Red Vs Blue Book of One-Shots

Love is a battlefield

Wash was a noble marine of the army. He was included in small, advanced squads, had expert shooting skills, but only one flaw: A husband at home, waiting for him.

Tucker, or as he would rather say to avoid jerks, his spouse, was happily married to Wash for a year with their German Shepard, Junior. Tucker had a job as a police officer, and usually his friends on the task force were pretty laid back, there being no crime in town.

Wash's life was completely different. He had to deal with sobbing families asking where their loved ones were. Small children asking where their fathers and mothers went. And most of all, he did his job, but not out of motivation.

Out of fear.

He never wanted Tucker to go home and cry. He never wanted Junior to only have one person to sleep and guard every night. He never wanted his small, happy family to be alone.

So he did his job without any second questions.

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Wash nearly cried of happiness when he got sent home. Throughout the plane ride, he squirmed and shook in his seat, ready to latch on to Tucker and never let go. Of course, he would never admit that.

The solider sat on the window seat, staring out at it the whole time, while a mother and her small daughter sat on the next two seats. The girl was adorable, and Wash couldn't help but smile at the look on her face when she saw his camouflaged clothing. He even heard her whisper:

"Mommy, look! A hero!"

And of course once again, he would never admit that his heart melted.

But what really made his heart swell was when she finally got the courage to ask if he was a solider.

Wash seed hesitant, because sometimes killing people wasn't all that impressive. He saw the look in the mother's eyes with apology, and she was about to ask her daughter to be quiet when he smiled, and gave her a reassuring nod.

"Yep, I fought in the war, and now I'm flying home."

"Cool! What are you going to do when you get home?"

"Well... Probably hug my hus-spouse and fall asleep there for three days."

The little girl giggled, but Wash on the inside panicked.

What if the mom noticed the slip up? What if she would start ranting about a bunch of different stuff?

But when he looked up, he saw the mother smiling brightly.

"It's okay... I have a wife. Her name is Laura."

Wash released a breath he didn't know he was holding.

"Oh thank god... Sorry about that."

"No, no! It's fine. I would've probably done the same thing-"

The flight attendant's intercom clicked, and the whole cabin fell quiet.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking, please get ready to load off board, for we will be arriving in three minutes."

(I read that in Miles/Felix's voice)

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After Wash gave the little girl one of his many camouflage hats that he's received, he made his way to a taxi, and watch the window the whole time as he endured the comforting silence home. While doing so, he thought of all the ways he could surprise Tucker.

Quickly, he looked at his watch and noticed it was three in the morning. Yeah, Tucker would absolutely be asleep. Maybe he could just get an airhorn or something? Nah, he could be better than that.

The whole car ride, Wash's mind was blank. Nothing. Complete nothingness. So when the house became in view, he mentally cursed at himself for not thinking of something.

He stepped out of the car, gave the cab driver his pay with a generous tip, and walked toward the door. Realizing he didn't have a key, he quickly looked under Junior's dog bowl on the outside, and saw where the two always put the valuable piece of metal in case of emergency.

With a turn of the knob, the door swung open, and then there was silence.

Wash slowly shut the door behind him, afraid that it might wake Tucker up for the surprise.

What surprise?

Making his way up the stairs, he slowly opened the bedroom door to reveal Junior asleep on the foot of the bed with a very handsome man flopped facedown on top of it.

Today was a good day.

So instead of some fancy entrance, Wash just laid down with Tucker and snuggled into the man he missed so much.

He couldn't wait until morning.

(Sooooooo you want part 2 with Tucker screaming and fangirling? XD)