Also on AO3 (200w)
@codex-week - day 2: hands and heart
It is hard for Cody to describe what he and Rex are to each other.
They are more than friends. It may have started that way, but that is far too casual a term for the depth of their relationship now.
They are more than brothers. After all, nearly everyone who Cody interacts with is; brothers-in-arms or brothers-in-blood, the lines are blurred when the whole GAR shares the same.
They are more than superior and subordinate. They remain professional while on duty of course, respecting the chain of command protects their men under them, but in private Rex is one of the few with whom he can let down those walls.
They are more than lovers. They have shared physical intimacy in the past, and will again, but that is almost incidental next to all else they have shared: thoughts and emotions, fears and dreams, whispered plans for After.
They are…partners, perhaps. Equal, supportive, a pair. ‘One when together and one when apart’, for all that the latter is unfortunately the more common state of affairs.
In the end, Cody doesn’t really care what people call it. He just knows that he is Rex’s and Rex is his. In every way they can be.