More Than Just Drift Compatibility (A Pacific Rim/Chuck Hansen Fanfic)

Act Like A Ranger

I woke up next to Chuck. He was snoring softly. I smiled and pried myself out of his arms. I got dressed and snuck back into my room. Mikey had this look on his face and laughed at me.

"The Walk of Shame?"

"Don't say a word."

"So, how was it?"

"Oh. My. God. Just don't, Mikey."

"Hey, you don't have anyone for girl talk. So I'm doing my best for you."

"I'd rather not discuss THAT with my big brother."

"At least go shower. Herc is saving us a spot at breakfast. Becket, Brady, come on."

He left the room and I went into the bathroom. Chuck was in there, brushing his teeth.

"G'morning, love. What are you up to?"

"I'm going to shower."

"Want some help?", he smirked.

"Uh, not this morning."

He kissed my forehead, "I'll see ya later. Okay?"

I nodded and he left, going through the door to his room connected to the bathroom. I showered and got dressed in my typical outfit of army pants, boots, shirt and dog tags. But today, I wore my Romeo Blue jacket instead of Gipsy Danger. I put my hair up in a ponytail and walked to the mess hall. Mikey was sitting with Chuck and the dogs. Herc and Raleigh were walking and I noticed Chuck had a tray for me. So I joined them. I sat next to Chuck. Raleigh sat across from me.

"I haven't seen bread in a while.", Raleigh said.

"That's the beauty of Hong Kong. Open port.", Mikey said.

"We've got everything.", Herc said as he reached for something at the end of the table then continued, "Raleigh, this is my son, Chuck. He's my copilot now."

Chuck was turned towards me and had a half smile on his face, "He's more my copilot. Right, Dad?"

Herc gave him this look as if to say "Fuck no now shut up". Then Chuck went on.

"So you're the guy, eh? You're the guy who's gonna run defense for me in that old dust bucket of yours?"

Raleigh finished chewing and said, "That's the plan."

Chuck fed Max and petted him, "Good. So, when was the last time you jockeyed, Ray?"

"About five years ago."

Mikey looked at me and then Raleigh. Then shook his head.

"What have you been doing for five years? Something pretty important, I reckon."

"I was in construction.", Raleigh had this pissed off look and I was holding my tongue by just eating without stopping so I wouldn't say something stupid.

"Oh, wow, that's great. I mean, that's really useful. We get into a fight, you can build our way out of it, eh, Ray?"

"It's Raleigh.", he simply told Chuck.

"Whatever. Look, you're Pentecost's bright idea. And my old man, he seems to like you. And you're even best friends with my girlfriend. But it's guys like you who brought down the Jaeger program. To me, you're dead weight.", he stood up, "You slow me down, I'm gonna drop you like a sack of Kaiju shit."

He put on his hat and clicked his tongue at Raleigh, "I'll see ya around, Raaaaleigh. Come on, Max."

Him and Max left the mess hall. Herc looked at Raleigh.