even more detective drabbles (pt 3..)
warnings: you know the drill, english isnt my first language so sorry for any mistakes 💔 this one is more dialogue-heavy (so it doesnt really feel like tom and jerry that much) but i hope you enjoy anyway!!! can you guys tell im absolutely crazy for them
Tom is a sucker for soft jazz love songs. Mention one thing about jazz, and he's suddenly all up in your face, showing you his record collections and old vinyls. What he isn't though, is a song repeater. Yet, the other day, Tom kept playing a certain jazz song on loop, and Jerry noticed. (The repetition was getting annoying, that's why he noticed it. No other reasons.) Eventually, also for no reason but to ease his boredom, Jerry decides to look up the lyrics. Big mistake. As they usually say, curiosity killed the cat mouse, and so he realizes exactly why his partner likes love songs so much. That doofus is obviously thinking of Toots to them! ...Damn it.
So, every time Tom plays his jazz music for the day, Jerry pays extra attention to whatever song is on. And a part of Jerry dies a little more knowing those songs are not and never will be about him. (But they are. Always have been.)
It's a known fact that Tom and Jerry share a bed together. Although they're not proud of it, none of them would choose to have it any other way (Not that they'd admit to this ever.) Sleeping on the same bed is one thing, waking up together is another. Let's just say... Jerry enjoys body pillows. And Tom is one of them. Sometimes, Tom gets to experience the misfortune of being woken up to Jerry's strangling embrace holding him. (Even scarier, Tom realizes he doesn't want to move away)
Tom rarely meets his family. So it was a surprise for him to catch one of his uncles, Catsby on the way back to their office with Jerry. It's fine, he'd just have a quick chat with him, say his farewells and move along. What Tom didn't expect was for Catsby to just blurt out:
"Atta boy! Used to think you were hopeless with women, but here you are! On a date with your girlfriend, eh?"
...What? Tom opens his mouth only to find he has miraculously lost the ability to form words.
Now it was the mouse man's turn to be confused.
"I'm not your boyfriend either???"
Imagine them on their way back on a cab after a solving a case located in the middle of literally nowhere. At first, it's all fun and games with their usual bickering and snarky remarks. Then, midnight hits and suddenly the whole city gets softer. And before he realizes it, Tom already feels half of Jerry's weight leaning on him, his detective partner falling asleep against him without meaning to. Frozen in place, Tom doesn't move. Not for an hour. Not even when he starts to slowly recognize the buildings they pass by. Why would he? There's no reason to. Eventually, Jerry does wake up somewhere during the drive, realizes exactly who he's napping on, and instead of moving away like any normal person would, he just mumbles sleepily:
The same detective passes out seconds later again, snuggling contently against Tom like what he just said meant nothing. Tom contemplated driving the car into the ocean and just walking home by foot.
One weird thing about Tom is he likes making Jerry laugh. Sure, everyone wants to make their friend happy, yadiyada. But for Tom, it's even more than that. He likes hearing Jerry laugh because of him. Likes it a bit too much (and he doesn't even know why.) Heck, he's even willing to make a fool out of himself, just in order to hear that laughter. But the thing is, Jerry doesn't always laugh, not everyone gets the privilege to hear it. So whenever he does, of course Tom's going to treasure it.
It was a rainy day, they just finished an interrogation with a suspect that could be described as even...less bright than Tom, and that's saying something. Bored, the cat detective attempts to reenact one of the suspect's lies from the earlier interrogation, just for the fun of it (badly. with accents, hand-made props and all that jazz because of course he would.) Jerry, surprisingly, after a few rounds of the tomfoolery, couldn't hold back any more and starts laughing hard (hand over his stomach, body genuinely shaking and nonstop giggles.) And Tom just... stops mid-performance like he forgot how to do anything other than stare at his partner laughing like he just heard the funniest joke of his life. Because, there it is again. That sound that he has grown to love so dearly. And Tom thinks, he should make another joke. He should come up with something smarter, even wittier, just to continue hearing that laugh...yet nothing comes out of his lips.
"You're- pfft, actually impossible"
Jerry struggles to say, his stomach hurting with every giggle.
Tom manages breathlessly. His voice suddenly soft and stripped off of any tease from earlier.
Jerry's still laughing, all wide smiles and bright eyes, a bit flushed too if you really pay attention. Tom doesn't know when, but their distance closes even more than before, and somehow, he's already right in front of Jerry's face. Jerry looks up, the previous fit of laughter still evident on the corners of his lips. Tom leans in, slightly. Jerry does too. And the world is just them. Then...the phone on their table rings, because of course it does. Both of them jumped apart immediately, Jerry rushing to answer the phone and Tom just deciding the left wall of their office is suddenly the most interesting thing on planet Earth while trying to ignore what just happened.
Tom has a great dislike for telephones. Specifically for the one they have in their office.