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dirtfullofwork · 5 months ago

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🌸 picnic hangout. 🌸

Pairing: soap x ruz oc x Canon

Summery: ruz and soap have a picnic together! After ruz gives him an invite, but little did soap know that’s not the only place they’re going to visit.

Note: warning, this has some angst and fluff and crap art (click for higher quality)

“Good morning soap, are you up?”

“Yeah. Woke up 12 minutes ago.”

“Do you want to go out 4 pm today?”

“For what?”

“For brunch.”

“Sure, I’m not busy today.”

————

"So this is the place?" Soap asked?

"Yeah,I was told it's a good spot to have a picnic,especially in this weather, so thats why i decided to invite you, and also because I have no friends " ruz smiles akwardly , the environment was beautiful, it was bright day, the breeze hits both of them.

Ruz goes to a stop and points to a spot, it had trimmed grass so I wouldn't get in the way.

"Look, let's go over there, it seems like a good spot."

"Alright sounda good , lead the way then." Soap responded while nodding.

The two of them sat down in unison. Ruz had a sunflower bag and she placed it down with her, she opens it and pulls out a lunch box, when she opens it, it had four sandwiches.

"Me and my aunt made these together, she made the other two for you since I told her were going out."

"How nice of her...tell her i said thanks." he let's out a soft smile.

"Oh you will..

Soap looks at her silently confused wondering what she meant by that but doesn’t question it.

~~~~~~

Ruz was eating one of sandwiches while looking at the pretty view and daydreaming. Soap was silently wondering how he can break the silence, before he looked to the left and saw a pink flower and he turns to ruz. He turns back and rips the flower off the ground, he takes a look at it before tucking it beneath ruz hair. She turns to soap and looks at him with slight confusion.

Soaps eyes slightly widen thinking he messed up by the reaction of her face and he tries to explain

“I think it looks nice..like you…” his Scottish accent strong.

Ruz swallows her food and smiles before finally saying

“Thank you!”

Soap thinks to himself “thank god.”

~~~~~~~

She finished her sandwiches and gets up and ask

“So, your ready”

“For what?”

“To meet my aunt” she smiles

“Wait we’re meeting her aunt? You haven’t told me.”

“Don’t worry, she’s a good person!”

She chuckles before saying

“come on, she’s expecting us soon”

The two of them head towards the car with ruz taking the drivers seat and starts to drive. And starts to see the sun start to set and she sees the view she then breaks the few minutes of silence by saying

“I grew up here. I know every building in this area by memory, it’s nostalgic.”

She sighs

Soap nods and replies while also looking at they view

“I see.”

She changes the topic by saying

“want to listen to music? What’s your taste?”

“Any song is fine.”

He responded.

Ruz nods and plays pumped up kicks in the radio

Soap turns to see her long hair down..it was pretty..really pretty..it reached her shoulders her brown eyes shined in the sun but she didn’t notice his back to fourth glare due to her being focused on the road, the wind was slightly open letting out breeze in the car.

****

“I lived with my aunt and her boyfriend for years. Wasn’t very fun when I was alone with him.”

She weakly chuckled awkwardly

“What do you mean?” The Scottish male questioned.

She turned to him for a moment, before looking back at the road, reluctantly she responded to his question with a soft sigh.

“He was a really rude man verbally snd sometimes even physically, I didn’t feel safe when I was with him but my nana always defended me and loved and cared for me but years ago he died from skin cancer.”

Soap nods, listening to what she got to say before responding while looking at the road

“Must’ve been really unfortunate, I hope you are okay now,”

Ruz slightly smiles before responding with

“Thank you Johnny for understanding, it’s refreshing to let out my feelings to someone finally.”

Before adding either a completely different tone..a cold one.

“It was just the beginning anyways.”

———

She then took a left turn before finally heading to a small yellow house with flowers planted in the front of the house

She turns to soap

“Here we are? Ready soap?”

“Soap” he questions

“We don’t need to be formal, you can call me Johnny…Sal.”

Sal’s eyes light up and her hair flows with the hair and she smiles

“If you say so Johnny.”

~~~~

Sal walks to the stair and rings the doorbell, she looked a bit stressed as her eyebrows were furrowed a bit. But enough to notice. The door opens and a woman in her 40’s open, she had the same eyes as Sal but she had black long curly hair, she looked flabbergasted.

“Sal,is it really you?! it’s been so long” she hugs her tightly while resting her head on her shoulders

Johnny stood there behind them

Wait a fucking minute…is this her aunt?!

Fuck..it is..

Sal pulls away from the hug, and that’s when the woman finally notices soap and she looks at ruz

“Sweetie, is this your boyfriend?” She asked

Sal was flabbergasted and she exclaimed

“No! Hes..a friend from work.”

Johnny thinks to himself

“Not yet..at least…”

Johnny extends his hand for a handshake

“the names..Johnny..Johnny mactavish, ma’am..”

The woman in the late 40’s chuckles softly, and she excepts his handshake while saying “just call me Martinez”

“Let’s go inside guys” Sal suggested

The three of them head inside in unison and as they walk in Sal says

“I’ll make some tea guys, how about you two talk about each other and know each other” she smiles and walks to the kitchen leaving the two alone

“May I sit here…Mrs. Martinez?.” Soap asked as he points to the red couch.

“Of course, make yourself comfortable young man.”

As Johnny sits down he turns to look at Mrs. Martinez with a gentle face..she looked delicate and a nice woman it was quiet for a minute or two before he broke it by thanking her

“Thank you for the sandwich..your..neice told me that you and her made two for me..I..really appreciate it.”

“Of course, when I heard she was going to hang out with you I decided it be nice to make sandwiches for the two of you, she really deserves some friends. She never got to live the childhood she really wanted..and I feel bad for her..”

Johnny looks down for a moment before looking back at her with a sympathetic face “may I ask what happened?, if your comfortable” he asked with a gruff tone..

Martinez looks down with a sad face and she explains

“she grew up without parents..her mother died from an overdose and her father was never there in her life..and school was tough for her…honestly I never wanted her to join the army. I’m scared of the danger and risk of it or Mabee the risk of death. But she always wanted to be like her mother.. I’m glad she finally have a friend to speak to” her lips tug to a small smile and she turns to Johnny who listens intently.

Johnny lets out a nod

“You must’ve been a good parental figure..she is a..very nice woman and a strong healthy one too…”

Johnny reassured as Sal came back with hot green tea.

As she sat down and joined the two Martinez ask the two “so..how did you two yahoo’s meet?”

Ruz smiles awkwardly and chuckles “it’s a long story nana..”

~~~~~

Martinez was showing soap memory books of sal when she was younger while Sal was on the other side blushing in embarrassment, Martinez points to one photo that took place in 2007 where Sal lost her first teeth and her eyes were puffy from crying.

“This was her when she was seven years old, she cried alot…” she chuckles softly and she shows more pictures of Sal during her childhood and high school years Sal was really embarrassed “nana..stop..” she mutters as she sinks down the couch.

“I refuse” she teased in response

“Yahoo use to watch a lot of horror when she was younger so she use to cry to me when she thought monsters where under her bed.”

Johnny chuckles “oh really now? That’s silly”

“You know Johnny, Sal likes to talk about you.”

“Oh really now?”

The lady nods

“Yes, she likes to talk about you a lot young man, you know she never was the type to want friends at all, especially a boy, she very committed to you, you two deserve eachother you know..”

she said as she blows on her tea and takes a sip. “You should drink this now, it’s getting cool.”

Sal speaks

“ we had our ups and downs with our friendships it is us versus death itself..despite the harsh reality of this hell of a war..he shows empathy and compassion to his teammates..and me..he really is special.”

Soap looks at Sal, his face softening, finding himself vulnerable. But soap thought that he wasn’t enough for her, he was reluctant. He was worried that he would get in the way of her life, and if they do go together he knows how serious she is with relationships and is worried it might not last by their dynamics. But yet there hope. Despite them being opposite..they still fit together like a puzzle peace. There was a warm flutter feeling in his heart.

“Thank you.”

“Of course.”

“Have you two ate today besides the sandwiches?” The old lady asked

Soap and Sal look at each other

“Well I ate some fruits”

“We ate some fruits..” soap corrected.

“Do you want dinner?” She asked?

Sal responded with “can we have oven chicken with rice!” She exclaimed, she was a fan of her chicken and rice

~~~~~

“So tell me about yourself young man, what’s your favorite color, hobby, holiday, all the good stuff”

Soap responded with a low voice, he was shy but did not want to admit it, he grew sweat behind his neck

“Hm me?”

“Well I can’t really think of a favorite color I never really thought of that…hmmmmmm….. Mabee the same color as the blue shirt I’m wearing, and for hobbies, I like to journal and draw in my free time and for holidays..I’ll go for Christmas because I like the atmosphere, I enjoy the decoration, lights, and the jolly atmosphere and the generosity and giving. I also like winter activities like Christmas marketing and ice skating…and also just because I like winter.” He responded while taking a bite of the white rice.

Sal spoke aswell

“I also like winter better…I don’t prefer summer unlike most people I know in my social circle, it’s just the humidity brings me discomfort and same goes for the heat brings me heat exhaustion and thirst, and the insects. I’m not scared of them there just bothersome and when I was younger it was hard to sleep in my bedroom from the irritating heat. But I had fans.” She bites into the last meat of the chicken.

“Thanks for the chicken” both Sal and soap says

“It’s no problem, I’m great full you ate good. When u was younger I was poor and sometimes skipped dinner, I don’t want you two to suffer the same as I did when I was a kid”

Sal checks the time and it was 10 PM

“Oh my it’s getting late.” She points out.

Soap sat there in the chair.

It’s been a while since he ate dinner with someone and end up with a full stomach…he’s..great-full..? It was a warm scene.. despite it only being the two of them he felt welcomed.

—————

Soap and Sal where on top of a balcony. The view was pretty as the lights shined against the night sky the moon was also crystal bright. As the wind gently breezed Sal grabs a hair tie about to put on her iconic bun before soap said “your hair is beautiful down..in my opinion.” He mummers as his blue eyes gazing at hers with a small spark. Sal smiles ear to ear “if you say so” she responds, changing her mind as she lets her hair flow, she wraps her arms around her legs and a few minutes later of silent pass. The woman glances up at the moon high in the dark sky in front of her. “Thanks for everything today..it’s been forever since I had a day like this…so thank you for today..Sal.”

“It’s no problem at all…I should thank you for expecting my text message.”

He nods

Sal ask “what would you do if you weren’t in the military?”

“Sleep all day.”

“Understandable” she agreed.

“How about you? What would you do if you weren’t in the military?”

“I’d like to be a florist..or Mabee a barber..oooh, Mabee a vet..animals are better than people, or Mabee a librarian”

Soap glares at her and nods

Ruz confesses “soap your a nice..man….your loyal…brave..your courage is inspiring and you’d be willing to take on a dangerous mission..and your resourceful..and just your sense of humor too, despite the intense scenarios of what’s going on right now you maintain humor in you. And that’s what I like about you.”

“I really appreciate these words..”

“It’s no problem at all…” sal cheeks starts to blush.

“Your pretty when you blush”

Her face starts to burn up