Prompt sent in by @cobb-vanthss thank you!! I hope I wrote Rick ok!
Prompt: “Bear hug” for Cooper and Rick
“McCoy, could I have a word?” Rick asked. Cooper finished off the last of his beer, setting the glass down on the bar.
“Yeah, sure thing.”
He followed Rick out of the Spread Eagle into the cool evening. He plucked a cigarette from its pack and stuck it in his mouth before offering the pack to Rick.
“No thanks,” Rick said, holding a hand up, “not right now.”
Cooper shrugged and returned the pack to his back jeans pocket before lighting his cigarette.
“So what’s up?” He said, blowing out a stream of smoke.
“Well…uh,” Rick coughed uncomfortably, and Cooper, thinking it was because of the smoke, quickly took his cigarette and dropped it, crushing it under the heel of his cowboy boot. Rick looked at the ground and scuffed the toe of his own cowboy boot against the gravel of the alley, before looking back up at Cooper, who was waiting expectantly.
“Look, I don’t really know how to say this…”
Cooper’s heart fluttered. He thought he knew what Rick was about to say and he couldn’t pretend he hadn’t been looking forward to it for a while now. Rick was probably the most attractive man Cooper had ever met. He had been a little standoffish, around Cooper anyway, so Cooper had given him space, only flirting lightly here and there. Plus Rick was a U.S. Marshal so Cooper had every reason to avoid him. But now Rick was about to reveal his own attraction to Cooper so they could finally get things going.
“It’s cool,” he prompted after Rick had said nothing for several minutes, “say whatever you wanna say….”
“I know who you are,” Rick said suddenly.
“Uhh, yeah? I’m Cooper,” Cooper laughed.
“You didn’t even change your name,” Rick gave him a pained sort of look.
“Why would I….what?”
Realization crashed over Cooper like an icy wave. Rick knew who he was. Rick was a U.S. Marshal…Rick knew who he was. Cooper swallowed, sweat gathering on his palms as the two stared at each other.
“Oh.” Cooper said.
“Oh,” Rick echoed with a nod.
Cooper’s heart thudded for an entirely different reason now. He couldn’t go to prison. He just couldn’t. But he didn’t want to have to hurt Rick either. He waited.
“What uh, so what um..” he began when Rick said nothing.
“Well I really wasn’t sure at first to tell you the truth,” Rick said, “by all rights I oughta arrest you now, turn you in when this is all done with.”
Cooper swallowed again.
“But,” Rick continued
“But?”
“Yeah but. I see how much good you do for these folks around here and how much they need you against this…this cult and well….I ain’t gonna do it. I ain’t gonna arrest you.”
“Wait….really?” Relief blazed through Cooper.
“Really.” Rick said with a smile.
“Wow! Thank you I mean,” Cooper grinned, “that’s real decent of you, man. C’mere.”
And he wrapped his arms around Rick, pulling him into a bone-breaking hug.
“Oof,” Rick huffed, thoroughly surprised. Cooper hung onto him for several minutes before breaking off the hug, laughing.
“You’re a good guy, Rick.”
“Am I?”
“Real good. Let me buy you a beer.”
“Alright then,” Rick smiled again. “This is just for now you know,” he warned as they walked back inside, “I might still arrest you when this is all done with.”
“Yeah yeah,” Cooper said, “you’re welcome to try.”
Rick: "Coop's the best bastard in this bar, and he's a goddamn conman I'm pretty sure I'm legally-professionally obligated to arrest."
Nic: *brainstorming the fastest way to get Coop shirtless and in an easily ogle-able area.*
Ev: *actively having a silent crisis about wondering if she's attracted to Valor or if it's just the hair she likes, wondering if she could convince Kerry to go red*
Velkan: Also just rants about hair envy bc Twin Connection Don't Quit.
Fred and Will: Trade theories about Wade's past/origins bc they're intrigued by that man's face and mannerisms
Nic @ Grace
In a hypothetical No Cult AU: Loves her sister-in-law's jawline, and aggressively tries to befriend her.
For canon: "Mark me down as scared and horny."
Rick in canon, going off of Nic's reaction to 'canon' Grace: "Absolutely not horny, girl, go home. We do not fuck with Grace in any capacity."
Bonus Jace:
Hypothetical No Cult: Probably gets along most with her, idk, typical Older Protective Brother Stuff.
For canon: Similar, but whereas he'd be proud of her in No Cult, he'd probably hate being on opposite sides of the Project vs Resistance conflict with her the most because 'that's my baby sister, forgive the gender roles but I was supposed to protect her most of all, and I dropped the ball and threw it off a damn cliff."
give me some rick lyrics and some grant lyrics pls :3
Sorry for the delay but as you know this sent me spiraling back into into caring about Grant, soooo
Rick:
The Theme Song: Fuck This Shit I'm Out
Fuck this shit I'm out (Nope)
Fuck this shit I'm out (Alright then)
I don't know what the fuck just happened
But I don't really care
I'ma get the fuck up outta here
Fuck this shit I'm out
Grant:
Rise Against: Sole Survivor (courtesy of the genius @redroci
All gave some, some gave all
But for what? I want to know
Carry on, don't mind me
All I gave was everything, and yet you ask me for more
Fought your fight, Bought your lie
And in return I lost my life
What purpose does this serve?
What purpose do I serve?
