Captain Rex x Reader

Shopping AU

You and Rex have been best friends for years. You have feelings for him, but you never found the courage to let him know. Even if you never told him about your feelings, you still loved spending time with him.

As you drove up to your best friend Rex's house, you could see him standing in the window awaiting your arrival. You would show up at his house most Saturdays to hang out, and today you wanted to go shopping. You knew that definitely wasn't his favorite pastime, but he agreed to go nonetheless.

You drove up onto his driveway and rolled down the window to wave. "Get in loser, we're going shopping!" You yelled as he walked out his front door. He raise his hand up to facepalm, but he was laughing. He made his way to the passenger side of your car and got in. 

"Where to first?" He asked, feigning excitement. 

"We're going to the mall." You said, putting the car in reverse and leaving his driveway. On the way to the mall you turned up classic 80s rock music and loudly sang along, and Rex would join in with you. He had a surprisingly good singing voice.

 You loved how Rex wasn't afraid to show his true self around you. It made you feel like you were special, since he was usually stoic and serious when other people were around, even people he's close with.

You got to the mall and walked in, ready to empty your wallet. You had just been paid from your crappy part-time job and wanted to spend it all. You were ready to embark on your journey and went from store to store for a couple of hours, trying things on and awaiting for Rex's approval. 

"How's this?" you asked, stepping out of the dressing room in a loose crop top and jeans. 

"That just looks like everything else you already own, (Y/N)." Said Rex, lowering his phone so he could examine your outfit. You could see he had a something next to him. Looks like he was shopping for you while you changed. "Try this." He said, standing up and handing you a short red dress. 

"Okay... this is nice, but when am I ever going to wear a dress this fancy?" You asked. 

You noticed Rex's cheeks turning a few shades redder. "You never know." He shrugged, turning around and making his way back to the couch to wait for you to change.

You closed the door and undressed from the crop top and jeans outfit, and then you unzipped the red dress to put it on. After you had gotten it on, you noticed it was quite tight-fitting, however, it was really flattering on you. You couldn't get the zipper to zip up all of the way, though. 

"Hey Rex?" you called.

"Yeah?" 

"Um, I can't get this zipper on the back up all the way. Can you come help me?" You said, cracking open the changing room door. He got up and made his way towards the door, and his cheeks were a little bit redder than before.

You opened the door and turned around, brushing your hair out of the way so Rex could get to the zipper. You felt his hands graze your lower back as he took hold of the zipper and pulled it up slowly, making sure to not get any loose hair strands caught in it as it went up. He also fastened the clasp on the top of the zipper.

"Done." He said, removing his hands from your back. You turned around to face him and he took a step back to take a look at you. "Wow, (Y/N)." 

"Yeah I know, it's a little tight and I don't know-"

"You look amazing!" He said, bringing his hands up and gesturing towards you as if he were presenting you to an audience.

You said nothing, just blushed and laughed nervously.