Hi!! I've been making my way through all of UT writing on ao3 again, and I just re read aces in the laoft-verse. It's so good!!!! I was wondering if u could tell us more about Andy and Teagan's relationship? I always love ur take on qpp's. (It can be a prompt if u want to write about it, but even some spare headcannons would be swell lol). Thanks!!!
halfway between hcs and bullet fic it is
initially they bond a lot over being aspec - andy is aroace, and teagan is asexual biromantic
and then teagan gets a crush on andy
they feel REALLY BAD ABOUT IT because they know Andy's aro, so theyre in this really uncomfy soup of pining + guilty about being pining + angsting about how theres No Possible Way anything could work out
and then andy asks them on a date
andy: yeah i think we're really compatible i'd like to give it a shot
tee eventually manages to cotton on that andy is asking them if they want to be in a qpr (a term that tee, as an alloromantic, is not 100% solid on) and teagan admits that theyre romantically attracted to andy complete with a lot of self-flagellating
andy's pretty romance-neutral in the sense that he doesnt care if tees romantically attracted to him, as long as tee's sure theyre not going to be unhappy (with the relationship or him) about the fact that he's never going to reciprocate
and teagan was honestly not sure at first if they would be! and andy said that was fine, and that they could think about it, and if teagan decided they wanted to give ThemTM a shot the ball was in their court.
now teagans freaking out because how do you ask someone out in a Strictly Non-Romantic Way
they eventually decided on one of those unfoldable letter booklets that said "platonically date me bro"
andy thought it was obnoxious and loved it
they don't kiss but they do cuddle and hold hands (andy is especially prone to just like. picking teagan up like a plush and cuddling them aggressively to relieve his anxiety)
they are good for each other, but there is a bit of stutter-stopping in the beginning with teagan trying Way Too Hard to stay strictly within "the boundaries" of qpr/Non-RomanceTM without really understanding that a qpr is specifically outside of relationship boxes, not A New Box
they do eventually get married but in the "we went to the court house and filled out paperwork to be each others next of kin" kinda way
