Everyone thinks Ajax and Swan argue the most but it's actually Ajax and Mercy (Rembrandt and Swan just let them argue (mostly about dumb shit) until they get tired of it).
They alternate who sleeps in the middle, except Mercy, she's always in the middle.
Rembrandt keep stealing her girlfriends' hoodies so whenever they can't find one they just go in Rembrandt's room and take one from there.
Mercy loves attention and will interrupt anything her girlfriends are doing just to get some love. When one of them really can't give her attention in that moment they call for one of the other two. Swan even made a schedule about it at some point but no one followed it.
Ajax loves to piss off Swan and make up after.
Mercy is a forehead kisser.
Ajax and Swan keep trying to stop Rem and Mercy from smoking but it never works.
Mercy often follow Ajax and/or Swan when they go work out (cause she likes seeing them but also to distract them).
Rembrandt fell in love with Mercy after seeing how good she was to Swan.
Swan and Rembrandt have quiet time where they just hang out in a room and do their own thing.
May I ask for a fanart of a polycule duo other than Remjax and Swercy (or a trio, or the full polycule if you're feeling up for it) being all cute? If you don't have ideas I can provide poses ^^
- @somewhere-in-the-city
yesssss of course! Here you go :)
Bonus under the cut! (and my first sketch because I misread the ask lol)
Rembrandt came home very late in the evening, hands covered in red paint, legs heavy from walking all day. She let her bag slouch on the ground as she took off her vest. It was rare that her apartment was this quiet. It would have stressed her out if she didn’t know where everyone was just by looking at the color coded calendar on the fridge. Bless Swan and her need to know everything that is going on at all moments.
Rembrandt barely took time to slip off her outside clothes and put on pyjamas before falling asleep in the middle of her bed, exhaustion taking the best of her.
Mercy had finished her shift at the bar an hour earlier but had stood around waiting for Cowgirl so they could walk home together. They said goodbye in the hallway, Mercy turning right to her apartment while Cowgirl entered hers on the left.
As she entered, Mercy kicked off her shoes yelling "honey I'm home" which a half-awake Rembrandt answered with a groan. Mercy made her way to their bedroom and whispered a "sorry" to the tagger before kissing her forehead. Rembrandt tried to bring her closer before pushing her away the moment she smelled her. "You stink."
Mercy acted offended before kissing Rembrandt again and making her way to the bathroom to make the smell of booze and sweat come off her skin. Thirty minutes later, she was in their bed, her face nuzzled against the tagger’s neck.
Ajax and Swan arrived at the same time, bruised and sweaty from their training. They were bittering about who won their last fight, Swan affirming she put Ajax down first and Ajax arguing it was part of her plan to overpower the warchief. Which Ajax didn’t have time to do since Swan let her go with an exasperated huff after Ajax said "kinky" when she was pinned down.
Once they were in, Ajax went directly to the pantry to get herself a snack while Swan silently rearranged all the shoes piled up in the doorway. The soft sound of Rembrandt's snores let the pair know the others were fast asleep. So they continued their argumentation in half whispers.
"All I'm saying is that I would have totally beat your ass if you didn’t coward away." Said Ajax while taking a bite of her banana before offering the next bite to Swan who took it without question.
"And I'm saying you cheated. We said no sex talk during training." Swan responded as she opened the fridge to take two water bottles.
"Like you weren't the one who turned training into a makeout session last time. Just say you can’t focus because of my charm." Ajax made an exaggerated kissing motion with her mouth, making Swan roll her eyes.
Swan threw a bottle to Ajax who catched it automatically. "Drink your water. I'm gonna take a shower." Ajax wiggled her eyebrows suggestively before Swan continued "Alone." Ajax's smile fell. "Please don't wake them up? Y'know how Mercy gets if we wake her up."
"Yes boss" Ajax teased with a salute.
Swan showered herself while Ajax stripped down to her underwear before taking her place beside Rembrandt who was now sleeping face to face with Mercy, their hands holding in the middle. Ajax put her arm around the tagger, her hand resting on Mercy's arm. She laid there in silence for just a few minutes before the other side of the bed where Mercy was laying dipped lightly.
Swan rested her head against Mercy's pillow taking in the smell of shampoo and paint that always reminded her of home. Ajax waited until Swan was comfortable laying on her back, before finding a way to put her cold feet on the warchief. Swan shrieked in silence, trying to ignore the enforcer the best she could. Ajax snickered before whispering goodnight. Swan answered 'night in a tired voice before they both fell asleep.
In the morning, Rembrandt was on the other side of Ajax, almost off the bed. Ajax was laying in a starfish position snoring loudly, Mercy holding her close while Swan was spooning the newest warriors.
Swan, always the first up, opened an eye before deciding she could have a slow morning for once, letting herself bask in the warmth of her girlfriends.
Brain's full of Sweremjax. They won't leave me alone. So more headcanons:
Ajax loves to put on Swan's glasses and tell her how blind she is. Mercy thinks it's hilarious, Swan gets pissed off and Rembrandt tells Ajax she will get a headache from wearing the glasses.
Swan is the only other one that knows how to take care of Ajax's hair. She makes sure her braids aren't too tight if anyone but Cochise do them and redo them if needed (even though she's not that good at it).
Mercy makes sure to learn everyone's favorite dish and do it at least once a month.
Mercy is the official cook of the polycule. The only person allowed to help her is Ajax and they fight the whole time, but the food always ends up perfect.
Rembrandt always forces her girlfriends to take breaks, drink water, eat and stretch, but will spend all day focused on her art without pauses if no one stops her.
One time Rembrandt got accidently hurt during training with Cochise and Mercy almost jumped Cochise on the spot, but Ajax physically restrained her. Months later Cochise is still a little afraid of Mercy.
Moonlight Sunrise (Baby, come be my starlight) Part 2
Well this turned into a one shot collection faster than anticipated.
This one is mostly focused on Mercy and Rembrandt, enjoy!
Read it under the cut or on ao3
It was ten in the morning, the day had barely begun for Rembrandt and Mercy who were left alone in their shared apartment. Swan had an early meeting with Cleon and the Riffs while Ajax was at Cochise’s to have her braids redone.
Rembrandt was sitting comfortably on the couch, her eyes glued to the tv as her fingers played with Mercy’s hair. The taller girl was sitting in front of her girlfriend, not paying any attention to the moving images in front of her.
“I’m bored.” Mercy declared in a whinny tone.
Rembrandt ignored Mercy as best as she could, focusing on the cartoon she was watching. That was until Mercy dipped her head back on the tagger’s lap, face up, looking up at her like a sad puppy.
“Babyy, I’m so bored out of my mind. I might die.”
Rembrandt didn’t even glance at her, knowing she would have a hard time saying no to her girlfriend’s stupid pouting face. “Too bad, it was fun knowing you.”
Mercy pouted even harder. “Just say you hate me.”
Rembrandt took a deep breath in and out, finally looking back at Mercy “You’re so dramatic”. Just a few weeks ago, Mercy’s attitude would have annoyed the tagger, but with time she just found it endearing.
Mercy beamed at Rembrandt, happy to finally have some attention. “Let's do something.”
“I am doing something. I’m watching my show.” Rembrandt glanced at the new scene on the tv, realising she had no clue what happened in the last few minutes of the program. “Well trying.”
Mercy rolled her eyes “I meant something fun!”
“Is my show boring to you?” Rembrandt asked genuinely. She knew Mercy didn’t necessarily like watching the same things as her, but she was curious to know how boring it was to her.
“Very” Mercy answered way too fast.
Rembrandt couldn’t help but giggle at Mercy’s brutal honesty. “Let me finish this and we can do what you want. Deal?” Proposed Rembrandt.
“Deal!” Mercy squealed with joy. She kissed her girlfriend as a thank you.
“But you have to be quiet until it’s over,” Rembrandt quickly added. Mercy gave her a thumbs up and locked her mouth with an invisible key. Satisfied, Rembrandt went back to her activity, just for it to have turned into advertisement, making her groan as Mercy suppressed a laugh.
Twenty minutes later, the end credits were playing and Mercy was already up and ready to go.
“So, what d’you wanna do?” Rembrandt asked after she turned off the tv and put on one of Ajax’s Jimi Hendrix hoodies.
Mercy had a big smile plastered on her face. “We’re going shopping!” She excitedly announced as she pulled Rembrandt by the hand toward the door. Rembrandt followed without any push back, stopping just enough to put on her boots.
“We’re broke.” Rembrandt stated.
“That’s where you’re wrong baby.” Mercy corrected as she triumphantly took out wads of cash from her jacket. “Guess you have been giving free drinks to a rich gentleman at the bar lately. Apparently he really likes me.” She continued venting her face with the money in a dramatic way.
Rembrandt bursted out laughing at Mercy’s antics. “Ajax would kill him if she knew.” She managed to say between two laughs.
Mercy shrugged playfully. “Or she would be proud of me for using my charms. Not like I’m doing anything wrong, I’m just being nice.”
“And wearing the deep neckline shirt that makes Swan and Ajax go crazy to work?” Rembrandt raised an eyebrow, amused.
“See? You know exactly what I’m doing.” Mercy smiled before opening the door and offering her arm to Rembrandt. “Shall we?”
Rembrandt smiled back at her and wrapped her arm around Mercy’s. “We shall.”
After Mercy had brought two dresses for herself, a new pair of cargo pants and a few cans of paint for Rembrandt, clean shirts and socks for Ajax and a leather jacket for Swan, she saw how tired Rembrandt started to get. Indeed, the tagger seemed happy but also totally done with shopping. Her belly empty and crying for food didn’t help.
Mercy took pity on her and pointed to the grocery store on their way. “Last stop then we go home. Sounds good?”
Rembrandt nodded “Only if you buy me some ice cream and those gummy worms that Swan keep stealing me”
“Anything you want, baby.” Mercy accepted without a second thought as they made their way there.
By the time they got back, Ajax was already planning dinner. When she saw them enter, arms full of grocery bags, her eyes widened. “Yo, did you rob a grocery store?” She asked as she approached them to help.
Mercy pecked the enforcer’s lips as she unload some of her purchases on her, but Rembrandt answered before she could “Nah, Mercy’s just impossible to say no to.” Both Rembrandt and Mercy giggled as they placed their bags on the table, leaving a very confused Ajax to catch up to them.
“You looking good by the way Guapo. Cochise did a really good job” Rembrandt complimented when Ajax was closer.
“Hell yeah she did! But it’s also hard to mess up perfection, ya’know.” Ajax acknowledged while posing and flexing for her girlfriends once her arms were free, making them giggle harder.
“So strong and handsome, baby” Mercy praised amusedly while Rembrandt and her started spreading the bag’s contents on the table.
“Mighty mighty Ajax.” Rembrandt enriched teasingly as Ajax looked even cockier than usual.
Her ego sated, Ajax finally helped them to take everything out of the bags. Once they were done, the three of them looked at their prize possession.
“We have enough food for like a year.” Ajax said incredulously.
Rembrandt looked at her, an idea forming in her head. “Wanna invite Cochise and Cowgirl over as a thank you?”
‘Hell yea.” Ajax answered almost already knocking at their door to invite them to dinner. Not long after, Fox was also called over.
That night, Swan came home with Cleon to a place full of her chosen family happily sharing a meal she had no clue how they could afford.
