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(#1) Bucky's Mate [Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars]
Title: Bucky's Mate
Author: Apache Firecat
Fandom: Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars
Rating: PG/K+
Category: M/F
Relationship(s): Bucky/Jenny
Character(s): Bucky/Jenny
Word Count: 600
Spoiler: None
Summary: She's more than just his First Mate.
Notes/Warnings: N/A
He was unaware she was awake until she leaned over the controls, so close that she nearly brushed over his hands. He gulped nervously, his small tail instantly reacting with what felt to the tired Captain like a thousand, wild jerks. "Jenny! You're awake!"
"Yes." Her long, pink tail swished; he knew it was an accident that it brushed the side of his arm. She was busily checking the gauges, making certain that everything was right as his normal pilot. She had no intention of touching him, and surely did not realize the response it immediately took within his body. He gulped again and kept his eyes focused on the starway. "Deadeye said we are Earthbound?"
"Yes. We're going to get Willy. The portal's down."
"Good, but there are easier ways, Captain." He must be imagining the pitch of her voice hovering near a purr.
"I did not know how long you would be down. How are you feeling? We can still land; I'd rather not task your... special abilities."
"I'm fine," she assured him. "It would be best if we can pull him to us right away. The mission -- "
"The mission is not as important as your health!" he snapped, his tail giving an irate jerk. He had been so afraid of the toll being shot would take on her, and had been angry at himself for hours for not reaching her in time to block the laser, or take it himself as he should have. Bruiser had made short work of the Toad who had gotten lucky, but the damage had been done. Of his entire crew, Jenny was the one most important to him, and not just to Bucky. He had witnessed for himself how deeply every male under his command, every other animal underneath his command, cared for her.
"Forgive me, Captain." She raised large, luminous eyes up at him. Bucky swallowed hard. "I did not know you cared so -- "
"We all do, Jenny! Why, Deadeye -- "
"You constantly place the mission above your own health and safety, Captain. As your First Mate, I can do no less. Now," she flipped a switch he not even noticed before, "I do believe you are in my seat."
He was gulping as though he'd swallowed a hive of flies! Nonetheless, he managed to bounce up from her seat, but just before he could slide pass her, Jenny swiftly turned and placed a kiss to his green, furry cheek. "Thank you, Bucky," she purred, and this time, he knew she was flicking her tail on purpose.
"I would have done no less -- "
"Of course, you wouldn't have." The gleam in her green eyes, though, and her knowing smile told him she knew better. She took her seat.
He ran a shaking hand over his long, green ears. "Jenny, I -- "
"Would have done no less for any other member of our crew. I know, Captain, and we need Willy."
As she steered, he leaned over her armored shoulder and watched the stars. He remembered hearing tales, when he'd been a lad, of how wishes on stars could come true. He'd stopped believing that long ago, while he'd still been a cadet, but watching the stars they were passing by now, he found himself thinking like a boy again. Maybe there was a star somewhere that could grant him one wish? He'd wished for the war to be of course, for the galaxy to be freed of the Toad menace, but once the war was over, maybe he could make his dreams a reality himself. Maybe he could make Jenny his life-mate.
The End
Author: Apache Firecat
Fandom: Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars
Rating: PG/K+
Category: M/F
Relationship(s): Bucky/Jenny
Character(s): Bucky/Jenny
Word Count: 600
Spoiler: None
Summary: She's more than just his First Mate.
Notes/Warnings: N/A
He was unaware she was awake until she leaned over the controls, so close that she nearly brushed over his hands. He gulped nervously, his small tail instantly reacting with what felt to the tired Captain like a thousand, wild jerks. "Jenny! You're awake!"
"Yes." Her long, pink tail swished; he knew it was an accident that it brushed the side of his arm. She was busily checking the gauges, making certain that everything was right as his normal pilot. She had no intention of touching him, and surely did not realize the response it immediately took within his body. He gulped again and kept his eyes focused on the starway. "Deadeye said we are Earthbound?"
"Yes. We're going to get Willy. The portal's down."
"Good, but there are easier ways, Captain." He must be imagining the pitch of her voice hovering near a purr.
"I did not know how long you would be down. How are you feeling? We can still land; I'd rather not task your... special abilities."
"I'm fine," she assured him. "It would be best if we can pull him to us right away. The mission -- "
"The mission is not as important as your health!" he snapped, his tail giving an irate jerk. He had been so afraid of the toll being shot would take on her, and had been angry at himself for hours for not reaching her in time to block the laser, or take it himself as he should have. Bruiser had made short work of the Toad who had gotten lucky, but the damage had been done. Of his entire crew, Jenny was the one most important to him, and not just to Bucky. He had witnessed for himself how deeply every male under his command, every other animal underneath his command, cared for her.
"Forgive me, Captain." She raised large, luminous eyes up at him. Bucky swallowed hard. "I did not know you cared so -- "
"We all do, Jenny! Why, Deadeye -- "
"You constantly place the mission above your own health and safety, Captain. As your First Mate, I can do no less. Now," she flipped a switch he not even noticed before, "I do believe you are in my seat."
He was gulping as though he'd swallowed a hive of flies! Nonetheless, he managed to bounce up from her seat, but just before he could slide pass her, Jenny swiftly turned and placed a kiss to his green, furry cheek. "Thank you, Bucky," she purred, and this time, he knew she was flicking her tail on purpose.
"I would have done no less -- "
"Of course, you wouldn't have." The gleam in her green eyes, though, and her knowing smile told him she knew better. She took her seat.
He ran a shaking hand over his long, green ears. "Jenny, I -- "
"Would have done no less for any other member of our crew. I know, Captain, and we need Willy."
As she steered, he leaned over her armored shoulder and watched the stars. He remembered hearing tales, when he'd been a lad, of how wishes on stars could come true. He'd stopped believing that long ago, while he'd still been a cadet, but watching the stars they were passing by now, he found himself thinking like a boy again. Maybe there was a star somewhere that could grant him one wish? He'd wished for the war to be of course, for the galaxy to be freed of the Toad menace, but once the war was over, maybe he could make his dreams a reality himself. Maybe he could make Jenny his life-mate.
The End