Hey (hey) What's the matter with your head? Yeah...
Hey (hey) What's the matter with your mind and all your sighing?
And-a ooh-ohh
Hey (hey) Nothin's a matter with your head, baby, find it
Come on and find it
Hell, with it, baby, 'cause you're fine and you're mine
And you look so divine

Tessa slipped out of bed, no longer able to lie still.

It felt weird now.

She'd had so much power in her, so much energy, and now it was gone, and it felt weird.

She found herself wandering the Nova Corps base that they were crashing at as they waited for their ship to be repaired.

She considered going to find Peter; he was probably as restless as her. But, Tessa had a suspicion that Gamora was with him at the moment and she didn't want to blow her friend's chance; Peter does that just fine on his own.

She could go see Gamora; her and the green ex-assassin had sort of become friends. It was nice; she was her first real girlfriend. But, again, probably with Peter.

Drax hardly crossed her mind before it was shot down.

Which left Rocket.

After everything, after the Infinity Stone, Rocket had broken down and cried. Tessa had kneeled down beside him and softly scratched behind his ears, and she thought she was going to get bitten, but, he let her, and his sobs calmed to sniffles.

So, they were pretty much friends now.

With those thoughts in mind, Tessa headed to Rocket's room, but, he wasn't there.

Tessa had a suspicion where he was, though.

Come and get your love
Come and get your love
Come and get your love
Come and get your love

"Not making any more bombs, I hope."

Rocket looked up from his spot sat on a work table in the Nova Corps lab and at the Terran sliding into the chair across from him.

"What're you doin' up?" Rocket asked gruffly, returning to his work.

"Couldn't sleep," Tessa replied, Rocket grunting in agreement as Tessa noticed what sat the table beside him "Is that…?"

"Yes."

"Okay," Tessa said, opting to not point out how weird it was to keep a piece of your friend's remains like that.

"Whatdaya want?" Rocket asked, Tessa shrugging.

"Lonely."

Rocket sighed, knowing he couldn't kick her out after that.

"Least make yourself useful," Rocket said "Pass me that wrench."

Tessa passed Rocket the wrench as she spoke.

"Whatchya making?"

"Fixin' one of the systems on the Milano; none of these cops know what they're doin'."

"You know…" Tessa said as she watched Rocket work "If you switched those cables with the standard issue Nova Corps ones, they wouldn't short out the first time Peter spills a drink on the control panel."

Rocket looked up, somewhat surprised, making Tessa chuckle.

"I know something about machinery."

"How come?"

"My dad."

Hey (hey) What's the matter with your feel right?
Don't you feel right, baby?
Hey, oh, yeah, get it from the main vine, alright
I said-a find it, find it, darling, love it
If you like it, yeah-eh
Hey (hey) It's your business if you want some
Take some, get it together, baby

Rocket wasn't exactly known for being empathizing, but, he could tell right away from Tessa's tone of voice that her dad was a sore spot.

It was quiet as Rocket continued working, trying to figure out how to broach the subject.

"Ya know, Blondie, I know how come Quill is a Ravager. But, you ain't said how you are."

"It's not that interesting," Tessa replied, shrugging.

"Ya sure?" Rocket said, giving her a look "You're from Terra."

"Fine, fine," Tessa sighed "I guess to start off I should tell you I'm the daughter of a very rich, successful CEO of a technology company. Not only was I set for life growing up, but so was my dad. I guess my grandpa wasn't all that great at parenting but my Dad was a playboy. And when I was growing up, I was terrified I was going to end up as messed up as he was, so I started, I don't know, repressing? I decided to make sure I didn't end up like him, that I was going to get married early and respectably. When I was seventeen I met this guy named John, and I decided to marry him. Then, when I was nineteen and it was our wedding day, I realized I couldn't marry him."

"Whatchya do?" Rocket asked.

"I bailed."

"So, you just left?" Rocket asked, chuckling "And didn't say nothing to no one?"

"Yup. Then, about two weeks into my stay at one of family's cabins, Yondu crashed nearby, I helped repair their spaceship, and they took me with them."

"How long ago was this?" Rocket asked.

"Seven years."

"Don't ya miss your family?" Rocket asked, regretting as Tessa started to look sad.

"I mean, yeah, of course I do… I miss my Dad and my little sister, well, she's not so little anymore, she's…" Tessa trailed off, her eyes widening "Shit, she's sixteen now."

Tessa seemed slightly horrified for a second before moving on.

"… Anyway… I do miss them, but, I like it here more. I'm happy when I'm with Peter and everyone else… I'm happy when I'm with you."

Come and get your love
Come and get your love
Come and get your love
Come and get your love

"Coulda sworn I irritate ya," Rocket said, feeling slightly awkward.

"Well, I mean, everybody irritates me, so, it's nothing new."

"That's nice," Rocket muttered, Tessa leaning forward on her elbows, almost halfway over the worktable.

"It should be; even though I find most people annoying, there are people who I'll look past that to be with. Like Peter. Like you."

"What're ya talkin' a-?"

Come and get your love, come and get your love
Come and get your love, now
.

It kind of didn't work because of their species difference.

Come and get your love, come and get your love
Come and get your love, now

But, Rocket couldn't bring himself to care.

Come and get your love, come and get your love
Come and get your love, now

Because, she was kissing him.

Come and get your love, come and get your love
Come and get your love, now

Tessa pulled away, smiling slightly.

"Tessa, what the hell?" Rocket demanded.

"Bad?" Tessa asked, frowning.

"What? No, but-."

"Oh, good."

And then she was kissing him again.

You're a freak.

You're a monster.

She doesn't want you, how can she?

She's beautiful.

You're vermin.

"Rocket."

She'd broken the kiss for a moment to whisper his name before leaning in to kiss him again.

And Rocket realized;

He didn't care anymore.

He had been treated like an experiment.

He was treated like vermin by people that didn't know him.

But, he had friends who said he was a genius.

He had saved the galaxy.

And he was currently kissing a beautiful Terran woman.

He wins.

Come and get your love
Come and get your love
Come and get your love
Come and get your love

Tessa broke the kiss, smiling and getting one in return.

"Fuck…"

Tessa laughed softly, reaching to scratch Rocket behind the ears; making him sigh and lean into her hand.

"Oh, Peter is never gonna let me live this one down," Tessa said, her words negated by her happy tone "He saw this one coming."

"I sure as hell didn't," Rocket said, making Tessa laugh.

"I hope you realize that just because we've added this into the mix, I'm not gonna go any easier on ya, Raccoon," Tessa said, Rocket grinning.

"Wouldn't want ya too. Now, kiss me again, Blondie."

Hey (hey) What's the matter with your feel right?
Don't you feel right, baby?
Hey, oh, yeah, get it from the main vine, alright

Tessa woke the next morning to find Rocket messing with a mechanical device.

"On my bed, really?" Tessa asked.

Rocket had stayed the night; they hadn't had sex, but he'd ended up in her room anyway.

"Hush, Blondie," Rocket said as he fiddled with the device before he seemed to finish and held it out to her.

"What is it?"

"It's your Terran phone, dumby; I rigged it so you can call home."

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