'Sup? So sorry that this has taken so long, and I know that what you want is It'll be Fun, but a wise man (Jerma985 from YouTube) once said that that you can't rush creativity. It just sort of comes to you. I reckon that I'll be able to write Chapter 12 of It'll be Fun soon enough. In the meantime, here's an experimental oneshot to keep you occupied. I've only seen Zoey and Martyn shipped once, and in-universe the romance was accidental. Tell me what you think, and enjoy!

BONUS DISCLAIMERS!

Xbox belongs to Microsoft, Borderlands 2 belongs to Gearbox Software


Zoey stood at the entrance to Cabertown, shifting from foot to foot, waiting for Martyn's arrival. She'd just got an Xbox 360 and Borderlands 2 in the mail, a shipment that she'd waited for for ages. She'd nagged Rythian to play with her until he just up and left. At this point, Zoey had called Martyn. He was awesome. Finally, after what seemed like hours of waiting, she heard the sound of an engine, and a plume of sand appeared in the distance.

She shouted, "Hey! Martyn! That you?"

"Yeah, it's me!"

"I'm over here!"

Martyn's jeep stopped at in front of Zoey, and Martyn hopped out.

"Hi Zoey."

"Hi Martyn."

"So, we're gonna play some video games, yeah?"

"Well, duh!"

The two of them sat in front of the TV in Zoey's room. Ravs' TV was bigger, but Zoey assumed from past experience that it was broken. She turned on the Xbox, loaded the game, and gave Martyn a controller. After watching the introduction to the game, they chose their characters.

"Gaige. Dibs."

"You don't have to be so pushy about it, Zoey."

"Hey! This character is basically me with a death robot!"

"I want a death robot!"

"You can be Axton, then."

"But he has a turret, not a robot!"

"Oh, boo hoo, I'm so sad because I can only deploy a giant machine gun turret. Stop whining."

Martyn chose Axton, and they started playing.

An hour later, and things weren't looking so hot. They were sandwiched between bandits and bullymongs, their car was destroyed, they were both low on ammo, and their skills were on cooldown. Zoey was shotgunning the bullymongs, while Martyn tried to kill the bandits with a sniper rifle. While Zoey wasn't concentrating, a bullying projectile hit her, and she went down. Martyn rushed to revive her, and as he started the revive, the funniest thing happened.

Martyn's character said, out of all his random lines, "Wow. Do you work out, or…"

It took a second for Martyn to register what he'd just heard, before he started laughing.

Zoey paused the game, stifled her laughter, and spoke, "Yeah, I think we just noticed the same thing."

"Yeah. I think my character just tried to flirt with your character."

"Could it be a sign?"

"Maybe. You know, today has been full of beautiful coincidences."

"What do you mean?"

"Rythian leaving, me being able to come and visit, this game, my character, that situation, that line."

"Heh. Guess you're right."

"You know what isn't a coincidence?"

Zoey was curious.

"What?"

"This."

Then, out of the blue, Martyn kissed her.

Zoey wasn't sure hoe to feel. Did Martyn like her? What would Rythian think? Then, she had an epiphany. The answers to those questions were 'definitely' and 'he's not here right now'. More than anything, though, the kiss had felt special. Being with Martyn in general just felt right, and the kiss exemplified that.

She spoke softly, "Guess it was a sign, huh?"

They hugged, and kissed again. For a while.


A/N: Not my greatest work, and certainly one for stretching my reputation as a universe-molester. The reasons behind this pairing are long-winded and complicated, but the end result is kind of cute, methinks. 'Til next time.