I don't own TLC you guys.
This was inspired by the line "I'm flirting with you!" in a list of prompts on tumblr. I thought it fit Thorne really well and then liked the idea of him saying it to Wolf. From just that my new otp was formed! I hope you enjoy my crack pairing as much as I do!
"Good morning handsome." Thorne said grinning, looking almost in the direction of Wolf.
On the other side of the kitchen Cinder choked on her coffee, just managing to swallow it instead of spit-taking. Cress and Iko, sitting next to Cinder, exchanged confused looks.
Wolf looked behind himself. "Was that to me?" Ha asked.
"Who else?" Thorne responded.
"Ookay. Well it's the afternoon, not morning." Wolf said slowly.
Thorne waved a hand dismissively. "There's no sunrise in space, anytime after you wake up is morning. At any rate, you're very pleasant company to wake up to."
Cinder snorted. She didn't think Wolf had ever been described as pleasant.
"What are you talking about? What do you want?" Wolf asked.
"I'm flirting with you!" Thorne said.
"What? Why?" Wolf asked, taking a step back.
"To cheer you up" Thorne said.
"Well don't do that!" Wolf said loudly.
"Alright, fine okay. No more flirting." Thorne said." It's just hard to help myself when you're so handsome."
"You're blind!" Wolf groaned.
"Ah, but I remember what you look like. You might not be as handsome as myself, but you're pretty dreamy."
Cinder leaned over to Iko. "See that eye roll?" She said, "It translates to, 'How am I possibly keeping my hands off of you, Captain?"
Iko laughed and Thorne grinned broadly.
"Argh, just let me eat!" Wolf growled, taking his sandwich to the table and hunching over it.
Cinder noticed Cress had withdrawn to a corner and had her arms wrapped around herself.
"Hey" Cinder said going over to the blonde girl, "How you doing?"
Cress just looked at the floor.
"Let's go talk somewhere." Cinder said. She took Cress' arm and led her out of the kitchen as Iko was helping Thorne find some food.
Once they were a ways down the hall Cinder look over at Cress walking next to her. "You want to talk now?"
Cress shrugged but said, "It's just... I don't know. He'll flirt with wolf but not with me? How am I supposed to think he feels about me?"
Cinder sighed. "I kinda think you shouldn't be focusing on Thorne so much. I know you had a lot of time by yourself in that satellite, but now that you're out I think you should just take some time to figure out who you are in the outside world. Take some time to yourself to figure things out before worrying about any relationships."
Cress scrunched her mouth to the side and Cinder worried that her words hadn't been much help. Cress stopped walking and turned to Cinder. "I'll try to think about it," she said with a half-hearted smile, "but I think I just want to be alone right now."
"Sure" Cinder said.
Cress walked away towards her room just as Kai came over to Cinder. He considered Cress' retreating figure and asked, "What did Thorne do now?"
Cinder sighed. "Flirted with Wolf without thinking about Cress being in the room."
Kai laughed. "Is he actually interested in him?"
"Honestly," Cinder said, "I have no idea."
Later in the day Thorne went looking for Wolf in the ship's cargo hold.
"Wolf?" He called out.
Wolf looked over from his perch on a crate, but said nothing. Thorne turned his head to the side, trying to hear better. After a few seconds he said, "Cinder told me you were in here."
Wolf sighed and got down from the crate. "Yes?" He said.
"Sorry about earlier," Thorne said walking over. He almost walked right into Wolf who put his hand out to stop Thorne. Wolf ended up with his hand resting on Thorne's chest.
"Stars you're quiet" Thorne said softly and Wolf quickly moved his hand.
"All flirting aside," Thorne continued, "I am really sorry about Scar- about what you're going through. I'm... you know, here if you want to talk."
Wolf tensed and opened his mouth, but decided against whatever he had been about to say. His shoulders drooped and he just said "...thanks."
"Sure." Thorne said and then grinned, and winked. "And by the way, I wasn't just teasing. You are definitely my type."
"Oh stars." Wolf groaned.
Some of the lines are taken from the quotes available of Winter.