Cowboy Hat Rule Shenanigans

Memories Roused By A God

Getting the dialogue from Jimmy's episode 13 was a pain. Never again! 😭 (I say as I will definitely have to rewatch episodes for dialogue in future fics again)

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Third Person's P.O.V.

Jimmy muttered a curse under his breath as he made his way to the bridge. It was a good thing his spawn messed up again and he wasn't back in his empire. Otherwise, Jimmy's annoyance would've quickly turned into anger. As he crossed the grand stone bridge, Jimmy caught sight of Katherine, Sausage and Joel in the distance. The god being the first to land, followed by Katherine and then Sausage.

"I have your stuff," Katherine slightly sang, digging through her inventory to return all of the sheriff's items she'd retrieved.

As she tossed them over, Joel was able to snatch a few of Jimmy's belongings. His wings and player head in particular as well as a few miniscule things. At that, Jimmy hurriedly picked up the rest of his stuff as he yelled at Joel to give him his stuff back. His shouts fell on deaf ears as the god put on Jimmy's wings and player head then proceeding to say, "Howdy, howdy, howdy," over and over again in a terrible impression of the sheriff.

"Give me it back!" Jimmy yelled, running after Joel. His arms swiping at the god in an attempt to snatch his items or hit him. Either one worked fine for the sheriff at the moment. He managed to land a few hits while expressing how much he disliked Joel but couldn't get a firm enough grip on the god to wrestle his things off of him.

"Yee-haw!"

Upon hearing those words, Jimmy snapped his attention to Sausage. He'd nearly forgotten that the man was part of the group. Joel and Sausage were quite close so maybe the ruler of Sanctuary could help him get his stuff back.

"Sausage," Jimmy said, getting the man's full attention, "as my rightful man, kill him!"

Much to Jimmy's surprise, Sausage accepted his request and declared he was going to kill Joel. The sheriff hadn't been serious when he said that. It was meant to be a mere joke to stave off his frustration with the situation. As such, Jimmy quickly rushed to say he was kidding and that he's the bigger man in this situation. Not to mention, the law. To actually order such a thing would make him no better than the Tumble Town bandits he tries to keep at bay.

Luckily, Sausage didn't actually kill Joel. Instead, he said that he was going to kill his queer platonic partner... with hugs! Jimmy would've found the two men's embrace rather wholesome if the situation were different. Instead his annoyance only got closer and closer to turning into unbridled anger. He still needed the rest of his things back from Joel. Not to mention he still hadn't gotten back his hat!

Speaking of his hat, Sausage finally took it out of his inventory after releasing Joel from his hug. Jimmy nearly sighed in relief at the sight of Sausage holding it out for him to take. It seemed that there would be no shenanigans to get it back. All Jimmy had to do was take it and put it on then Joel's fun and games would be over.

Oh, how wrong he was.

Just as he was about to take it, Joel snatched it out of Sausage's hand with lightning speed. Jimmy's eyes widened in shock at the suddenness of the action before they narrowed. Anger finally bubbling up within him as he glared at Joel. The sheriff's oncoming warning not to put it on died on his lips as the rested it atop his head. Joel then proceeded to poorly imitate Jimmy again and circled the other three emperors.

The sight of Joel wearing Jimmy's hat brought memories back to the sheriff. Memories of last week's mining expedition with Scott, Sausage, Gem and Pix. Him briefly losing his hat before finding the colourful man wearing it. The activities in which Jimmy and Scott engaged in as a result of the latter's mischievous action. The cowboy hat rule...

Jimmy felt his face grow hot as embarrassment flooded his systems. He shouldn't be thinking about that now. Not when Joel was actively mocking him and breaking the very first law he created. Especially not when that very same law also ties into a general cowboy rule. Not that he'd ever engage in such things with Joel. He knows the god's boundaries regarding most types of relations but his mind couldn't help but wonder back to last week. Last week...

Goddammit Scott!

"Jimmy?" Katherine asked, bringing the sheriff back to reality.

Jimmy lightly shook his head and glanced at his three fellow rulers staring back at him. Katherine looked at him rather confused, as did Sausage, and Joel looked upon him with genuine worry in addition to confusion. Or at least a little worry came through the god's normal egotistical mask anyway. Jimmy cleared his throat and marched up to Joel with his gaze averted. The red tinge that coated his cheeks still visible as the god returned his things. The sheriff hurriedly shoved the less important items into his inventory and equipped his elytra before placing his hat on his head.

"Do not speak of this to anyone," Jimmy said stressing every word. He didn't even wait for the others to confirm that they wouldn't tell anyone before he used multiple fireworks in quick succession to hurriedly fly away. The redness in his face returning tenfold as soon as he was in the sky. Leaving Katherine, Sausage and Joel to stare after him for a while. None the wiser as to why Jimmy reacted the way he did to Joel wearing his cowboy hat.

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I'm so sorry it took me so long to get to this. The idea has been in my notes for a while but I had other things to focus on. Also, I love the headcanon that Joel and Sausage are queer platonic partners so I just had to include it.

Have a good rest of your day/night!