always in my head, you've got me enraptured. little ship thingies because sometimes i'm not strong enough and i think too hard about my faves. ft carlos, colt, and court as they are the most prominent in my head. the high rankers and the guy also really heavily in my head right nyeow. my c-squad. those are my specialest of guys and they make me sick and i love them so so so much :( (i love all of my mains don't get it twisted)
before the events of re3, they'd like to come back to their shared quarters and do nothing but sleep. because a lot of the time, the missions they'd do (whether this is before or during their time in umbrella) are. well. obviously very physically and mentally taxing. but they'd be tired enough to not give a damn about a shower. its like. chloë hits the bed first and she's dragging carlos beside her. he lays on top of her. it's a miracle they get all the weaponry and shit off of them first before they decide to sleep on each other for the next day.
post-re3 thing though; their lives are a lot more comfortable. they have a lot more steady footing not being associated with umbrella anymore. of course, they'd have to keep a low profile and whatnot because there are risks involved, and there are the possibilities that some faction of umbrella could find them...but otherwise, they're on better footing now. carlos is the kinda guy who takes chloë to meet every one of their new neighbors despite her being really awkward.
i like to believe that carlos has relatives that are still alive. i like to think his parents are still okay somehow. and his younger siblings are okay. they knew my grandparents because blah blah lore stuff (slight lore change though i let my grandma live so she's still around and keeps helping carlos' family) so they return to them after the events of re3. and its like. both parties are super happy to have them back. and in that process they learn Wow A Relationship Formed! and carlos and chloë get the familial teasing that makes them both want to get hit by a bus.
during the events of re3 there's a lot of silly banter between carlos and chloë. in general carlos' lines are really stupid (FUNNY! he's very entertaining) so it's like he'll say something really stupid and chloë pans her head in his direction and tells him. ew. shut up. what the hell was that. oh dear god he's at it again.
also in the events of re3, they'd probably have like. gameplay moments where they could heal each other. just a silly thought. made me smile.
since re3 progresses with the years, carlochlo is somewhere in the 40s as of currently! i like to think their life is a lot more peaceful and they spend a lot of time doing really mundane couple shit. but i really want a carlos comeback so i also really entertain the thought that they go and help out the other characters from time to time if they need it. in my head, they've helped out leon and jill in the events of death island. i also love entertaining the thought that they catch wind of luis being in danger in the events of re4 and they take a trip to sorta help him out. because that's their best friend. and sometimes their third (since i entertain polyamory..).
they both do stunts. so you know what that means. WOUND TENDING! in their younger years when they were still new to this scene, they both had a tendency to kinda brush off help in favor of looking cool in front of each other. chloë says getting her arm absolutely smashed in didn't even hurt and she feels great. colt crashes out of the windshield of a truck for a stunt and hits the floor pretty hard. says it was nothing he can't handle. with them currently, they're older. not that they're not as spry as they used to be, far from. but i mean if you're married for a long while, you don't need that front anymore. stunt is perfected? okay get over here let me patch your wounds. chloë may smack a bandaid onto colt's forehead though and be like "ah i shouldn't do that. whoops." he doesn't mind too much though, colt usually laughs.
despite both being born and accustomed to hotter climates (i've never been to florida so i genuinely have no idea how hot it gets there), only one of them grew up to retain heat tolerance. colt and chloë mutually grew, and the sun/heat had little of an effect on him. for her, she would get rather fatigued or have a headache because of it. colt's somehow got an umbrella on standby for chloë.
colt loves his coffee, chloë can live without it. she will be awake several minutes before colt may wake up and she makes him coffee. fine tuned to how he likes it, if the resources are available. so he just wakes up and there's a cup of coffee near him. usually cooling down. what a morning!
i doooo think colt sustained some. prolonged issues after breaking his back but i couldn't tell you anything specific because i don't know anything specific other than really bad back aches and the muscles there probably are fucked up. but he still functions pretty well during the movie so if anything it might be momentary hindrances rather than a constant thorn in his side. that being said, if there's a flare up, you know chloë's at his side trying to tend to it as best as she can. even if that means trying to twist him in a really strange position to help him pop his back.
chloë tends to worry a lot about colt leaving her (canon events in the movie. happened out of shame if i remember correctly. if not then i will update [eventually] but. tldr big fail that wasn't his fault was so detrimental to him that he just hid from everyone he knew) a lot. reckon she finds him a lot sooner than anyone else does in the movie, it still incites a lot of paranoia. and i can't even sugar coat it he feels bad about it frequently but he knows the best he can offer is reassurance that he's staying by her side.
you know sometimes they just roughhouse each other. make no mistake chloë is not frail and has a major complex over being seen as such. and colt will entertain this. happily. yes i think he would. if my wife could randomly lift me off the floor unexpectedly with how she looks even if it's for five seconds i'd never underestimate her either. also colt being a fan of her gaining weight HELLO!
ship thoughts: courtchlo (he'll finally be referred to by name here. i think i'm finally comfortable enough to start using his name/tagging his name LOL. anyone curious though this was 🩶, huge thanks to zale and alexis making me more comfy. my beloved shmoopie)
hi yeah my favorite mess of a 30 year old. i do not think he gets proper rest. he is an assassin. kinda had his hands tied into being one. and is also a man of defense. i do not think court gets proper rest. neither of them do to be honest. but in between moments where things are calm and no higher ups are being demanding, chloë will be watching tv and she has court's head on her lap. she'll scratch his head to help him sleep.
his father figure was definitely aware of the relationship before anyone else was. didn't know chloë was a woman though. he was like i support you court. court's like oh uh thanks yeah that's my wife. and fitzroy is like oh that's a woman. okay. very nice. oh yeah i kinda recognize her now that i think about it. im like yeah i'm the person who you were confused even ended up here. before he retired fitzroy would pair them up intentionally though.
i added court for a reason and i'll keep it vague. certain mentions of certain things make me remember certain experiences and i will kind of. remember it for longer than i like. so in this case. chloë hears a mention of something and it makes her remember this experience from when she was way younger. though she mentions it casually, it makes court feel pissed off more than he shows and he kinda. locates the person. who did the thing. and beats the shit out of them. and chloë literally has no idea but would probably be appreciative.
relaaating to movie events though. while he is on the run. their banter is shown more. not even because high on adrenaline or nerves they just kinda start back-and-forthing a lot. chloë helping court into a safe space and he'll be like. woman get behind the damn wall they'll see you. she throws gauze in his direction and tells him to shut up while she keeps an eye out. also semi related she will take control of fighting people if it means court gets 5 minutes of peace to like. not bleed. and i won't lie he'll trust her before he gets back on his feet to help (because he'd never forgive himself for his wife dying on his behalf).
i like to believe they get more moments of peace after. movie specific events (book is probably a different story). so one of the things they enjoy doing together is getting to see fireflies. court just happens to see a bunch light up and he finds it mesmerizing. especially since he didn't grow up exactly pleasantly. and chloë stares at the bugs like ah yeah very cool (bug enthusiast has a great reaction. literally just ah cool) and sees court staring in amazement. she loves that. probably picks one up and places it in his hand and he thinks it's cool as hell.
they like to match outfits. except it tends to be unintentional. if they're scheduled for a mission, it's intentional so they can recognize each other better. otherwise if they have to change clothing to appear inconspicuous after anything they had to do, then they unintentionally match. court and chloë look at each other like "we're in sync apparently." and you could totally believe them. love it when couples match y'know.
