[He can't admit it to her. How just a couple years ago, that was exactly what he used his power for. Not just to impersonate his heroes and gain the attention he desperately needed, but to hide his true form, the form he was never sure of and practically hated, the form that he thought no one wanted. Because who could ever like Teddy Altman when they could have anyone they ever wanted?
It was a dark time for him. And while finding a good use for his power, friends who enjoyed him for the true self he didn't enjoy, someone who loved him for who he was - while all of that was good, he still has one foot in that dark spot. Sometimes he falls back on it. Sometimes he wants to hide again.
It's too personal, and it's not something he wants to discuss. So he shifts back, becoming himself once more (because people like him for him now, he doesn't have to think he's a pathetic screw-up anymore) and trying to smile.]
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... Mmm.
[He can't admit it to her. How just a couple years ago, that was exactly what he used his power for. Not just to impersonate his heroes and gain the attention he desperately needed, but to hide his true form, the form he was never sure of and practically hated, the form that he thought no one wanted. Because who could ever like Teddy Altman when they could have anyone they ever wanted?
It was a dark time for him. And while finding a good use for his power, friends who enjoyed him for the true self he didn't enjoy, someone who loved him for who he was - while all of that was good, he still has one foot in that dark spot. Sometimes he falls back on it. Sometimes he wants to hide again.
It's too personal, and it's not something he wants to discuss. So he shifts back, becoming himself once more (because people like him for him now, he doesn't have to think he's a pathetic screw-up anymore) and trying to smile.]
So we were heading for the library...?