Accidentally in Love [Brett Hand x OC]

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Reagan went to go and help Rand, which left the other three on the ship. Brett noticed that Theo was being quieter than usual and gathered that it was because of the whole Buzz being Reagan's dad thing.

He tried to steer the conversation away from it but it was the only thing Rand seemed to want to talk about,

"Goddamn Aldrin." He mumbled, "When I get free, I'll kick his ass from here to Shmercury." He pulled out some wires from the ship.

"I'm not a wires expert, but don't we need those to get home?" Brett asked tentatively.

"Right now I need them to finish this DNA sequencer." Rand said, "It'll prove to Reagan that I'm her dad once and for all."

"Ah, an emotional mission. Love it." Brett grinned.

"Screw you. I... Wait." Rand started, before catching sight of Brett's innocent smile, "Aren't you gonna tell me that I'm a deadbeat asshole who makes Alec Baldwin look reasonable?"

"You are." Theodora mumbled.

"Well, you're the genius, so..." Brett ripped out some wires from the ship, "...how many wires do you need?"

"Finally, some damn respect." Rand smirked.

"Hey, any dad of my friend is a dad of mine." Brett said, placing his arm around Theo.

"Hands off my daughter." Rand raised an eyebrow, and Brett instantly removed his arm.

"Wow, dad, you've never been protective over me." Theodora exclaimed, it seems that both her and Brett were playing out dad fantasies now.

"Eh, you were a bit of a lost cause." Rand shrugged, "Turns out that if you don't pay enough attention to your daughter in high school, well, she replaces you... in a sense."

"Huh." Theodora cocked her head, feeling a little weirded out.

"Alright, let me out so we can raid the commune for parts." Rand demanded, "Come on, it'll be fun. We can replant you kids' flag."

Brett and Theodora exchanged an excited glance, "Okay, but only if you tousle my hair approvingly. I still never got that 'attaboy' from J.R."

"Aw, Brett," Theodora frowned, holding onto his arm comfortingly.

"Ugh," Rand shuddered at the sight, "deal!"

After un-cuffing Rand, they went to the Moon festival to find Buzz and Reagan, to acquire their DNA for Rand's machine.

"There. Buzz's DNA, ripe for the stealing." Rand said as the three of them hid behind a stand, watching as Reagan and Buzz dropped packets of 'capri moon' into the bin. "Brett, I'm gonna need your specific talents to root around in the garbage for it."

"Anything for you, Moon Daddy." Brett said enthusiastically.

"Don't call me Moon Daddy." Rand muttered and pushed Brett forward. Within no time, Brett retrieved the capri moons and Rand scanned them,

"Ha ha! Hopefully, in 30 minutes, Reagan's fake-daddy fantasy will blow up faster than Apollo 1."

"Now to keep your promise," Theodora raised her eyebrow, "take us to replant our flag." She held it up.

"Wha-" Rand read what she had written. "Ligma balls. Ha-ha! Lick my balls! Hilarious!" He laughed, and she couldn't help but grin at his approval.

So, they took the buggy that Rand had crashed earlier and found the original flag planted on the moon, to replace it.

"Ah! Stupid thing. Go faster." Rand muttered to the DNA sequencer.

"There it is! The flagpole." Brett said excitedly, pointing ahead of them.