[ he settles on the stool, releasing loki to do so, and hooks an ankle over one of the rungs. the question surprises him, but maybe it shouldn't.. he and teddy were already together by the time loki met them, after all. ]

Um.. we were both about fifteen, just before we started the Young Avengers thing. [ he curls a finger into one of the curls falling across his brow, brushing it away a moment later. ] I'd been, you know, bullied because I'm gay, and my powers decided to first manifest when the worst of them was giving me shit. Teddy found me later.