Snippet Sunday
Tagged by my dear @multifandomhoodies
Handyman Prequel Chapters So I Can Write Emotionally Stunted Men
The jostling in the MRAP as everyone settles, normally so familiar, is irritating beyond measure.
"I still don't like this."
"That's the good thing about orders, Riley. It don't fuckin' matter if you like them. You just do what you're told," Valdez assures him as he plops down beside him.
"I ain't gettin' into what all is wrong with that," Riley says flatly. "We shouldn't be takin' someone with no combat experience out into the middle of shit."
"They do it with those journalist fucks all the time. Gutterson at least knows how to use a gun."
"Riley, you can be mad about your girlfriend coming along after we get done. She'll do whatever it is the downed vehicle needs and then the gaggle of mechanics're back in time for dinner."
Boyfriend. He'll do it. He'll be done in time for dinner. Riley mentally corrects them every time they use the wrong name or words, but he's smart enough to keep his mouth shut. However, Mark continues to be Mark.
"I think Gutsy can handle it. Got marksman. Remember? Haven't you heard that a hundred times, too?" Mark grabs the strap of Riley's vest and gives it a tug. "Plus, you're here. Plan is you split when we stop. No one will tattle if you keep a scope trained on your snuggle bunny for a few extra minutes."
"Snuggle bunny? Really? This is why you get exactly no ass. Speakin' of ass, no one needs to wipe mine or hold my hand," Tim says as he pokes his head. "We're followin' you all. Try to take out anything too bad in that twenty or thirty feet, okay?"
Riley smiles. "Anything for you."
"Gross," Mark mumbles.
"I think it's nice," Blood says as he hops in. "One of us should still have the human capacity for love."
Mark raises an eyebrow. "You don't."
"He's a fuckin' sociopath," five voices say almost in sync. Riley laughs and grabs his spotter around the neck.
"First, he's a psychopath, because he can plan ahead and hold down a job. Second, he's got 20/10 vision. I couldn't ask for a better spotter."
"I enjoy love from an entertainment angle."
"Jesus." Tim snorts and reaches out to slap Riley's boot. "We should move out."
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