#🕹️You Bring Me Joy(stick)🕹️

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here's the angst i mentioned here, though i did technically balance it out by making it a hurt/comfort piece 🖤

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Calhoun, checking me over: Are you alright?? Are you hurt?

Me: I-I think I'm okay...

Calhoun: Good.

Calhoun, shaking me: Then what were you THINKING?!

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Crushes

Ship: Minos the Bull x Fix-it Felix Jr.

Word Count: 906

Summary: Minos struggles with his feelings and ends up talking with Felix about it. Also first fic in the Wreck It Ralph universe! Playing with the timeline a little bit, the events of the movie haven't quite started in this fic but Felix mentions he met Calhoun very briefly. CWs for themes of anxiety and insecurity, implied past relationship issues, food mentions.

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Minos felt a gentle shake on their arm and raised their head exhaustedly.

“Hey, the arcade opens in two hours. You ought to get back to your game,” Tapper suggested with a sympathetic look. They rubbed the space between their eyes.

“Ah geez… my tab…”

“You can pay it another time. I’d hit the showers before you do much else, though.”

They briefly pressed the backs of their hooves against their eyes before standing, swaying slightly and grabbing the bar for support. “Good advice…” They smelled strongly of the sticky sasparilla Tapper peddled. Things hadn’t been this bad since Turbo, and by Zeus’ bolts, Minos wanted to avoid going back to that as thoroughly as he could. So he denied himself. The bright lights of Game Central Station made Minos blink painfully as he stumbled toward his game, quickly tripping over someone underfoot.

“Sorry,” he grunted, steadying himself.

“No, no, it was my fault… oh! Minos!” A familiar voice put them on edge. The short and lovable visage of Fix-it Felix Jr. stood before him. “My gosh, how long has it been?”

“Howdy, Felix,” Minos avoided eye contact. “Arcade opens soon. Shouldn’t dillydally…”

Felix peered at him curiously, his brows slanted in concern. He shoved his hands in his pockets. “Well, if you’re in a hurry, I won’t keep you. But we should catch up! I heard Chef Pepper has been working on veggie burgers over at BurgerTime…”

Minos regarded him anxiously. He knew he had to give an answer. “Sure. Tonight?”

“Sounds great! I’ll see you after closing!” Felix happily pranced off and Minos exhaled shakily. They reached their game as their coworkers were preparing for the day ahead and showered until the last minute. Despite his poor sleep and a night of drinking, Minos managed to keep his composure for the players. The end of the day came far too quickly.

Felix was waiting for him outside of the entrance to BurgerTime and waved excitedly as he approached. “I’m so glad you agreed, I feel like I haven’t seen you in years!”

Minos laughed awkwardly. “It wouldn’t surprise me if you hadn’t. I don’t… get around as much anymore.”

They entered the sandwich-stacking game and put in their orders before sitting at an off-screen table.

“How have you been?” Felix words were sincere and low so as not to attract eavesdroppers.

“Nothing’s the same,” Minos admitted. “I’ve been… keeping on.” They rubbed their eyes. “... Truth be told, something’s come up.”

“I don’t mean to be intrusive, but is it something I can help with? I mean, they don’t call me ‘Fix-it’ for nothing…” He smiled, finding his own jab just a bit too corny. Two large veggie burgers were plopped down on the table, briefly startling Minos. He cleared his throat and straightened up.

“You know Hero’s Duty? One of the newer games.”

Felix’s eyes lit up as he took a bite of his burger. He chewed and swallowed quickly. “I do! I even met the sergeant, briefly.” His cheeks began to heat up just mentioning her. Minos’ own heart skipped a beat, then ached at Felix’s expression.

“You have?”

“Again, briefly. It wasn’t that big of a deal, but might I say, these high-definition games…” He then sighed forcefully through his lips, shaking his head. “But never mind that, what does Hero’s Duty have to do with your predicament?”

“You see, that’s just the thing…” Minos took a slow bite of his burger. “Sgt. Calhoun. I see her around Game Central Station and I just…” He buried his face in his hooves. “Clearly you have an upper hand with her, so I just shouldn’t bother. Like I have been.”

“What do you…?” Then Felix gasped in realisation. “You too??”

“She’s gorgeous, isn’t she?” Minos bemoaned after a beat of embarrassed silence. “She’s gorgeous and she’s not for me.”

“Now you don’t know that…” Felix hesitantly reached to pull Minos’ hooves away from their face. Suddenly many revelations were coursing through him at once. One hoof dropped away and into Felix’s hand, but the other remained firmly placed over their left eye, physically shielding themselves from their feelings.

“Even if she gave me a chance she’d just bring out the worst in me. Don’t try and tell me that’s not true, I’ve only ever had feelings like this for one person and you know how that turned out!”

The few other patrons in BurgerTime glanced over at Minos’ outburst while Felix hushed them.

“It doesn’t have to be like Turbo, Minos,” Felix insisted. “One bad experience does not a reality make. Besides, she’s nothing like him. I can tell you that from only one tiny little exchange.”

Minos was shaking. Their uncovered eye half-opened. “What about your feelings?”

Felix was briefly flustered. “Feelings, shmeelings. I want to see you happy. You’ve been through enough.” Oh Felix, what’ve you gotten yourself into??

Slowly, Minos went back to eating. “She’ll never notice me.”

“Baby steps! You can practice talking to her on me.” Felix’s expression was one of determination. Minos couldn’t help but giggle at the suggestion.

“But you don’t know how she’ll react…”

“It wouldn’t hurt to give you something positive to work with, would it? It’s all about confidence!” There was another stretch of silence before Felix spoke again. “Are you feeling any better?”

Minos nodded. “I need to get some sleep. But… thank you, Felix. You’re a good friend.”

“I try my darndest.”

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an idea for an official wr.eck it r.alph s/i potentially?? i've never been able to peg down a solid idea until now;

name: minos the (trans*) bull game: farm olympics (ehh still workshopping this title...) game premise: a compilation of sport mini games in which the gimmick is the playable characters and npcs are anthropomorphic farm animals. i imagine the arcade cabinet would be set up similar to "rampage," with three joysticks and sets of buttons so that three people can play at once.

minos' description from the game's official "rules & facts" booklet: specialty: golf power move: "seeing red" - 99% chance of getting a perfect score in any mini game, can only be used once per game class: heavy hitter minos is a strong-headed bull who tries to act like competition doesn't interest him, but when he loses, watch out! as they say, mess with the bull...

other ideas:

the game was installed in litwak's around the same time as f.ix it fe.lix jr. & tur.botim.e, albeit not in close proximity to the two games

minos and tu.rbo/king c.andy are exes- as one can imagine, the relationship was incredibly unhealthy

sgt. calh.oun is the first person since turbo to spark romantic feelings in minos again, though fel.ix is quickly grouped into this as well (i really want to write something about fel.ix discovering minos' crush and them bonding over it, in turn developing their own feelings toward each other)

*i imagine minos' transness isn't "canon" to his game, but future fans discovered he was initially intended to be a cow and ran with the headcanon

minos' game had at least two more installments with updated graphics and gameplay as video games progressed in quality, one of which was called "farm olympics 3D" and was briefly installed in litwak's, leading to a "who are you" "i'm you but better in HD" situation between classic!minos and new!minos

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Happy Girlfriends day,.. to myb girlfiemds 🥺💞💞

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minos concept exploration :0]

had in mind an angsty doodle to add to this page buut i think it deserves its own attention and piece, so stay tuned for that 😈

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What do you MEAN I don't get the pleasure of hearing Sgt. Calhoun call me "soldier (affectionate)" in my silly racing game ☹️

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ik i said my wreck it ralph s/i was likely to be from a fighting game

but what if. fighting game + rhythm game mix 👀

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