Of Ponies and Puppies

Be Kind, Rewind

(I forgot to update this fic here. AO3 is always up-to-date)

After the fun earlier, they'd opted to leave Colt to recharge in his cradle. The two stood around in the main room at a loss on what to do.

"I really wanna go crazy on a canvas right now", N said, "but I wanna do that outside the colony".

She smiled, "got some good ideas?".

"Yes!", he cheered, "I'm gonna make our son's room less drab!".

Uzi gave an amused huff, "I'm looking forward to it".

"It's gonna be great, Uzi! It's a really cute idea perfect for a little guy like him!".

"N, hold up", she said, "hyping it up before you even start it is a bad thing".

He gave her a toothy grin, "I'm gonna do it, real honest!".

Resting against the desk, Uzi giggled. "Looks like I should get some ideas going on Colt stuff".

"Invention time!", N pumped his fist in the air, "what'cha gonna make?".

She shrugged, "I dunno. Been busy with other stuff".

"Stuff for sale?".

She raised an index finger and felt around in the desk. "Got it", she said and presented the item.

N squinted at it incredulously. "Is that a... What is-".

"A hand?", she asked, "it's for the end of my tail. Got it working while you were out".

A wide smile crossed N's face, "oh! Uzi tail time!".

She gave him a teeth-bare smile, "dork". Uzi tossed it from hand-to-hand, "well, wanna see it in action". N gave her a vigorous nod, generating a deep laugh out of Uzi. "N, you never really lost that puppy dog-esque touch. It's so cute", she managed out between fits of laughter.

Diagonal lines lit his screen up in yellow. "Y-Yeah. Thanks Uzi", he squeaked out.

"Dude, we're married! With a kid!", she said between laughter, "you don't have to act like a shy teen when I flirt with you. Come on, dude".

He smirked, "you don't need to get all defensive when I call you cute, either. I thought you were past the whole 'edgy teen' thing".

Her mouth smiled wide, "bite me!". She doubled over in renewed laughter.

"Maybe I will!", he teased, "cutest drone in the world better taste sweet... I forgot we had Colt, uh. Second cutest drone I mean".

"Good save, Romeo".

He laughed, "I'm gonna bite you!". Just a quick giggle.

She flashed him a look that let him know she was being genuine, "really? You don't need oil anymore so uh...".

"What?".

It was her turn to get flustered as she tried to work out how to ask this. "Is it, like, cravings? Or do you just want to, uh... your mouth on me? Uh...".

"What? No. I just... I was flirting", he held his hands up, "it's not like... a thing ".

A few moments passed as they calmed down. Uzi gave him an apologetic look, "sorry I, uh, came to that conclusion".

"It's alright", he waved a hand at her, "I kinda had it coming. It was weird".

"Yeah. I mean, joke about something enough and people will think you're not joking anymore. Always good to keep in mind".