#get affection and love (/qp) by two people who are nice to her

[almost-correct-quotes]

"We're just in love with the idea of being loved. And if we can teach a guy like Jeff to do it, we'll never be unloved." is a genuine annie edison quote. and we're supposed to believe she's straight after saying the most aromantic thing possible

[unaugmentedmonkeyscantfly]

Alphabet ~ F I T Z

Valentine’s Alphabet (accepting)

F   :   FLIRT.   is your muse good at flirting? how do they flirt?

oh no he is not good at flirting at all, not at the onset of a relationship, not starting it.  But once he’s in one, once he knows he kind of things his partner likes, he is definitely smooth...ish.  He’s always going to be dorky, puns and science metaphors, but the most earnest thing he does is genuinely compliment someone.  He doesn’t flirt like you normally think of it, with pick-up lines or allusions to sex (odds are that unless you’re close, he’s not going to be sexually interested anyway, so that works in his favor), but “wow, you look nice” type comments that come from the heart are a big part of the attention you get when you’re the object of his affection.

I    :   I LOVE YOU.   does your muse find ‘i love you’ easy or hard to say?

Both. To the people he already knows reciprocate, he will say it over and over again, but the first time (and the first few weeks) saying it is incredibly hard.  He never knows if his heart is about to get stomped on or if he’s going to open a wonderful door to a beautiful future.

T   :   TRUE LOVE.   does your muse believe in true love?

He believes in true love with all the enthusiasm of a poet.  He will pursue it, even if he knows it doesn’t always have to be romantic, he knows that it can save lives and protect the world, and some times it keeps him going when he feels like he has nothing left.  Oh, yes, Leopold Fitz believes in true love.

Z   :   ZZZ.   how many people has your muse slept with?

That...is a matter of some perspective.  Because his real flesh body, only Simmons--he was never attracted to anyone else that way and never wanted to experiment--but he has memories of the Framework, of him and Madame Hydra, who were as in love as the two of them could possibly have been.  And there, too, it was only ever her.  He just never wanted to try with someone else when he knew from the moment that he met either woman in his respective different lives that there would never be any other puzzle piece.*

*of course, AUs in which he and Simmons are QP and other ships are happening (tagged ct: there are other stars in the sky besides the sun) are exceptions, replacing Simmons as a sexual partner