Authors Note: This is for my friend AlaskaMcCormick! She is a great Grimmons fan. I had planed to ad something about season 11/12 at the end but it didn't seem to fit.

Grimmons

Grif and Simmons were stuck together since the day they singed up for the army. Or to be more accurately Grif was stuck with Simmons. Apparently they walked past each other in the office when they signed up. Not that Grif would have remembered but Simmons did.
Later on Grif would learn that this was normal for him.

It probably was pure coincidence that they were going for the exams the same day. Honestly, back then Grif had no clue why the nerdy looking beanspon had been heading towards him. And even less why the guy babbled about boring stuff and started to come up with a conversation about how they singed up.
Later, Grif would learn that Simmons was socially extremely awkward and pretty much unable to hold normal conversations with strangers.

He went to him because he knew something to say to the guy who signed up the same day and figured that was better than nothing. It was kind of annoying but Grif didn't really complain. It was also useful to have someone around who actually had a plan of when to go to where.

When they were in the same group in basic training Grif started to think that it was a weird idea of destiny or something. Of course Simmons would again not-so-casually stick around him. It was mutual, sort of. Grif was the fat and ignorant guy from the ghetto and so no one that was really liked. Simmons was nerdy and awkward and with that a magnet for bullies. Grif didn't really care what people were thinking about him. He didn't care about the military either. Simmons however tried to fit in and be cool only to fail miserably and get bullied more. Grif who hardly cared about much more than himself and his sister didn't really care about that either. He teased and mocked Simmons too, sometime. But he wasn't the kind of guy who went so far as to lock him in a closet, put his toothbrush in the toilet or stuff. Not that he was the nice kind of guy. It just seemed like too much work. Luckily they didn't share a room then, though.
Later, Grif would learn that that alone made him to the closest thing of a friend Simmons ever had.

Grif really thought it was a horribly bad humored idea of destiny when he and Simmons were grouped together at an outpost in a canyon at fucking nowhere. At first he was relived that Simmons was there. Because the sergeant was completely hardcore crazy and wanted him dead. But soon Grif wished Simmons wasn't there because he turned out to be a huge kiss ass.
Later, Grif would learn that this was because the maroon soldier had issues thanks to his father.

They were there together day in and day out. Not much to do so even more reason to bicker. Grif got to know Simmons well, whether he liked or not. It was kind of inventible.

When Donut and Caboose came here, shit started to get weird and sort of more lethal. Tucker that jerk run him over accidentally with the tank at some point and he got almost killed. That was about how Simmons became a cyborg and he got a number of his body parts. Why they didn't simply make him a cyborg Grif probably would never understand. He didn't really care either though and all he was thinking about was that he now sure was stuck forever with Simmons with the nerds heart beating in his chest.

At least he thought that until they got the relocating order from command. They were all sent to another outpost. But then Sarge refused to leave because the battle wasn't over. At one side Grif was so fucking glad. Finally away from Sarge and the weird blues who dragged them in horrible and dangerous shit.
Later, Grif would earn that the blues mostly likely would drag them in shit for the rest of their lives.

The thing was, he was pretty sure Simmons would stay then too. That was an oddly stirring thought. In a bad way. Since he signed up for the military Simmons had always been around Grif. But of course the orange soldier would never admit this. Neither to himself nor anyone else.

So it had been really surprising for Grif when Simmons kept talking obviously-randomly about their relocation order. As usual he didn't get half the shit Simmons was talking (or more sputtering in that case) about. But he didn't really care either. It just was odd. kiss ass Simmons was going to be relocated with him instead of staying with Sarge. Sure, he said it was because it was an order from command and all. Grif still didn't care for the reason.

So it came that the two got ready in the morning. Grif had been too sleepy then to call shotgun in time and ended up being the driver. Things were a little awkward and weird even if he wouldn't admit it. Simmons drops in the passenger seat and of course he is awkwardly kneading his hands.

"Uh", he says. "You aren't going to kick me in the back of the car again?" he asks since Grif just started the jeep without a comment. He remembers how he told Simmons once to go to the backseats because they weren't on a date.

Somehow Grif finds himself grinning. "Nah, it's fine" he sais easily while they drive further away from the base. So yeah, he's in a lot of shit and all but hey, Simmons is still here so it's gonna be fine. So maybe destiny isn't a total bitch.