Author's Note: Warning implied incest and eventual poly. If that's not your cup of tea, hit the back button, otherwise enjoy!
"Becket boys," Tendo spoke warmly as the two stepped out of Gipsy Danger. "Never seen the two of you have a blip like that, you all right?"
"We're fine," Raleigh responded. Tendo's expression remained concerned.
"Even with how long we've drifted, we still across the odd RABIT we haven't shared before," Yancy stated.
Understanding filled the tech's face. "Happens to the best of them."
"We handled it," Raleigh stated with a grin. "And that particular RABIT won't cause a momentary blip in the future."
With smiles still in place, they left Tendo and made their way to their quarters. Yancy closed the door after them. "Hit me with it Rals," he invited.
"Herc Hansen?!"
Yancy's lips curved. "Yeah."
"How the hell did you get to him so fast?"
"Knew if I didn't, you'd beat me to him. Again."
"Was hoping for a repeat," Raleigh sighed.
"You could-"
"That goes against the system," he interrupted firmly. "And," he continued before Yancy could say anything, "it's worked for us so far. We're not going to throw it out because you got to someone I wanted first."
"Don't pout, Rals," Yancy drawled, "you know what it does to me."
"Pervert," he retorted with a fond smile. Yancy wrapped an arm around his shoulders. "You could always use the system to your advantage…"
"If he's straight, I'm gonna kick your ass."
A grin from his older brother. "You can try."
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"Hey," Raleigh greeted Chuck Hansen warmly.
"Hey Becket," he replied.
"Call me Raleigh," he drawled. "Gets confusing otherwise."
"Raleigh," he spoke to himself.
The blonde grinned. "Pilot to pilot?" The redhead nodded. "You're good."
"Thought you were gonna say I'm a brawler."
"Anyone who gives you shit for that has never been a pilot," he stated. "The best of us know, the only way to have a decent stretch as a pilot is to work with your strengths and cover your weaknesses."
"I get that," he replied slowly. He smirked. "This isn't how I thought this conversation would go," he remarked pseudo-casually.
"Oh?"
"Thought you were coming over to flirt with me."
"You okay with that?" A quick nod. "How about we take this somewhere private?"
"Your bunk or mine?"
A slight paused from the blonde. "Yours."
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Raleigh let himself into his and Yancy's quarters. "You dirty stop-out," Yancy teased from his position sprawled on the bottom bunk.
"Didn't want to interrupt your fun," he drawled with a wicked grin. He kicked off his boots then crawled onto the bottom bunk.
"He take care of you?"
"You know the answer to that," he murmured as he cuddled into his older brother's side. Silence. "But you wanna hear it. It was really good," he spoke with a pleased grin. "Think I had as much fun as you."
Yancy hummed. "Think you did. Get some sleep. Don't know when the next alarm will go off."
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"How'd you manage that?" Chuck demanded from the Beckets as they all emerged from their Jaegers.
"Gipsy's analogue," they replied in unison. "Sorry," they spoke and sighed.
"Too in-sync after the drift?"
"Give us a minute," they spoke, rolling their shoulders in unison. Chuck watched in fascination as the pair made even the minutest gesture in unison for the next minute or so. Then their eyes flicked to each other. "We're good," Raleigh stated.
Chuck's gaze flicked from Raleigh to Yancy. Yancy wrapped an arm around Chuck's shoulders with a grin. "Want me to give you a play by play?"
"All right."
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Raleigh knocked on the door of the Hansen's quarters. Herc opened the door with a welcoming smile. "Come in," he invited stepping back from the door.
"Thanks," the blonde replied with a smile and closed the door after himself. "Fancy a drink?"
"We're both still on duty," Herc replied automatically.
"Yeah, but even with the greater frequency of attacks, one beer shouldn't make too big a difference," he coaxed.
"You have a point," he conceded as he retrieved two bottles from the fridge. "Surprised to see you here," he remarked as he handed the blonde one of the bottles.
"Yeah?" he spoke as he cracked it open.
"Haven't really seen you apart from in the Jaeger bay," he commented taking his first swallow.
Raleigh lifted a shoulder. "We were both otherwise occupied," he spoke and took a long swallow from his bottle. Herc let out an appreciate sigh after one of his own. "Been a while?"
"Yeah," he answered, grinning when his gravelly voice made the younger man shiver. "Something I've been wondering for a while?" An inquisitive hum from the blonde. "You and Yancy have rules about bed partners?"
"We have a system," he stated, taking a swig of his beer. "Why?"
"Didn't see Yancy much in Manilla, and this is the first I've seen you," he drawled, lifting a shoulder. "Made me think."
"It works for us," he replied absently, finishing his drink with a long swallow and set the empty bottle down on the table. He turned back to find the older pilot watching him intently. "Something on your mind Herc?"
"Surprised you aren't flirting," he remarked.
"I respect you too much to do that…without encouragement."
"And if I wanted a repeat of Manilla?"
"Do you?" the blonde asked with a flirtatious smile.
"Yes," Herc replied roughly.
"Thank god," Raleigh murmured and closed the distance between them for a heated kiss. Herc returned the touch, soon taking control. Raleigh smoothly shifted to straddle the older pilot's lap, taking the bottle and placing it on the side table without breaking the kiss.
Herc gripped Raleigh's ass and stood, causing the blonde to moan. He pulled back to chuckle wickedly and made his way to his bedroom. "Let's catch up on the fun, eh?" he spoke roughly as he lay the younger man down on his bed.
"Let's," Raleigh spoke, crooking his finger invitingly.
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Yancy let himself into the Hansen's medical quarters with a grin. "Thought you'd been discharged?" Herc retorted.
"We had, which is why…" he trailed off and gestured behind himself with a flourish. Raleigh entered, arms laden with several bottles, a picnic basket slung over the crook of his arm.
"As if you had anything to do with it Yance," he drawled with a grin.
"I got the list from medical didn't I?"
"After you got me to convince them it'd be a good idea."
"Boys," Herc spoke with an indulgent smile.
Raleigh blinked. "He's never seen us behind closed doors Rals," Yancy reminded.
"Right. Neither of you know bickering like this is normal for us," he spoke, throwing a charming grin in the too-quiet Chuck's direction.
"Yeah?" the younger redhead asked, lips curving upward. Both Beckets nodded. "Is that a picnic basket?" he retorted.
"The kitchen staff insisted," he replied with a blush.
"Didn't know you could blush," Herc drawled, smirking at the shivers he inspired.
"Oh he can," Yancy spoke, "it's just rare."
Raleigh gave him a glare and his older brother just grinned. "Yeah, it's more common for Yance to do it," he spoke with a superior look. Yance gave him a look promising retribution. 'Bring it,' Raleigh mouthed. Chuck looked between the two of them, tense. Then both Beckets grinned and he relaxed.
"So what you brought us then?" Herc asked.
"An array of goodies, and one beer each."
"Beer?" Chuck gaped.
"Medical agreed that one wouldn't do you any harm – especially since they're monitoring you anyway."
"What about the two of you?"
"We weren't as close to the blast as the two of you," Yancy stated.
"And we had to promise to only have one, and for it to be while we were here too," Raleigh added. "Not a hardship," the blondes spoke in unison. Chuck's eyebrows rose. "We were planning on it anyway."
Raleigh grinned. "So, shall we get this party started?"
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Herc let Yancy and Raleigh into his and Chuck's shared quarters. "How's freedom feel?" Raleigh asked the younger redhead with a grin.
"Still gotta go back," he huffed.
"You know medical," Yancy started. "They'd keep you strapped down for a cold if you let 'em," the blondes finished in unison.
"The two of you still have check-ups right?" Herc asked pointedly.
"Weekly," they sighed.
"Only got it that infrequent by swearing to let them know immediately if we got specific symptoms," Yancy stated. Raleigh gave him a look.
"Had to do the convincing did you Raleigh?" Herc asked, grinning at the shivers his roughened voice incited. The blonde nodded. Herc shared a look with Chuck. "Going to tell us what this system is you've got?"
"Do you really care?" Raleigh asked as he perched on the arm of Chuck's chair, smiling warmly when the redhead relaxed.
"I wanna know," he spoke nonchalantly.
"Tell 'em Rals," Yancy urged as he settled on the arm of Herc's chair.
"It's simple really. If there's someone we're both interested in, then whichever brother isn't first successful in a given location back's off."
"You call dibs?" Chuck huffed.
"Only in that location. If we meet them again in another one, slate's wiped clean and the other brother has a shot."
"There's a caveat," Yancy piped up.
"Yeah; unless the person in question expresses an interest in the other brother."
"That's why you wouldn't flirt," Herc murmured.
"Couldn't until you gave encouragement," Raleigh spoke shrugging a shoulder. "Even if Yance and Chuck were already having fun."
"You would have found someone else to play with," Herc stated.
"As if you wouldn't want to play with either of them given the chance," Chuck retorted.
Raleigh winked at Yancy, causing his brother to hide a grin. "But I wanted to play with a Hansen," he pouted. Herc's gaze turned heated, Yancy shivered and Chuck tensed beside him. He wrapped his arm around Chuck's shoulders. "You'll let me play with you, won't you Chuck?"
"Yes," the redhead breathed.
Raleigh's grin turned wicked and he closed the distance between them for a heated kiss, Herc and Yancy's attention like a caress. "Good thing neither of you can go anywhere for a while," he spoke as he pulled back, "because we both want to play with you a lot more, right Yance?" He shifted his gaze to Herc and Yancy.
"Yes," he spoke, voice husky.
"That's good," Herc spoke roughly, "because we do too." Chuck made an agreeing noise.
"I think they enjoyed watching us," Raleigh spoke in a stage-whisper. Chuck's gaze flicked to his. "They should return the favour, don't you think?"
"Definitely," he agreed, voice rough.
Raleigh's expression was challenging as he turned his gaze to their companions. Yancy grinned wickedly and leant close to Herc, parting his lips in offering. The older man claimed his mouth in a heated kiss.
Raleigh shivered and Chuck wrapped a possessive arm around his hips. "Look good together, don't they?" he spoke into Raleigh's ear. The blonde nodded. "You'd love to see more than this, wouldn't you?" Raleigh shifted to meet Chuck's gaze. The redhead's eyebrows rose challengingly.
"Yes," he spoke firmly.
"Good," he spoke smugly. Herc and Yancy pulled apart. "He's willing," he stated.
"So is Yancy," Herc stated. "Shall we move this somewhere more comfortable?"
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Raleigh and Yancy lay naked on their sides facing each other, Chuck spooning Raleigh while Herc spooned Yancy. The blondes shared a look. "You want to do this again, right?" Yancy asked for both of them.
"As long as you want," Herc spoke, voice rough.
The blondes linked fingers. "I think we can ditch the system, don't you Yance?" Raleigh drawled, pressing back against Chuck.
"Yeah," Yancy agreed as he pressed back against Herc.
"That right?" Herc asked with a grin.
"We've found who we want to play with," the blondes spoke in unison. "Permanently."
"Good," Chuck spoke kissing the back of Raleigh's neck, the gesture echoed by Herc. "Think they deserve another round, don't you Dad?" Both blondes shivered.
"Got to keep our boys satisfied."