(Im) perfect

Chapter 4

Love y'all 🥰

Steve Rogers and Nico di Angelo were at the Avengers tower.  On the grey couch that had to have been well over $2,000 sat the Demigod, and next to him was a certain southern boy. The Captain was sitting at the island on overly priced bar stools that only a billionaire would have in their home, talking to his teammates about something Nico really couldn't care less about.  Both Nico and Harley were glaring at the chick flick playing on the T.V.  Steve and Tony thought it would be great for the boys to hang out, but both boys despised it and just wanted to be in their own rooms away from everyone else.  They called it not liking people, Tony called it being angsty teens. 

They could barely hear what the "adults" were talking about over the volume of the T.V.  They were forced to listen to all of the sappy moments in the movie.  Sometimes Clint's laugh broke through the sound of the T.V, and that was more often than expected. 

Both boys were eyeing the chips and salsa on the table, neither of them wanting to be the first one to reach forward and take a chip.  Harley's mouth watered with want when he looked at the salsa and Nico wanted a chip just because they were there.  Nico's eyes narrowed at the chips and Harley took a deep breath before they both reached forward at the same time.  They paused and looked at each other. 

"Did-," Harley tried but Nico shook his head.

"No, you can," Nico told him and retreated his hand but Harley did the same thing.

"No, you can," Harley said, his face red, gesturing towards the chips.  Nico shook his head and turned away from the boy with a face resembling a tomato.  Harley shrugged and took some chips for himself.

Something the adults were talking about must have caused Steve to do what he did next, the volume of the T.V came down to a 20 and he said, "Hey Nico, you have a boyfriend right?"

Nicos eyes blew open wide and he spluttered and whispered, "he isn't my boyfriend."  Harley's eyes blew open wide and Nico looked away and brought his knees to his chest, he didn't really want attention if the attention was this.

"Hey Nico, no one here cares if you do, I mean, most of us know that Tony's playboy days didn't exclude men," Clint said with a smirk, while leaning back in his chair. 

"Ohhh yeah, lets not forget, Clint looooves it up the a-" Tony tried to say but Wanda interrupted him.

"You boys get the point, we support you no matter what," she said with a smile.  Even though she was a teenager, only a few years older than the boys sitting on the couch, she acted much older.  Nico respected her.

Nico and Harley were bright red and Wanda winked at the both of them.  Soon the conversation was off of them again when Steve took pity on them and changed the subject.  Nico sighed in relief and brought his feet back down to the floor. 

"So... you, youre gay also?"  Harley asked, his eyes burning holes into the T.V.  Nico looked over at Harley and nodded slowly, his eyes finding interest in the lines of the hardwood floor. 

Harley continued when Nico didn't respond. "Rose Hill isnt exactly the best place to be gay, thats why im with Tony right now," Harley said, his southern accent seeming more prominent.  If Nico didn't have such a huge crush on Will he would probably be swooning, scratch that, even with his crush on Will he is swooning and it was his crush on Will that was stopping him from pouncing on this boy right now. 

Instead of pouncing he gulped and said, "Yeah, I get that." 

Oh Hades, this boy had reminded him so much of Will, the southern drawl, the messy hair, the damn height.