#mutually pining ​roommates era is so real and it’s coming and then after that is romantically cohabitating era i love earth

[positivelybeastly]

💖 Abigail

How likely they are to enter a relationship with them:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10

(So, this is both a 1 and a 10 because Hank would never have cottoned on to the fact that Abigail was into him unless she'd made it clear, but at the same time, they have incredible chemistry and compatibility. The fact that even in his war crime era, she's still giving him hugs and being there for him is just. It's so weird and I need to know more, but it's maybe the only thing in X-Force that's really rung true for me.)

Would they…

Make the first move? Yes | No (We know for a fact he did not, because Hank was self-conscious as fuck and didn't even think that Abigail wanted him precisely because he looked like a big blue furry monster. That's her beauty standard. He never, ever would have guessed.)

Say “I love you” first? Yes | No (Hank catches feelings first. It's just the way of it. He proposes marriage to her - jokingly, granted - so I feel like love came after this point, but it was definitely him that said it first, not her.)

Cheat on them? Yes | No (Simply, no. Less simply, fuck no.)

Be the jealous type? Yes | No (If there's one thing he knows, it's that Abigail wants him, and there is no-one in this world who is quite like him. Completely, utterly secure in this respect.)

Plan the dates? Yes | No (If by 'plan the dates,' you mean he's the one who drags her away from S.W.O.R.D duties to do something social and fun, absolutely!)

Initiate the first kiss? Yes | No (Let's be real here, she kissed him first, and she kissed him like she wanted to eat him.)

Remember anniversaries? Yes | No (I feel like Hank would be very fastidious in tracking these anniversaries, helped in no small part by S.W.OR.D data logs and time tracking.)

BOLD WHAT APPLIES:

Their Relationship Is:

friends to lovers | rivals to lovers | enemies to lovers | still just enemies | mutual pining | star crossed lovers | old married couple | perpetual honeymoon phase | stable and boring | stable but not boring | secret lovers | best friends hiding their feelings | and they were roommates | friends with benefits | coworkers avoiding HR | one-sided affection | weird sexual tension | it’s complicated | toxic relationship | a secret affair | an actual dumpster fire | other

(They have . . . an odd trajectory, to be sure.)

PUBLIC Displays of Affection:

hand holding | kiss on the hand | kiss on the cheek | kiss on the forehead | kiss on the lips | cuddling | hugging | affectionate messages or comments | pet names | pictures together | no displays of affection

(Hank has done literally every single one of these on panel with Abigail. He's very sweet.)

PRIVATE Displays of Affection:

hand holding | kiss on the hand | kiss on the cheek | kiss on the forehead | kiss on the lips |  cuddling | hugging | affectionate messages or comments | pet names | pictures together | no displays of affection

Do they stay together?

yes, this is endgame | yes but someone is gonna die tragically | something is keeping them apart | they part ways as friends | they part ways as enemies | they’re on-again-off-again | they have a super messy breakup | it was just a fling | other

(The writers keep trying to tell me this was an on-again off-again relationship, but I don't buy it, mostly because they never showed them being anything less than 100% on with each other. Then again, they didn't show them breaking up, either. I'm not bitter about it. 9 years later, I'm totally not bitter about it.)

BONUS

What terrible pet names would they give each other?

Hank has canonically called Abigail his verdant fruit bat, his little angel of death, sweetheart, darling, and more. He is a weirdo.

Abigail has canonically called Hank Professor and a dozen other slightly disparaging things. She also told him she wanted to break him like a pony, and I firmly believe she called him 'hoss' or something like that during sex AT LEAST once. He was flushed and slightly weirded out, but he was into it. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.