Heroes, "Cute" Matt/Audrey, rated G
May. 29th, 2008 11:58 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
quirkysmuseFandom: Heroes
Title: Cute
Characters/Pairings: Matt/Audrey, slight Matt/Janice
Rating: G
Word Count: 369
Spoilers: Season 1
Notes: Written for the "Surprise" challenge at![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
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Summary: One little word from Audrey's mind brightens Matt's whole day.
Cute.
She thought he was cute.
Thought being the key word here. He felt somewhat guilty; he never meant to grab the statement from her head, but if such thoughts hadn’t been on the surface he would have never made her feel so uncomfortable.
Of course, not hearing the admission would have taken the brightness out of his day, and since Janice’s confession, he had precious little of those kinds of days lately.
Not even his own wife had called him cute. Ever. It wasn’t the sort of word many men had felt too proud about. It was a girly statement, meant more for puppy love and sweet sixteen courting.
Regardless, he felt good about it, and lately, he didn't have much to feel good about. He’d been bemoaning his looks lately, and he was more than aware of his lack of physical prowess, and usually, the bad guys and traffic violators he’d caught always got in that extra jab of ‘you’re letting yourself go, Poppie’.
He’d been even more mortified when Janice had caught him flexing and grabbing his belly in the mirror before getting ready for work one morning.
She frowned, and sympathy was evident in her eyes. “Do you want to join me on my jog to the park when you get off work?” The intention in her question was more obvious than subtle.
Since then, his days had become just a little less lively; hunger pains plagued him as he fended off those delicious Krispy Kremes laid out in the front lobby at the station.
To hear Audrey call him ‘cute’ was a pleasant surprise. As unattainable as she was in his present situation, he let his own thoughts run wild at the possibilities. She was spunky, funny, and well-toned in the legs and torso. He scoffed at the inevitable guilt he felt about fantasizing about another woman and rationalized that his wife had done much worse.
“Cute,” she had thought, and the memory of her slightly flushed skin and obvious embarrassment sent a ripple of satisfaction through his body.
He couldn’t help surmising that a lot of his days got better with Audrey around. Knowing she was attracted to him was definitely a surprising bonus.
Title: Cute
Characters/Pairings: Matt/Audrey, slight Matt/Janice
Rating: G
Word Count: 369
Spoilers: Season 1
Notes: Written for the "Surprise" challenge at
heroes_contestSummary: One little word from Audrey's mind brightens Matt's whole day.
Cute.
She thought he was cute.
Thought being the key word here. He felt somewhat guilty; he never meant to grab the statement from her head, but if such thoughts hadn’t been on the surface he would have never made her feel so uncomfortable.
Of course, not hearing the admission would have taken the brightness out of his day, and since Janice’s confession, he had precious little of those kinds of days lately.
Not even his own wife had called him cute. Ever. It wasn’t the sort of word many men had felt too proud about. It was a girly statement, meant more for puppy love and sweet sixteen courting.
Regardless, he felt good about it, and lately, he didn't have much to feel good about. He’d been bemoaning his looks lately, and he was more than aware of his lack of physical prowess, and usually, the bad guys and traffic violators he’d caught always got in that extra jab of ‘you’re letting yourself go, Poppie’.
He’d been even more mortified when Janice had caught him flexing and grabbing his belly in the mirror before getting ready for work one morning.
She frowned, and sympathy was evident in her eyes. “Do you want to join me on my jog to the park when you get off work?” The intention in her question was more obvious than subtle.
Since then, his days had become just a little less lively; hunger pains plagued him as he fended off those delicious Krispy Kremes laid out in the front lobby at the station.
To hear Audrey call him ‘cute’ was a pleasant surprise. As unattainable as she was in his present situation, he let his own thoughts run wild at the possibilities. She was spunky, funny, and well-toned in the legs and torso. He scoffed at the inevitable guilt he felt about fantasizing about another woman and rationalized that his wife had done much worse.
“Cute,” she had thought, and the memory of her slightly flushed skin and obvious embarrassment sent a ripple of satisfaction through his body.
He couldn’t help surmising that a lot of his days got better with Audrey around. Knowing she was attracted to him was definitely a surprising bonus.
