For Highway23

Engineers and Pyros

For Dell Conagher, Spies were a terrible burden. Not just to him but to his beloved machines. The BLU team has been missing a Pyro for months now. Poor last son of a gun died by trying to do a form of 'rocket jump' with his flame thrower. Now they were getting a new Pyro; a woman pyro. Now, normally, there were no women at the bases. It was normally a group of guys trying to destroy the other group of guys across the way. A woman might just bring new life to the battle field.

When she arrived, she looked just like any other Pryo he's seen before. She wore the standard issue BLU suit and no one could understand a word she was saying through that mask. She seemed to be good at her job, burning the enemies and making sure that there wasn't one Spy that crossed their defenses. Dell was quite happy when she came around to check on his machines. It's been a while since he felt safe leaving them.

It came time for a ceasefire and everyone at the base was waiting to see if the new girl would take her mask off. The last Pyro never left his uniform or showed his face. Seeing that this was a woman, most of the men, mainly the Scout, were thrilled at the possibility that she would show herself.

When she came out of her room, the men's' jaws dropped. Standing before them was a woman in her mid twenties with shortish brown hair. She wore her uniform with the arms tied around her waist, sporting a nice black tube top. "Hi! I'm Rebecca Burns. You can call me Becky if you want." She said, noticed that they were all staring at her, "I would like it if you stopped staring."

Dell instantly shook his head, "Sorry, Miss Burns. Burns, fitting last name for you, now isn't it?"

Becky laughed at this, "Yeah, guess it fits my job choice. I was always fascinated by fire. Never burned myself at all."

"Well, as long as you burn those gosh darn Spies, I'll be a happy man." Dell said, smiling. She walked off and Dell went over to the other guys who were already starting a pool of how long this one would last.

"Last one lasted two weeks. Since she's a chick, I'm going to give her five days." Scout said. A bunch of the others agreed or went higher. Dell sported a smirk and put his money on 'Until the end of the War'. The guys thought he was crazy, but he had confidence in this one.

Becky started the next day. She ran around the field torching Scouts and roasting Heavies. Becky would normally go over to Dell to check on him and his machines, checking for Spies all around.

At one point, Becky came running up and didn't receive her normal hello from Dell, so she decided to stick around but make it look like she wasn't watching. As soon as the Spy dropped his disguise, he was toast*. Dell would always thank her kindly and he even invited her out for some beers tonight.

"That'd be great Dell. See you after the match!" Becky yelled, running off to torch a Heavy that was getting a little too close to a capture point. Something about this girl made Dell smile. It's been a while since he got to talk to one or even be close to a woman, so this would be a welcome experience to him. He was sure that Becky would also like being away from the Scout after the match who liked to follow her around. She commonly referred to him as "That creepy jack rabbit".

After the match, the two joined up on the back porch behind the kitchen. "About time we get a break. Those REDs seemed to actually be trying today. Twice as annoying as normal if you ask me." Becky said, opening a beer and taking a few swigs.

"Yeah, I'm just glad we have time to sit back and relax." Dell said, opening his own beer and relaxing on a crate nearby. He couldn't help but look at her. She truthfully was beautiful but he was sure she knew that.

"So, what do you guys do here for fun?"

"Well, we do show pictures of rainbows to Scout."

"Does he really cry?" She asked, eyes sparkling.

"He actually does. No idea why, but he does."

The pair had a good laugh about it and Becky spoke up "It's been a while since I got to talk to someone. Normally the guys are too busy drooling to bother to get to know me. They haven't figured out yet that if they actually try talking to me, I might just like them. I have to admit, you are a pretty cool guy, Dell."

Dell laughed at this, half happily and half nervously. Sure, he liked her but he was still nervous like any guy.

"I just want a guy that will take the plunge, kiss me, and just talk to me."

At those words, Dell started to lean forward and gave her a light kiss, so nervous he had to plant a hand on her shoulder to keep from falling over. Becky smiled and kissed him back, pulling away only to say "You're still going to talk to me like a normal friend, right?"

"Wouldn't trade it for the world."

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Had a super hard time with this one. I would like to ask that if you have even a little bit of plot in my, please put it in the form. This couple gave me a ton of trouble. Had no clue what to write but then the sudden thought comes along and you work with it. Anyway, I'm trying to get all the ones I have up. I've fallen behind and I do apologize. A lot of things have come up involving family and friends, so I've been a little busy.

* I had to mention toast after my friend sent me this video to watch: .com/watch?v=avU5onrWfYo

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