Hellcat- What if He-Man made a Freudian Slip in Teela's presence. How would she react to figuring out his secret and how would the truth impact their relationship.

Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. I do not own, have any holdings, nor profit from anything He-Man, She-Ra, and MOTU nor Filmation, Mattel, or MYP related. I wanted to write a story based loosely on two of my favorite Filmation He-Man episodes namely "The Problem with Power" and "Pawns of the Game Master". I'm a huge Teela/Adam/He-Man romance fan and always hoped that the show would continue to explore a romantic relationship between these characters. I was encouraged by Hooked to write my own Adam/He-Man/Teela story so here it goes. Thanks Hooked. My Adam and Teela are older than portrayed in Filmation. They are roughly in their late 20's. I am keeping the rating as an M, so that I won't need to change it later on. Please note I have never written anything like this before. Please R/R.

A/N: Dear readers if you are reading this story after 1/8/18 please note the updates to chapters 1-4 are just corrections.

Chapter 1

Teela, Captain of the Guard of the Royal Palace of Eternia rode her Skysled toward Skeletor and the Goblin Gate. She had just left the Royal Palace, where her father the king's Man-At-Arms was meeting with King Randor and Prince Adam, discussing Skeletor's plan to bring forth the Goblin Army. Teela had overheard her father state to the King that He-Man was unable to lend his aide to Eternia anymore. Therefore, she took it upon herself to pay Old Bone Face a visit and bring him a mesotronic bomb. She hoped that she would be able to singlehandedly stop the Goblin Army from arriving, because if she didn't, Eternia was surely doomed.

As she soared through the sky, Teela's thoughts turned to Grayskull's Warrior, Champion of Good and Defender of all Eternians. She contemplated not only her father's admission that He-Man was unavailable to help them with their current predicament; but also a recent personal question he had asked her. A few days before, she had admitted to him that she cared about him and he also admitted the same thing. Later in the day, when the Game Master was defeated (surprisingly with the help of Prince Adam), He-Man asked her what type of man she was interested in. Teela was initially shocked at his question, because aside from some innocent flirting between the two over the years, he had always maintained a strictly professional relationship with her. Teela was not used to people asking her personal questions, particularly not about her love life or from people she was attracted to. She was used to personal questions from Prince Adam, but not He-Man. However, due to the nature of their relationship and her secret crush on him, Teela answered him as honestly as she could. She told him that her ideal man was one with wit (like Prince Adam) and courage (like him); however, she was unsure if she would ever find a man like that. Although she was not a romantic and like her father did not plan on marrying (at least any time soon), Teela hoped she didn't sound foolish or inexperienced to him.

What happened after Teela landed her Skysled, whistled to some Goblins, and was brought in front of Skeletor occurred so quickly, she did not have time to prepare or react. She made her ultimatum to Skeletor who then blasted her with an energy beam. This knocked Teela off her feet and set off the timer on the bomb. Luckily for her, He-Man appeared in the nick of time to save her. Although, she was extremely grateful for his presence, Teela was embarrassed that she had to rely on this golden Adonis to save her once again. Teela did not liken herself to a damsel in distress, but it seemed that no matter what she did, she needed rescuing by her secret crush. Once, he had even climbed all the way down into the Abyss surrounding Castle Grayskull to save her sorry ass. As if that wasn't bad enough, here he was again, in all his practically naked glory (oh, Ancients why did he have to wear such little clothing), to rectify her unsuccessful plans. Next thing she knew, the bomb detonated, Skeletor used his magic to teleport himself back to Snake Mountain, and He-Man scooped her into his extremely muscular warm arms and made a mad dash away from the collapsing debris from the once erect Goblin Gate. He-Man rushed to put great distance between them and the destruction wrought upon by the mesotronic bomb; however, they got caught up in the mêlée of rocks and debris. Teela and He-Man were both covered from head to toe by the rocks. Teela did not remember how or when he lifted her out of the debris, for when she regained consciousness she was in his arms again, pressed possessively against his chest listening to his erratic heartbeat with her nose in the nook of his neck inhaling deeply of his uniquely spicy and woody scent.