Oneshots (multifandom)

Roach X F!Reader

Roach was quiet, he talked and joined in conversations but he never willingly put himself into things that would make him the center of attention. He was quiet and that was an understatement.
He usually hung out by himself at the bar, sometimes soap would come in and talk with him him but even then Roach just listened.

That's the best way to describe him; he's not a talker, he's a listener.

Although he was quiet all of his friends new about his "small" crush. Soap and Ghost did not let him hear the last of it. They always made fun of him for it.

"Aw Roach's got a thing for Y/n!" Soap teased.
That was only a bit of what he remembered because he usually tried ignoring them.

***PRESENT TIME***

Roach was sat at the bar, it was dark outside but most people were hanging out in the bar; Roach was the only one who seemed to be by himself, and it didn't look like he was waiting on anybody. Roach was just focused on one person— Y/n, she worked as a bartender. She was just as quiet as Roach;only talking when serving drinks.
Even though she rarely talked to him— Roach thought she was the prettiest woman he'd ever see.
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He wanted to talk to you, hear your laugh, see your smile, he wanted to be around you all the time to say the least.
He was abruptly snapped out of his thought when you walked up to him and asked him something.

"Sorry, what'd you say?" Roach asked
"Another drink?" You asked him again.
"I noticed you finished your drink a while ago" you continued.
"Oh, yeah sure" Roach said, he wanted to say more; make conversation, but he had no idea what to talk about with you. You gave him his 3rd drink of the night.
"Ya know I'm surprised you aren't too drunk right now" you told him handing him the cup. He chuckled. "I can take a few more before I start getting tipsy" he said, smiling as he saw you giggle.
"How long have you been working here?" Roach asked you.
"Since I was..." you think about your age when you started working at the bar "19, yeah I was 19 when I got hired" you told him. "And how long ago were you recruited?" You asked him. "Eh, 2-3 years ago I think" he responded, he was actually quite proud of himself at the moment since he thought he would be stuttering badly.
"What are you? Like uh a sergeant? Or uhm-" you said before he interrupted "yeah you got it, im a sergeant" he smiled.
"Must be fun... I Mean Not Fun! Cause it's probably dangerous and all, but uhm-..." you said, getting embarrassed with your dumb assumption, you looked down at the counter avoiding eye contact; thinking of a way to get out of this awkward conversation. You tried looking up at roach, he was still smiling, waiting for you to say something, anything you thought. "No, I mean it is fun when, we're not close to death" he said, you thought he was just saying that to make you feel less embarrassed.

*ding* the bells on the door rang, Ghost and Johnny walked into the building, they were ready to go straight to the counter and order some drinks but when they spotted you and roach talking they hurried their asses up.

"Well hello there" johnny said "hi!" You replied, turning your head back to roach noticing his smile disappeared and he now looked kind of annoyed. "Uh your usual's?" You said looking back at Johnny and Ghost, attempting to break the silence. Ghost nodded and you turned your back to get their drinks ready.

"Didn't expect to see you here Gary" Johnny said to him, sitting down next to him, roach sighed "what do you guys want?" He asked knowingly.
Johnny chuckled "What? We can't come to the bar and talk to our friend!" He said, roach knew it was a lie, they had to have known he was here. "You know we were gonna make talk to her..." John said with a lower tone; turning his attention to you as you handed ghost his drink and placed Johnny's in front of him, he grabbed the drink, and took a sip, turning back to Roach "but it looks like you got to it before us" he finished winking at roach.

To anybody else it seemed like he was just teasing Roach, but both him and Roach new he was a hardcore shipper.

There were numerous times Johnny had tried to get you and Roach talking to each other but nothing ever worked.
"Let's leave him alone now" Ghost said to Johnny, he nodded and got out of the seat, gave Roach a pat on his shoulder and said "if you don't ask her on a date I will" Roach couldn't tell if he meant he would ask her on a date for him or if he would ask her on a date.

Roach took a while to think of how to ask you on a date, "so" Roach said, "so?" You said; a smile beginning to form on your face again. "Do you want to.. hang out sometime?" He asked "I'd love to" you told him, a tint of blush forming on your face, you could feel the heat on your neck.
"When are you free?" He asked you
"anytime for you roach"
You told him, he chuckled (inside he was really freaking out)
"Please just call me Gary" he insisted.

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