Gordo and Mark go together ‘not as dates’, but they are quite clearly there as dates and fooling no one.
The amount of times they have helped fix each other’s ties without either’s ties ever being out of place is not subtle.
The only ones they’re fooling is themselves.
But everyone lets them get away with it because it is progress and they are glad and don’t want them backtracking again.
Gordo gives Ox away.
And stops to give Joe the shovel talk right then and there.
Elizabeth gives Joe away.
Well, Elizabeth and Carter and Kelly give Joe away.
Mark lets them handle it because there’s not a lot of Joe left to give away.
Joe’s vows are long and detailed and graphic at times.
The shop boys and Jessie laugh about some of them.
Gordo kind of cringes because he does not want to hear this.
Carter and Kelly keep interrupting to say that they do not need to hear this.
But Carter’s laughing and everyone’s in a good mood, even if they didn’t need to hear that much information.
Elizabeth helped find Joe the perfect outfit for the wedding.
Joe was very careful to make sure that everything was perfect for the wedding and Elizabeth helped a lot.
Because Joe didn’t trust anyone else to not mess up his and Ox’s wedding and he needs everything absolutely perfect for his mate.
Joe and Elizabeth even made the wedding cake together.
Well, they made a few wedding cakes.
And then Joe picked the best one.
On top of the wedding cake are little wolf figures instead of grooms in suits.
Joe wears a bow tie to the wedding and Ox’s mouth goes dry when he sees him.
Robbie is trying to pay attention to the wedding.
He really is.
But Kelly looks particularly good in his suit and so Robbie is distracted.
And Kelly wonders why Robbie keeps glaring at him while he is trying to watch his brother’s wedding.
Of course, we have to have the throwing the bouquet thing.
Ox and Joe throw it together after making everybody get ready to try to catch it.
Joe: Seriously, get over there. This is my wedding and I am your alpha. You are not going to ruin this for me. I’m your alpha. Listen to me! ...Ox! Make Gordo get over there!
Ox gives Gordo a look and Gordo doesn’t really want to go over there, but fine it is their wedding, so he will go stand there for thirty seconds and endure this torture.
He crosses his arms and waits for it to be over.
He has absolutely zero desire to catch the bouquet.
In fact, if he thought there was any chance he was going to catch it, he would have dodged it.
But nature loves Gordo and Gordo is sure Ox’s aim was intentional.
Because the bouquet landed in Gordo’s crossed arms.
And he insisted, “I don’t want this.”
But no one would take it from him.
And Gordo ended up throwing the bouquet at Carter’s head when Carter asked, “Why don’t you try giving it to Mark? If you get married soon enough, maybe you can save it for your wedding.”
Ox is kind of sad that Maggie isn’t there to see the wedding.
But he knows that she would be proud of him.
And he knows that she would be happy to see him happy with Joe.
And even if he didn’t know it on his own, he would certainly know it after Elizabeth, Gordo, and Mark all separately pull him aside to tell him that.
(Gordo and Ox both tear up and pretend not to notice each other’s tears during that conversation.)
The same three also individually pull Joe aside to tell him how proud of him and happy for him Thomas would be.
Even Gordo tells him in a few words.
It’s awkward and Gordo walks away and doesn’t talk to Joe for over an hour after that.
But it means a lot to Joe that Gordo went out of his way to make sure he knew.
And it means a lot to Ox that Gordo went out of the way for Joe and he’s so glad that they (awkwardly) get along now.
There’s a moment during the dancing that Ox thinks about Maggie again and remembers dancing in the kitchen with her and he starts to get blue.
But he has his pack there.
And his husband.
And Elizabeth dances with him.
And Ox knows that his mom would want him to be happy now, not sad.
So when Joe drags him away from Elizabeth to dance with him, Ox doesn’t hold onto the sadness.
And he doesn’t let himself feel guilty for being happy without her because he knows that’s not what she would want.
And he’s just so so happy as he dances with his husbandmatepackfamily.
The wedding is late enough in the day that they start off dancing as humans, but when it gets dark enough some of them turn into wolves and the pack howls together and dances to their own happy songs.
Joe and Ox don’t go away for their honeymoon.
They stay on their pack’s land, but at the old house.
That way they can stay close to their pack in case anything important comes up, but the pack still leaves them a few days alone together.
They’re fine with the newlyweds spending all their time together for the rest of the week.
Just as long as they’re back in time for Sunday dinner.
And of course they are back in time, but not a moment earlier.
And the strength of their scents on each other is something else when they show up.
Kevin/Allison time because I never see any content for this pairing, but honestly they would make such a power couple and judge people so hard together
Kevin and Allison hooking up eventually was kind of inevitable, but they both kept trying to convince themselves that they would never let it happen anyways
Because sure, they’re both attractive people
But it would complicate the team dynamic for sure if they slept together
And their personalities are both too big and neither wants to compromise with the other’s competing personality just because the other is hot
And Allison doesn’t want to date Kevin
And, oh god, what if she sleeps with him and then he starts following her around like he follows Andrew around?
But then one night the team goes out together and walks to a local bar
And Allison is horny beyond belief and hasn’t gotten laid in far too long
And the bar has a disastrous selection and she’s kind of disgusted with how it’s making Kevin look more and more appealing
But also, she’s pretty sure Kevin Day is only sexually interested in exy
And he’d probably have some weird exy kink
Gross
And if he even has sex, he probably makes his partners wear a fucking exy uniform
And uses exy terms for sexual things
Ugh
Allison cannot believe she is actually going to go hit on him
She tells herself it’s because he’s there and the only decently attractive option and because for some awful twisted reason she doesn’t understand she has to know if she’s right about his exy kink
And she refuses to admit the possibility that he might dare turn her down, but she figures she can always pretend it was a joke later if Kevin has a stick exy racquet shoved up his ass and doesn’t go for the idea
So, she goes over to him and her voice is all low and seductive and she can’t believe she’s wasting it on Kevin as she tells him to ditch the team and meet her back at her dorm
And then she leaves without waiting for him to react
Kevin stands there for a solid forty-five seconds trying to figure out if that really happened and if Allison was really hitting on him
And it’s not like he hasn’t thought about Allison before
She’s fucking gorgeous
Of course, he has thought about her before
But he’s also thought about what a terrible idea anything happening with her would be
And how even if it wasn’t a bad idea, he does not need a distraction
But also, he’s having a hard time remembering what could really be so awful about the idea now that Allison’s offer is on the table and he has to make a decision on what to do
He knows he’s going to have to tell her that this is a no-strings one-time thing before they start anything, but he decides to meet her
He tries to inconspicuously leave the bar when she’s been gone for a few minutes, but Neil comes over and starts talking to him
And he isn’t taking the hint that Kevin doesn’t want to talk
Kevin does not have the patience for this when Allison is waiting for him and could be starting without him
And this may be his only chance for a one-night thing with her
So, Kevin gives as short of answers as possible and Neil eventually catches on to Kevin’s bad mood enough to finally give up and walk away
Kevin sneaks out a few minutes later and starts walking back to the dorms
Allison is getting pissed at the fact that he didn’t show up and she just left the bar and any chance of other options behind to sit alone and horny, waiting for Kevin to not show up
But then there’s a knock on her door
And when she opens the door to find Kevin, she’s as relieved as she is annoyed that he made her wait so long
So she makes her tone as dismissive as possible as she says, “Took you long enough.”
And he says “Neil wouldn’t shut the fuck up and I didn’t think you’d want me telling him where I was going.”
She still sounds annoyed as she confirms “I don’t.”
But she also stops blocking the door and lets Kevin inside
Kevin says “You’re not going to try to make this a thing, are you? Because if there’s any chance of you wanting anything more than a one-night stand, then I’ll leave.”
And she tells him “Don’t flatter yourself. This is a one-time offer.”
They’re both relieved that they’re on the same page
Kevin opens his mouth to say something else, but Allison doesn’t want to talk anymore and the sound of Kevin’s voice is kind of a turn-off
So, she tells him “Shut up and take off your shirt.”
Allison practically rolls her eyes at how perfectly muscular Kevin’s chest is when his shirt comes off because of fucking course Kevin Day has the perfect physique with no secret hidden flaw that she keeps convincing herself he must have
And he looks annoyingly smug about the way she’s looking at his chest, so she starts making out with him so that she doesn’t have to look at his face and he’ll stop giving her that stupid smirk
Allison Reynolds is proud of her body and Kevin Day is by no means shy and is used to having no privacy in the Nest, so their clothes come off pretty fast and neither is particularly worried about what the other is going to think of their appearance
They’re both good in bed and Kevin doesn’t even bring any weird exy kink related suggestions up
Allison is relieved that he doesn’t, but also a little annoyed because she was sure she was right about the exy kink
And also because her dry spell lasted way too long and now Kevin is ridiculously fucking hot and ridiculously fucking good in bed and honestly, it is not fair that he doesn’t have something horribly wrong with him to keep her from wanting to sleep with him again
Other than when he opens his mouth and suddenly becomes super annoying, of course, but she finds a solution for that in bed
It turns out Kevin is not so bad when he’s got her underwear stuffed in his mouth so that he can’t talk
Afterwards, they swear to never talk about this again and swear it will never happen again
They both really believe that they can just pretend it never happened that easily
But suddenly Kevin is getting more distracted around Allison and her flashy outfits while wasting a lot of energy on making a conscious effort to not be noticeably distracted by her
And suddenly Allison is getting more distracted by Kevin and is disgusted with herself for finding him attractive and sneaking peeks at him when the team is at the gym
And neither of them is getting laid, so they think about their night together while they’re getting themselves off separately, all the while thinking that they still have this under control and definitely are not attracted to each other beyond basic lust that they can keep in check
But then, eventually, they get to the point where they decide: What the fuck, if it’s just lust and they both know that and neither of them is getting laid anywhere else, then what’s the harm in casually hooking up?
After all, it’s not like they haven’t already done it once
So, they start casually hooking up and convincing themselves that it is one hundred percent just a sex thing
But they slowly start to get used to each other and stop taking off so immediately after sex
And they even start somewhat spending time together in limited doses
And they start getting along better in front of the team, even when they’re not particularly interacting
And, what the fuck, they keep noticing that they know little facts about the other that they by no means intentionally learned
Until they come to the horrifying realization that they’ve slipped into the more than sex territory
And they are both mortified that they want a relationship
And they vow to keep their relationship secret because far too many times they have enthusiastically insisted to anyone who would listen that they could not stand to date the other
And that nothing would ever happen between them ever
And that they wouldn’t sleep with each other if they were the last two people on the planet
And any time Nicky made a joke about the possibility, they acted so fucking disgusted by the idea
So, now, they are too stubborn and too concerned about their pride to ever let anyone find out that they are dating
Of course, the Foxes do find out though
But this is getting long and I’ve got to get back to the thing I’m reading
So, I’ll leave this as just a how they get together post for now
And I’m sure I’ll end up writing more of them at various stages of their not-relationship turned secret-relationship turned just a relationship
Hey, so @neilminyards and I wrote a KevAaron one-shot.
Raw and Uncensored on AO3
Aaron's been acting strange for days since Kevin made the mistake of trying to give the twins birthday presents and now Kevin is worried he's ruined his and Aaron’s secret whatever it is.
