A TVs Toy Soldier
A g/t Tenna x gn reader fanfic
Chapter 2
Also on AO3 under the same name
The first thing you noticed about him..was that he was a TV. Your TV. Somehow. Or at least your TV was his head? The unmistakable stickers were a dead giveaway, and if you looked closely, you could notice all the scratches, dents, and imperfections lined up perfectly if your memory served you correctly. Instead of being a brownish beige color like he was when he was just a normal TV and not some giant guy with your TV for a head, his frame and antenna were a pleasant lavender color. You could almost make out his bright white screen, which looked like it may have something displayed on it, if it didnāt feel like looking straight at a thousand suns.
You opted to look down, noticing that this strange TV man was wearing an undeniably snazzy red suit with very pronounced lapels, with an equally as flashy banana yellow tie, contrasting against the white undershirt he was wearing underneath. The large tie wasnāt tucked in, the article of clothing swaying back and forth slightly as the strange giant held you closer to his chest, leaning over you, cradling the ball that held you, almost as if he was trying to shield you from the rest of the room and keep you all to himself. The position made you nervous, but not much more nervous then you already had been, and not too nervous to not notice the massive golden āTVā pin located on the left of his lapel, which you couldnāt help but find cute despite the circumstances. Was that like a fancy name tag for him?
Suddenly, the bright light of his screen shut off, causing you to flinch and look up, finally able to look directly at his screen without feeling like your eyes were being actively burned. It was now pitch black, you could see the reflection of yourself in the ball you were trapped in, finally noticing that he somehow had both hands gloved as he held you. It was a spare, you supposed.
āI-Iām sorry, sweetheart, was my screen too bright?ā The TV giant apologized, causing you to flinch once more, causing the fairly dressed man to let out a nervous chuckle. āYouāre awfully jumpy right now, arenāt you? I-I promise thereās nothing to be scared of, ___, you recognize me..donāt you?ā
You felt shiver run down your spine as a wide, cartoonish mouth appeared on the otherwise pitch black screen, a nervous smile as he said your name once more, making you realize..holy shit, this really was your TV.
ā..how?ā Was all you were able to say, hou almost cringed at how pathetic you sounded, your voice cracking. You were surprised he could even hear you, as he immediately perked up, his antenna leaning forward and down a bit towards you, his screen turning back on, although the brightness was turned down immensely this time around, which gave you a good look at his face(?) as he responded.
āHow?ā He mirrored back at you. He had no visible eyes anywhere, although you quickly noticed the giant, pointy nose underneath his lack of eyes, as well as the mouth underneath said nose. His screen face was undeniably fascinating, it looked like the glass of the screen extended and molded itself into a half face, the glass moving in ways youāve never seen before as the TV spoke.
āYouāre going to have to be a little more specific, ___, Iāll answer any questions you have, just ask away!ā He chirped. You barely registered what he had said, transfixed on his weird screen face. A spattering of pink pixels suddenly appeared where his cheeks would be, and you finally realized you were staring, quickly snapped yourself out of it with a small, mumbled apology. Although, your TV seemed more upset than relieved when you tor your gaze from his screen. His antenna visibly drooping a bit more, and his nervous smile faltering.
Before he could say anything about it, you finally said a full sentence..or two. āH-How did I get here? Who are you? Are you my TV? Are you like a..werewolf but a TV? Why are you so big? Wh-ā
āWhoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! One at a time, sweetheart! I know I said Iād answer any question you have, and I will!ā The TV quickly put the side of his hand to the side of his mouth, looking off to the side, as he āwhisperedā to, what you could assume, was an imaginary audience next to him. ā(But your interviewer is going to short circuit at this rate!)ā He just as quickly snapped right back to his previous position, cradling the ball that held you with both gloved hands. āWhy donāt you calm down a bit more and then we can-ā
Something in your snapped, and you suddenly felt a wave of annoyance wash over you as you yelled out. āHow can I be calm in this situation?! I lost my remote, I ended up is some weird cold void dressed up as a soldier for some reason, and then I get kidnapped by some giant robot guy with my TV for a head!!ā You caught your breath for a moment, the screen was off again, the TVs antennas were fully drooped in front of his screen. You couldāve sworn he got..shorter as well, but that was impossible.
āAnd stop calling me sweetheart! I donāt know you!ā You added once you caught your breath. The TV let out the most pathetic whimper youād ever heard from a..well youād never heard a TV whimper before, but that was besides the point. He flinched as if you had struck him physically, and you watched him actively get shorter, it happened so fast that you were lifted in the air for a moment in the ball before you plopped onto the glove again, your helmet was also lifted off of your head, and fell back down onto it with a painful āthunk!ā. You made a note to yourself to stop thinking things were impossible.
The mouth returned to the dark screen, now a frown. āP-Please donāt yell at me..you do know me, I-I donāt have your TV for a head, I am your TV, sweetheart-ā He stopped himself. āSorry!! Iām just so used to calling you that it my head, and when you canāt hear me-I-I-ā He continued to sputter, and you quickly felt horrible for snapping and yelling at him. If he really was your trusty TV, then it made sense why he was so upset about your sudden anger, considering how..unnecessarily sweet and intimate you are with that thing. The more you thought about it, the more and more sense your TV calling you āsweetheartā made. You blush as you hush the giant.
āH-Hey, itās fine, Iām sorry! Please donāt get upset! Iām not really mad at you-just..Iām just really, really confused.ā You explained to the best of your ability, still feeling bad at snapping at the poor guy who had only shown you hospitality and kindness so far. āIām sorry.ā You repeated, as the TV switched back on, his eyeless glass face visible once more. His pained expression quickly morphed into the same pitying, almost adoring expression he had before you lashed out.
āHere, let me show you something that will explain..well, not everything, but it should at least explain me!ā He said, an undeniably cute laugh escaping him afterwards. After he was silent for a moment, his screen went dark once more, you looked around awkwardly for this āsomethingā before he tapped one of his large fingers against the plastic ball. āEyes on my screen, sweetheart.ā
Something started to actually play on his screen, like any normal TV. Except the thing playing on his screen..wasnāt exactly what you would call ānormalā, but nothing about this situation had been so far, so that wasnāt too surprising.
āItās now time for our feature presentation..ā
āMr. Ant Tennaās..T..V..TIME!!ā
Whatever you expected him to play on his screen..none of your hunches came close to what you had just watched. You were left a giggling mess by the end of the presentation, even, embarrassingly, snorting a few times, taken aback by the sheer goofiness of it all. Okay, this guy, Mr. Tenna, as you had just learned, was definitely not a threat.
When Tennas screen faded back to his āfaceā, he had a wide, wiggly smile between his two blushing cheeks. He brought one of his gloved hands up to the side of his frame, making you realize he had grown so big he only needed one massive hand to hold the ball you were trapped in, you mustāve missed that while you were watching the presentation.
āOh, ___, Iām so glad you liked that! Iāll have to show you some actual episodes of TV Time later, Iām sure youāll love it!! I know how to put on a good show, I promise! You donāt know how happy I am to see your smile again while you watch something on my screen..and your laugh is just so stinkinā cute, I could just gobble you up!!ā Tenna exclaimed, before noticing your smile faltering at that last sentence, making him add. āN-Not literally, of course!ā
You had finally come down from your giggling fit, your face red(although that was also because of the constant stream of praise from the show host). āSo..this is your office?ā You asked tentatively. Tenna nodded. āYep! And itās also your new ho-uhā¦temporary home! Haha..ā He looked nervous as he said temporary, pixels which could only represent sweat droplets forming on the top corner of his screen.
You were about to ask him to elaborate on that, and..everything else, before there were fast, violent knocks from the door to Tennas office, causing you to let out an embarrassingly loud yelp. āMR. TENNA!!ā Someone yelled from behind the door, continuing to bang on it.
For the first time since youāve met him, Tenna looked mad, not just mad, pissed. You were starting to feel perpetually nervous again as he let out a weak sigh, obviously trying to hold himself together as he gave you a small smile.
āSweetheart, Iām going to open the toy ball and place you on my desk while I answer the door, can you promise me you wonāt run off and hurt yourself while I do?ā The TV asked, and you quickly responded with frantic nods, not wanting to piss him off more. A more genuine smile graced his glass lips. āGood! This should only be a moment, dearest.ā
You didnāt have time to think about the new pet name before Tenna gently cracked open the toy ball with his clawed fingers(since when did he have those??), and lifted you into his hand. He simply held you for a moment, seeming to..revel in being able to hold you, before softly putting you down onto his desk, which seemed to be made of some fancy, most likely very expensive wood, which made you cringe when you noticed the dried blob of glue stuck to it.
Tenna gave you a small pat on your little head with his pointer finger, giving you one last gentle smile before his expression hardened as he turned around and made his way to the door in a few long strides, opening the door.
You didnāt get a good look at the much smaller giant behind the door for long before Tenna blocked them with his larger figure, but you saw a red body and a white head. You finally got a look at the lower part of Tennas body, or the back of it at least. His cherry red suit had very long coattails that swooped up to frame his ample derriĆØre, which you couldnāt help but take a few good seconds to look at before catching yourself and blushing. Were you really that lonely and depraved that you were staring at your own TVs ass? It seemed you were. It didnāt help that he was wearing a pair of very tight black leather dress pants, the signature shine of the leather giving itself away.
You quickly distracted yourself by looking down at the mans shoes, the same snazzy yellow as his tie and-was that a tail? Yes it was, you were so distracted by Tennas ass you completely missed the long, thin, black tail lashing back and forth behind him. After a moment you realized the tail was the same plug he usually had plugged into the wall when he was just a TV. Did he not need to be plugged in when he was in this form? You were still going with your wereTV theory at the moment.
āWhat is so important that you had to interrupt the very heartfelt meeting of me and my lightner? Hm? After I explicitly stated I didnāt want me or them being bothered? Go ahead, Iām listening.ā Tenna spat out, his tone shift causing a shiver to go down your spine. Jeez, you were glad you were this guys ālightnerā(whatever that means) and not his employee, you couldnāt help but feel bad for the smaller giant as they sputtered out a response that you couldnāt quite make out from where you were seated on Tennas desk.
āA zapper got stuck in-well, why didnāt anyone tell me?!ā Tenna snapped, pointing to his antennas. You wondered if he could communicate through those as the smaller giant responded once more, but this time you could hear them as they exasperatedly yelled. āBECAUSE YOU TOLD US NOT TO INTERRUPT YOU!!ā Before shutting up for a moment, and then continuing on in the same tone as before, unheard by you.
Tenna turned around swiftly, clasping his hands together and taking a deep breath, giving you time to notice the shiny golden belt buckle that resembled his head, antenna, pointy nose and all. You could hear the smaller giant behind Tenna let out annoyed grunts as they were ruthlessly beaten by the tail still lashing behind the TV. Tenna turned back around, snapping.
āDONāT TAKE THAT TONE WITH ME, WISE GUY! GO FIND MIKE AND AND TELL HIM TO COME HERE!ā A murmured question came from said wise guy, before getting cut off. āDONāT QUESTION ME! JUST GO!!ā
Whoever that was quickly left, their footsteps quickly fading away. Tenna turned around, closing the door behind him with his foot before walking back towards the desk, his screen pitch black as he cooed to you when he noticed how nervous you looked.
āOh, sweetheart, itās okay, shhhh. Iām not mad at you!ā He enveloped you in a singular gloved hand, holding your shaking form tight, since when had you been shaking? Tenna shushed you once more, using his thumb to gently stroke the helmet atop your head. āShhhhh, itās okay. That nasty pippins is gone now, and your TV is here, everything is going to be okay, sweetie.ā
You couldnāt deny how comforting this was despite the situation, being held firmly with a giant hand with a plush glove on as the hands owner cooed to and pet you, you quickly felt your muscles relax. āThere you go, just like that, just relax for me sweetheart. Youāre being so good for me.ā Tenna murmured, a wide smile appearing on his dark screen as he realized how physically you reacted to his praise, your body practically melting into his gloved hand.
āHow long has it been since someoneās held you and talked to you like this, honey? Be honest with me.ā The (presumably)older man asked. You thought for a moment, even if it was hard to do so. It..really had been a long time, hadnāt it? You couldnāt remember the last time you submitted to someone this fast, melting into their touch as they praise you. āI..I donāt know.ā You meekly murmured out, causing Tennas smile to falter.
āAh, I see..forgive me for assuming, but itās been quite a while, hasnāt it? Since Iāve gotten here I donāt think youāve ever had anyone over to watch me with you, the only person that ever calls you is your mom, and every time you fall asleep in front of me, you cling onto that silly pillow for dear life.ā You tried to hide your face in Tennas hand as he practically emotionally cut into you, calling out your loneliness.
āAw, thereās no shame in it, baby.ā You let out a small whimper as he called you baby, the intimacy of that word alone making you shiver. āI-Iāve been lonely too, sweetheart. No one watched me anymore, for so long, a-and after that mailman left me, no one was there to..hold me anymore either.ā You didnāt ask who the mailman was, with the way he said it, you could only assume there was quite a bit of baggage to go along with it.
āFrom what Iāve seen, weāre a lot alike, ___. More than you could ever know, and I think-..I think I can help you, honey. Youāve helped me so much, just by taking me in and watching me, loving me.ā Tenna brought his other hand up to the top of his frame, gently touching what you automatically knew to be the smiley face sticker you gave affectionate pats to whenever you felt like it. Tenna really was your TV, truly.
āI think some good olā TLC from your trusty CRT is what you need, sweetheart. Will..will you let me?ā Tenna asked ten(na)tatively, his face showing up once more, his entire screen now a light pink color. A wobbly smile that held a bountiful amount of emotion on it alone underneath his pointy nose.
This was so much to take in. You still truly didnāt know what was going on, or how you or your TV had gotten here, or how your TV was even a person in the first place, or why you were wearing this damn soldier uniform. And yet, Tenna made you feel so loved, more loved than you had ever felt in a long time, and you were just..giving yourself to him, nuzzling into his finger like youād never been held before.
Tenna had shown you that he can be really nasty, really aggressive, and that he can flip on a dime very quickly, dangerously fast. Yet you still felt like he wasnāt a threat to you, not at all. You tried to ignore how fast your heart was beating, now red your face undeniably was, but it was getting harder and harder to do so as the TV broke down all your emotional barriers with a few honeyed words and soft touches.
Before you could respond to his question, there was yet another knock on the door, although this one was much less frantic and..could a knock sound more professional? Tenna perked up, swiftly putting you down and practically jumping backwards a bit, his screen turning white once more as all of his blush ran to his cheeks, pink lines representing said blush standing out as he adjusted his tie with an awkward laugh.
āO-oh yeah, Mike! I forgot, h-how clumsy of me, haha!ā Tenna said to no one in particular, before calling out to the new person behind the door before they could knock again. āIāll be there in a moment, old pal!ā
Tenna once again made his way across the whole room in a few long strides, opening up the door and greeting this so called āMikeā jovially. It seems he has favorites. Tenna bent down and talked to Mike for a bit, both of their voices too quiet to make out.
Once they were done talking, Tenna turned around animatedly, leading Mike to his desk where you were sat. It didnāt take long for you to notice that Mikeā¦was a mic. His round, grey head with the distinct pattern of a microphone head in the shape of slicked back hair giving him away. He was yet another short giant, although at this point you were let to believe that Tenna was just bigger than most. He has a large smile plastered on his face, and he was round in shape, wearing a black suit with a bright red bowtie, wearing similar white, plush gloves to Tenna. Did everyone here wear suits, ties, and gloves?
āMike, this is ___, ___, Mike! Youāve already met him,ā no you havenāt ābut he should be in a much more talkative mood now! Heāll explain everything while I go take care of something, then Iāll be right back, alright sweetheart?ā Tenna explained to you, an attentive smile on his screen.
āA-Alright!ā You responded, giving Mike a small smile as a greeting, which you were pretty sure was returned in the form of his smile getting even wider, strenuously so it seemed.
āSounds TV-tastic!! You two play nice, and Iāll be right back after these messages!ā Tenna announced, the TV getting a small giggle out of you before bounding out of his office, leaving you alone with Mike.
Authors Note: Yay you guys are finally caught up with the ao3 upload of this fic! Okay I gotta get back to working on chapter 3 byeeeeee!!










