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ajremixTitle: A Modest Proposal
Fandom: DCU
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 817
Characters: Ted, Booster
Summary: A piece of silly, stupid fluff, just like the rest of Ted and Booster's relationship. And no baby eating.
Booster will say he had been exceptionally suave and charming, having planned everything to such perfection Ted was left speechless and misty eyed by it. Ted will say Booster was the biggest klutz in existence who stammered all his words and was on the verge of tears waiting for Ted's answer. Both will be telling the truth, of course, just not all of it.
Booster indeed planned everything out to perfection, the problem was life decided to happen and Ted ends up having to make an emergency trip to a test facility in San Diego because a project he's coordinating with S.T.A.R. Labs decided to be problematic. And because it's all the way in San Diego, it means Ted isn't just gone for the night but for an entire day and then some, just to make sure nothing else goes wrong. It means Booster is left alone for half a week, getting angrier and angrier at how all his work was so effortlessly thwarted by a measly chemical bond that refused to bond. By the time Ted gets back he gets all that frustration and anger focused on him because even if it's not his fault Booster's plan fell through, it's still his fault. That, of course, sets Ted off because he just spent a number of days fretting over a very expensive project that no one else seemed to know how to handle which turned Ted's neuroticism up to eleven. So they yell at each other and neither really know why they're yelling but the other one definitely started it so it's not their fault.
Eventually Ted attempts to retreat into his workshop because he's still feeling jetlagged and Booster's had days to build up agro while this was just sprung up suddenly on him. But Booster knows if Ted has time to rally, he'll passive-aggressive Booster into submission and follows, snipping the entire way and when Ted picks up a piece of equipment, determined to ignore Booster, Booster just kind of snaps a little...
He swears afterward that he didn't mean to break the thing. It was an accident, he didn't even know it was there and Ted will believe him if not just for the fact Booster cuts the hell out of his hand and ruins one of his favorite shirts. Somewhere after the babbles of 'I'm sorry, it was an accident!' and frantic 'shit, are you alright?' and Ted washing and bandaging Booster's hand, both are suddenly bone tired and silent, not knowing what to say to each other.
Eventually Ted asks, "What the hell is wrong with us?"
"I don't know," Booster says. Then his throat suddenly tightens and his eyes go wet against his will. He hides his face against Ted's neck, mortified at how inexplicably mad he'd been and any chance at salvaging his plan is shot, burned and buried but it still pops out anyway, "Dammit, Ted- I just want to marry you."
Ted goes absolutely still, mind a whirling thousand miles of blank. Eventually he asks, "Did I just miss part of the conversation? How did we get from you hurting yourself to a marriage proposal?"
Shames burns its way onto Booster's cheeks but Ted's arms are holding him tightly, heart beat strong and soothing and Booster doesn't have the strength to care about how goddamn stupid he is. "Cuz I was gonna ask you the day you left for San Diego."
He can feel a grin spreading against his hair and Ted's hold tightens just a bit. Just enough for Booster to feel the weariness running out of Ted's body, chased out by an elated giddiness as he says, "Yes."
Booster pulls back with wide eyes. "Yes?"
"Did you think I was gonna say no?"
"No, but... yes?"
"Yes."
Now the two of them are grinning stupidly at each other, not really certain what to do with themselves so they crash together in a messy, flustered kiss and just hold each other like it's the only way to keep their hearts from bursting with joy. When they pull apart, Ted starts laughing. And laughing and laughing until he's practically in tears and Booster is poking at him going, "What? What?"
Ted can't put it into words- about how the arguing and the insults and unintentionally breaking things just to pop the question is so incredibly stupid and so them -so he pulls Booster into another kiss and says, "I love you." Then adds wickedly, "Now gimme my ring."
An eyebrow arches upward defiantly, "You're that certain you get a ring, are you?"
"Damn straight I do."
"Hm, I don't know about that..."
When they make it to their bed Booster puts a ring on Ted's finger and they make love long and slow, as if exploring each other for the first time again. All the times between the workshop and the bedroom- that was just for fun.
Fandom: DCU
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 817
Characters: Ted, Booster
Summary: A piece of silly, stupid fluff, just like the rest of Ted and Booster's relationship. And no baby eating.
Booster will say he had been exceptionally suave and charming, having planned everything to such perfection Ted was left speechless and misty eyed by it. Ted will say Booster was the biggest klutz in existence who stammered all his words and was on the verge of tears waiting for Ted's answer. Both will be telling the truth, of course, just not all of it.
Booster indeed planned everything out to perfection, the problem was life decided to happen and Ted ends up having to make an emergency trip to a test facility in San Diego because a project he's coordinating with S.T.A.R. Labs decided to be problematic. And because it's all the way in San Diego, it means Ted isn't just gone for the night but for an entire day and then some, just to make sure nothing else goes wrong. It means Booster is left alone for half a week, getting angrier and angrier at how all his work was so effortlessly thwarted by a measly chemical bond that refused to bond. By the time Ted gets back he gets all that frustration and anger focused on him because even if it's not his fault Booster's plan fell through, it's still his fault. That, of course, sets Ted off because he just spent a number of days fretting over a very expensive project that no one else seemed to know how to handle which turned Ted's neuroticism up to eleven. So they yell at each other and neither really know why they're yelling but the other one definitely started it so it's not their fault.
Eventually Ted attempts to retreat into his workshop because he's still feeling jetlagged and Booster's had days to build up agro while this was just sprung up suddenly on him. But Booster knows if Ted has time to rally, he'll passive-aggressive Booster into submission and follows, snipping the entire way and when Ted picks up a piece of equipment, determined to ignore Booster, Booster just kind of snaps a little...
He swears afterward that he didn't mean to break the thing. It was an accident, he didn't even know it was there and Ted will believe him if not just for the fact Booster cuts the hell out of his hand and ruins one of his favorite shirts. Somewhere after the babbles of 'I'm sorry, it was an accident!' and frantic 'shit, are you alright?' and Ted washing and bandaging Booster's hand, both are suddenly bone tired and silent, not knowing what to say to each other.
Eventually Ted asks, "What the hell is wrong with us?"
"I don't know," Booster says. Then his throat suddenly tightens and his eyes go wet against his will. He hides his face against Ted's neck, mortified at how inexplicably mad he'd been and any chance at salvaging his plan is shot, burned and buried but it still pops out anyway, "Dammit, Ted- I just want to marry you."
Ted goes absolutely still, mind a whirling thousand miles of blank. Eventually he asks, "Did I just miss part of the conversation? How did we get from you hurting yourself to a marriage proposal?"
Shames burns its way onto Booster's cheeks but Ted's arms are holding him tightly, heart beat strong and soothing and Booster doesn't have the strength to care about how goddamn stupid he is. "Cuz I was gonna ask you the day you left for San Diego."
He can feel a grin spreading against his hair and Ted's hold tightens just a bit. Just enough for Booster to feel the weariness running out of Ted's body, chased out by an elated giddiness as he says, "Yes."
Booster pulls back with wide eyes. "Yes?"
"Did you think I was gonna say no?"
"No, but... yes?"
"Yes."
Now the two of them are grinning stupidly at each other, not really certain what to do with themselves so they crash together in a messy, flustered kiss and just hold each other like it's the only way to keep their hearts from bursting with joy. When they pull apart, Ted starts laughing. And laughing and laughing until he's practically in tears and Booster is poking at him going, "What? What?"
Ted can't put it into words- about how the arguing and the insults and unintentionally breaking things just to pop the question is so incredibly stupid and so them -so he pulls Booster into another kiss and says, "I love you." Then adds wickedly, "Now gimme my ring."
An eyebrow arches upward defiantly, "You're that certain you get a ring, are you?"
"Damn straight I do."
"Hm, I don't know about that..."
When they make it to their bed Booster puts a ring on Ted's finger and they make love long and slow, as if exploring each other for the first time again. All the times between the workshop and the bedroom- that was just for fun.
