#redstarling

[howdoyoufeeldcmkships]

Akai Shuichi x Jodie Starling

How do you feel about this DCMK ship?

This ship is one of my favourites!

I like this ship / I think it's interesting

I feel neutral about this ship

This ship is a NOTP for me

Remaining time: 3 days 19 hours

[clownakai]

Bro! Give us 4, 12 & 19 (1st question) for ShuJodie pleaseeeee 🙏🎉💥💥💥💥💥 you get to decide if it's pre-canon or if it's after All That happened. Or both. 🙏 the sillies....

WAHHH THE SILLIES... running in circles blowing them up💥💥💥 I think I'm going to go with pre-canon for this one <3 truly if I got into the whole "how they became besties After" thing I would just. Never stop yapping

(the ask game for anyone who's interested)

4. How do you see this ship? Examples: "totally married", "besties who date sometimes for fun", "toxic exes that definitely shouldn't be 10 feet near each other".

GRHRGEHRGR so many things fit... My beloved "extremely unimpressed to lovers to best friends" sits on top of the list. In addition to that we have "not quite right for each other but they realized this a bit too deep in", which is honestly a trope I wish I got to see more. It's not that they're a terrible match on all accounts and it's not like they don't care about each other, but their temperaments and a lot of the experiences that shaped them and propel them forward tend to make them clash and a romantic relationship just. Can't really work out. I still think it's a fundamental step in the evolution of their relationship. They love each other and back then, when they were younger and more reckless and hadn't been through certain things just yet, they thought getting together was simply the next logical step. Turns out they were wrong and it was almost four years before they figured themselves out. Better late than never

12. Most likely to sit on the other one's lap?

Big fan of a sort of 50/50 here tbh. When I think about it I can see Jodie figuring out pretty quickly that Shuuichi doesn't really enjoy being made to feel too trapped, and sadly sitting on his lap more than qualifies. In any case she tries to be mindful of Shuuichi's boundaries as much as she can until one day she's sitting on her couch and Shuuichi, who came over, just sort of. Glues himself to her side like some kind of weird burr. It's not exactly sitting on her lap and she doesn't bring attention to it anyway, but then he migrates while they watch TV, oh so slowly, until he is indeed pretty much sitting on her. And he doesn't acknowledge this at all. Anyway this is how Jodie discovers the 100% foolproof strategy to get your ass parked on your partner's lap. She will eventually try it on Shuuichi and it will work. I don't think it's something either of them did very often but when it did happen you must imagine one of them slowly inching on top of the other whole they watch TV, and somehow neither of them ever takes their eyes off the screen while this is happening

19. An ideal free day for them would look like? What are they doing on that day?

Hmmm... The thing about them is that most of their interests don't really align, and while Shuuichi does strike me as a go with the flow kind of person I also think that it wouldn't sit right with Jodie if all they ever did were things that interest her (irt going on a date with someone). I think they find a good balance in spending time with each other, maybe on the couch or in bed if they're staying inside, wherein Jodie gets to play her favorite video games (headphones are mandatory) while Shuuichi reads a book. And they'll occasionally nudge each other when something they deem worthy of sharing happens (kicks a pebble. It's about being near each other and feeling another person's warmth and knowing you're on each other's mind...). If they're going out I can see one of those infamous car drive dates happening, but also if they're feeling particularly riled up they might go to a shooting range and try to one-up each other in there (this achieves nothing but ensuring that once they're done they'll hurry back to whoever's apartment is nearest and have sex about it. Yes 'it' is their Thing about skilled handling and use of firearms, which I have bestowed upon them. No I am never going to be ashamed of that. I know I'm right)

[daftnethequeen]

Jodie starlinggg 🥳

[shuju-shuujo]

RedStarling community wake uppp

I know that RedStarling fans are not many, I create this blog in the hope to make this community more active !! Hope I will have a lot of new friends who love this pairing too !!!

Look at them, they're so beautiful together, I must scream it to the word !! <3

[coffeeviolinist]

My opinions on the ship aside, I'll fully admit that RedStarling is one of my favorite ship names. Idk why, but it just sounds so cool.

[stupidities4869]

Sorry for being the cringiest human on-planet but is it just me or is he looking back at her ?!

[miwakosatoru]

The White Bag - A RedStarling Pre-Canon Fanfiction

Cast & Main Pairing: Shuichi Akai (26), Jodie Starling (22)

Rating: T

Genre: Rom-com, Fluff

Words: 1224

I do not own Detective Conan. Jodie Starling and Shuichi Akai belong to Gosho Aoyama. The others are supporting characters I created.

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This is Shuichi and Jodie's flashback story, 6 years prior to the main timeline when they were still dating and Jodie was still a junior agent.

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That day is the last day for the FBI team to be in the Albuquerque desert area after an outdoor mission to fall out of a criminal syndicate. Since morning, they prepared to leave the temporary headquarter area using a Jeep and headed towards Albuquerque International Airport. Jodie herself has settled up and is ready to go. While she packed her things, someone came closer to her. It's her boyfriend.

“You ready?” Shuichi rests his hand on her shoulder.

“Yap!”

“You'll ride with me, right?”

“But, Shu... I'm sorry, Andrea invited me to ride with her, along with Vanessa and Grace. Andrea will be the driver.”

Shuichi didn't say anything. He's looking at her with a flat gaze, as usual.

“Okay. Take care.” He rubbed her shoulder, making her blush.

“Thank you, Shu. See you!” she smiled.

No one knows they're now together. At least, their colleagues have yet to be made aware of it. Both of them preferred to keep their relationship private. They never did any PDA or something. But Shuichi always cares for her even in public and shows affection in his way, while trying his best not to get attention from others. The others already knew that they were close, but not as lovers.

Shuichi then left her, headed to the 7th Jeep, and sat in the driver's seat. Jodie kept her eyes on him until her colleagues from the 12th Jeep, the last one, yelled her name.

“Starling, come in! We're about to go!” Grace shouted. Jodie walked fast towards them, then placed herself in the 2nd-row passenger seat on the Jeep beside Vanessa.

Just right before they departed, Jodie's phone rang. A stranger's number called her, but she answered it anyway.

Jodie: Hello?

Someone: Hello, is this Agent Jodie Starling?

Jodie: Yeah, what's up?

Someone: A white Chanel handbag, with a rose keychain, is this yours?

Jodie: What? Yes, it's mine, but I believe I brought it with me!

Someone: I found it. Then, I left the bag near the reception table. I am unsure if it's yours or not. Just check it by yourself.

Jodie: Okay, hold on! I'll be right there.

The call ended, then Jodie immediately released her seatbelt and headed to go.

“What's wrong, Jodie?” Andrea asked her.

“Someone found my cosmetics bag, but he's unsure if it's mine or not. I think I should check on it.”

“Okay, we'll wait for you.”

Jodie left the car, going back to the headquarters. While she was gone, Shuichi came to face passengers on the 12th Jeep.

“Hey, Andrea! I think your car's oil is spoiled!”

“What?” she was surprised and checked it immediately.

“Ah, no fucking way! I need to hurry! I'm the one who booked the flight tickets! I have no time to fix this.”

“What if we exchange cars? I might stay here longer because I gotta clear some things up.”

“Whoa, is it okay, Shuichi?”

“It's okay. I can take it. My car is number 7.”

“Thank you! Okay, guys, let's move!” Andrea led her colleagues to move to Shuichi's car.

“By the way, you can keep all your luggage here. It'll be so much space since I drive alone,” said Shuichi.

“Eh, how about Jodie? We need to call her and tell her we'll move!” Vanessa uttered.

“Andrea is hurrying, right? It's okay, I'll take Jodie with me. She's a junior agent. She has nothing to hurry.”

“Alright. See you, then!”

Andrea, Vanessa, and Grace got out of the car and headed to the 7th Jeep. Minutes later, all of the Jeeps left the headquarters one by one, except the last one.

Meanwhile, Jodie desperately searched for her cosmetics bag. The housekeepers said they'd cleaned every spot in the reception room and found no bag. She then concluded someone had just taken her bag, kept it for her, and decided to return immediately.

When she arrived back at the parking area, she was so surprised when she found out only her Jeep was left there, and the others were gone. She felt guilty because her colleagues had to wait for her.

As she opened the car door, she yelled. “Ah, I'm so sorry to make you wait- Shu! What are you doing here?! Where's Andrea and the others?!”

“Stop talking and get in here,” Shuichi opened the car door for the passenger seat beside him.

“But, how?! What happened here?!” she sat on the seat but was still confused and startled.

“Where have you been?”

“Finding my cosmetics bag. Someone called me, he found it and put it somewhere on headquarters' reception desk, but when I searched for it, I found nothing,” Jodie breathed deeply, putting her hands on her head.

“You mean this?” Shuichi showed her the white bag she was desperately looking for.

“What?! How the hell my bag is on you?! You... Wait...” her expression changed from shocked to puzzled, full of confusion as Shuichi chuckled.

“Don't say it was your plan...”

“I'm amazed you noticed this earlier than I thought.”

“So it's true?! But... the one who called me... He didn't sound like you at all!”

“I paid someone to call you.”

“Shu..."

“See, Jodie. You ended up with me anyway.”

Jodie's cheeks reddened, realizing although Shuichi can be categorized as a cold-blooded man, he is also very sweet. He tricked her, fooled their colleagues, and made some effort only to be with her. If he had wanted to be with her so badly, he could've asked her one more time and forced her a little, and she wouldn't have refused. But, no. Shuichi would do it in Shuichi's way. He's a man of service, not a man of words.

“How did you manage to exchange car with them?!”

“I tricked them, said that this car oil spoiled. Whereas I spilled out the oil by myself.”

“Shu, you're ridiculous!” Jodie laughed. A pure, genuine laugh. So heartwarming and full of joy, like how she is in Shuichi's eyes. Shuichi then realized all the tricks he had done were worth it to make her laugh like that. She unintentionally gave him a ray of sunshine for his thunder, and he needs nothing more to heal himself after going through a hard mission.

Even though she was quite flattered by his actions, she felt a little bit of displeasure. “But you got me a heart attack, Shu! I can't lose this bag!” she gummed, crossing her hands.

“My apologies,” he grinned a little. “Is the bag contains holy grail or something?”

“My cosmetics and skincare, which cost around $1000 in total. And most importantly, I just bought this Dior lipstick last month for goddamn 50 dollars, Shu. It's still full. I ain't losing it for nothing!”

“You using it right now?”

“Yeah, why?”

Without thinking and considering any hesitation, Shuichi suddenly catches Jodie's lips with his and kissed them passionately. Jodie was startled, her muscles are stiffen, not ready for the surprise. But she enjoyed it eventually, especially when she began to taste the mix of tobacco and Bourbon in him. Time stopped for both of them, as their kiss is getting deeper, and deeper.

“Mmmh... Not too bad for 50 dollars,” said Shuichi after he broke the kiss. Jodie, however, was still processing what had just happened, while Shuichi started their Jeep and rode away toward the airport.

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*Note: This is my first English fic, I'm so sorry for any grammar mistakes :“)

-Hagirara, 2023-

[missmolsa]

More Jodies <3