Dedicated to whitetiger1249, who came up with 'F is for Fred'.

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"This is a terrible plan. Why are you even showing this to me?" Hiro's eyes raced over and re-skimmed the piece of paper in front of him. "This sounds like it came from one of Fred's comic books!"

"In fairness, it did." Tadashi grinned, and turned to his computer. After pressing a few buttons and typing in a few words, Fred's face popped up on the screen, still in his Hotdog Costume.

"Tadashi! Hiro! My fave Hamadas." He grinned easily at them.

"Hey, Fred," the brothers said in unison.

"So, to what do I owe the special pleasure of this video call?" Fred reached for something off-screen, grabbed a smoothie, and took a large, obnoxious sip. "Judging by the papers in your hands, I think you're calling to verify my plan for Tadashi's proposal to GoGo!"

"Wait. He knows? That was actually his plan?" Hiro rose his eyebrows, looking questioningly at his older brother.

Tadashi nodded. "Well, I was running short on ideas. So I thought, well, F is for Fred, H is for Honey Lemon, and W for Wasabi."

"What about me?" Hiro asked, pouting. "H stands for Hiro too, and we're done with B, so there's no B for brother-"

"There's a special chapter just for you, little brother. Just wait. So, Fred, my man." Tadashi grinned at the screen. "Would you like the special honors of explaining Plan F for me?"

"Oh, totally," Fred grinned. "Excuse-moi for a second. I need to get my references."

As their mascot friend disappeared from sight, Hiro elbowed his brother. "References?"

There was a knowing smile on the elder Hamada's face. "You'll see."

Thud.

The two brothers jumped as a noise from their speakers echoed dully throughout the room. "Sorry about that," Fred said sheepishly, peeking out at them from behind a stack of comic books. "Lost my grip on 'em."

"No worries," Tadashi replied quickly.

"Whacha got there, Fred?" Hiro asked.

"The complete set of comics of The Phoenix, first edition, of course," Fred took one from the top of the pile and blew dust off of the plastic cover. "When Tadashi told me he needed help for a proposal, this was the first thing that came to mind."

He flashed the cover towards the scene, and Hiro studied the cover; a tall, lean man dressed in orange and white spandex, with flames erupting from his hands. "The Phoenix is Kenji Taka. A brilliant inventor who dies in a horrific fire, leaving behind his older sister, uncle, and the girl of his dreams... At least, that's what everyone thought." Fred wiggled his fingers at them. "It turned out that Kenji was saved by a certain professor with some super serum that gave Kenji the power to control fire! And because he is risen from the ashes, he called himself 'The Phoenix' from then on."

"Wow, that gave me goosebumps, for some reason," Hiro muttered.

"I know what you mean. I have a strange sense of foreboding whenever Fred explains the plotline to me. It doesn't make sense."

"Anyways, to make a long story short, Kenji worked up the courage to tell everyone he loved he was still alive, but a little... Different. But once everyone knew, he started crime, and the forces of evil, especially his nemesis." Fred put down the first comic book, and took out another one; this one's cover had The Phoenix on the front, fighting a lizard-frog hybrid. "In Issue Number 5, we meet the Phoenix's nemesis - Reptile."

"Ooh, scary," Hiro chuckled.

"Don't laugh at Reptile," Fred said in a serious tone. "He is a very dangerous creature, and the only one who is immune to The Phoenix's flames."

"Right."

"Back to proposal plans," Fred continued, putting down the comic. "I kind of associate Tadashi here with him, since The Phoenix's powers are close to Tadashi's own super suit from our Big Hero Seven days. Seeing Tadashi aflame like that... Amazing."

"Again. Goosebumps," Hiro complained.

"And The Phoenix's love interest, a young woman, eventually decides that she wants to fight crime alongside the love of her life, and makes a super suit for herself. She decides on super speed, names herself 'Whirlwind'."

"Aaaaaah, I see where this is going," the younger Hamada nodded slowly. Tadashi just continued listening to the litany of comic goodness that Fred was spewing out; this was the second time around for him.

"So I was thinking that we could go with a plan that mimics the twenty-ninth issue of The Phoenix."

"What happens, then?"

"Kenji is just about to propose to Leiko - that's the girl's name. Coinci-dental," Fred grinned. "But Reptile finds out. So he kidnaps her."

Hiro fake-gasps. "That's horrible." Tadashi elbowed his brother.

"Now, we all know that Tadashi is totally a legit bad-ass in his suit. And so am I in mine," Fred said proudly. "I volunteered to Tadashi that I would play as Reptile, and he would play as the Phoenix." The comic geek in Fred was shining through. "It would be like a really intense cosplay!"

"How does Tadashi propose?"

"Well, in Issue Twenty-Nine, he proposes to her right after he rescues her from Reptile. She says yes, obviously, and they live happily ever after."

"So let's get this straight."

Tadashi bit back a laugh at the look on his brother's face. It was one of extreme patience, one that Hiro had learned to master after years of talking with Baymax and his very oblivious older brother.

"You want to dress up as Reptile-"

"Yeah."

"And kidnap GoGo for reasons unknown-"

"In the comic, it's to get back at The Phoenix for taking away everything precious to him."

"Yeah, yeah, I got that. And then Tadashi rescues her from you somehow-"

"Without permanently damaging me."

"Of course. And after a mock fight, when you're unconscious on the ground, Tadashi is going to pop the question."

"Right-o."

"This is, you know, assuming she doesn't want to kill both of you after this."

"Wait, what?" Now both Fred and Tadashi were looking at Hiro in only slightly muffled interested.

"Tadashi, what happened when you used to do that cute thing where you'd stand behind her, and cover her eyes when she knows you aren't behind her, and think it's really cute when she starts flailing around asking 'Who the hell is it?!'"

Tadashi winced. "She hit me. And didn't speak to me for two days."

Hiro expertly crumpled the piece of paper into the ball. "You know the verdict to this. Man, I'm feeling like Simon Cowell."

"Okay, okay," Fred sighed, but still had a small, easy smile on his face. "You have a point, little man. I personally liked his 'D for Doughnuts' plan."

"See?" Hiro practically yelled at his brother. Tadashi edged away from Hiro.

"I still have more plans! You might like those more!" Tadashi yelped.

"Look, I have to report for my awesome job soon, so I'll sign off. Tell me when you're finally gonna propose, Tadashi!" Fred called out, just before the screen faded to black.

"Well... That was interesting," Tadashi said.

Hiro snorted. "I told you, there's nothing wrong with just getting down on one knee and proposing."

Tadashi pulled out another piece of paper, and ignored Hiro's statements. "The next plan, brother dear, is...

G is for Gum."

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I loved this chapter. So many references. I'm not good at writing Fred, though. It was a very unfamiliar experience. I apologize if I didn't do the magnificent Fred justice.

I'm not in the mood for a very long chapter-ender since it's 2 in the morning here, and I just want to fall asleep.

Anyhoo, same drill. I'm happy with the chapter, y'all got a glimpse of future chapters (namely H and W). I also got a lot of prompts, and I am going to be so sad when I have to choose between two prompts. But thank you my darlings, I cannot stress that enough. I am bursting at the seams with ideas.

See you next chapter!

/jumps off a building in order to save my best friend, landlady, and sort of colleague, and apologizes to the fangirls I may have upset for last chapter's chapter-ender by getting details wrong hiiiii ayinvui, my child/