Disclaimer: As always I own nothing but the original characters and the plot. Thanks for reading.

I'm going to an anime convention this weekend so yaoi and fan service was on the brain lol

Providing Fan Service

Teddy was mentally kicking himself around London before they'd even exited the Leaky Cauldron, unable to believe how completely he'd overreacted moments before. No, he was perfectly able to believe it, he was after all an idiot where Louis was concerned, the Gryffindor thought darkly, but still, he'd just made a fool of himself and were it not for the firm grip the other man had on his hand he would have very much liked to find a crack to fall through. He'd acted like a bloody Neanderthal back there, he'd be dragging him knuckles and ending every sentence with 'Ugg' any moment now. The only silver lining was that Louis hadn't been embarrassed by his behavior, but the blonde was a drama queen by nature and had likely enjoyed the whole thing.

"So does your body always change like that when you're pissed? It's been so long I can't remember."

Startled out of his thoughts Teddy gave Louis a questioning look. "What do you mean?"

"Your eyes went completely back, no white or irises, and your muscles grew, I could tell because your shirt got tighter as a result." Which had been too sexy for words, Louis silently added to himself. "Plus you looked a little taller, but that could have been just my imagination."

Wincing Teddy shook his head, having not even realized he'd done that. "I've done that before, but it's usually not on purpose." He never deliberately altered any part of his appearance unless he had a reason to do so. What you saw was what you got with him.

"Well you had plenty of girls swooning over your badass hotness, in case you were wondering."

Since he couldn't care less about that Teddy just shrugged it off. It seemed like his physical reaction had been all that had stuck out for Louis, so maybe he hadn't acted as stupidly as he'd originally thought. Surely he would have more to say on the matter if that were the case. Louis loved to tease after all.

Feeling a little better now Teddy finally started to take notice of where they were, the older man's eyes lingered on a familiar set of steps that led underground. Turning his head to look at Louis Teddy spoke impulsively. "Fancy a spin on the tube? You used to love that when you were little." There was stop near their place, and though it would be quicker and cheaper to just apparate there he rather wanted the night to end on a note that didn't involve a belligerent drunk.

It had been ages since he'd ridden the London tube, and not wanting the night to end just yet Louis enthusiastically agreed with the suggestion, swinging their hands merrily between them as they headed for the stairs.

The swinging hands reminded Teddy of the fact that they were still holding hands, but he made no move to end the contact figuring that Louis would do so when he grew tired of it. Until then he would just enjoy it and the man's company.

Teddy paid their fare since Hannah had refused to let him pay for their meal earlier, the two not having to wait long at all before they could board and take a seat side by side.

His favorite part about riding the tube was the opportunity to observe the Muggles and Louis immediately started doing so, evaluating the fashions, hairstyles and demeanors of their fellow passengers with Delacour glee. Naturally he found many of the Muggles not to his taste, but he knew it wasn't their fault that they couldn't achieve his level of perfection and applauded those who'd at least made some effort to look their best.

Eyeing one person in particular Louis rolled his eyes, taking in the damaged earlobes that indicated that the middle aged man a few seats away from them had participated in that mindless fad that had seen Muggles placing these weird stretchers in their ears to widen the holes. It had been quite the thing for those a generation younger than his own parents, and he was forever thankful that it hadn't caught on in the Wizarding World. Though if it had at least the damage would have been easily repaired while in this man's case he'd probably have to have the holes sewn shut and even then they'd have been deformed.

Poor bastard.

Fingering his single piercing, a simple, non-deforming stud, Louis couldn't help but be smug. The first decade of the twenty first century had not been kind when it came to body adornment.

"I like the tattoo though."

"Hmm?" Teddy murmured, doing his best to focus as the sway of the train threatened to lull him to sleep. He hadn't slept well the night before and it had been one hell of a long day.

"The bloke over there, I like his tattoo. Earrings were a mistake though."

Looking in the direction Louis indicated with a jerk of that stubborn chin, Teddy agreed with the earring statement but disagreed on the tattoo. He had been known to conjure up one of his skin a time or two in his youth, but they'd always been tasteful and appropriately placed. And as much as he believed he would have loved his mother had he any memory of her Teddy was fairly certainly that even had she lived he never would have been tempted to have 'Mummy' tattooed on his arm and encircles by thorny vines in the shape of a heart.

Laughing at the other man's expression Louis squeezed the hand he had yet to let go of. "I was only joking."

"You haven't any, do you?" He hadn't seen the other man naked in well over a decade, unfortunately.

The secretive little grin that crossed the blonde's face answered the question despite his coy response of, "Maybe."

Oh bloody hell. The man had a tattoo.

Somewhere, inked into that creamy, oh so touchable skin was some design meant to drive him crazy, Teddy just knew it. He could feel his brain threaten to overload as he speculated as to where this tattoo could possibly be and more importantly, what of?

Highly amused by the look that was now on Teddy's face Louis grinned and leaned forward to give the older man an affectionate kiss on the cheek.

Both men turning their head at the loud giggling, it didn't take them long to see that they'd made two girls very happy with the affection Louis had just shown for Teddy.

And while the looks the girls were giving them just confused Teddy, Louis was used to it and turning his head placed his lips against the other man's ear and whispered in French, just to give the girls an added thrill. "We're guy on guy fan service. They think we're a couple."

Fuck, he was only human for Merlin's sake. Much more stimulation and he'd give them real fan service, Teddy thought as he swallowed hard, another area of his anatomy getting harder by the second thanks to Louis's whispered words in the language of love. What had he done lately to anger the gods so bloody much? Did they want him to die from sexual frustration here? Seriously.

Picking up on the fact that Teddy was very aware of him Louis eyes all but glowed with triumph as he settled back in his seat, looking ahead since he didn't want to make it obvious. He was most definitely making progress.

And the mostly comfortable silence that descended between them the two Gryffindors allowed them to easily hear the whispered words of the two nearby girls who were being just loud enough that both men caught every bit of their speculating.

"The dark haired one is definitely the seme." The taller girl whispered to her friend, shooting not remotely covert looks in Teddy's direction.

"Obviously, the blonde couldn't be anything but the uke. He's so pretty! Just like in yaoi."

The girls whispered on about the fact that Teddy looked all stoic, dark and mysterious, and about how Louis struck them as bubbly, easygoing and affection, which were stereotypes of whatever this yaoi thing was they were prattling on about with such enthusiasm. And by the time both men had eavesdropped enough on the conversation to understand just what a 'seme' and 'uke' were even Teddy had found the humor in the situation.

"How do they not know we can hear them?" Louis mumbled under his breath, a little perturbed by the fact that as an 'uke' he was apparently supposed to be a bubblehead. He hated being thought that, especially based solely on his appearance, but he didn't want to ruin their evening by getting into another altercation so soon by calling the girls on their behavior.

Chuckling in sympathy Teddy gave the hand he held a squeeze. "At least you're not a cold, indifferent bastard who needs the love of his helpless little uke in order to become a decent human being."

Lips twitching Louis grumbled some more, though good naturedly. "You could have left out the helpless part."

"Why? It highlights the fact that you definitely aren't one, since you're not clumsy, stupid, or helpless, ever."

Very pleased with the matter of fact compliment Louis laid his head down on Teddy's shoulder and cuddled against his side. "Thanks, Teddy bear. You're not cold or indifferent either." Far from it, the blonde thought as he soaked up the warmth radiating from the other man's body. Staying like this for the foreseeable future sounded like a damn good idea to him.

And ignoring the fact that he was pretty sure Louis's head on his shoulder was sending the girls into spasms of delight Teddy figured what the hell, and gave them that much more 'fan service' by leaning his own head against Louis's, closing his eyes with a content little sigh as he thanked the blonde for the returned compliment.

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Taking her laptop and tea out into the balcony Rosie set it up, sipping her tea as she waited for it to boot up. It was annoying having to use it outside but thanks to all the weird stuff her husband kept around the house her internet connection tended to suck unless she was using it outdoors. Once everything was good to go she clicked on favorites, accessed the correct site and then started reading through the day's headlines on her favorite Muggle newspaper, checking to see if there was anything interesting on that end.

She'd look over The Daily prophet later, since Sev always got up early enough to snag that before she could even see the front cover.

Once she'd read over everything that interested her Rosie decided to click on the sidebar advertising the pictures people posted from around the city for the hell of it. London Muggles posted the funniest pictures sometimes, and after the stressful week she'd been having she could use the laugh.

The first picture was of a kitten in a flower pot, the second of a familiar landmark at sunset and then….HOLY SHIT!

Rosie stared at the picture, blinked a couple of times, and then stared again. The image didn't change, nor did the two people in it become someone other than her two cousins.

Making a sound perilously close to a squeak Rosie closed the lap top lid and stumbled out of her seat, throwing open the patio door and running through the kitchen, physically pushing her husband out of her way as she ran to her office, retrieving the cell phone she kept turned off in there for these sorts of moments. Ignoring Sev's inquiry as to what had gotten into her Rosie headed out, shoving him out of her way once more as she ran back the way she'd come, slamming the patio door behind her.

Turning the phone on the redhead quickly dialed her brother's number, hoping desperately that he'd put it somewhere where he wouldn't have a hard time finding it. At least his was always on since he lived in the country and his Muggle devices worked just fine.

Luck was with her and her brother answered on the sixth ring, Rosie not even bothering with the usual pleasantries as she ordered her brother to get online and look up the picture in question as well.

In the background Rosie could hear Sev informing her that he was no longer going to share the breakfast he'd made with her but she just waved him off, not caring a whit as she waited for her brother to get on the same page as her so to speak.

"Oh, it's a rather lovely picture of them, isn't it? We should let them know, or better yet I'll just print out two copies and send it to them. I have the right kind of paper around here somewhere."

Rolling her eyes over her brother's reaction Rosie sighed. "I didn't call you at six thirty in the morning to talk about getting them a copy, I called you because they look like a bloody couple, now don't they? And we both know how Teddy feels about Louis and you know what Domi said about Louis deciding to try and start something up with him!"

"Well it looks like his plan is going well, which is good for both their sakes. I don't quite understand the notes of hysteria I'm picking up in your voice. It's not like Tori has any reason to see the picture, so it's not like it will tip her off."

"Yeah, but what if MUM sees it!" They were pretty sure their mum knew that Teddy was gay, but everyone had decided that she wasn't aware of the man's feelings for Louis since if she were she would have clued in Uncle Harry and Aunt Ginny by now.

Hugo was silent for a moment, considering this. Those in the knowing had long concluded to keep their parents and older relatives out of the loop when it came to Teddy's feelings for Louis least they meddle in the man's affairs. And his mother would indeed meddle if she knew, quite a lot in fact. That could be bad, especially since things could come to a head very shortly, no dirty pun intended.

"I'll drop by and tell her I'm thinking of asking out the hot Slytherin intern working at the Ministry with her again. That will worry her and dad so much that they'll spend the rest of the week worrying about me and the photo won't even register if she sees it."

"Excellent plan. And don't ask that intern out again. Remember what happened last time?"

"Since I occasionally start skipping for no apparent reason yes, I remember."

"Good."

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Waking up well rested Teddy stretched his arms out in front of him as he got his circulation going, feeling damn good as he headed for the shower to finish kicking his brain into high gear for the day ahead. It was while he was still in the shower that the Gryffindor recalled the events from the night before, unable not to grin as he remembered how it had ended. Poor Louis, he'd ended up falling asleep on the blonde after all and not wanting to wake him Louis had let them go the entire route and then back again before waking him up when they'd once again reached their stop. He'd been too tired to be embarrassed much, and Louis hadn't seemed to mind in the least though he had teased him the whole way home.

And it had definitely made the weird girls happy, Teddy thought with a roll of his eyes as he worked his shampoo into his hair. Apparently they'd taken 'covert' pictures of him sleeping against Louis, which the latter had of course found funny.

Personally he didn't even want to think about what they intended to do with the pictures they'd taken.

Though he supposed he should be heartened by the fact that this was the first time he'd ever seen girls behave that way when they spotted him being remotely affectionate with another man. He'd ridden the tube plenty of times with James and Al after all, who didn't resemble him in the least and therefore wouldn't automatically be labeled as family. They weren't as good looking as Louis, few were, but they were both good looking and just as worthy of taking photos of in his somewhat biased opinion.

Not to mention the fact that if James thought that anyone thought they were a couple the redhead would immediately behave that way, just to appease his twisted, Weasley sense of humor, Teddy thought with a smirk as he finished up his shower, well able to imagine it.

It just went to show just how great he was at pretending to be straight though, that he never got mistaken for being part of a pair even when he did go out with whoever he was dating at the time. Or maybe it was just obvious that they weren't what he was really looking for and the girls picked up on that somehow.

Hard to say, women were indeed strange creatures.

After drying off and getting dressed Teddy headed down to the kitchen to see what Louis had made them for breakfast, walking in to find the other man leaning up against the counter with what looked like a large photograph in his hand.

"What have you got there?"

"Your copy is on the counter over there." Louis answered without looking up, pointing in the general direction with his free hand.

Intrigued, Teddy walked over and picked his up, eyes widening as he took in the high definition, close up photograph of him and Louis with their heads together and fingers linked on the tube, him fast asleep while Louis was obviously awake and wore a content little smile that suggested he was quite happy to remain as he was for a long time to come.

Well…now he knew what the girls had done with the pictures they'd taken.