Summary: Drabble series of the men Veronica Mars gave her heart to, and those who gave her theirs in return. Some will be AU. Veronica/All
1. Detective
She was supposed to be the detective, so why isn't she able to figure out how the annoyance and anger she usually feels towards the Sheriff dissipates whenever their bodies come into contact? Her final conclusion is that Don Lamb is just abnormally talented in throwing her off-balance, and that she should just stay as far away from him as possible.
Unfortunately, ever since she became legal, the Sheriff seems to go out of his way to get her into handcuffs.
2. Golden
Before everything, she and Duncan had been Neptune High's classic sweethearts—not as scandalously glorious as Lily and Logan, but still the example of ideal romance that each incoming freshman sighed over. Years later, Veronica looks back at their old photos and wonders how something seemingly so perfect tarnished so quickly.
3. Fate
He first meets her duck-taped naked to the flagpole, which isn't a good impression by any means, but he manages to redeem himself by becoming her right-hand man—only to get firmly stuck in the Friend Zone. After his mother starts dating her father, Wallace Fennel decides that Fate just really doesn't want him to get with Veronica Mars.
4. Impressions
Lilly was always silver—beautiful, mysterious, sensual, and easily tarnished. Remembering his days with the Kane wild child, Logan wonders how he failed to realize that, compared to Veronica's pure gold, Lilly had never been more than a flashy trinket.
And while Veronica's gold had been purified and made even more beautiful after her trials by fire, Lilly's fire had burned her and left her open and bleeding on her pool deck, unable to ever experience the transformation from girl to woman.
5. Mother
The first time his daughter asks him who her mother is, he's too choked up to reply. The second time, he tries to picture Meg in his mind but ends up describing a passionate, intelligent, independent private detective instead. By the time he finishes relaying Veronica's first adventure with Wallace, his daughter is asleep, a peaceful smile on his face, and he's left with the heartache of wondering what could have been if he'd been braver and taken Veronica with him when he escaped.
6. Provocation
"Get out of my way, Mars."
"Make me."
Logan thinks that he's probably enjoying hefting her tiny body over his shoulder and carrying her outside too much, but the challenging way she'd been sticking out her chin had totally asked for it.
7. Modest
She didn't flaunt her body the way some of the other girls did, but watching her stride confidently in Meg's cheerleading uniform, Logan remembered why she and Lilly had been ranked the hottest girls in Neptune. Watching as Duncan's eyes followed his girlfriend and his ex, he knew he wasn't the only one.
8. Stupid
Out of all the possible candidates, Dick Casablancas knew he probably had the least claim to Veronica Mars—as well as the slimmest chance, if it even existed, of ending up as her boyfriend. But hey, he was already known around the school for not being too bright, so what was the harm in asking her out?
9. Bilingual
Weevil's got pretty good control over his hormones, but somehow listening to Veronica chatter away in near-perfect Spanish is the sexiest thing he's ever heard. He thinks that maybe it's because another blonde vixen never even bothered to learn how to properly greet his grandmother in her native language.
10. Rebel
Troy's never been one to break social rules, but one look at the blonde trying to fix her tire and he knows that despite the warnings the 09ers have been dropping all day, he's going to get to know this girl better. When she quirks an eyebrow at him and introduces him to her infamously sharp tongue, he decides that she's worth risking his status for.
11. DNA
The days after Lilly died, Duncan found himself plagued with nightmares—the worst being him standing over Lilly's bloody body, only to find Veronica is suddenly the one lying dead and cold at his feet. His mother walks calmly out of the house then and tells him that he's killed both his sisters, but no worries, they'll cover it up for him.
After the third time, he starts taking his pills without complaints.
12. Cute
She acts like such a hardcore rebel all the time, and Weevil knows that she takes pride in the fact that no one messes with her without consequences—so he doesn't inform her that half-of-the-time, she still looks like the perky, golden-haired pixie she really is.
13. Fans
Wallace knows that Veronica thinks that everyone at Neptune—with painfully few exceptions—hates her, but he knows firsthand that she has a surprising amount of secret fans, and even fan-clubs, among the student population. He never attends one of their meetings or even lets them know he knows they exist, but really, he's probably a much bigger fan than any of them.
14. Revenge
There's nothing scarier than Veronica Mars' bad-side, and Sheriff Lamb knows that pressing her to the wall and kissing her senseless will probably result in his testicles being forcibly removed—so he focuses on making the experience so mind-shattering that she can't remember to get angry.
Veronica knows perfectly well what he's doing, but she's got her fingers buried in his hair and she can see sparks behind her eyelids, so she lets him slide.
15. Drunk
Drunk Veronica is affectionate Veronica. Swallowing hard as he tries to remove her tugging arms from his jeans, Leo silently forces himself to remember that she's still underage, and to push her down on the bed and give in to the smoldering in her eyes would probably result in his ass in jail and the former Sheriff shooting him in the head.
16. Control
Watching as she stalks around the table, carelessly revealing their secrets before finally nailing the thief, Logan has to admit that an in-control Veronica is a very hot Veronica.
17. Tutor
She's gotten straight A's since forever and is one of the most intelligent people he's ever met, so Piz feels flattered, to say the least, when Veronica asks him for help with her dying computer. (She does say it's because Mac's out of town, but hey, he was her first guy-choice, right?)
He promises that he'll have it fixed by the next day, conveniently forgetting to mention that he doesn't know squat about tech. Three hours of fiddling and several close calls later, he finally gives up and calls in Max, who has the machine up-and-running in less than ten minutes.
The fifty bucks he's forced to fork over is completely worth seeing the smile of gratitude on her face.
18. Father
Sheriff Mars is kind, funny, a total guy's guy, and the best adult to go to for advice—but he's also the scariest "father-of-the-girlfriend" to meet, even if you've already met him. Several times. When he was hauling your ass to jail.
For some reason, as Keith stared a hole straight through him and casually informed him that he was still licensed to use a gun, Weevil thought that was probably not the best way to be acquainted with the first-place man in Veronica's life.
19. Family
She's an only child with a single parent, and completely unused to large family celebrations. Watching her as she laughs and chatters with his cousins, tías, and uncles, however, Weevil thinks that, despite the obvious blonde hair and white skin, Veronica Mars fits right in with the Navarro household.
20. Tease
The simplest things she did could sometimes provoke the boys around her to distraction. Take the way she was worrying her bottom lip as she took her Calculus test, for example—Piz would be lucky if he didn't fail the class.
21. Oil
Watching as Veronica licked her fingers teasingly clean of the glossy oil, Logan wanted to groan in frustration. How was it that he'd always thought of her as the beautiful, sweet background to Lilly's dynamic front-and-center?
22. Painting
He had an affinity for the arts, and in his years after Neptune and Veronica, Troy has drawn several portraits of the beautiful blonde who he never should have left. When he sees her at Hearst, he decides to go home and burn all the paintings, because nothing can compare to the original.
23. Music
As Piz adjusts Veronica's hands, and slides in behind her to adjust the way she's holding his guitar, he's never been more glad that he plays an instrument.
24. Gambling
She wins the five-thousand dollars at the Echolls Christmas Poker Game easily, and despite her affectations at being modest, the smirk on her face gives her away.
"Just how experienced are you at this?" Logan finally demanded, throwing down his cards in disgust.
Veronica's smirk grew. "The stereotype about cops getting together to play cards? Not a myth, it turns out. I learned to play poker before third grade."
25. Gambling (part 2)
She may be good at gambling with money, but when it comes to her heart, she's always a bit reserved. Too reserved at times. Those around her often wish that she could show the same skill with love as she does with cards—but then again, Keith was the one who taught her how to play and he'd be glad to see his daughter die an old maid.
26. Table
It was undoubtedly the filthiest thing he's ever fantasized about, but screwing Veronica over the interrogation table is just so damn hot that Sheriff Lamb can't seem to let it go.
27. Future
She's going to do great things one day, and Weevil just knows that one day he'll be watching TV and her name and picture will pop up with some stupid reporter gushing about how she's "accomplished the impossible" or some other bullshit. He knows perfectly well that marrying him will just tie her down.
He's still the happiest man in the world when she says yes.
28. Competition
He expected it from Duncan, Piz, Weevil—even Troy, despite her claim that he was out of her life. Watching as Wallace slung an arm casually around Veronica's shoulders, however, Logan wonders if his greatest rival had been hiding in the guise of Veronica's best friend all along.
29. Backup
Backup loves Wallace, loves Logan, loves Weevil, and loves Duncan. For some reason, however, he just can't stand Piz. The poor boy has found himself pushed to the ground with a snarling pitbull in his face more than once, and despite Veronica's efforts to ingratiate the boy to the dog, Backup isn't having any of it.
He knows he smells cat on the blonde's clothes.
30. Peanut Butter
She gets a little on the side of her mouth, but that's ok because it's just that much sweeter when Duncan reaches over and kisses it off.
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