Author's Notes: A heartfelt plea was made out to me to write for the Z/Cody shippers. I said I would try. Hopefully, this will be enough to satisfy said shipper till I can come up with something better. Most of these take place sometime after the movie, I imagine within a year. Sorry there's only nine, but I've been sitting on these for at least two years; I'm posting it as is and that's that.
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#1 – Definite
Lani was positive in her decision. She wanted Cody to be happy, and if that meant that he wasn't with her, then so be it. Her uncle deserved to be happy too. Hopefully the two of them would figure out that they were meant to be happy together.
#2 – Inhibit
Z was beginning to hold back when he was around Cody. Cody hadn't really noticed his slight withdrawal, but Lani had. What could he say? 'I like your boyfriend, be a good niece and hand him over?' He wouldn't do that to Lani, and especially not to Cody. He was happy, and that was all that mattered.
#3 – Civic-minded
"So... that day on the wave... you did that for yourself?" Why was he bringing this back up? He had already told him that he was doing it for his fans, but apparently he... he had just done it for himself.
#4 – Last
He had never thought that these feelings for Cody would've stuck around for so long. Sure, the kid had helped him get back on track, but... he was still just a kid! He was still a hatchling compared to how long he had been around. Besides, why would Cody want someone like him when he had Lani?
#5 – Cap
"Z... can you open this?" Cody looked away, his pride insulted because he couldn't open a crummy little jar. Z just grinned and popped the top right off, not even bothering to tease him about it. Of course, Cody could open the jar and in fact already had. He had just wanted the excuse to come and hang with Z.
#6 – Westerly
The benefit of living on an island, especially one like Pen Gu, you were always guaranteed a view of the sunset. Now if Z could just get Cody to sit still long enough to actually enjoy it.
#7 – Theatric
Z and Cody both agreed that when it came to Mikey, he had a flair for the dramatic. They just took it as apart of his flair when he began casting them small smiles when he saw that they were hanging out together.
#8 – Atmospherics
Cody's family couldn't watch the documentary when it was broadcasted, due to the weather. In fact, no one in Shiverpool could. He was thrilled, yet slightly disappointed as well. He knew that if his brother had seen him wipe-out on that first day, he never would have lived it down, but he still wanted to believe that his mom would have been at least a little bit proud of him.
Well, at least he didn't have to worry about them coming down and seeing for themselves how he was doing...
#9 – Gauge
Z really didn't know how to talk to Cody when it came to his family. He had come from a small family himself, but they were all very open with each other and with everything. Cody's family didn't seem that way at all, if he was reading him right. He just hoped that being there and listening would be enough.