Notes: Takes place a few weeks after they defeat Shroud, assuming that SDN is rebuilt and they keep doing their Z-team thing! Also, I’m editing this the day after, I don’t know why I said GN reader at first when I literally use the word “women” later on Very sorry about that
Invisigal heard Robert end a phone call with "Okay, I love you" once and could not tell what his tone was
She told Z-team and everyone immediately started making bets
Flambae had bet that it was just his mom on the phone
"His mom is dead you dumb bitch," is what Prism said. She thinks that Invisigal misheard him because who would want to take the last name 'Robertson' in the future?
Punch-up tries to defend Robert, and by try I mean he laughed and said something along the lines of "Betting on this is useless guys, stop betting and get your nose out o' his life"
Waterboy actually tries defending Robert, but no one listened
Everyone bugs Sonar to see if he ever heard anything while Robert was on the phone, but he says no. No one knows if he's lying or not
Coupe is ignoring the entire thing because she thinks it is 'useless to bet as if anyone would go for Robert'
Phenomaman is genuinely just ignoring the betting
THEN the conversation turned into 'Do women even go for Robert?'
Waterboy, Sonar, Malevola, and Invisigal said 'occasionally'
Punch-up and Phenomaman said maybe
Flambae, Prism, and Coupe said 'no'
Invisigal and Malevola argued that 'some girls like the dad bod!'
It was dropped after one week, all without Robert becoming aware of their constant debates
They honestly forgot about the whole thing until two weeks later
You and Robert had been dating for quite a while now. You supported him before you knew he was Mecha-Man, during Mecha-Man, and when he transitioned to an office job. Robert has a lot of determination and self-discipline, but he swears he only walks into work every morning feeling somewhat motivated because of you. He sees potential in the Z-team, he truly does, so the fact that they don't even see their own potential irritates him to no end.
Every day, after work, he comes home to you and can finally relax. Being able to have a safe space to come home to is what keeps him going. He's been at his new job long enough that you can't really call it 'new' anymore, and you know his whole routine. So, when you see his lunchbox on the counter, you immediately know he's forgot it.
Thankfully, you had the day off from your own job. You decided that you'd bring Robert his lunch because if you don't, he will eat twinkies as a replacement 'meal'. Besides, why would you ever say no to seeing your boyfriend throughout the day.
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Robert forgot his lunch, of course. He didn't want to spend too much money buying lunch from one of the nearby too-expensive lunch spots, so he figured that after his next meeting he'd hit up the vending machine.
He has a meeting with the Z-team to go over new procedures and reflections on their most recent work, which has, thankfully, been good. They're still incredibly irritating at times, but the trust throughout the team is definitely better.
The meeting goes as well as it could, minimal glass doors and windows were destroyed. Robert is, of course, the last one to leave the meeting room when he dismisses everyone.
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When the meeting is over, everyone on Z-team immediately realizes there is a new face. None of them say hi, but they all see you speaking with Blonde Blazer. The two of you are speaking as if you've been friends forever, so they're all confused as to who you could be.
"Yeah, so, any of you know that girl?" Flambae asks the team, flippantly.
"Not a damn clue," Prism responds.
"You'd think we woulda seen 'er around before if she knows Blonde Blazer," Punch-up chips in.
Their conversation ends when they see Robert leave the room and immediately head over to you and Blonde Blazer. Robert puts his hand on your lower back and kisses the top of your head, muttering something to you as he takes a bag from your hands.
"I fucking told you!" leaving Invisigal's mouth is the first thing the break the silence.
Robert looks over, his hand on you unmoving, "What the fuck is going on?"
Phenomaman, in his blunt Phenomaman fashion, explains to Robert the bets and debates the Z-team had. You can't help but laugh at the thought of his co-workers debating if he could pull or not, but Robert is unamused. "And you couldn't just ask me beacause..?"
"Where's the fun in that Bob-man?" Flambae asks.
Safe to say, they constantly make jokes about how you're 'out of his league' and how they like you more than him
Robert doesn't mind these jokes, honestly
Robert honestly doesn't know how they didn't know, he has a picture of you and Beef on his desk
They all end up loving you, some people taking longer to warm up to than others
