Pacific Rim x Reader

Being Raleigh Becket's niece and joining the PPCD would include:

- You're Yancy's kid

- You were 5 when the Becket brothers left to join the Pan Pacific Defense Corps, so your mother pretty much raised you alone

- After your father's death, you become interested in Jaeger technology, and dream of piloting your own when you're older, just as he once did

- So anyway, you join PPDC's Jaeger Program when you're 17

- Being related to Yancy and Raleigh, you pick up on your lessons and training relatively quickly

- Mako becomes your mentor

- She tells you how she and Raleigh piloted Gipsy Danger back in 2025, and how they helped seal the Breach, along with the pilots of Striker Eureka

- You hang out with the other cadets, but mostly Nate Lambert and Jake Pentecost

- You and Jake love messing with Nate, much to his dismay 

- Mako approaches you one day and tells you that Jake will be your co-pilot when the time comes 

- But of course, when Amara Namani came into the picture, Mako has a sudden change of plans

- And for the second time in your time in the PPDC, you're left alone with no co-pilot

- And no fucking Jaeger

- Mako's death affects everyone greatly, but her death takes the biggest toll on you

- Nate and Jake know this, so they do everything possible to comfort you and help you get through everything

- When you're 20, you find out that Nate [now a general] found someone you could be matched with!

- The morning of, you're a complete mess

- Sometime between trying to calm your anxiety and excitement, you report to the Shatterdome

- You can barely see Nate talking to someone before you're thrust into your equipment and into your new Jaeger, a perfect replica of the Gipsy Danger

- Shaking the nerves away, you take a deep breath and step into the deck

- 'This is your shot, Y/N, don't fuck it up' 

- As soon as the AI announces the second pilot is on deck, you tense, but whip around with a friendly smile that drops in a second

- Standing before you is your uncle, the man who had gone AWOL after sealing the Breach back in 2025

- Raleigh fuckin' Becket

- You two kinda just stare at each other for a bit 

- You're trying to figure out why Nate kept such a big piece on information from you

- Meanwhile, Raleigh's trying to figure out why the hell you look so familiar

- But once he realizes that the determined gleam in your eyes perfectly resembles Yancy's, it clicks

- "Y/N?"

- You've never moved so fast

- Without missing a beat, you two rush forward and embrace

- You're crying with joy, while Raleigh's laughing and crying, relieved to have you back in his arms, just like he did when you were little

- Once you two get your shit together, you got to work

- Surprise, surprise, you two are fucking drift compatible

- And just like that, you and Raleigh become the dynamic duo

- Mission after mission, Kaiju after Kaiju, you two are unstoppable

- Obviously, this catches Jake and Nate's attention

- Your uncle is quick to stop any advances from the two, though

- That's okay, you've had your eye on Viktoriya Malikova for a while now

- But anyways

- Raleigh rarely leaves your side

- He starts calling you "Baby Becket"

- You hate it at first, but you get used to it

- Until the whole damn base knows you by "Baby Becket"

- Soon, you and Raleigh become known as "Baby Becket" and "Old Becket"

- Raleigh's reaction is pretty funny 

- You and Raleigh are inseparable, really

- You could even say he becomes sort of a father figure to you

- He spends most of his time either training with you or sitting with you in his room, talking and reminiscing 

- You two talk about Mako a lot, and as much as it hurts, Yancy always ends up in your conversations as well 

- He tells you about how Chuck Hansen and Stacker Pentecost gave their lives to seal the Breach, about how Newt and Gottlieb would banter and make him laugh

- You told him about the pranks you and Jake would pull on poor Nate, and about all the death you had witnessed when the Kaiju attacked MegaTokyo 

- You two heal together

- Because you're family, all that's left to the other

- And that's the most important thing of all 

- That and karaoke, because you and Raleigh love doing karaoke nights at the base

- Losers

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