#( plot headcanon. )

[connorhq]

INVOLVED: Connor Hudson & Abigail Weston ( @gail-hq ) / Mentions of Penelope McCarthy ( @penny-hq ) 

DATE & TIME: July 18th, late night. July 19th, morning. 

LOCATION: Abigail’s apartment. 

WARNINGS: Drunk Connor, drunk Gail, questionable decisions. 

It was weird to not see Gail every day at his apartment, eating his food, stealing his blankets, promising to steal Beau. They were in a weird spot after his drunken confessions about what had happened with Marley, and he was only seeing Gail around because of Carole. So with a bottle of wine in hand, Connor made his way to Gai’s apartment - which was fucking huge, by the way. Much bigger than his own. That wasn’t the point, though. The point was that he needed to tell Gail he missed her, that he was sorry, that he took back whatever had happened between them that made them get to this point in their friendship. 

Gail had already been drinking though and he thought, why not get to the point where she was already at? One drink led to another and then to her kissing him in a way she hadn’t kissed him after their first and only date when they’d first met. 

In the morning, Connor’s head was pounding and he quickly wondered why the fuck he was waking up in another bed that wasn’t his. He was also naked, which wasn’t new to him, but he hadn’t slept with anyone since the last time he’d slept with Penny. Except his bedmate wasn’t Penny, and he found himself disappointed that it was another brunette with whom he’d shared a night. For a second, he wondered what that meant. 

And then he realized that - Oh. Well, shit. Fuck. That brunette he’d shared a night with was Gail. 

To play it off as if it was nothing, Connor attempted to make a joke which only led to Gail throwing something at his head. He deserved that. Though she wanted to kick him out, before she did so he reminded her of why he’d come over in the first place. He wanted her back in his life and missed her spending time in his apartment. 

“I’ll be home waiting for you. You know it’s your home too.” 

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[connorhq]

INVOLVED: Connor Hudson & Abigail Weston ( @gail-hq )

DATE & TIME: July 9th, late night. 

LOCATION: Connor’s apartment. 

WARNINGS: Drunk Connor? 

It wasn’t unusual for Connor and Gail to have dinner together and especially not unusual for him to have cooked said dinner. It also wasn’t unusual for them to drink a little afterward, only this time they were drinking a little too much. It wasn’t just a casual glass of wine, it was more and more alcohol being consumed by both of them. And the questions! Gail had a lot of questions about him and Penny, apparently. That was weird to him because there was nothing going on with him and Penny. So what if they had gone to see Spider-Man together? So what if they’d had a late night dinner afterward? So what if she was the only person outside of his family that knew about his father... right? They were just friends. 

He had a thing for Marley. He liked her, cared for her and wanted to make her happy. He thought she was the most wonderful person he’d met, but she didn’t see him in the same light that he saw her. It sucked. It really did. It sucked even more to notice the looks she gave Ollie. It was a fucking bummer to see them sharing a blanket, smiling without a damn care in the world. It sucked! It wasn’t a good feeling to see her smile in a way he hadn’t seen her smile before. He knew he was whining and that Gail hadn’t signed up for it, but it was a shitty feeling to see the person you had a thing for have a thing for someone else. He knew he should’ve said something to Marley, but he was talking to his friend. Drunkenly, but she was still someone he trusted. 

While he continued to drink, he continued to talk about how much of a bummer it was to feel like this. “Why were you asking about Penny?” he asked before closing his eyes and falling asleep, not having noticed the murderous look that Gail had which was unlike her usual murderous look. 

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[connorhq]

INVOLVED: Connor Hudson & Penelope McCarthy ( @penny-hq​ ) 

DATE & TIME: July 2nd, late night. 

LOCATION: Penelope’s apartment. 

WARNINGS: Slight mentions of death. 

Ever since Connor and Penelope met, they’d always hit it off. It was more than just a hook-up or a booty call because they were genuinely friends, but he never really wanted to categorize it as friends with benefits, either. That was solidified after watching the newest Spider-Man movie together and heading to one of their favorite diners still buzzing at how great the movie had been. It was late, but they didn’t care. They spent a while at the diner, talking about the movie and wondering what Marvel would come up with next, especially after that mid-credits scene. 

A little tired but still feeling good about the movie and the food at the diner, he and Penelope made their way back to her apartment. Often, they would end up in bed after shedding their clothes, but not this time. This time, they laid in her bed while their dogs also snuggled and began talking. Connor never talked about his family. Well, he talked about how close he and Finn have always been and about how much he loves his mother, but he never brought up his father. The most he’d ever really told anyone had been that Christopher had been in the military, but he’d never gone into detail about what had happened while he’d been overseas. But he told Penelope. He went into detail about what had happened, what they’d told Carole when they knocked at their door, what he’d been feeling at the funeral and thereafter, how not having a father while growing up had made him want to be a father... and how he feared he never would become one. 

Penelope opened up to him as well, which was really nice to hear and especially nice to know she trusted him with things kept close to her heart. They’d never fully scratched the surface and they’d never gotten this deep before, but it was good to know things he could tell she hadn’t told anyone. Especially things about her family and her own father. It was a good feeling to know that through it all, they were there for one another. 

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INVOLVED: Connor Hudson & Marley Rose. 

DATE & TIME: June 21st, evening into late night. 

LOCATION: Arcade, Italian Restaurant, Karaoke Bar, Outside of Marley’s apartment. 

WARNINGS: None.

After Marley agreed to go on a date with him, Connor had quickly planned something that he thought she would enjoy. It wasn’t something he was used to, but he figured that someone like her needed something... special. So, he took her to Dave & Buster’s where they were both very (extremely?) competitive with one another and where he constantly teased her until she beat him at Guitar Hero. And badly at that. Once it had gotten a little later and they both got hungry, he took her to an Italian restaurant - it wasn’t that fancy, but it was still a pretty nice place. It was still somewhat romantic. Because of their love for music and their seemingly constant need to break out into song, Connor planned to end their night at a karaoke bar. With two people like them, he figured that it was the only way to end their date.

Once it was a little late and they were tired but still buzzing from the night, Connor walked Marley back to her door and nervously, very hesitantly, asked if he could kiss her. Though he knew it was nothing and that it was just a simple kiss with no strings attached, he still couldn’t help but feel something when she said yes and their lips finally met.