#speedystorm

Nixie’s MF Month: Day Eight, Jax x Thea - Boxing AU.

OMG Spider-Jax! Awwww this brings back good memories.

I remember writing this and thinking “okay okay okay, I want to have Speedystorm, at least a hint at it, but I don’t want to be cliche and have the guy save the girl”. And then I remembered Thea has a brother, so that works.

Set an apartment on fire, check. Rescue people, check. Make sure one is Oliver, check.

Part of me was wondering if Oliver would eventually become a supervillian. Odds are someone in the Queen family is. But Thea and Jax would look past that.

I picture Jax’s supersuit is slightly better than Peter’s original costume. Yet at the same time, it could be post Civil War in this verse and he has the nice one. Never really decided.

Honestly it would be fun to come back to this one someday. Just need a good idea to continue it. It’d have good shenanigans.

Who holds the umbrella when it rainsJax one hundred percent without question. Like Thea Queen would ever hold an umbrella for herself when there’s someone else around to do it for her. Also Jax gets a kick out of being “such a gentleman.” 

Who is the grumpiest in the morningThea is a menace! Don’t talk to her until she’s had coffee and at least an hour to wake up. Morning sex is likewise completely out of the question. Though to be fair, waking up when it’s still dark out for Thea usually means either a vigilante emergency, or another stressful day of putting out fires at City Hall, so Jax doesn’t exactly blame her for being a bit grumpy. 

Who worries more when the other is sick/hurtThea is a chronic worrier. She’s had too many bad things happen to people she loves, and the way she lost Laurel after it looked like she was going to pull through, Thea doesn’t trust reassurances that people are going to be fine anymore. Jax worries less, even though he’s a metahuman and his girlfriend small and breakable, because he kinda struggles to see Thea as anything less than an ultra-capable badass who can carry the weight of the world with poise and grace (which is not always a good thing, especially when Thea is really struggling, but too proud to admit it) 

Who plays pranks on the otherThea will, every once in a while. Small, innocuous things, like changing the sugar out for salt when he’s making his evening coffee, or stealing food off his plate when Jax is distracted shooing Marie Antoinette off the table (Marie Antoinette being their adorable Calico Jax picked up in 1770s France, and he swears up and down, she and Thea must be colluding!) Thea has a mountain of trust issues, so Jax doesn’t really prank back, but he likes the way her eyes light up whenever she successfully manages pulls one over on him. 

Who is always the first to suggest cuddling on the sofaJax usually, because more often than not, Thea comes come from City Hall too bone tired to even form words. So, when she texts Jax at seven, eight, nine – sometimes ten, eleven, or even twelve – o’clock that she’s on her way home, he’s ready at the door with wine and homemade snacks (curried popcorn is her favorite, hummus and pretzels his) and they put on episodes of American Pickers (which Jax likes for the history angle and Thea likes for the business deals) and cuddle up for an hour or so before bed. 

Who insists on creating nicknames for the otherThey both live and die for pet names. Lots of babes and hons and sweeties. Felicity secretly suspects it’s because they’ve actually forgotten each other’s real names. 

Who drools on the other when they’re asleepThea every once in a while. Which Jax never complains about, because usually she’s so anxious and tense she clenches her jaw and grinds her teeth in her sleep, and at least sleeping with her mouth open means she feels comfortable and safe. 

Nixie’s Rare Pair AU Challenge, Day Twenty Eight: Thea x Jax - Star Trek AU.

“Shouldn’t you be worrying about passing your final exam?” Thea’s lips were quirked up, a small amused smile playing at her lips as she shifted to cross her arms while leaning back against the wall she’d been standing next too while waiting for Jesse and Sin to finish up in their classes. 

Jax let his lips stretch in a large, wide grin as he maneuvered around Thea, and leaned against the building next to her and mimicked her posture by crossing his arms. “Naw. I study anymore and I’ll freak myself out and fail.”

Humming, Thea nodded once while glancing around at the other cadets walking by them. They stayed in comfortable silence when Thea suddenly spoke up. 

“Yes.”

Furrowing his brow, Jax glanced down at the her. “Yes?”

As Thea walked out of the elevator, her eyes settled first on the familiar face thumbing through a crappy magazine. When Jax looked up and saw her, a grin stretched across his face. Rising to his feet, he walked over to her.

“Are you okay?” he asked immediately once he was at her side.

Thea nodded, thinking about the bandage underneath her shirt. “Not the worse scrape I’ve gotten helping out my big brother.”

“I’m really sorry about that,” Jax apologized. “I should have been watching your back.”

“Hey,” she held up her finger. “Don’t go blaming yourself for that. It was a dumb mistake on my part.”

He shrugged. “I could have done something.”

Thea smiled. “You’re too good for this world, Jefferson Jackson.”

Jax chuckled. “I could say the same thing about you.”

“You’d be wrong then,” Thea told him as she started to walk down the hall. “I love that you’re helping us, but I have to be honest with you. I think you need to go back to the Waverider.”

“What?”

“Star City is like a poison,” Thea explained. “It takes the good parts of a person and it corrupts them. All of us on Team Arrow have been by that darkness once. This city takes away the things you love. I don’t want that to happen to you. I know it’s been tough since you lost Stein, but that was months ago. Now, Firestorm is kicking ass like never before. The last thing I want is for something that you love to be taken from you because of this city.”

“You know, it’s interesting that you say that,” Jax replied. “Because I flagged them down to pick me up tonight. I’ve already told the others I’m going back to the Legends, and now I’m telling you.”

“Okay,” Thea nodded. “I’ll miss you, but I’m glad you’re getting out of Star City.”

“There’s one thing though,” he continued, shoving his hands into his pockets. “And I talked it over with the rest of the Legends. It’s about you.”

“Me?”