hi @cobaltqueen, here’s your gift for @redvsbluesecretsanta! ive been wanting to draw tucker + tex + junior interaction for AGES and your prompt finally pushed me to do exactly that lol
i feel like tucker and tex would be great exercise buddies (though they have very different definitions of what “exercise” is). junior is just having the time of his life with his godfather <3
ok you guys wanted to see my rvb ship names so i did quick chibis for them!! i’ll do explanations under the cut
[ btw here is the master doc of rvb ship names by some person on reddit i think? i came up with mine on my own tho >:D ]
sweet tooth: i’ve made a post about them before! sweet for donut obviously because pastry, and tooth for the design on sharkie’s helmet
freezer burn: do i have to elaborate
(or, if freezer burn reminds you too much of the rwby ship name, there’s frost bite for the same reasoning as tooth in sweet tooth)
tudor rose: wyoming is british (/derogatory) and butch flowers lends itself to a lot of pretty floral names! the tudor rose is an emblem of the english royal house of tudor
aqua marine: tucker’s armor color is aqua, and allison joined the unsc as a marine (ok, tex isn’t allison, but she’s probably got the same training/skillsets/etc). and aquamarine is a pretty gemstone!
tucktex bein exercise pals and tucker is spotting for tex while she lift weights and he's just in awe of how tough and cool his girlfriend is
@afriendandboy you might have to bear with me a bit here, I struggled a little figuring out the best way to write this and also just because it’s a new pairing for me, but…
Also I’d like it known that this fic is my 69th oneshot, and I think Tucker would be rather proud that he’s in this solely because of that.
Admire
[AO3] [Fic Tag]
Word Count: 519
“I can’t believe you forced me to come do this today,” Tuckersaid with a huff, folding his arms heftily. Tex glanced at him out of thecorner of her eye with a brow raised, currently digging through her gym bag. Hegave her the same look right back.
“I didn’t forceyou to do anything, Tucker,” She said, wrapping her wrists and closing her bag,“If you really didn’t want to come, then you could have just, oh I don’t know, not come.”
“You say that like saying no to you is easy to do,” Tuckersaid, folding his arms tighter. Tex gave him the same look from before, restinga hand on her hip, “Oh don’t give me that look.”
Tex rolled her eyes, “Well if you really don’t want to be here…”
“I’m fucking here now. Though that doesn’t mean I’m doingany actual fucking exercise, like, no way. Not feeling it,” He said, shakinghis head.
“You’re never ‘feeling it’, Tucker.”
“Yeah, no shit I’m not.”
“Well, fine, if you’re really not feeling it,” Tex said with heavy, mocking emphasis, “then you canjust spot for me. Or are you gonna be a whiny baby about doing that too?”
“I can do that,” Tucker said, arms finally dropping. Then,after a moment’s pause, he frowned, “Hey, I am not a whiny baby!”
Tex laughed, already getting herself situated on the bench.Tucker grumbled something inaudible, but indignant, and followed her over; hegot into position at her head, making sure he was in a strong stance. Hespotted for her every time they came to train, anyway, he knew what he wasdoing. Well, sort of; he’d never really had to actually step in and help herout, but that’s not the point.
Really, Tex made lifting look effortless. Tucker figured itshould be illegal, how absolutely easyshe made lifting ridiculously heavy weights. She barely even grunted as sheworked through her sets, almost never faltering, her reps almost infuriatinglysmooth. Honestly she probably didn’t need Tucker there, but if nothing else hisposition spotting her meant that Tucker could stand close and watch her withabsolute awe every single time.
There was nothing not to love. From just seeing how effortlesslyshe worked, to admiring her muscles, to well… everything, really. Look, Tuckerwas a sucker for his tough as fuck girlfriend, what could he say?
“Hey, mister, are you actually paying attention or are youtoo busy admiring the view?”
Tucker snapped out of his awed state to the sight of Texlooking up at him, smirking. He felt his cheeks warm, and he huffed.
“I’m paying attention!”
“To my muscles, maybe.”
“I− You− Shut up.”
Tex just laughed, setting the bar down on the supports sothat she could really laugh without injuring herself. Apparently he face washighly amusing, because she was laughing too much to get back to her liftingfor the next few minutes. Tucker was a littleembarrassed, but hey, he managed to get a kiss out of it in the end. So really,he still won.