Disclaimer: I do not own rick and morty, also contains Spoilers for those who have not seen rixty seconds yet, (thank you for uploading the 15 second experiment so that somebody could piece it together a couple days early) no complaining about spoilers, you were warned!
A/N: this is just an experiment with an idea I had after watching rixty Seconds, probably will be short but we shall see, if you like it good, if not, well that's your choice, either way it's rated T for content (this is a Morty/Summer pairing) unless I deem it otherwise, have fun!
A portal opened just outside the home that Morty had become accustomed to following rick's lead after another hair raising adventure, he had to admit he had started to enjoy this and after spending so much time with his eccentric grandfather and going on adventures, not to mention his grasp of science had begun to increase with his grandfather's tutoring which helped a lot.
Things were never the same after the love potion escapade and only him and his grandfather knew that they were strangers from another reality who had invaded this one replacing their duplicates burying them in the back yard well it was only them until recently, in rick's attempt to prove a point about other realities holding far more interesting things than their own he had nearly destroyed his parent's marriage again by accidentally making them reveal a truth which they had ignored until now.
This made his sister question everything and her freak out nearly made her run away probably to a worse off life than this one, which he had gotten good at seeing the differences choices make because of all the realities he had visited with his mad scientist grandfather, it was only by showing her the truth of him both being and not being her brother that she calmed down and realized he also had some idea of what they were going through, this helped the two nearly identical to their original counterpart siblings get along better and a bond had begun to develop.
After several months Summer had begun to talk to Morty about things going on in her life hoping he might have had some insight, it turns out he did which was unusual because the morty she remembered was not very bright and seemed to miss the obvious, just what had the alternate reality version of their grandfather rick done to him?
It was autumn now and she had enjoyed the talks she had with Morty, his grades were improving to C's and the occasional B, and he seemed to have lost his obsession with Jessica compared to the original Morty, so whatever had happened it seemed to have caused a shift in his interests and make him focus on other things rather than what most kids his age focused on, namely relationships, reproduction, and what was popular or cool.
Her relationship with Ethan had not been working out either seeing as he was a controlling jerk who obsessed over constantly communicating with her, the incident last Christmas had shown her that much but her grandmothers lover had helped them get past this and become closer, at least for a while, still his antics were becoming tiresome as she was an independent woman who could do things herself and didn't want anyone getting in the way of that.
This was all going through her mind on her walk home from school as she was going to get ready for another date with Ethan, whatever was going on with him lately she didn't like it, she was interested in him yes but not blinded to the signs of trouble that had been brewing for a while, he was controlling, verbally abusive, and had some problems which made him probably not the best person for a relationship right now, but she had been letting it slide hoping he would improve.
this was not the case however, rather he had been getting worse and it worried her, she would have to talk to Morty when she got home in hopes that maybe he would have some insight, or if nothing else, talking to someone she felt she could trust made her feel better.
She passed the sign to her street turning and heading towards their home seeing Morty rush out of a portal following their grandfather into the garage, the strange swirling green vortex closing shut behind them, seeing them together barely escaping another dangerous escapade pulled at her heart strings though she wasn't sure why, they were both her family, though at the same time they weren't, and she wasn't completely sure about anything anymore, she did know this though, whatever was going on within her it wasn't going to end well.
She walked into the front door, another text bleeped on her Phone but she chose not to answer as she walked upstairs to get changed, Ethan would be here soon to pick her up and that had been the fifteenth text in half an hour, which she felt was a bit excessive and higher than it had been last Christmas, choosing a colorful top some of her more relaxed shoes and tying her hair up into a more appealing style she headed downstairs to wait for her date to arrive.
After about twenty minutes the door bell rang, she walked up to the door to answer it seeing Ethan, he was a bit freaked out "Summer, why didn't you answer your texts?!" he seemed on edge and freaked out, something was off and his breath smelled of something decaying "I was getting ready for you Ethan why is something wrong?"
he looked upset "Yes something is wrong! You weren't talking to me again, you know how I feel about not being in contact with you!" he seemed almost manic his breath shallow and his face turning to one of anger "Listen you have to be in contact do you understand?!" his voice was raising to a shout "how am I supposed to know if you are ok if you aren't in contact with me!" she was a bit frightened now, he seemed to grow larger as he was shouting "you have to remain in contact I don't care how, if you can't do something as simple as that I don't know what I might do!" he seemed enraged his mind focused on anger and fury, this had her on high alert now and things didn't seem like they were going to end well.
A door opened and Morty stepped out from the garage having heard the yelling and rick telling him to check it out since it was probably for his best interest that rick focus on his latest project, he saw Ethan standing over his sister, she was backed against a wall and his fist was raised against her, she seemed upset, in his mind she wasn't his real sister, he had left her and his parents back on the world rick had cronenberged in an attempt to make Morty's then love interest attracted to him, but this was still not ok and he knew this he ran at Ethan blocking his fist as he was about to hit Summer.
Summer didn't know what had happened, Morty seemed to appear out of nowhere just as Ethan was about to hit her, he wasn't the scrawny weak kid he used to be, apparently all that adventuring with Rick had made him quite a bit stronger, thin yes, but strong enough to stand up to someone much bigger than him, Ethan was caught off guard and seemed even angrier now "who the hell are you?!" Morty just looked at him "what you were about to do to Summer, yeah that-that's not ok, she's my sister you got that? And nobody lay-lays a hand on her" Ethan just looked at him growling noticing his stutter but also his composure "This isn't over Summer I'll be back and when I am you won't have your little friend here to protect you"
Morty looked at his sudo sister checking her over for injuries, when he was satisfied she was ok he helped her up, she seemed to be crying, if she was anything like his real sister he knew she liked Ethan but this was unexpected, he knew Ethan had been dealing with problems but this was a whole new side that even he didn't see coming.
He went to go upstairs so he could think about things when she reached out and grabbed his arm, he stopped and turned to her seeing that she needed someone to confide in, he decided instead to take her somewhere to help her forget about what had gone on so they went down to one of the local restaurants in town leaving a note for his parents letting them know that he and Summer had gone out for dinner so that they could do what they wanted.
Meanwhile Rick was messing with his new device, he actually did feel secretly bad about cronenberging up their home reality and the lack of a love life for Morty he didn't know that rick had lost interest in Jessica so he was working on a way to get her to notice him for what he really was, Rick was a good kid, plain and simple, a bit misguided at times, but he had a good heart and that's all that really mattered.
Rick was confident it would work but he just couldn't get the kinks worked out and was sure that if he couldn't get the beam to only affect one person then things could go very bad very quickly, especially after that gazorpazorpian escapade had nearly gotten the planet destroyed, he briefly wondered how Morty's unintended offspring was doing, considering the life span, probably equivalently aged to around ninety? The human/alien hybridization process was finicky that way.
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The time was around 7:00 pm and Summer had been quiet for most of the evening eating slowly so she could focus on something other than the outburst of Ethan, she couldn't help but wonder just what was going through Morty's head, why had he brought her out here, why was he buying her dinner, was it some misguided sense of honor or was he just being kind, or maybe there was something else, she blushed for a second shaking it off because that would be wrong wouldn't it? She wasn't sure, technically he was her brother but he also wasn't, sure genetically the two Morty's were identical but they had grown up in similar but different realities, and one thing was certain, Morty had seen something horrible, whatever that had been, it was enough to make him and Rick abandon their own time line and come here instead.
Her thoughts seemed to be filled with Morty for some reason, she was studying him more closely, he had built up some muscle and had learned to fight just a bit better, he also didn't seem to be the cowardly timid boy she used to know as her brother considering he stepped in to stop what could have been the worst day in her life so far, if not the end, but she knew it was wrong to think about him as anything other than her brother, her mind just couldn't stop eventually Morty broke the silence "Summer is everything ok? You've been quiet this whole time and seem to be somewhere else."
She looked at him trying to think of a response but she had none, a tear fell from her face her mind trying to register whatever emotion was running through it, Morty saw this and looked even more concerned, offering to take her somewhere else so they could talk about it, they got up and left Morty leaving a tip for the waiter.
They were walking by the house and he wanted to stop in a second and pray for the alternates of himself and Rick, which she stood watching in silence, he seemed different more spiritual maybe? She wasn't sure what had changed but she was freaking out internally, fighting herself because she was starting to like him, and that would be a serious problem she may have to talk to him about, since he seemed to listen to her like his counterpart never did since they replaced the two dead men in the graves before her.
The night was clear now, the sun had set and the moon was rising, stars shining brilliantly down from above both of them knowing that there were far stranger things out there than their own imaginations could account for, she began silently crying again unsure where these emotions were coming from shen she was embraced from behind, she tensed up unsure of what was going on when she realized it was Morty she relaxed again feeling a warmth within her.
Morty, seeing that Summer was crying moved behind her and embraced her to comfort whatever was upsetting her, he was hoping to get her to talk to him, if she opened up about whatever was bothering her maybe he could help in some way, it was then that she did something unexpected.
Summer was very confused about what was going on, what did she feel for Morty? Was it the normal love she should have for her brother, that of a family/sibling bond? Or was it something more, she didn't know, but having him holding her in his arms seemed to amplify whatever it was, she felt her body moving on it's own, she wasn't sure why but she didn't stop, she reached over pulling him in close, closed her eyes, and gently placed a kiss on his soft lips, the ruch of sensation something she hadn't experienced in a while, Ethan having become more and more cold towards her she nearly forgot what a kiss really felt like.
She felt him tense up trying to pull away, he seemed confused, freaked out, unsure of himself, she didn't let him go however, she wasn't sure why but she didn't want him to leave, she had to say something, anything he looked frightened "S-Summer wha-wha-what are you doing?!" he tended to stutter when he was nervous or frightened, "it's me Morty yo-your brother remember?!, this isn't right!" she didn't care, she just wanted to look into his eyes, like deep pools holding back secrets she had no comprehension of, she was smart but he had seen things that were beyond her imagining and probably would remain beyond her comprehension, finally he managed to slip out of her grasp and began running back home, her eyes forming tears again knowing she probably just messed up whatever they had.
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Rick was still working on the invention he had made to help Morty when his grandson had ran in through the door, he seemed to be on high alert Rick put things down internally concerned but externally a state of calm uncaring "wha-what is it Morty, did you screw things up again?" Morty just looked at him a look of confused emotions on his face this told Rick that something was off Morty spoke up "Rick so-something's not right, this reality, Summer just k-kissed me!" Rick just looked at Morty in disbelief "Rick, did-did you do something to her?" he spoke up feeling hurt that Rick would accuse him "Mor-*burp*-Morty calm down, now listen, you cannot let things continue, you understand? This, this isn't right morty, you hear me, this isn't right, this only ends badly morty, do you understand me morty, this only ends badly, I, I can't help you morty, this is something *burp* you have to figure out for yourself, you have to stop this morty you hear me, you have to stop this."
Morty just looked even more confused but decided to go up into his room to think for a while, meanwhile Rick just went back to his machine mumbling something about quantum defibrillators and Ionic Stabilizers.
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A/N: going to stop here for now, will continue with at least another chapter, comment if you want more