Pangkey tax benefits wedding as planned but then they’re like Convinced that they’re straight right. Cool, #straight, #taxfraud, #heterosexuality
But then uhhhh whoops, trPangi is in bed staring up at the ceiling because he can’t sleep because he suddenly remembered that trLukey is asleep in the room next to his and, for whatever reason, he feels like there’s a rope tied around his chest pulling at him. An uncomfortable sensation in his gut that he’s only ever felt before when watching his teammates die on Lifesteal. An itch under his skin and an insistent poking at his brain and a weird sensation in his legs like they want to move
And one day Lukey is hanging at spawn with Aimsey and Beky when he sees Pangi down the road laughing at something Ros is telling him, and for some reason any words Lukey had in his throat have jumped out of his mouth and killed themselves. The sun hits Pangi’s hair in just the right way to make it look like it’s on fire, and he has smile lines on his face, and his laugh sounds like- it’s nice, okay? And Beky and Aimsey are groaning about yaoi, but Lukey can’t hear them because, for some reason, all he can hear is Pangi
Pangi uses his teleportation stick and teleports Lukey to him from across the map. Lukey lands right in Pangi’s arms with a scream because he was just flying and- and he looks down and sees Pangi’s surprised grin, and he can feel Pangi’s muscles shift as he tries to accommodate for Lukey’s weight. And Pangi sees Lukey with his hair all messy from flying and his cheeks and nose and ears bitten red from the high altitude he was just at and it’s like. He should put Lukey down, but it’s like. You know?
And they’re walking in the lab together, arguing about the water filtering system they still need to put together for the alchemy farm, and Lukey pushes Pangi to the side, and Pangi grabs Lukey’s hand to keep himself upright, and Lukey gets pulled by that against Pangi’s side, and Pangi stumbles again, and Lukey stands back up, and they start arguing again- this time about whatever just happened. And they keep holding hands as they bicker their way to the storage room because neither wants to be the first to let go and be made fun of for it
And Lukey is placing red wool on the side of Yellow’s walls in the shape of Bad’s head, Pangi drawing SpongeBob out of yellow wool down the way. On a whim, Lukey makes a little heart towards the ground. Pangi, when Lukey goes to sheer some more sheep, comes and secretly adds a ‘P + L’ next to it. He thinks it’s a joke, but he smiles when Lukey sees it and ‘Awww’s
And they’re eating dinner in Yellow’s kitchen, Ros off with Aimsey somewhere and thus unable to stop them from eating all the good stuff and throwing the rest into some fire. Lukey is drinking some wine, and Pangi is teasing him for it. But they could only find one glass, so they’re sharing. One sip for Lukey, one for Pangi. It’s like an indirect kiss, but it’s not, because-. They’re kicking each other under the table, smiling and joking and bickering. At one point, Lukey’s hand finds Pangi’s over the table, and they pass the wine glass between them, and there’s five stacks of tnt in Pangi’s inventory and a potion belt filled with Corruption vials in Lukey’s. Pangi has his ax, Lukey has his trident, they’re in matching armor with matching trims, and they are not indirectly kissing
And then, finally, one night, Pangi moves his bed into Lukey’s room, declares that Lukey’s room is now Pangi’s room, and lays on top of Lukey when he tries to argue about it. Pangi feels light as a feather as he pretends to snore, his face tucked into the side of Lukey’s neck. The fingers already tangled in Pangi’s hair are gentle, and the body attached to them is relaxed despite this sudden intrusion. An arm falls across Pangi’s back, holding him close, and it’s fine because this is just what married people do:
A kiss to Pangi’s temple, hesitant. A murmured ‘I love you’, scared. A hum of acknowledgment, of understanding, of shared fear. New territory for the both of them, but an adventure they’re willing to undergo together