he waited, Billy sat on the ground, letting Cooper jump all over him before the hyper ball of fur settled comfortably on his chest, licking all over Billy’s face. Laughing, he scratched being the pups ears, only looking up when he heard footsteps coming. Standing up he let Cooper start sniffing at Teddy’s feet, looking for treats and he accepted the styrafoam cup from his boyfriend. “You’re the best Tee,” He murmured, turning his face so he caught Teddy’s lips against his own. 

As Cooper jumped around them, Billy tugged him forward, physically picking him up and pointing him into the way the park, and letting him trot in the direction of his favorite place to roll around in the grass, and Billy bumped Teddy’s hip with his own as he sipped his shake, smiling over at his boyfriend. “This is nice,” he mused as Cooper whined in frustration that his owners weren’t going fast enough. 

[imjust-teddy]

"Cooper never had any problems with me, though." Teddy tried to think back to a time when the dog was jealous, but he was probably too busy feeding him scraps to notice. He felt when Billy slipped the money into his pocket, but he ignored it. Instead of giving it back, he'd just use it to buy something nice for him later. Or comics. Yeah, he'd probably buy some new comics with it.

Teddy threw his arm over Billy's shoulders as they started walking toward the park. It was nice to just relax for once and enjoy the sun. Of course, he was still on alert in case something happened, but that was just second nature after all these years. But having Billy so relaxed and Cooper being a total goof just made the world seem so much brighter.

The park wasn't overly crowded, but it was a nice day out and New York. He let Cooper lead them since the dog wouldn't be satisfied unless he got to pick their resting spot. "We really need to do this more often." Teddy said with a smile, turning his head to press a quick kiss to Billy's temple.

[novanautprime-archive]

You're still an ass and I hate you (Sam + Teddy)

[novanautprime-archive]

Sam gasped for air like he was drowning, eyesight wavering as a tunnel of darkness swallowed his vision.  He coughed, swatting away the hands that tried to help him. “Fine…f-fine.” He managed to croak out the words before realizing who it was that had responded to his distress call. Oh for the love of- seriously?! It couldn’t have been anyone else? The whole freaking city was practically crawling with heroes, any one of them would have been a better choice than that jerk, especially since Sam was flat on his back after getting his ass handed to him by some altered Doombot.

With a groan, he rolled to his knees and took a moment to reorient himself, looking up to watch that giant green loser tackling the bots like this was his fight. Ugh! “I didn’t need your help.” The Nova snapped, finally getting his breath back and staggering up to his feet. “I was doing fine all on my own, you can leave now.”  It took another moment before he had enough energy to draw the Nova Force back through himself, faint blue glow getting stronger as he channeled the power into his fists. There was no way he was going to let that stupid loser show him up, this was his own mess and he’d take care of it.

Bolts of energy crackled from his hands, catching one of the bots in the chest and sending it reeling back in a shower of sparks. Stupid, freaking robots with their stupid freaking tentacles. Tentacles! He’d seen enough weird Japanese cartoons to be a little uncomfortable with the whole thing. He kicked off the ground, tackling one of the Doombots with a snarl, punching hard enough to take its stupid masked face off. “That’s one for me. Didn’t I tell you to leave?” He charged his fists again, blasting at the robot Teddy was grappling with, slipping “accidentally” to singe one green wing and answer that challenging grin. “Oh, whoops. Sorry, bro.”

He was so caught up in proving his superiority that the Nova didn’t notice the glowing eyes of the robot behind him. Sam yelped as one of the metallic tendrils closed around his ankle, electricity racing down into his body and setting his nerves on fire. Every muscle spasmed and tensed as he shrieked in pain, collapsing back to the asphalt and seizing.

[imjust-teddy]

Teddy couldn't help but sigh at Sam's shouts. The idiot couldn't even be bothered to thank him for saving his ass. As much as he wanted to leave and let Sam deal with this shit, he knew that for all the talk he still wasn't back to full power. So, with a roll of his eyes, Teddy ignored him and kept fighting.

But when he got zapped all bets were off. "So that's how we're playing? Fine, bro." Getting a good grip on the bot he was currently grappling with, Teddy twisted his torso and chucked the thing in Sam's direction, hitting him but also taking out the enemy Sam was fighting. "4-2" He muttered under his breath. Teddy was too busy plowing through robots in an attempt to win the stupid competition when he heard Sam's yelp.At first he rolled his eyes because this was the guy who was always going on about how great he was, but then he realized that Sam was getting his ass handed to him. Again.

Using the beat up body of a downed bot, Teddy charged at the one currently frying Sam. "Doesn't your fancy bucket have something to stop them? This is ridiculous." He grunted angrily. Because he was distracted by his annoyance he didn't notice the tentacle bots surrounding the two of them. "Oh, shit. Nova get up now." He said as he grabbed the guy's arm and hauled him to his feet. Being electrocuted sucked, and he was sure Sam was in a lot of pain, but they were surrounded and the stupid tentacles were blocking them from getting out by flying. 

"Did you do something to piss them off?" He practically growled. The tentacles were starting to glow with an electrical charge and things were definitely not looking good for them.

[changeyourstature-deactivated20]

-Grins as she makes herself taller sneaking up behind him- Wacha doin’ Ted?

[imjust-teddy]

Wha-AHH!

Cas! I was climbing the wall until you popped out of nowhere!

[alfredtpennyworth]

Not in the Dark || Billy and Teddy

[alfredtpennyworth]

"I brought him in before," Billy said, shrugging as he tugged Cooper away from another dog walking down the street that looked like he could swallow the little Corgi whole. "The waitress we usually get is in love with him..as long as he doesn’t pee or cause a ruckus, she’s fine with it." He said as he laced fingers with Teddy, walking down the street. 

Looking up Billy smiled and nodded. “Yeah sure! It’s nice out…you get the shakes and we’ll wait out here and then we can go,” He said, bumping his hip with Teddy’s and leaning against the wall of the Diner as Cooper sniffed Teddy’s feet. Billy pulled out a ten dollar bill and handed it to his boyfriend. 

[imjust-teddy]

"I didn't know you'd brought him before. Why have you never brought him with us?" Teddy watched the tiny dog wiggle around their feet as it worked to keep up with them. When Billy handed him the money, Teddy pushed it back toward him. "Nope, I said I'm paying, remember?"

He quickly ducked into the diner to order their strawberry and oreo shakes. It was a struggle to keep from bouncing on his toes in excitement. Even though they were together practically all the time, it had been while since they'd been on an actual date. It was a simple gesture, and they bought each other so much stuff that it really didn't mean anything, but Teddy wanted today to be special. Well, more than it already was after that awesome news.

"Here you go, Bee." He said, handing over the oreo once he got back outside. After Billy took the shake, Teddy leaned over and gave him a peck on the cheek.