A/N: Alrighty
Lab Rats/Romeo+Juliet (the 2013 version with Douglas Booth playing Romeo. Don't get me wrong the 1996 version with Leonardo di Caprio was fantastic, but the 2013 version made me cry so many times)
This fic will be different in the way that it won't be focusing on Leo but on Chase with the rest of the gang serving as side plots. I wanted to shake things up a little.
This will consist of two chapters with the next part being posted on my next update. However I was thinking about putting this up on its own as a longer story depending on what you guys think.
Pairings include: Romeo/Chase, Mercutio/Leo, Benvolio/Adam, Tybalt/Bree, Donald/Tasha, possibly Paris/Douglas (possibly)
Summary: Donald builds a machine and like all of Davenport industries tech it glitches, resulting in the entire family being sent six hundred years into the past to the land of Verona, where the tensions between the Capulet's and the Montague's are reaching an all-time high and a tragic romance will soon bud between their heirs. But what happens when the Davenports move in with the Capulet's? What happens when Romeo meets one of these strange visitors and his heart throws his mind into a tailspin of confusion?
Warnings: Future smut possibly (I haven't totally decided yet cause I feel like the story will work either way, if you guys want smut in this one then tell me in the review), underage sex (not Juliet because seriously, she was twelve) Chase and Leo are the youngest at sixteen so there's a heads up, minor violence.
Apologies spelling, grammar and OOCness
Disclaimer: See previous chapters
They were all strangely quiet. Tasha couldn't help but frown as she watched the kids walk into the parlor of the west wing where the Capulet's had so graciously allowed them to live for the duration of their stay.
Donald was still out; he'd gone to meet the Paige that he'd sent off with message to Douglas who was hiding out with the time machine in Mantua as he tried to finish the repairs. The lack of technology was driving the inventor insane and he was incredibly eager to find a way home, which led to him pulling all-nighters for three straight days when he suddenly hit some kind of breakthrough that morning and immediately sent word to his brother before asking Tasha to get the kids together so he could tell them about their plans.
With the kids having gone almost two weeks without technology, or electricity or their capsules which they all needed in order to keep their bionics under control, Tasha thought that they'd all look a little more excited after she told them that Donald had good news about the machine.
But right at that moment she wasn't so sure.
Chase arrived first, giving Tasha a strained smile as he sat down on one of the seats in the parlor by the table that sat nearest to the large windows on the other side of the room. The super genius looked oddly distracted as Tasha had to repeat herself to get his attention. Bree came in next, in a much brighter mood than Chase with a light blush staining her cheeks, but when Tasha asked the girl just shook her head and said nothing before sitting next to her. Adam came in next along with Leo both teens were unusually quiet with Adam not even bothering to tease Chase the way he usually did and Leo just looking out the window from his seat beside Chase, biting his lip, constantly shifting around in his seat in discomfort and not giving more than a yes or a no during the small talk that Tasha attempted to make.
What Tasha didn't know was that they were all a bit preoccupied since their mornings had become quite eventful since they first arrived in the land of Verona.
For example that morning, Bree was having breakfast.
"I haven't seen him since that night and Lord Paris returns with the morrow's rising sun." the heir to the house of Capulet said as she kept her hands clasped together and in front of her as she walked down the empty hall while Bree just rolled her eyes at the girl beside her. "Maybe that's sign that you should move on. It's been two weeks; if he hasn't even contacted you since that night then he's not going to. You need to let it go."
"But I was so sure-"
"That you loved him?" Bree asked letting out a heavy sigh as she stopped causing the girl beside her to stop as well and the speedster inwardly preened at the way the old fashioned deep blue gown with gold embroidering seemed to sway at her halt. The clothes were one of her favorite parts about being in this time. They were all so rich and beautiful it was like playing dress up every day. Although Bree could admit that they were a little uncomfortable and the corsets felt like a death sentence whenever the nurse came in and helped her put it on.
Juliet stopped as well and just looked down at her hands when Bree took them into her own. "It was just a crush Juliet, trust me you'll have plenty of others. And as for Romeo Montague if he doesn't know a good thing when he sees it then he isn't worth your time anyway."
Juliet gave a soft smile, "I suppose you are right. I musn't dwell on the past only focus on the future."
Bree smiled, "Exactly."
"Excuse me dear cousin, lady Bree." Both girls looked up and Bree had to fight back against the urge to blush to find Tybalt walking towards them down the hall, until he stopped and gave a slight bow, "Good morrow to you both."
"Hi-I mean good morrow." Bree said quickly correcting herself while Juliet let out a soft giggle which she muffled in her hand before she spoke, "My my, you speak with such care this morning cousin. What is the occasion?"
"None my lady although I was hoping to steal lady Bree away from you for a moment." Tybalt said with his dark gaze sliding over to Bree and the girl had to fight even harder against the urge to blush.
"I-"
"Of course." Juliet answered as she made to turn away, "Mother sent word for me to see her and I must be going. I will see you later, Bree." The girl finished as she made her way down the hall and Bree resisted the urge to gape at the betrayal when Tybalt spoke drawing her attention.
"It never ceases to amaze me how quickly she's taken to you like a sister."
Bree shrugged, "Well, I enjoy her… presence as well and-"
"Please do not alter your speech for my benefit. I've come to find that I enjoy listening to the unusual dialect of you and your siblings very much."
Bree nodded, "Thank you and yeah, I like spending time with Juliet too, she's like the little sister I never had."
"I'm glad," Tybalt said with a smile before clearing his throat. "That you are adjusting to life in Verona. I hope it pleases you here. And I was also wondering if you would like to join me for breakfast in the courtyard, unless you have already had your morning meal."
"Yes! I mean no, I haven't eaten yet so I would love to have breakfast. With you I mean." Bree said quickly and Tybalt's smile grew a bit more as he held out his right arm for her to take, "Shall we?"
This time Bree couldn't fight back against the blush as she wrapped her arm around the raven's and they made their way towards the courtyard.
Further away, right across the kingdom Adam was attempting to escape.
"Mercutio's courters are through here passed the courtyard." Benvolio said as they made their way through the large garden towards a building on the other side that was still connected to the main building that made up the house of Montague.
"Tell me again why we had to go through the gardens?"
"The guards are always up making their rounds around the halls at this time, it's just safer to go through the grounds first. Lest you be caught." The shorter man explained and Adam let out an annoyed sigh as he tugged at the collar of the ridiculous white shirt-well blouse really-with the brown vest and coat over it that he was being forced to wear to fit in with everyone else in this time. God even his old mission's suit was more comfortable. Adam kept tugging at the shirt that seemed to be hell bent on choking him when Benvolio glanced back at him and paused making Adam stop as well.
"What's wrong?"
"I was about to ask you the same thing." Benvolio said with a slight tilt of his head and Adam let out an exasperated sigh as he tugged at his collar, "It's nothing, I'm just not used to wearing stuff like this-"
Adam's eyes widened when he realized his mistake and he quickly tried to cover it up, "It's just a little different from I'm used to wearing. In Ireland." The teen said tossing in a little fake Irish accent for good measure and hoping that Benvolio bought it.
The shorter man just smiled as he stepped closer, "Well I could help you with that, if you like. May I?" he said reaching up towards Adam's collar and the bionic teen let his arms fall to his sides.
"Sure."
Benvolio stepped a little closer and his hands started fiddling with the buttons on the collar of Adam's shirt as he began to talk, "You know, it is not an absolute requirement to close all of these. You are allowed to leave some of them undone."
Adam let out a sigh of frustration, "I knew I shouldn't have trusted Chase."
Benvolio chuckled, "You speak so often of your brother. Sometimes it makes me wonder."
"Wonder what?"
"Nothing worth noting, I suppose," Adam tensed when Benvolio's hands slid down to his chest and the shorter man's finger tips grazed his skin as he seemed to pat the edges of the shirt down, "I envy this bond you have with your siblings, you all seem so close."
"Yeah well, were family so-" Adam let out a nervous laugh and swallowed hard when Benvolio's big bright blue eyes stared up at him, "Uh-"
Benvolio smiled, "You seem to have a very warm heart Adam."
"Uh we should-we should find Leo cause he- our Da-our father. Mr. Davenport needs to see him." Adam said as he quickly squirmed away and made a beeline for the building that Benvolio pointed to earlier.
And what was Leo doing?
The walk of shame of course or rather, he was attempting to do the walk of shame.
"Mercutio! Mercutio wake up." Leo said nudging the man beside him trying to get out from under him but finding it difficult to do so, especially with his bionic arm trapped beneath him meaning that he had no leverage to get himself loose.
The body that had him trapped only groaned and Leo gave an annoyed growl, "No, nuh uh. I need to go."
"Tis early still." Mercutio said from somewhere beneath the mess of brown tangles covering his head, next to Leo's shoulder if the warm breaths fanning out against his neck was anything to go by. The teen just growled in annoyance.
"No, it's time for me to leave now get off." Mercutio just groaned again with the arm he had around Leo's waist tightening as he pulled the teen closer and Leo gave a sigh, "Mercutio-"
Lips trailed up his shoulder over his neck and Leo tried to push the older man away again. "Merc."
The man gave an annoyed sigh as he lifted his head to look down at the teen with a pout, "You bring me great worry when you attempt to leave me so eagerly."
"I'm trying to leave because I'm not even supposed to be here in the first place, any one of the Montague guards could come in at any second. Now let go." Leo said as he successfully managed to free his bionic arm and push Mercutio away who sighed as he watched the teen get up and quickly search for his clothes which were scattered somewhere around the room.
"I obviously performed poorly last night if you are able to leave my bed with such haste."
Leo rolled his eyes, "Looks like someone's ego's gotten a little too big for their own heads."
"You could return to the bed and allow me to remedy that."
"No. You'll just have to go a few more hours without me." Leo said as he took his pants out from the bundle of clothing he found and put them on before just letting out a frustrated sigh when he couldn't figure out those stupid laces and he quickly pulled on his shirt-blouse thing instead.
"Hours." Mercutio said as he leaned on his side and let his head rest on his hand with his elbow braced against the bed as he spoke, "One feels like an eternity without you by my side."
Leo looked back to the man as he laced up his boots and shook his head, "God, you're cheesy. Why am I doing this?"
"Because you love me." Mercutio suddenly grinned, "Because you're my very own private little witch."
Leo sighed as he got up deciding that he can figure his clothes out later as he walked over towards the door, "I'll see you later."
"Wait!" The other man suddenly called in alarm as he sat up in the bed causing Leo to stop, "What noise is that?"
"Noise?"
"Listen." Mercutio said waving the teen and Leo cautiously stepped forward only to let out a yelp of surprise when his arm was grabbed and he was dragged onto the bed before Mercutio moved over him, "What-"
"The call of the nightingale. Tis early still little witch."
Leo rolled his eyes and couldn't help but laugh despite himself, "You're insane-ngh." Before his lips were smothered in a kiss.
As for Chase he was… well-
One more pause in the alcove closest to his room Chase watched as the maids moved in the opposite direction before he quickly left the small enclosure and slipped into his room, dragging the figure that followed him in by his wrist before he quickly shut the door and turned to face him.
"Are you insane?! What do you think you're doing here?"
"I've come to see you of course." Romeo said as he stepped closer to Chase with an adoring smile that the super genius ignored as he took a step back, "The days and hours move so slowly without your presence. As though time itself wishes to punish me for the sins of men less virtuous."
Chase gave a sigh of frustration as he covered his face with his hands for a moment, "You are not supposed to be here, because you are not in love with me!"
"How can you be so certain?" Romeo asked genuinely sounding hurt, "How can you speak so lightly when I know that every second that I cannot gaze upon your face or hear your voice drives me sick with heartache."
"I know because we barely know each other, O.K?" Chase said clearly folding his arms across his chest, "I mean you told me that you used to be in love with Rosaline, then you fell for Juliet and now it's me? Are you even listening to yourself? Do you even know why you love me?"
"I love you because you fascinate me Chase." Romeo said as he stepped closer and this time Chase paused as the taller man put one hand on the teens shoulder and while the other gently traced along his cheeks. "Since I met you, I've felt this undying intrigue in your behavior and your intelligence. Clearly you have knowledge beyond your years, you know so much, you've helped me see passed the emotions that have previously ruled me so easily. You helped me realize that what I felt for both Rosaline and Juliet was mere infatuation. And although we have only known each other briefly I know that I would not be happier with anyone else. What I feel for you is not just infatuation, it is so much more than that-"
"Yeah and what's-" Chase was cut off when Romeo suddenly leaned down and captured his lips in a kiss causing the super genius' eyes to go wide before he suddenly found himself melting into it, putting his hands on Romeo's shoulders to steady himself while the taller man deepened the kiss. Only for the teen to pull away when he felt the other's tongue swipe across his mouth and he gasped.
"No! Stop it." Chase said looking flustered as he stepped back and Romeo smirked as he licked his lips, "Your innocence never fails to amaze me, as does the taste from your lips."
"I- you know what, shut up." Chase said with a glare as he flushed a little more walking over to the door, "It's time for you to leave."
"Not before I do what I came here to do." Romeo said seriously as he stepped closer to the teen only for Chase to take a step back just in case.
"What do you want?"
"I want you and I want all of the world to know it. I want to bask in the glow of our love without fear." Romeo answered as he quickly moved to take Chase's hand moving the sleeve of his shirt back and Chase cringed at the frilly ends before a kiss was placed on the back of his hand as Romeo went down on one knee, "I want you to marry me."
Chase's eyes went wide and he froze, "What?!"
Yeah so they were all kinda busy.
But Tasha didn't know that and she was about to ask them all what was wrong when Donald suddenly came bursting into the room.
"Oh good, you're all here." The scientist said tugging at his cloak and failing miserably to get the stupid thing off when Tasha sighed and got up to help him. Donald gave her a quick thanks honey once he was untangled before turning to the kids as he rubbed his hands together and grinned, "I've got great news guys. The time machine's finished! We can finally go home."
Bree's eyes went wide, Leo looked away while Adam just sat tense and Chase swallowed hard before forcing a smile onto his face as he got up.
"That's great Mr. Davenport, when are we leaving?"
"Three days from now. We had to rig up some wind mills to conduct the right amount of electricity but everything's working great. We should be back home in no time."
"That's great Donald. Isn't that right kids?" Tasha said and they all gave halfhearted smiles.
Tasha frowned.
A/N: Actually now that I'm reading this over, I'm definitely doing lemon scene for Romeo and Chase. If anyone wants some smut for the others then drop me a line. Just not for Tybalt and Bree please. While I'm capable of writing hetero smut, I just prefer not to unless it advances the plot.
So what do you guys think? Should this be its own story or should I just put up the next chapter to finish? If it is just one chapter, it'll be longer going from the masquerade ball where all this started to the end but a really condensed version and a longer story will have a little more detail and will ultimately take longer.
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