“Aw, cheer up, killer. It ain’t like I crashed your gunship on an almost uninhabited planet three day’s hike from where mine is.” Oh wait. Yes it was. She’d left the Sketna II there almost a week ago to air it out after one of her plants released thousands of toxic spores into the air. It was good to go now, but that meant nothing if they couldn’t get to it in the first place.
ravagersred replied to your post: 7, 11, 26-27, 40 and 54 for the mun questions !
FAKE MARRIAGE LFAKWEJKR
arkhevia replied to your post: 7, 11, 26-27, 40 and 54 for the mun questions !
screams @ the idea of yondu being in a fake marriage
just imagine it though ! it’s this massive deal okay , the biggest in a long time. yondu goes in to discuss the details and “where is your lifemate?” cue the yondu.exe has stopped working as he realizes fuck! this species is the one freakishly monogamous one with the weird ass business traditions but the pay is massive and he can’t risk it so “uhhh... back on th’ ship” and because duh they’re going to have to meet his lifemate before discussing the deal.
Kee first expected that, if they ever slept together, it wasn’t going to mean anything. It’d be something fun, and forgettable. It wouldn’t bring them closer together, it wouldn’t change their lives. Just something to do with someone while they were together.
And then he told her he accepted her. She didn’t have to change, she didn’t have to hide – her weaknesses were just as good as her strengths. She didn’t so much as entertain the idea of meaningless sex with him until she knew what exactly he meant to her.
Months down the line – maybe even years – they’ve become closer. Kraglin realizes it long before she does, how much she means to him. She’s not clueless, but she hasn’t found the courage to look at the right word. Not when she’s so scared of losing him now. Someone she’s comfortable around, someone she can fall asleep around.
It’s gotten to the point where he can hold her, and she doesn’t run away, and they haven’t so much as kissed. But he’s touched her wings. He’s held her while she cried. She doesn’t mind feeling small and vulnerable around him, or even just lying around wrapped up around each other, arguing about which girl at the bar was hottest and whether or not those tentacles did anything useful besides wave around and mess with communication signals.
The conversation draws to an awkward silence. He’s said something stupid and funny, and she laughed, but that’s where it ended. Now, they’re sitting there, looking at each other, not quite sure if it’s okay to move forward with this…thing hanging in the air between them.
Make no mistake, they both knew about the attraction. Kee flirted enough for Kraglin to figure it out long ago, and vice versa. But she hadn’t intended to move forward until she figured things out. Figured him out.
She still had no idea.
But somehow, she’s leaning forward , closing the distance between them, slowly. So achingly slowly. He hangs there, barely moving, all too aware that she could very well be planning to pull away at the last second and mock him. All too aware of how quickly her heart is racing, how her hands shake just slightly in his.
And then she’s kissing him. It isn’t a typical kiss at all, not for her. It’s timid, and gentle, barely there and over too quickly, before she’s hiding her face in the crook of his neck, unable to face whatever it is rising up inside her.
He knows better than to say anything right now.
She tries it again just before he climbs into Blue and leaves for the Eclector again. A quick, shy peck, and a smile before she insults him and sends him off with obscene gestures.
It goes on like this for a long time, building up until she’s kissing him when they first meet up, when they’re supposed to be going over plans, when there’s food on the table. She can’t quite get enough of him, but it doesn’t go past that, and he doesn’t push it. They’ve chatted about what they like in bed before, of course. Kee’s far too sexual and far too prying not to. But something keeps her from being able to cross that line.
Until it doesn’t.
One day, in the middle of going from here to there, and he’s lying in her bed while she’s tending to plants. It’s a normal setup for them by now. Kraglin makes himself at home, and she kicks him onto the floor when she’s tired of him, or when she’s feeling particularly assholeish that night.
She hangs outside the door, silent, unsure of herself. The light’s off inside, she can tell that much. It takes an unusual amount of strength to remove her shirt and socks. He’s seen her scars before, of course, and kissed them as well, but only ever when she was feeling weak. Only when she was at her most vulnerable.
She’s backlit when she steps inside, but he can tell immediately that she’s topless. She walks over, and grabs his hand tightly, careful not to break any bones in the process. He kisses her everywhere she asks him to, gently, carefully. She wonders if he wants to bite.
It takes a long time to get there, but somewhere along the way, the rest of their clothing comes off. She tells him he’s too skinny. He tells her to suck it up.
She asks him if he thinks she’s pretty.
He tells her the truth.
It’s gentle, and slow. She’s straddling him, one hand gripping his tightly, one hand braced on the bed for support. He brushes her hair out of her face. He kisses her as much as he can, but damn, even when she’s unsure of herself, she’s better than he thought she’d be – and that’s saying a lot.
She doesn’t tell him what pops into her head afterwards – I think I might be in love with you. But she’ll get there in time. For now, they make a few jokes. They kiss. She falls asleep in the arms of the only person she can fall asleep with so far, but not before she thanks him.
“For what?”
“ For shut up. You won’t get the smell of me off you for weeks now.”
If Kraglin could stare a hole into the back of Kee’s skull, he would. As it was he could not, and out of sheer power of will he held his tongue and watched her snipe.
Were they treasure seeking on a beautiful jungle planet, filled with ruins and plants Kee wanted? No. Were they instead bounty hunting? Yes. At least that was the plan, instead they had walked into an ongoing shit show.
Said bounty and its clan were in the middle of a fire fight between another bounty hunting group. He had counted twenty-two belligerents in total. His suggestion was to let them kill each other, and then who was left they’d take out and grab the bounty after.
Great plan. But it was taking too long for Kee, instead she had found a vantage point for them both to sit tight in. Well, him to sit tight and watch her superior eyes go to work. All it did was create more chaos and shouts of, ‘Sniper! Sniper in the mountains!'
“It was a smart idea, was even havin’ bit o’ fun bettin’ on who’d win first. Then ya had to add yer own bullets to the fray.” No way was he going to compliment her even if she was getting headshot after headshot. Well … “Fuck off! Can’t believe ya just hit that one!” Suddenly enthusiastic he perked up.
“Sorry” she said, not very sorry at all, before turning back to her gun. The targets were much too far away to see with most species’ naked eyes, but even if she need the scope, she’d long since chewed it up like a plastic straw. She had her wings flared out, sensing the wind speed and direction, not to mention soaking up all the heat she could in a temperate region like this. And now that they’d realized she was here...well, they had all of
His excitement made her laugh as well, light and cheery. She sat back and grinned at him, but shook her head. “That ain’t shit, boy. Ya need to see me up close and personal.” She looked back for a minute, gauging the time they had before the targets arrived. “Ya got two minutes to decide if yer in th’ mood fer seein’ me covered ass-deep in blood or not.” Because she was ready to kill them, but if he decided to run, she’d be willing to put it aside for now.
Omfg ok so this is specifically for @cannibalisticwhistler‘s Yondu since I think they’re the one we both write with, and @ravagersred for obvious reasons
KEE & YONDU: ECLECTOR VERSE
Who said “I love you” first: I doubt either of them would be able to say I love you until it’s too late and there’s no way to save each other.
Who would have the other’s picture as their phone background: I like to imagine that Kee’s phone background is a selfie of her biting one of Yondu’s figurines, and him bursting into the background about to kill her
Who leaves notes written in fog on the bathroom mirror: Kee’s love notes are along the line of fuck you and dicks and things like that, but she’s definitely the one who would do it
Who buys the other cheesy gifts: Both, although they wouldn’t admit it. Kee swipes little baubles for Yondu, and
Who initiated the first kiss: I’m fairly certain it’d be Kee, if only because Yondu knows not to touch her first without a fist to the face.
Who kisses the other awake in the morning: Sleeping together? Ew???? Assuming Yondu earn’s Kee’s trust enough to get her to fall asleep in the same bed as him, though, I think it’d end up with Kee being the one to do it, since if he ever tries to wake her up, she immediately goes into panic/attack mode.
Who starts tickle fights: Neither.
Who asks who if they can join the other in the shower: Both, probably, although I imagine Yondu does it more often since Kee showers more often than he does.
Who surprises the other in the middle of the day at work with lunch: Kee, honestly. She’s the best cook the Eclector has, and she only cooks for herself unless she’s feeling particularly kind.
Who was nervous and shy on the first date: KEE. LISTEN. DATES ARE HARD. WHAT IS THIS? EMOTIONAL BONDING? SPENDING TIME TOGETHER FOR ACTUAL INTERACTION? SOUNDS FAKE????
Who kills/takes out the spiders: Both. They aren’t afraid of bugs.
Who loudly proclaims their love when they’re drunk: Yondu, since Kee can’t get drunk.
KEE & KRAGLIN: MAIN VERSE
Who said “I love you” first: Hhhhhhhhh Kraglin probably, but he made it clear she didn’t have to return his feelings and eventually she managed to say it back. alternatively she says it first while delirious and sick and then something like this happens.
Who would have the other’s picture as their phone background: Kraglin might? Although his crewmates might pester him about it because ooh who’s this girl and also when would he get her to pose for a picture?
Who leaves notes written in fog on the bathroom mirror: It’s really cute and domestic, they make doodles of animals and space ships and things and then Kee starts drawing dicks because she’s mature damn it.
Who buys the other cheesy gifts: Kee
Who initiated the first kiss: KEE SEE HERE I LOVE IT
Who kisses the other awake in the morning: Neither. Kee might push him off the bed instead, though, and laugh her ass off. Kraglin I think likes the idea of her being peaceful and soft for once, and also to see her finally getting sleep since she doesn’t get NEARLY enough. So he’d just let her sleep.
Who starts tickle fights: Neither.
Who asks who if they can join the other in the shower: Kee. Kraglin’s probably embarrassed the first time, but it becomes a regular occurrence since they don’t really get to spend too much time together anyway
Who surprises the other in the middle of the day at work with lunch: Kee visits him on the Eclector and is just. The worst. The most obnoxious. Also she just throws new recipes at him sometimes and he eats them.
Who was nervous and shy on the first date: KEE. Kraglin is so smug about finally making Kee trip up over herself. It’s probably not even a real date, they’re just undercover and Kee’s like how tf do I act like a girlfriend help????? and he’s enjoying seeing her embarassed and shy
Who kills/takes out the spiders: Both. But Kraglin likes sitting back and watching kee destroy giant alien bugs and be unnecessarily violent about it.
Who loudly proclaims their love when they’re drunk: Kragliiiin
for each “⭐️” i get, i’ll write a headcanon about our muses. || Accepting always!
In the Eclector verse, Kee and Kraglin get together once every few days to chat and gossip because A) Kee is the best cook, B) She always brings the booze, and C) It’s really funny to hear her talk shit about everyone.
Her commentary and insults range from“That boy needs t’ get fucked in th’ eye socket by a dildo made of diamonds.”to “If I had to choose between cutting off, frying, and eating my own foot, stuffing a rusty pole up my vagina and calling it Daddy, and having sex with ( @cannibalisticwhistler‘s )Yondu, I would choose both of the first two.”
Kraglin is under oath not to say any of it to anyone else, but that doesn’t stop him from using some of her more creative insults and taking credit for it, because she can’t claim she came up with it first without exposing herself, and it’s hard not to be smug about it.