#that 1920s au

[ardatli]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 9/15 Fandom: Young Avengers (Comics) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Teddy Altman/Billy Kaplan, Kate Bishop/Tommy Shepherd

All art by @cris-art​

Summary:

It's the 1920s in New York, and anything is possible. Prohibition is underway but the gin-joints are hopping, and in some of the more underground clubs it's safe to be yourself.

Billy Lehnsherr, one of the heirs apparent to the Lehnsherr fortune, steps out to find some fun... and finds a lot more than he ever expected. For Teddy Altman, orphan, life has been one kick in the teeth after another. And when something good finally walks into his life, he knows it's only a matter of time before it's taken away again...

Based on an image pack prompt from CrisArt. Updates Sundays.

Chapter 9

“Not to sound like a cliché or nothin,” the one in the front said, gesturing back and forth between Billy and Teddy with the barrel of his gun. Irish accent. “But Teddy, pal, buddy — what the fuck do we have here?”

[ardatli]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

All art by the incredible @cris-art​

Chapters: 8/15 Fandom: Young Avengers (Comics) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Teddy Altman/Billy Kaplan, Kate Bishop/Tommy Shepherd

Summary:

It's the 1920s in New York, and anything is possible. Prohibition is underway but the gin-joints are hopping, and in some of the more underground clubs it's safe to be yourself.

Billy Lehnsherr, one of the heirs apparent to the Lehnsherr fortune, steps out to find some fun... and finds a lot more than he ever expected. For Teddy Altman, orphan, life has been one kick in the teeth after another. And when something good finally walks into his life, he knows it's only a matter of time before it's taken away again...

Based on an image pack prompt from CrisArt. Updates Sundays.

Chapter Eight:

Hands in his pockets, his head down and his mind on everything except the world around him, Teddy didn’t understand the noises in the alley until he turned the corner and saw the fight. Not a fight, a massacre. James and Ned—what were they doing half a block from his apartment? —had someone up against the wall, the alley echoing with the wet thud of a fist hitting flesh and the barking yell of someone getting the air knocked out of him.

“What the hell do you jerks think you’re doing?” Teddy headed toward them, half-prepared to pull them off the guy and send them back to Greg-

“Cleaning up your mess, Altman.”

[mistress-strex]

((The more I think about it, the more I realize that 1920s mobster!Strex Family makes way too much sense. They pretty much already are like a stereotypical mafia family anyway. All we'd really change is the time period and that's about it.))