this is my first time writing a drabble. please go easy. enjoy :) for @baeheffron, @diosia and @ruinsrebuilt
Title: We’ll Be Fine Pairing: Chuck/Babe, mentions of Chuck/Liebgott & Chuck/Liebgott/Babe Word count: 333 words Sometimes,Chuck has to remind himself not to stare at Babe. But he can’t help himself. His eyes are just drawn to the Philly native. Joe has started to notice the staring but instead of getting jealous, he has started teasing Chuck about it. “You know you’re starting look like a love sick puppy right? Should I feel threatened?”
Chuck shakes his head, knowing full well that Joe is just joking around. Joe knows he has nothing to worry about. Besides, Chuck has caught the other man staring at Babe just as often.
While they wait in the dark, cold basement for their start time, Chuck is once again drawn to Babe. He sees Babe in a quiet corner staring ahead, eyes focusing on something that is not really there. Joe and him have seen that look on the younger man’s face plenty of times, mostly in bed right before Babe drifts off to sleep. They asked him about it once. All they got in return was just a shake of the head and a soft, “it’s nothing.”
Everyone in that basement knows that this could end badly; they could end up losing another one of their brothers. Chuck wishes Joe was here. The man has this amazing ability to calm Chuck’s nerves without even saying anything and that is what he needs right now. But Joe needs to ready the guns to cover them when they make their retreat. And frankly, Chuck is glad because that means he’s not coming on this suicide mission. All Chuck wants is for Joe to be safe and if it means having to go on this idiotic mission without his… whatever, then so be it.
With a soft sigh, Chuck walked towards Babe and sat right next to him, shoulders barely touching. If Babe was startled by the the sudden presence,he didn’t show. Chuck gently snaked his arm around Babe’s shoulder, pulling him closer. Babe visibly relaxed and sank into Chuck’s side.
“You’ll be fine. We’ll be fine.”