It's Been A While! (Sanford x Oc x Deimos)

Meeting the team

'~Milo 'bout to meet the gang!~'

Milo pilled up a few boxes up front and he lightly pressed his palm against the wall of the garage.

He heard a distant engine from afar but still jumped at the sound of the horn. He whipped around and sees Sanford waving his hand as he pulls up.

He hopped out and laughed excitedly. "Oh my god Milo! I can't believe you're joining the team!" Sanford exclaimed and pulled Milo into a hug. Milo just laughed and hugged back feeling just as excited.

"I can't either!" Milo said.

Milo and Sanford began to bring the boxes into the truck, it barely took them 10 minutes. But then they had to haul the couch too. Milo climbed up into the passenger side and he tried not to cringe at the scent of cigarettes and alcohol.

"Do you smoke now? Thought you were a drinker," Milo asked buckling up. "Oh nah, still a drinker the smoker is Deimos," Sanford chuckled.

"Ah..." Milo said and leaned back. As he began to imagine what it would be like to be working with Sanford again. But then he realised that he's in a team.

He's going to have to get to know them.

Sanford noticed Milo tense up and gave him a worried side glance. "Hey, you alright? Is it moving jitters?" Sanford asked. "Oh u-uhm, yeah kinda," Milo nervously began to fidget with his fanny pack zipper. "I-I think it's just that I have to socialize with a lot of people again. But like, on a daily basis," Milo recoiled.

"But you literally own an auto repair shop for the SQ. Don't you see any familiar faces every now and then?" Sanford adjusted te rear view mirror.

"I guess, but I do that because I run a shop. Not because I do it for fun, well, working can be fun sometimes jut not the keeping people waiting thing gets me hasty," Milo explained.

"Hey, hey now. It'll be a-okay~ The gang's pretty chill once you get used to it," Sanford held Milo's shoulder and pressed his thumb against a tense muscle. Milo sighed and began to relax and drop his shoulders.

"Sure, it'll take some time, but trust me. You'll fit right in! Or you can be your own thing like Vienna," Sanford advised.

"Vienna?" Milo glanced at Sanford.

"Mhmm, they kinda just stay at our base and follow us to missions or fill in our spots if we aren't fully recovered from the last mission. Other than that, they mostly just take shelter at our base and do their own thing. They're a pretty cool fella, don't get intimidated when you see their horns snd tail, alright?" Sanford said.

"Horns? Are they some sort of demon or something?" Milo squeaked in fear. "Well, uhm I'm not exactly sure. Never really questioned it. But there's a possibility, I mean, they're a cannibal-" "A CANNIBAL?!" Milo gasped gripping the straps of his fanny pack.

"Yeah, that's kinda what I mean by them doing their own thing, they hunt their own food and just crash at our place. But like, permanently," Sanford shrugged. "Oh, I haven't told you about Parry yet," Sanford chuckled. "Parry?" Milo muttered questioningly.

"He's some sort of creature that is kinda stuck to Vienna. Like, like Venom! But Vienna calls them Parry short for Parasite, or so Vienna told me," Sanford explained as simply as he could. More so he was saying it exactly like Vienna did when they had told the situation to the team for the first time.

"Anyone else? Maybe some extra stuff about that boyfriend of yours! He better be taking care of you Ford," Milo said crossing his arms to seem serious. "Oh Deimos is perfect! He's a snarky and obnoxious dumbass, but I love him. He's pretty nice and soft behind closed doors but that's pretty rare," Sanford rambled. He couldn't help but feel his face heat up when he talks about Deimos. Maybe it's because he never really got the chance to show off his boyfriend to anyone else.