Something I enjoy thinking about is that Pyke and Rett are actually married and it’s just never brought up, neither between them or between the crew because their approach to married life is the same approach they’ve had to their relationship for years.
I picture that a few years after taking Dandy in, Pyke suddenly had an insomniac epiphany and asked Rett to marry him in the most nonchalant way imaginable and it actually melted Rett’s heart.
After that they would just continue with their life, there was always a next bounty, a new crew member, or just something going on so they never formalized their marriage and stayed as fiancés for like 20 years.
Pyke saved up some of his money to buy Rett a ring meanwhile Rett made Pyke a ring out of scrap metal from an actual ship so it would resist his solar powers.
Sometimes when Rett is piloting and Pyke is there to give him company they would talk about what they would want for the wedding, things like what would they serve as food? What cake do they want? Who gets to dip who? Etc. It’s not something they actually believe will happen, it’s more of just a fun fantasy to have.
Then at some point they’re in some sort of Vegas esque planet and they decide to finally get the marriage thing over with. Rett comes up to Kavir’s to ask him to be his man of honor and Kavir actually stares in disbelief and asks “you two aren’t married?”
They have the shittiest Vegas wedding with a pastor that is dressed like some intergalactic rock star, Hank is the ring bearer. Dandy is the flower girl.
There is a picture of Rett carrying Pyke, princess style while the crew tries to kill each other over the plastic bouquet Pyke threw after the ceremony. It’s framed and hanged in the Rhapsody’s living room along with a picture of each crew member’s first birthday aboard the ship.
In a perfect world when they get to the prismatic pathway Pyke randomly drops the fact he’s married onto Khan and immediately gets strangled.
