teddy + booster.
He laughed gently at Booster's reply but his mind had wandered elsewhere. At the pros and cons of finally making a move. There wasn't any question on whether or not he wanted to - if anything having had to say goodbye to Booster twice, the pain only solidified and made his feelings for the other man more glaringly obvious. The hesitation Ted felt was at the very real future that Booster had ahead of him - a family. One that Ted wasn't, and couldn't, be a part of. At least not in their actual timeline.
As the countdown closed on midnight, he considered the fact that he was more than willing to call Night Vale home - and Booster seemed more than complacent to do the same. They could always... cross that difficult bridge if needed, like they had in the past, but why waste a good thing? Why waste an opportunity when it was basically handed to you on a silver, but strange, platter?
Ted reached again for Booster's suit jacket and had every intention of finally planting one on his best friend— but just as he made his move, some stranger excitedly appeared out of nowhere, threw her arms around Booster's neck, and captured his lips first.
Beetle's eyebrows shot up and his mouth fell open in shock.
The pause was only for a few seconds as it sunk in just what was happening, before Ted burst out into an uproar of a laugh. "Bwah-haha-hahaha!"