Fic: The Birth Of The Cool

[isola-lives.livejournal.com]

I come bearing yet another Teddy Lupin story.  I've got them in droves, sad really.  This one was my first.

Title: The Birth of the Cool
Author: isola_lives 
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Summary: A young Teddy Lupin explores the awesomeness that is, well, him!
Apologies to Miles Davis for stealing your album title.  Borrowing.  I do adore you, sir, and madly.  Unbeta'd, all mistakes are mine and mine alone.

Merlin, Teddy Lupin is cool. 

 

Just look at him, with his crazy hair, his wicked fashions, and his chiseled jaw line.  Well, maybe not quite chiseled, really, but with just a bit of… there.  Chiseled.  He gets a lot of crap for being so amazingly, jaw droppingly awesome.  Old ladies, sweet and truly wonderful as they are, tell him to keep his hair civilised or he’ll never amount to anything.  How wrong they are. 

 

Because Teddy Lupin is a bloody rock star.  Oh yes, that’s right, just look at him wail on that guitar, peeling out Weird Sisters licks like they’re nothing.  Virtuoso.  He’s the most popular musician in the whole Wizarding world, from the UK all the way around to Russia!  Going the long way, through the States, not just cutting across Europe.

 

Except when he’s singing.  He’s got the voice of an angel.  A very hard core, arena rocking angel!  Oh, but the ladies go wild.  Those mad birds are always coming up to him, throwing themselves, really, wild with praise and adoration.

 

“Oh Teddy, you’re so wonderful”

“Yes, ladies, yes I know”

“Oh Teddy, how do you do it?  How can you be so manly and rugged and… fit?”

“Family secret, my dear birdlings, I cannot tell”

“Oh please, Teddy, please won’t you share?  We want to shower you with kisses, you’re so wonderful!”

“Well fine then, I will tell you.  Werewolves, my lovelies.  Your dear Teddy…. Ted.  Your dear Ted is the son of a werewolf.  Not to fear, he’s no danger to society.  Except for when he is, being a rock star and all.  But he is no animal.  Except when, you know, he needs to be.  Yeah… Rowr.   Rrrrrrrrawr.  Grrrrrrr. Awooo!  Grrrrrwwwwoooww—“

 

“THEODORE!”

 

“Merlin, Gram, do you ever knock?”

“Theodore, you are supposed to be getting ready for Kings Cross.”

“Gram, I was, I was just…”

“Just doing a lot of foolishness is what you were doing, always dancing and preening in front of your mirror like some kind of maniac.”

“I… wasn’t preening, Gram.  Really…”

“Trunk, owl, robes on now.  And Theodore, do change your hair to something civilised, I’ll not have you going through London with me looking like some kind of hooligan.  Orange was never your mother’s colour, nor is it yours.  You’re fourteen now, it is time you started acting a bit more mature.  Come along.”

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Comments

[werewolfsfan.livejournal.com]

I love your Teddy here! Utterly teen aged and perfect!

[isola-lives.livejournal.com]

:) Thanks much! I'm sorry it has taken me so long to respond here, but I do appreciate the comment. I'm so glad you enjoyed!

[werewolfsfan.livejournal.com]

No worries about the late comment. By now, I didn't remember why I loved this so I came back and enjoyed it all over again!

[isola-lives.livejournal.com]

Thank you for reccing my fic, I very much appreciate it. I haven't put a lot of my scribblings out there yet, this is such an established fandom and as much as I've hung out on the sidelines over the years, I'm frankly a bit daunted. (breath) So. It is very nice for things to be appreciated! Might I friend you, maybe possibly?

[werewolfsfan.livejournal.com]

I would love to be your friend! Actually, I re-read this for the umpeenth time and I really think you should cross post it to yay_potterkids if you don't mind. That's a kid safe community so the moderator, leochi, requires the stories and art posted there directly instead of being linked to LJ that contain adult content. However, I believe it will be appreciated by the lovely people that are working on building a collection of G to PG rated fics and art that most revolve around kids, pets, family and school. 'Cause I really, really luv this and want teen Teddy to have the fangirl squees that he deserves!

[isola-lives.livejournal.com]

:D Friended you back!!

I am definitely going to post to that comm, it sounds delightful! At the moment, most of the Teddy stuff I've got saved up is very family friendly, (I just can't bring myself to write darker/more mature stuff about him right now) so that seems perfect.

And oh yes, Teddy wants the fangirl squees. He thanks you for your deep concern at this present deficiency in his life.

[tinytexans.livejournal.com]

So flipping funny!!!!

[isola-lives.livejournal.com]

^_^ thank you.

[paya27.livejournal.com]

I love it. Very fun and light hearted. It made me happy to read such a normal and well adjusted Teddy. Really nice work :)

And, thanks to werewolfsfan for the rec at The New Library :)

[isola-lives.livejournal.com]

Aww, thank you! Yeah, the Teddy I have living in my head is just... another guy. Bit of a spazz maybe, but there you are.

Another thanks to werewolfsfan for the rec! I'm a new writer (tho a very long-time lurker in the fandom), so the fact that anyone is reading these is a big pile of awesome. Pray tell, where has this been rec'ed? :D

[werewolfsfan.livejournal.com]

the_new_library is a site to recognize stories and writers who don't have a lot of reviews and hopefully garner them some. Because everyone like to be recognized and life is too short to waste on bad fic! Here's the link:
http://community.livejournal.com/the_new_library/140867.html#cutid1

[isola-lives.livejournal.com]

Fab! Thanks again!!