Crack Ship Central

Rocket x Starlord

    Rocket looked into Peters eyes and wondered how he got into this situation. He had never thought about him in any romantic way, not once. But something inside of him had changed. He thought back to how it all started.
"Why can't this puny ship travel faster" groaned Drax.
"Why don't you just shut your mouth and find something to do you thick brained mammoth," retorted Rocket annoyed.
"Was that an insult angry fur creature?"
"I don't even wan't to argue with you right now."
"Was that another insult?"
"You piece of-."
Drax interrupted Rocket before he could spew any obscenities at him. Rocket knew he was thinking about something seeing as any remotely intelligent thought required extra effort when it came to Drax. He was not expecting what he was about to say though.
"I bet you can't seduce Gamora by the time we get there."
"I-I what kind of bet is that you shithead? Why would I ever-why would she ever?"
"You can have all of my spoils for the next...5 missions," replied Drax.
"Are you that bored you psycopath?"asked Rocket who was caught extremely off guard.
Just as Rocket said that Peter walked in.
"What are you two bickering about this time," Peter asked.
"I bet that Rocket can't seduce Gamora by the time we get to our destination. I also bet my spoils for the next 5 missions."
Peters eyes lit up. He was just as bored as anyone else. This was one of the longest missions they'd been on in a while. They were paying well though so it didn't matter. And he knew he couldn't let that trash panda get his hands on all that money.
"How do I get in on this deal?" Peter asked.
"You can't be serious?" Rocket retorted flabbergasted.
"Why not?" Peter asked. "I can only listen to my music so much before I get bored. Don't get me wrong I will forever love my precious tunes but a man has got to change it up sometimes." "What are you to much of pussy to accept?"
Rockets rage got the best of him "Fine I'll take your stupid bet but you have to give me your spoils for the next 10 missions."
Drax did not hesitate. "Sure, why not, lets see if the tiny rat or the stinky human wins." Drax laughed "Of course I would be able to seduce her whenever I want. I am a much greater being than the two of you combined. But I will not because I am not interested." Drax did not care about money. Who needs such stupid material things such as money. He also thought it was funny.

Rocket could not believe he just accepted that ridiculous bet. There he went letting his stubbornness get in his way again. What did it matter, he was gonna beat Quill anyway. Little did Rocket know he was getting into something way over his head.

Now Rocket had to make a plan. He had never been into the whole romance thing so this could be a little challenging. Peter also had the upper hand seeing as he had been flirting with Gamora since the moment he saw her. That just made him want to win even more. Another problem was that Gamora almost never showed anything remotely related to emotion so getting on her good side was going to be hard.

Peter Jason Quill was not going to lose. All the cards were in his hand. He had miraculously built up some kind of relationship with Gamora. He was obviously the most handsome man 0n this ship. And Rocket was a raccoon. Those spoils were as good as his.

The first week went horribly. Peter had upped his awful flirting ten fold and rocket had suddenly become way to interested in Gamoras life. Not only that but Peter and Rockets fighting had only gotten worse. They were fighting over Gamora constantly and she got fed up pretty quickly. It took all they had to just get a word out of her.

A month had passed Gamora had now locked herself in her room. As civil as he was trying to be Rocket almost immediately picked the lock and got in. They only had three months to go and Gamora had not budged one bit. In fact their relationships had only gotten worse. Gamora and Quill got into a huge fight due to his recent behavior towards her. They went from constantly to not talking to each other at all. Rocket didn't have much of a special relationship with her in the first place so she basically despised him now. Drax however was thoroughly enjoy himself. He loved watching his friends make utter fools of themselves. However the tension between them did not go over his head. A phrase he had now mostly gotten a hang of. As much as he enjoyed his friends mishaps he still considered them his friends. He offered to give them his earnings for just this mission if they told Gamora what was happening and just gave up. They however were a little to prideful and refused his propositions. Rocket wonders that if he had just accepted Draxs deal he wouldn't be in such a confusing situation.

Star-Lord and Rocket had started getting desperate. They started to come up with plans together. Funny enough Peter and Rocket had probably learned more about each other in the past month than they had since they became the Guardians of the Galaxy. They had yet to learn a single thing about Gamora.

Gamora found out eventually. She started listening in on conversations to find out what was going on. Thankfully Peter and Rockets planning sessions gave more free time to Gamora. She had found them talking in the cockpit. She was going to leave as to not alert attention but she heard her name and was, of course, curious. Gamora was incredibly hurt by what she heard. They had planned to corner her in the "canteen" while she was getting food. They'd have some kind of good cop bad cop routine to try get one of them on her side. After hearing that Gamora stepped out and asked them what was going on.

"G-going on what in the world could we possibly be doing? And might I add you look absolutely ravishing today," Quill added.
"Yeh we aren't doing anything" Rocket replied. "And yeah you look good I guess." Peter elbowed Rocket and told him to be nicer. Rocket glared at him.
"So you weren't talking about how you were going to corner me while i was grabbing food and try to question me?"
"Oh, well we might have said that but that was entirely out of context," Peter retorted.
"Yeah it was purely hypothetical. Like if you were to get kidnapped by a monster and they pretended to be you. How else would we try to find out it was you?"
"Ok cut the shit guys. I'm no some object you can just try to get with. I honestly thought you guys were better than this. I should've known you guys were no better than any of those other stupid men." Gamora quickly left the room clearly upset.
"Gamora wait!" Peter tried to go after her but Rocket grabbed his sleeve.
"Quill...Shes right this bet was stupid. Gamoras our friend we shouldn't be fighting over her. This bet was stupid. Drax played us."
Peter sighed "I-I just didn't want to give in. I thought I could beat you. Oh my god this has gotten out of hand."
"Hey it's ok. We are both at fault here. We have to come up with a way to make it up to her," Rocket replied.
"Yeah. Okay. Let's find a way to make it up to her."

Both Drax and Gamora realized that Peter and Rocket had been spending more time together. They hadn't tried to flirt with Gamora in almost three weeks now. Drax was a little disappointed that his entertainment came to a halt but he was also glad his friends stopped fighting. Peter and Rocket had grown very close. Through their talks trying to figure out a way to make up with Gamora they had only grown closer. Rocket found out about Quills mother dying and him then being kidnapped by Yondu. Peter had found out about the torturous experiments Rocket had been put through. Rocket felt differently when he looked at Quill now. Like some kind 0f spark had been lit. But who was he kidding Peter was just some stupid guy he was cooped up in a ship with.

Peter loved when Rocket laughed. The first time he did he got a big smile on his face and started teasing him. He tried not to after that but when he slipped up it filled Peter with a mysterious happiness. He didn't know why but he had started goin out of his way to talk to him. They had already apologized to Gamora and had started mending their relationship. So why did Peter have that strange longing too be near him. I mean yeah he's actually a cool guy once you get past his rough exterior but that was no reason to constantly hang around him.

Both Peter and Rocket had suppressed these new feelings. They did slip up once in a while though. They would sometimes just stare into each other's eyes or accidentally brush against one another. When that happened they both got tingles. But nothing was there of course. Pfft imagine falling in love with a raccoon that would be stupid. At least that was what he kept telling himself.

Finally Peter spoke up.
"I really enjoy spending time with you Rocket. You are one of the most interesting people I have ever met and your laugh. Oh your laugh. I-I've been so conflicted about my feelings but I think I know what it is. Rocket I think I'm in love with you."

Rocket couldn't believe what he was hearing. How did this happen. How did this stupid bet become so complicated. He had no right to say that though. The moment Peter uttered the words "I love you" he knew he felt the same. But what would Gamora and Drax think. I mean who cares but these feelings are so new. No, Rocket new he couldn't keep repressing these feelings.

"Peter I think I love you to," Rocket spat out. The two stared into each others eyes. Peter had such beautiful eyes. And before they knew it they were in each others arms. Rocket had finally found someone. Quill found his happiness.

Thank you for reading. Bare with me because this was written pretty quickly but I had an idea I needed to write down. I had also never written a romance before so I have no idea what I'm doing. ALSO I DO NOT SHIP THIS. I honestly think its hilarious to see seriously written crack ships so I just wanted to try it out for myself. I guess let me know if you want to read another incredibly wild and out there fanfiction I guess.