A conversation between bars.


Pairings Beyond Grimmons:

~N/A

Other Notes for This Story:

~ MASSIVE SPOILERS for Season 15 through Episode 16. SPOILERS, I SAY!

~Written for the 15kisses comm on Dreamwidth. The prompt was "Sagittarius: #7 Determined."


Legal Disclaimer: I do not own Red vs. Blue or any of the show's characters. They are the rightful properties of Rooster Teeth.

Cell Communication

"So…Locus, huh?" Simmons asked from where he stood in his cell, awkwardly trying to appear cool.

Richard "Dick" Simmons wasn't "cool" and the idea of him playing at it was amusingly painful to witness. Dexter Grif, sitting close in the cell next to Simmons', didn't care about that though. What he fucking cared about was that the nerd was fucking there with him, and not in a conveniently portable form that he could spike over a net.

"Yep," Grif said as he nodded his orange helmeted head in reply, "I bet he's already fucking found Washington and Carolina as we speak."

Because, let's face it, Grif had participated in an extremely kick-ass distraction plan. No one would have guessed he was working with a mercenary like Locus. Even Grif sometimes had a hard time believing it, but then again he had spent the last few days talking to friends he had made out of volleyballs.

Grif could tell that Simmons was frowning behind his helmet when he spoke again: "And you think we can trust him?"

They were talking quietly to one another as Donut hummed a song to himself in his cell. Across the corridor, Tucker silently conversed with Caboose. The two Blues were probably still talking about the big Church reveal while they waited to be rescued.

…Man, that Temple guy was such a dick. And not in the good way, like one Richard "Dick" Simmons was.

Grif felt himself let out a sigh of contentment. He had missed, really fucking missed, just talking to his buddy—no, friend, like this.

…Yeah, friend. One that he had a lot of feelings for. Feelings that he was so fucking finally ready to get off his chest.

"Locus did help me get this far." Grif finally pointed out when he heard Simmons' cybernetic hand tap against the armor of his flesh arm in an impatient tick and he realized that he had never actually responded to the redhead.

Simmons nodded before sliding down to the ground in the same posture as Grif. The chubby man's heart swelled at the sight and he swallowed, surprisingly both happy and nervous all at once.

"I'm just so glad you got my message." Simmons informed Grif, glancing in front of him with his hands on his armored knees, "That you actually came for us."

Grif shifted slightly so that he was staring at his friend through the bars, "Simmons…"

There was so much he wanted to say here. He wanted to apologize again for leaving like he had. He wanted to tell Simmons that he did want to talk about what had happened in the storage closet back on Chorus, that it had been one of the singular best nights of his life ever.

He wanted to say, needed to say, that he lo—

Simmons shifted so that his shoulder was touching Grif's through the bars, and all thoughts in Grif's mind short-circuited at the unexpected contact.

"I should have said something back then too." Simmons murmured quietly, "I'm sorry."

Grif swallowed again, "Don't worry about it. I was being an ass."

"Yeah, but…"

"It's okay, Simmons." He leaned into the touch, surprised and happy when Simmons didn't pull back, "There's a lot we still need to talk about."

"Yeah, definitely."

Grif's hand tentatively reached through the bars and found Simmons'. He entwined his fingers around the cyborg's and gently squeezed, heart thundering in response when Simmons squeezed back.

They stayed like that as they waited, orange and maroon armored shoulders touching and hands entwined with an unspoken promise to finally say what they really felt dangling in-between them.


Author's Notes: My second update today for Pillow Talk since I felt bad that I didn't get to update any of my WIP stories this week! This is just a short Season 15 response fic because this season keeps giving me so many Grimmons feels. :D A bit more cute and fluffy this time around! I hope it was an enjoyable read. :)