Fandom: Gone In Sixty Seconds ; Ocean's 11 (12 – 13)
Characters: Turk "Tumbler" Malloy
Categories: Gen, Drabble-sequence, Crossover,
Ratings/Warnings: PG-13 due some cursing littered here and there
Spoilers: Spoilers for "Gone in 60 Seconds", not real spoilers for any of the Ocean-movies.
Word Count: 3x100 words including the titles, but not including the Title
Summary: Three connected drabbles about a year from Turk Malloy's past, when he had been called Tumbler and grew up a little bit. A "Gone in 60 Seconds" – "Ocean's 11" crossover.
Notes:
- Somebody had to write it. And it's not an excuse.
– I blame Hawaii 5-0, my newest obsession that made me hyper-aware of Scott Caan, so when Ocean's 11 were on a re-run, I watched it for the whateverth time, but from a different point-of-view. And a week later, when Gone in 60 Seconds were repeated, and I saw him… there weren't any turning back from there.
Disclaimer: I do not own „Gone in 60 Seconds", and none of the „Ocean's 11-12-13" movies, I just "borrowed" a few characters and situations.
Growing up in three damn hard steps
Leaving and Learning
The longest they had been separated was a year. A too long year with so much to learn, and Turk learned. He learned that he was good enough to fit in anywhere he went. He learned that leaving everything behind, making new friends, earning a new ridiculous nickname, building connections and driving, driving, driving regardless of wheels is easier he would had thought.
And he learned that without Virgil, he was different: less talkative, less confident, less… himself; that sometimes, without their constant bickering, he *was* at a loss.
That damn pipe had thought him a lot.
Big Gig
The first Danny-caliber mastermind Turk met was Memphis Raines…. Or… maybe not Danny-caliber, but something dangerously close, with just enough batshit-crazy in his eyes to build confidence, and just enough calmness in his voice to create anxiety.
Their little pack with Kip was a well-oiled mayhem, fueled by fools' luck, but he had to meet Memphis to realize that. It was entirely different being a part of something that big and awesome from the "Low Rider" to Eleanor. At the end it didn't matter that he fucked up, repeatedly, big time… it kind of felt like a family.
Some Home
Provo wasn't even remotely like Los Angeles and Turk was awfully grateful for that. While most of Kip's gang "turned clean", and he was happy for them… kind of… he didn't want to follow their example.
Provo was so much the same that sometimes he forgot that *he* did change. Also didn't help that Virgil refused to believe him anything, especially the Calitri-job, and when he asked his brother to call him "Tumbler" he'd been laughed at… loud and hard. So he didn't asked anything, just fell back into the old rhythm… waited… he had things to prove.