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1. this isn’t what you want/it’s only how you feel by VastVastVast

   Fandoms: Young Avengers (Comics), Marvel (Comics)  

   • Not Rated
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M, M/M
   • Complete Work

   02 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Eli Bradley/Tommy Shepherd
   • Kate Bishop/Eli Bradley
   • Kate Bishop/Eli Bradley/Tommy Shepherd
   • except not except kind of. all of these relationship tags are very loose and complicated
   • Kate Bishop & Eli Bradley
   • Eli Bradley & Tommy Shepherd
   • Teddy Altman & Kate Bishop & Eli Bradley & Billy Kaplan & Cassie Lang & Tommy Shepherd
   • Eli Bradley & Billy Kaplan
   • Billy Kaplan & Tommy Shepherd
   • Kate Bishop/Tommy Shepherd
   • Kate Bishop & Tommy Shepherd
   • Eli Bradley & Cassie Lang
   • Teddy Altman & Eli Bradley
   • Eli Bradley
   • Tommy Shepherd
   • Kate Bishop
   • Billy Kaplan
   • Teddy Altman (Marvel)
   • Cassie Lang
   • yeah okay this is gonna be a hard one to tag. uh
   • Introspection
   • Character Analysis
   • Character Study
   • Eli Bradley-Centric
   • Tommy Shepherd-centric
   • Unhealthy Relationships
   • Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms
   • every decision any character makes in this fic is a bad one btw
   • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
   • Implied Sexual Content
   • Dubious Consent
   • in that he does consent but only bc he thinks he has no other choice
   • Cheating
   • between kind of everyone tbh. but mostly from Kate
   • love triangle that’s kind of the worst most absolute dogshit attempt at polyamory ever MAJOR rip
   • Protective Billy Kaplan
   • an honestly uncomfortable amount of Eli fantasizing about Tommy for me an asexual to have written
   • Tommy wants no part in this and really wishes Eli and Kate would stop involving him btw
   • Hurt Tommy Shepherd
   • Hopeful Ending
   • everything until then is just absolutely terrible tho
   • Eli Bradley’s deep-rooted need for control
   • Eli Bradley’s terrible decision making
   • Eli Bradley should do literally anything except for what he does do
   • Non-Explicit Sex
   • Lack of Communication
   • Obsessive Behavior
   • look it’s real complicated and messy but the basic premise is that Eli gets sick of Kate cheating w Tommy and gives it a go himself
   • without really giving Tommy a say in the matter. somewhat unintentionally
   • everyone here makes bad decisions at every turn
   • Canon-Typical Injuries
   • Canon-typical cheating

   Summary

   There’s something infuriating about Tommy Shepherd.

   There are many things infuriating about Tommy Shepherd, actually— Eli doubts he could even name them all. It’s everything Tommy does, everything about who he is. It’s the fact that he never listens to orders and drops a plan the second he feels like it. It’s the way he plays fast and loose with the law like it’s a game to him. It’s the fact that he doesn’t care what anyone else thinks, it’s the fact that he doesn’t care what anyone else thinks of him. It’s the way he stares at Kate whether she’s looking or not, gentle eyes and a lopsided smirk like she’s allowed to mean something to him. It’s the way Kate stares at him back, dark eyes half-lidded and amused, teeth digging into her grinning lips.

   It’s the fact that he’s in love with Eli’s girlfriend and doesn’t even have the decency to care.

    

   Or,
   Eli doesn’t fall in love with Tommy Shepherd.
   Tommy doesn’t fall in love with him back.
   It ends badly.

   Language:

   English

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