mcu/rise mashup

[neonleon]

for heyunderoos

this au got us bad so fast

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[neonleon]

Oh my god.

[HAVING IT SPELLED OUT...]

That's what you were so nervous about the last few weeks?

[heyunderoos]

...Was- was it that obvious? [And the embarrassment is back. He can't get any redder, but he's definitely hard to miss.]

[neonleon]

The nervous, yes, the why? No.

[heyunderoos]

I... guess that's why this happened. [Thanks, April.

He opens and closes his mouth nervously.] Do you- wanna call this a date? And- we try to make it fun?

[neonleon]

[A little too quick:] Yes.

[heyunderoos]

[The immediateness of the response both eases Peter considerably and surprises him. He starts to return to a more normal color as he smiles at Leo hopefully.]

Good- we- we can eat here and do something else too. If we wanted.

[neonleon]

Absolutely.

[He sounds so earnest about it. There's nowhere he'd rather be right now, leaning over to Peter a little looking a bit awestruck.]

Whatever you wanna do.

[heyunderoos]

[He worries his bottom lip between his teeth again, before trying for something daring by his standards.]

Can I hold your hand-?

[Given how close they've been standing when hanging out, hand holding feels like a nice natural next step.]

[neonleon]

Yes.

[Again, not even a second's hesitation, he's got his hand on the table between them already. But his face is turning its own darker shade.]

[heyunderoos]

[Peter releases a short breathy kind of laugh, reaching out to take Leo's hand in his own. Figuring out finger placement will take some time, but, he's excited to figure that out.]

Um, do you wanna order anything?

[Peter remembers seeing waiters and Hueso SR drift by once or twice looking at them meaningfully. He had no idea why. He's starting to guess why now.]

[neonleon]

[Yeah, Hueso kinda knew what was up. Soon as Peter says that, Hueso stops by with a sigh and a pizza in hand.]

I was told you would be needing this, Pepino. [He hates this actually but whatever it's not like he likes seeing Leo happy or anything, even as he sets that pizza down with a couple plates.]

Aw, you already knew.

[heyunderoos]

Oh- um, thank you, sir! [In contrast, Peter has manners drilled into him. He smiles up at Hueso brightly.

He's likely been told to just be casual, but he really can't manage that with adults.] We really appreciate it.

[neonleon]

[Hueso looks to Peter and sighs, a little half smile playing on that face. At least one of them has manners.]

Of course. Your friend, ah. Miss O'Neil sends her regards.

[OH LEO'S GONNA GO AFTER HER.]

[heyunderoos]

Oh- uh. I should have guessed. [Peter answers a little awkwardly back, glancing over at Leo.

He is still holding onto Leo's hand, briefly oblivious to the fact he should probably let it go.]

Well, thank you- still, I mean.

[neonleon]

[Hueso nods.] OF course. [And then he's on his way. Got other shit to do and cannot babysit and watch Pepino's first date, nosir.

Leo for his part is just watching Hueso leave, chin resting on one hand, other hand still holding Peter's.]

So I'm definitely getting April back for this.

[heyunderoos]

I'd be surprised if you didn't. [With Hueso's departure, Peter relaxes again. Some of the awkwardness easing.]

Is this a bide your time thing, or are you going for an immediate response after this?

[neonleon]

I think it's a 'wait until she asks about it and then go after her'. situation.

[heyunderoos]

[Peter snorts in amusement at that. He idly strokes his thumb against the back of Leo's knuckles, the gesture new and exciting as everything else.] Yeah, fair. I'm just gonna watch, since I know you have it handled.

The real question is if your brothers know too, or she left them in the dark?

[neonleon]

[There is a moment that Leo really thinks about it.]

If I find out they knew about this, they will wish they'd never known.

[heyunderoos]

If everyone else like knew we wanted to- go out before we could ask, I'll feel really... [He trails off to cover his face with his free hand.] oh my god, are we that obvious?

[neonleon]

I'm starting to to think maybe they just have very ken senses of observation.

[Because the alternative is that they are that obvious, and Leo is NEVER obvious, that would be a blight on his otherwise unreadable features.]

[heyunderoos]

Yeah, that... has to be it.

[Is he blushing a little again? Yes. Peter is willing to believe that for the moment opposed to the reality of the situation. How both of them were embarrassingly obvious.]

[neonleon]

[Cute. He absently squeezes his hand once.]

Whatever. It's fine, this is a date, we wanted to ask each other out and we're not going to ask each other any more questions about that because we have free food because I am absolutely making April pay for this, so we should eat.

1/?

[heyunderoos]

Yeah, we're- we're finally on a date. That's the important part.

[He squeezes Leo's hand back and tries to let go. He draws his hand back and... takes Leo's with him in the gesture.]

2/?

[heyunderoos]

[It takes him a second to parse out why.

And he turns even redder.]