A Very Merry Marvel Thanksgiving

[wasafreak]

Thanksgiving hadn't been something Teddy anticipated celebrating, and even now that he's here, it feels odd. Not just the fact that his jaw is wired shut and he's got a brace on his leg, but the fact that he was invited to Captain America's house and arrived to find the original Cap and Bucky and alternate universe Peggy Carter setting up a pretty impressive Thanksgiving buffet is just so surreal. Steve greets them at the door with a genuine smile and pats Billy on the shoulder and ushers them in to get drinks, and Teddy tells himself he's paranoid and Bucky isn't shooting him and Billy a sideways look warning them off of getting caught making out in any more closets, and then reminds himself that this is real life.

Kind of.

Instead of agonizing over what an appropriate tropical island equivalent of 'nice Holiday sweater' was, he let Billy dress him (also literally, see again: brace) and thinks they made the right call- the house is all warm wood craftsman, and the three heroes already there are dressed casually but nicely, and there are old photos and some pretty incredible drawings hanging up, which distract Teddy and Billy to the point of rudeness, except Steve seems all too glad to tell them stories and answer questions. Bucky chimes in to remind him of details and it's... it's maybe the coolest thing that has ever happened, other than discovering his connection to the Avengers.

It relaxes him, and Teddy types up short phrases and sentences on his iPad when he feels really compelled to contribute, keeps "Happy Thanksgiving" on his clipboard to copy and paste it when new people arrive. It doesn't take more than an hour for a pretty respectable number of people to show up, the chatter growing in volume, and even though it's been a pretty crappy couple of months, and a pretty rough couple of years, Teddy finds himself feeling pretty good.

Comments

[starchilde_lost]

"So do we think we're going to be mobile enough after we eat to wrangle everyone for a football game afterwards?" Rachel sat herself down next to her favorite Canadian and stole a small piece of turkey off his plate. She was in a happy mood and there was nothing Logan could do that was going to deter her from trying to spread as much holiday cheer as she could. Thanksgiving was a big deal back home, maybe even her favorite if one didn't factor in Christmas' presents.

[exweapon]

"I'd say I wouldn't be much use," I say, flexing the leg out a little and glaring at the turkey as it makes its way off my plate. "But in this crowd I might be about average."

Injuries abound. Cap and Bucky'd still be a problem if they wind up on the opposing team, though. Thor, too.

[starchilde_lost]

"You can always QB. Or coach. Don't think you wanna do the cheerleader thing, right?" She gave him a wink as she stole another piece of food. Yeah, people were nursing wounds, so maybe football wasn't the best choice, but it was traditional. At least around the mansion. Summer was baseball, fall and winter was football and you always had to be really clear about powers in or out from the beginning.

[exweapon]

"Not unless cheerleading means sitting in the stands and drinking," I say, taking a large part out of my food, since it's eat it or lose it. "Coach seems more my speed."

[starchilde_lost]

"Coach it is. Who do you think we need on our team? Rogers? One of the younger kids?" She pointed towards Billy and Teddy, happy to be talking about silly things like football. If they were talking about silly things, she didn't have to worry about him worrying about other things.

[exweapon]

"...Rogers," I say, giving her a look. Who the hell wouldn't want Cap on their team? "Cap could flatten the kids. Most of 'em, anyway. Others'd be intimidated."

[starchilde_lost]

"Bet they're fast, though. Could make for good receivers. Need a quarterback, though. I'm a great baseball pitcher, but I can't throw a foot ball for crap." She wondered if maybe they'd be better off with baseball. Less chance to "accidentally" deck someone. At least here there wasn't a problem enforcing the no powers rule, seemed like every year back home someone tried to cheat just a little.

[exweapon]

"Barnes," I say, absently. "You wouldn't believe the arm on him. Or Rogers, obviously."

[starchilde_lost]

"Har-har." Rachel took a sip of her drink and rolled her eyes. Yes, Barnes had an arm on him all right. "What about the other team? Who do you see on that?"