Dirty Designing - a FitzSimmons Dirty Dancing AU
Rating: M Chapters: 7/15
Relationships: Leo Fitz/Jemma Simmons, "Mack" Mackenzie/Elena “Yoyo” Rodriguez
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - 1960s, AU - Teenagers, AU - Summer Camp, AU - Dirty Dancing Fusion, Summer Romance, POV Jemma Simmons, Dancing, Kissing, Romantic Fluff, Making Out
Summary: When men scoff at seventeen-year-old Jemma Simmons for entering the science fair at her summer resort, she refuses to be pushed aside. Fellow teen and resident gadget guy Leo Fitz isn't allowed to sign up because he's resort staff, so she suggests they team up. And maybe it's just the summer air, but the longer they work together, the more it seems like there's something else heating up between them.
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Before Jemma could follow Elena to the two chairs at the opposite side of the room, her eyes landed on a photograph she hadn’t noticed the last time she’d been in here. The image was of a much younger Elena, arms thrown around a young man who looked to be about her age at the time. A clear family resemblance hung around the wry tilt of their mouths and the point of their chins, and Jemma’s eyebrows rose in surprise.
Letting out something between a sigh and a low laugh, Elena dropped onto one of the armchairs. “No, that’s my cousin Francisco. He died three years ago. A little more than that, actually.”
“Oh,” Jemma exclaimed, cheeks heating instantly up, and she wrapped both hands nervously around the large book. “I’m so sorry, I didn’t mean –”
“It’s okay,” Elena interrupted, “you didn’t know.”
“Still,” Jemma mumbled, moving over to lower herself sheepishly into the other chair. “I’m sorry he’s... you look quite close.”
Glancing over at the picture, Elena let a pained smile flit across her face. “Yes. He was... mi mejor amigo. My... best friend.” With a low exhale, she forced herself to turn back to Jemma. “I’ve been wanting to talk to you. About Fitz.”
