#teddybilly

Stars and Stripes

Fandom: Young Avengers

Pairing: Teddy Altman/Billy Kaplan

Rating: T

Word Count: 6,788

Summary: For a second, just one, not even a full one, really, Billy contemplates hurling his cell against his bedroom wall.

"I'm going to put iocane in your coffee," Billy bites out instead, then burrows futilely into his pillow. "You'd never see it coming."

"You don't make my coffee dipshit." Tommy has a point. It doesn't stop Billy from imagining it, though.

"Cassie can be bribed." Not that Billy could afford her.

Written for @justapinchzine

Title: peers, fears and holiday cheers Chapter: 1/1 Ship: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark, Teddy Altman/Billy Kaplan, Noh-Varr/Tommy Shepherd Additional Tags: Fluff and Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Family Dynamics, Established Relationships, No Powers AU Content/Trigger warnings: Age Difference, Referenced Abuse, Referenced Child Abuse, Referenced Cheating, Referenced Character Death

Summary: “He’s only two years older than you,” Tony finally says when the silence becomes too much to bear. “Dad, Teddy is turning twenty-seven next year.” “I am not dating your husband—” “I’m not implying you are. I just want you to be...aware that he’s practically the same age as my husband.” AKA Tony Stark's new boyfriend is only two years older than his adult sons. Telling them is one thing, introducing them is another. What Tony doesn't expect is that the past always has a way of catching up to him, of biting him in the ass when he least expects it. Well, at least they're all together for the Holidays. What more can he ask for?

The cold New York air is sharp against Tony’s skin. He checks his watch: almost two in the afternoon. He shifts in his seat, his ass feeling uncomfortable and numb. Right leg over his left leg, left leg over right. He slouches, then stands, then sits back down.

Where the hell could that boy be?

Well, not everyone can have a (second)wedding in the galaxy.

Unless you are the husband of the king of space.

Ewing is in charge of the event and the whole “King of Space” story line was one of his so I have confidence this will be pretty good.

I’m going to put my general thought and speculation below the break because I’m basing a lot of this on solicits.

General Speculation: Its barely a secret that the Cotati are going to be the true evil one’s in this, even though they describe Hulkling as “the villain”. We’ve seen the Cotati attacking basically all the heroes in solicits/covers, and we already know that Carol ends up joining Hulkling for a brief stint as an Accuser. So really the mystery to unfold is about the two “messiahs” at the heart of this - Quoi and Teddy and what they are going to do. They are each at the heart of a prophecy and they are both playing out. I’d be interested to see how the prophecies conflict with each other.

As I briefly mentioned in the review post, I think the Cotati plan is to basically make everyone Cotati similar to Swordmaster, which is not going to go over well. That or some sort of mind-control to make everyone obedience to “save them”, like X-man with his loveless “paradise”. That initial issue was really playing up the emotions of how it felt just to be in Quoi’s presence. Solicits also confirm that Mantis is opposed to Quoi, so its safe to say this prophecy is not a good thing.

Teddy’s technically has “fulfilled” his prophecy, but we know from solicits that the Kree-Skrull alliance is going to be tested. It’ll be interesting to see the political issues between the two races that absolutely hate each other intermingling. Honestly this is the part that is most interesting to me. I love political stories so the politics between the Kree and the Skrull should be interesting.

It’ll also be interesting to see more about Teddy’s sword and its powers. We know it was forged from two other swords but not what makes it

TeddyBilly Speculation: I’m a bit sad that it looks like we won’t see Billy until the end of Empyre #4 or during Empyre #5. I get he is in strikeforce but its a tiny bit disappointing. I don’t want him to be  the focus but it would be nice to see him like standing behind Teddy and supporting him through all this.

Based on the solicits for Empyre and Strikeforce, it looks like the Cotati are going to capture Billy in Strikeforce and hold him hostage against Hulkling, who will go to rescue him.