#winsterbeam

Spreading the winsterbeam agenda… I love them so much please talk to me about them

Based off of that one leyendecker painting.

imo Winston never knew Simon was gazerbeam

So u can imagine how heartbroken he was when he disappeared.

So he carried on Simon’s work in the ways he could. With his company

Which probably made him more fanatical to be there for supers.

(Also I believe Simon was already dead by the time the Deavor parents died)(his skeleton was p old looking so yeah) (so just two sucker punches for poor Win)

They were a power couple, but ofc Win was much more boisterous and eccentric as usual.

Simon is the kind of person to read for hours in bed and fall asleep in reading glasses still sitting up.

Winston:-He’s the older sibling between himself and Evelyn. (Also, if you wanna add the approximately 500 siblings I’ve headcanoned into their family, he’s the eldest of them all.) 

-Despite the fact that he was older, Evelyn often stood up for him against bullies on the playground. He was sometimes bullied as a younger kid for being nerdy and a superhero geek. As he got older, though, his natural charm started attracting a lot of friends. 

-He and Evelyn grew up around supers due to their father’s close ties with the NSA. There were often supers around DevTech, and young Winston was on friendly terms with a lot of the OG supers (the generation before Bob and Helen’s). Teenage/college-aged Winston was personally acquainted with the new generation of glory days supers (especially Gazerbeam, wink wink).

-He’s got his Masters degree in marketing, and he’s very knowledgeable and savvy about the business world. He wanted to eventually take over his father’s business from an early age, and Mr. Deavor encouraged his son’s ambition.

-However, his passion for superheroes almost led him down a different path. In his early 20s, he scored a job at the NSA as Rick Dicker’s assistant (in no small part due to his parents’ past donations to the organization), and became even more passionate and well-versed about the world of superheroes. He thought he’d found his true calling, and his parents supported his dream. 

-However, only a few years after he got the job, supers were banned, and then shortly after that, his parents died, forcing him to abandon his work at the NSA to take over DevTech. 

-He’s a glass-half-full kind of guy, but sometimes he wishes his life had taken a different path; he wonders what could’ve been, if only supers had stayed legal and he was still at the NSA today. 

-After the events of Incredibles 2, when supers are re-legalized, Winston becomes the world’s most prominent supporter/advocate for them. He’s a direct benefactor for Voyd and the other wannabes, he stays close with the Incredibles, and he’ll always pay for an up-and-coming super’s costs, no questions asked - whether it be a suit consultation with Edna, special tech, publicity, he won’t hesitate to help supers with whatever they need.

Gazerbeam:-He has two sisters; he’s the youngest of the family.

-He grew up in the countryside of New York state, and moved to California as a young man to further his law education.

-His family loves him, but they never really understood him. He’s autistic, and on top of that, he’s got superpowers, and his family couldn’t really relate. However, he was still unquestionably One Of Them, and everyone knew his sisters would beat up anyone who messed with him.

-As I mentioned he’s autistic! He avoids eye contact (partially due to his laser vision), he has trouble with humor, a flat affect when he speaks, and isn’t the best at making connections with others - but those who get to know him have nothing but kind words to say about him, and once you’ve befriended Simon, he’s a loyal friend for life. 

-He wasn’t super popular in school, but he did have a few close friends who were glad to listen to him infodump about his interests. 

-He’s very intelligent, and he started college at the young age of sixteen; he always had a passion for law and intended to become a lawyer. Four years later, he finished his bachelor’s degree and moved to California to pursue further education. 

-He always had a passion for superhero law in particular, and he always wanted to put his legal education to use by defending superheroes in court. Eventually, he’d get his wish - he became a well-known superhero advocate and defender in the courtroom. 

-His friends - at least, those few close friends who are aware of his secret identity - marvel at Simon’s work ethic. He balances a large workload of hero work with his law career, and it seems like he’s always got something on the go. 

-He’s a very confident, competent superhero. In person he’s kind of awkward, blunt and a little “weird,” but doing hero work, he’s basically perfection. People everywhere marvel at his levels of BDE. 

-At the time when Simon died, he and Winston had been together for over 15 years, and were starting to discuss adopting a child. Simon’s not too good with kids, but he softened when he saw how much Winston wanted a family. 

Winsterbeam:-Fireproof/laserproof suits for Winston. He needs ‘em. 

sure thing bruv

21.…on a place of insecurity.

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Simon wasn’t good at eye contact. He wouldn’t be good at it even if he wasn’t a super, but the addition of laser beam emissions certainly didn’t help things.

His eyes were weapons. Plain and simple. From his childhood onward, until he began hero work, they were unfamiliar and scary things. Things to be feared and concealed. What if he accidentally gazed at someone too long, hurting them in the process?

Even after he learned better control of his powers and became Gazerbeam, he still kept the habit of avoiding eye contact. It was too risky

Especially around Winston. There were two people that Simon almost never met eyes with, and that was Minny and Winston. 

With Minny, it was fine. There was an understanding between them; she didn’t like eye contact, either, and Simon made sure to let her know she should never feel pressured to do it if she didn’t want to. He didn’t want her to grow up with the same insecurities he had, since she shared his superpower, and he understood.

With Winston, it was different. 

The man was like a puppy. It grated on Simon at first, in the very early days of their friendship, but it grew to be endearing. And part of Winston’s charisma was making eye contact; a staple in most human interaction.

Simon almost couldn’t bear looking at Winston at all, not even when the other man wasn’t looking at him. It was like looking at the sun, and when they did meet eyes, it was like Winston was the one with laser beams. 

Winston took notice of Simon’s avoidance, and didn’t say a word. They still had great conversations, and they were close; what did it matter if Simon was uncomfortable with eye contact? Still, he was curious in a loving way; he didn’t want to change the behavior, he was just curious why.

One day, after they began their romantic relationship, after they were “boyfriends” (Winston smiled whenever he thought of Simon’s deep, monotone voice saying it), the businessman asked about the lack of eye contact. It was an offhand question; no malice or persuasion was in his tone. It was asked in the same way you’d ask someone their favorite flavor of ice cream.

And Simon told him.

And Winston couldn’t believe that Gazerbeam, of all people, was insecure about his eyes, his powers. 

And he took Simon’s face in his hands, gently, and left a soft kiss on both of his eyelids, commenting that he had nothing to worry about, that he trusted him, that he wasn’t going anywhere.

Who is more likely to start dancing with the other?

winston!! smtimes simon when hes feeling romantic n surprises winston and hes delighted bc he lovs dancing w him

Who cooks more/who is better at cooking?

simon lol bc hes COMPETENT win can make food but isnt great at cooking 

Who comes up with cheesy pick up lines?

WINSTON deffs simon finds them.. amusing 

Who whispers inappropriate things in the other’s ear during inappropriate times?

simon lol it throws win for a loop and he doesnt ever expect it

Who needs more assurance?

A drawing of Gazerbeam and his boyfriend Winston being completely in love with him.

ok so i haven’t written for winsterbeam at all before, and these are just lil writing exercises, so this is gonna be pretty short 

but imma do 12. in grief (also im gonna be referencing @wingazer‘s oc minny since i’ve adopted her as canon at this point)

prompts here (x)

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Simon’s still around. 

He’s there when Winston’s making business decisions, making comments on potential clients in his signature baritone. 

He’s there when Minny needs help with her English homework; her father was always good with words, and he knows the difference between an apostrophe and an apostrophe. 

He’s there when Winston can’t sleep, his embrace manifesting itself in the form of several pillows Winston has arranged around his form.

He’s always there. He’s been there since the day he left for that island (Winston’s blocked out the name by now, and he doesn’t want to know anymore). 

Simon said goodbye to his husband and daughter by kissing them both on the cheek. They can both remember the exact spots.

While he never came back, he never really left, either.

Whenever Winston’s remembering too hard, and it’s making tears prick at the inside of his eyelids, he can feel Simon’s lips ghosting across his own. It’s both a comfort and a knife to the chest.