Walking Dead Game Collection

"The Love Plot"

Title: The Love Plot
Characters: Clementine, AJ, Tenn, Louis, James
Summary: After AJ asks Clementine to explain what "love is love" is, Clementine accidentally confesses her feelings for Violet and AJ, Tenn, and Louis make a plan to get the two together.
Author's Note: Happy Pride!! Sorry this fic is so late in the month. Life has not been kind to me :(
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"Can boys love boys?" AJ asked.

Clementine blinked, confused as to where such a question came from. Turning, she spotted him peering out the window, cheek in his hand. Approaching, she smiled.

James was standing with one of Ericson's new members — a boy from a nearby caravan — beaming at him when he spoke. AJ studied them internally, humming.

Clementine smiled. "Yes AJ, of course they can. Everyone can love whoever they want to."

AJ backed away. "So, girls can love girls too?"

"Of course," Clem said with a smile. "That's all perfectly normal."

"Like you and Violet?" AJ said with an innocent shrug.

"Yes AJ that's—" Clem froze, her voice catching in her throat. Oh no. Oh no.

What had she just done? What had she just said?

AJ blinked, confused about her mortified reaction. To him, it felt obvious. The way Clem looked at Violet, spoke to her, bumped and brushed against her arms when they talked; he felt as if their connection was clear as day. It was the exact same way James interacted with the boy.

Strangely, AJ's innocence made Clem feel even more embarrassed. "U-Uh," she began, her voice catching.

AJ shrugged. "Didn't you say it was normal? That everyone can love whoever they want?"

Clementine gulped. Crap. He was getting better and better at that: taking her advice and using it against her. So, she just sighed. "You're right. It is."

"So, why are you so nervous?" He asked, brow raised.

Clementine gulped again. "Because AJ," she sighed, fidgeting with her fingers and sitting on the edge of her bed. "Violet doesn't know."

AJ smirked. "It's a secret?"

Clementine felt mortified, her cheeks a pool of red. "Yes."

AJ smirked wider and nodded. "Understood,"

Immediately after dinner that night, the moment they could get away, AJ tugged Tenn around to the back of Ericson, hushing for him to stay quiet. The moment they were out of prying eyes, and the moment after AJ checked for eavesdroppers, he grinned. "I need help."

Tenn raised a brow but said nothing.

"It's about Clem," AJ said, watching at how Tenn's confusion fell. Immediately, he became earnest. "I want to do something nice for her but I need help to do it."

"Okay," Tenn said, voice fluttering nervously. "What is it?"

AJ smirked, yet again glancing from side to side, this time dipping his head in to speak. "She likes Violet." He hushed. Pulling away, he watched Tenn's eyes pop open. AJ eagerly nodded, grinning ear to ear. "I need help to make her happy."

Tenn blinked, the shocked swelling of his gaze calming. "You want to get them together?"

"It's worth a shot!" AJ said beaming, excited at the prospect. "Why don't we try? What's the worst that can happen?"