#TK ‘Knuckles’ Pruitt oc

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Whiskey Bottles & Wild Flowers: Cricket

Amanda ‘Cricket’ Pruitt was the youngest in the family and born the same year as Baylie, her sister and best friend. It was hard on Beau and Katherine having all three children under five, but they made it work. And as soon as the girls could walk and talk, trouble could always be found.

It only got crazier as the girls got older. At eleven, after TK had done it first, the girls followed his lead and hopped on a hog’s back and rode it around the barn. When they turned fourteen, the girls stood on their horse’s back for the first time, scaring the shit outta Leo. He still gets worried that Duckie and Cricket’ll fall off and break something.

Mischief was one of the girls’ favorite past times, and would recruit Leonard to join in too. The friends had lots of fun jerryrigging a sled to the back of a side by side after it rained and taking turns driving around the pastures and over hills to try to slide the passenger off, riding a horse backwards, going frog gigging at midnight (the best time if you asked them), and going to corn field parties during the summer.

As the three musketeers got into high school, relationships changed and feelings got hurt. It was mostly Leo doing dumb shit and the two idiots pinning after each other that caused the most damage. It didn’t matter though, they always made up and went back to as if nothing had happened. The first big fight that the friends had, was at Prom. It lasted for weeks before he apologized for what Macy Jensen did.

The next big fight was started because of a pact they had made the summer before senior year, agreeing to stay the whole year. Amanda only needed one class left, but it was full until the last semester of school, so she couldn’t graduate early. As for Leo and Duckie, they had taken the class the semester before and could if they wanted too. Long story short, Leo broke the pact and then got the hell outta dodge to basic for the Navy. It hurt the girls as they dreaded walking across that stage without their other friend.

After high school, Duckie and Cricket didn’t go off to college, like their parents would’ve liked, they wanted to stay to help out on the ranch. Even though both were kind of mad at Leo for leaving so abruptly, they still wrote weekly letters to him. The girls started to realize that Leo never wrote letters back to them, so they thought it was because he was busy. It shocked them to know that his family were receiving letters from him, but not his best friends.

As the years went by the letters slowly stopped being sent to Leo, it’s not like he’d ever respond anyway. When not helping around the ranch, Cricket took up bartending at the local watering hole known as Jack’s. There’s always good peoples around and great tips offered. Cricket sometimes flirt with some of the young guns if they come up to the bar, but mostly acts friendly and welcoming.

It was surprising to hear that Leo was coming home and bringing a friend. The girls, especially Cricket, didn’t expect to see him ever again. He was a big shot RIO in San Diego now, no way would he wanna come home to a sleepy town. The first day back, when he surprised his friends, Cricket was madder than a bull seeing red! How could he just mosey up to the door and walk in as if nothing had happened, like he didn’t ignore Duckie and her for years! Even as she sat on her bed, she could hear all the chatter from the kitchen.

After being told that it was actually her parents taking the letters and he’d been holding out for Cricket all these years, their friendship started back up where they left off. You could probably call it puppy love, young and sweet, innocent flirting and touches. You would think that Leo and Cricket would jump the gun and go right into a relationship, but they’d been apart for so long they wanted to learn about each other again.

Even with his fellow aviators in town and staying on the ranches, he stayed his goofy self. The pilots saw a different side of him, the easy going one, the one that’s always up for trouble. They shared stories about Leo, and so did the Wolfe’s and the Pruitt’s. It was one of the best nights that they had since Leo came home. Duckie and Cricket even met some of the greatest people, that they would form a strong bond with, Whiskey and Dragon.

While the aviators stayed, they helped around the ranches. After breakfast the second day, Leo brought down one of his cowboy hats from when he was a toddler and put it on Bradley’s head. He was the cutest little cowboy, and a big help to Cricket and Duckie. When the work day was over, Leo picked him off of the horse he rode in with Duckie and the boys headed for the barn. Later, when asked to get the men for dinner, they saw Leo teaching Bradley how to rope with a cow skull hung from the wall.

The whole week that the pilots visited, the days were always filled with laughter. Bradley spent most of his time with Duckie and Cricket, he said it was ‘to learn how to be a real cowboy’ and when Leo asked ‘then why not me?’ Little man stood straight up and said, ‘cause Uncle Leo, you been outta the game too long!’ Leo pouted pretty much all day, which made it even more funny to the others. It wasn’t all work, the adults had games and activities on slow days around the ranch. Beer, Bourbon, and Whiskey were gone by the end of the week too, which they mixed in with the fun.

The last days that the group were here, the Wolfe’s brought out the big guns, Ruth’s great grandma’s famous homemade chili with all the fixin’s. Great Grandma Thatcher liked her chili spicy, so Ruth fixed a special batch just for Bradley and anyone else who couldn’t take the heat. It was very amusing to watch as the pilots took their first bites, only to quickly swallow and chug their cold beers. Cricket always ate the chili from the not too spicy pot, knowing that she’d never finish her bowl if she couldn’t feel her mouth. Rick’s face turned red, but didn’t want to seem like a baby, so he kept eating. Cricket thinks it was to impress Duck, but by the way she was smirking, it didn’t work.

It was a couple of days later that Leo and Cricket finally said their true feelings towards each other and agreed to go on a date before he had to go back. During said date, someone had made a hurtful comment about Cricket, and Leo saw red. It ended up in a fight, that Cricket had to pull Leo out of to stop. The drive home was silent, the only noise was the radio. The next day, after going over to the Wolfe’s ranch to say sorry, she found out that the man in question had left.

Cricket stayed in bed days afterwards, heartbroken and guilty. Seeing that her daughter was sad, Katherine tried to convince Cricket to take a leap and go visit him in San Diego. After many days of nonstop pestering from her mother and Leo’s, Duckie and Cricket hopped on a plane and went to their boys. They had exchanged numbers with Dragon and Whiskey, and had gotten his off-base housing address from them.

Once they landed, they headed to their best friend’s and waited on the porch swing for him to come home. They could recognize the sound of Leo’s old Chevy truck anywhere as it came down the road and stopped in the driveway. He launched out of his truck and hugged the girls tightly. When he finally let go, he gently grabbed Cricket’s face and gave her a kiss. Leo gave Duckie one more hug before she left to go find Rick’s housing and visit him. Finally alone and not fighting again, the new couple went to dinner to officially finish their first date.

Cricket and Duckie went home after being in San Diego for two weeks, but are in constant contact with their boys and the others. Every couple of months, Duckie and Cricket hop on a plane and visit, which are some of the best weeks that the group have all together. After this pattern going on for a year, the boys finally asked Duckie and Cricket to move in with them. It was one of the best decisions they ever made, the boys got to see their women every day and anytime they wanted instead of only reuniting every couple of months, but Leo knew that the ranch needed the girls more at that time.

It had been a little over four years together and they still acted like it was puppy love. A few months earlier, they had been to Rick and Duckie’s engagement party. It was so beautiful, it’s hard to believe that Duckie didn’t like him at first. She still calls him ‘Pretty Boy,’ but now more as a pet name then anything else. Leo had acted weird that night at the engagement party, so it wasn’t as of a big surprise when Leo asked Cricket to a date night the following week. The couple went to a fancy restaurant with a dress code and Leo had been so nervous he was sweating bullets all night.

After dinner, dessert came to the table and while Cricket was distracted by her favorite sweet, which couldn’t possibly been served here, he carefully got on one knee and took her hand. Tears were already falling from her eyes as she realized what was happening, Leo swallowed a lump before saying some romantic, or as romantic as he got, speech and held the beautiful ring to her finger, waiting her answer. Cricket pulled him up and said, ‘finally you dumbass!’ Before smashing her lips to his. It was certainly a night to remember.

Leo and Cricket got married the next year back home in the Wolfe’s barn, it was a gorgeous wedding and reception, definitely a western wedding with lace and warm tones. Duckie was the Maid of Honor and the Bride’s Maids were Whiskey, Dragon, and Carole. The Best Man was of course, Rick, and the Groom’s Men were Ice, Ron, Charles. Little Bradley was also in the wedding party, being the ring bearer. He looked so adorable in his suit. After the wedding, the couple couldn’t be more thankful for that visit and all the meddling.

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Whiskey Bottles & Wild Flowers: Duckie

Baylie ‘Duckie’ Pruitt was a very thoughtful, imaginative, and an overachiever child, and these traits only grew with age. If Duckie thought of something and wanted it enough she would make it happen. She was a hard worker, stubborn as hell, and wasn’t the most graceful child, always getting hurt one way or another. Throughout her younger years, the Pruitt family had to make trips to the hospital to help reset one or more of Duckie’s broken fingers.

Duckie was an overachiever from an early age too. She was the only child in her school to read 1,000 books in one year, which awarded her an award and metal. Of course Leo and Cricket had made fun little quips about her reading so many books between the trouble they caused together. Duckie also helped start three charities at her school and still donated to them every year. As did her family and the Wolfe’s, proud of their daughter and family friend.

Growing up in the middle of BFE, there wasn’t a lot to do during the long summer days when it was too hot to do any ranch work. So the Three Musketeers would go down to the Walnut tree between the two families’ lands and by a creek bed, hammers in hands,smash the walnuts for a snack or for fun, then afterwards jump into the nearby creek to wash off the juice.

Another fun little memory was during the summer that the girls’ turned eleven and saw The Amazing Spider-Man for the first time at Leo’s house at a sleepover. A week after, when they all were hanging out in the barn, Bay had gotten bit by a spider! Of course, them being children, had convinced their minds that Duckie would be Spider-Man (or Spider-Girl) by the next day just like the movie. Leo and Cricket argued who would be ‘Uncle Ben’ and ‘Aunt May’ to Bay, even though neither wanted to die the tragic ways the characters did. So when it was a couple weeks later and still no powers (they tried) like Peter Parker, they sadly gave up that dream.

It was weird in high school, between the obvious love that her sister and best friend had for each other, the hard AP classes she took,the Volleyball team, and ranch work. It was a lot of work to stay afloat with all of the activities each one of the friends did, but they all made it work. Duckie graduated in the top five students and could attend any schools she wanted to, if she pleased. After school, the Pruitt girls just wanted to stay home and help around the ranch, but also wanted a job off of the ranch too. Duckie took classes in high school that counted as college credits, so that helped shave off years on her nursing schooling. After four years she had accomplished her nursing degree and worked for the city’s hospital.

Duckie was devastated when she heard that her parents were taking their letters they’d written to Leo. She didn’t know if they read them or not, but if they did, they wouldn’t be surprised about the contents (being for Leo to finally man up and say something to Cricket). It was still her private conversation to Leo thought. Duckie forgave him quickly afterwards, she doesn’t really hold grudges for long. When she met his pilot thought, that was a different type of grudge. Duckie didn’t hate him, per say, but she didn’t exactly like him either. The man had a big head, and who wouldn’t with the callsign ‘Hollywood’.

Rick would flirt with Duckie non stop every time they were near each other, and Bay didn’t like it. She would NOT be one of his belt buckle notches, that was for damn sure. He slowly realized that maybe she was different than the other women he had success with. He tried a different tactic and after a while won her heart. Rick was usually the one to intimate hugs or kisses in other relationships, but didn’t want to go too fast with Duckie. It was a surprise to both of them that day in the woods when Duckie grabbed his face and kissed him. After dinner, Rick went to the Pruitt’s ranch and officially asked Duckie to be his girlfriend, which after she cracked a joke said yes.

They kept it a secret for a while before telling the others, Rick and Duck both knew that Knuckles, Leo, and Cricket would have their asses. Cricket didn’t really trust Rick’s intentions with her sister. Leo knew Rick and what he did with his conquests, and didn’t want Rick hurting Leo’s ‘sister’. As for Knuckles, he just didn’t like any of his sisters’ boyfriends. Beau & Katherine were over the moon that Duckie had finally introduced them to one of her boyfriends and that they just adored Rick from their first meetings.

When Leo and Cricket went of their first official date, Duckie and Rick helped out with everything. From the flowers, reservations at the restaurant, to the clothes, and hair styles. Afterwards, they went out too, on their own little adventure to get to know one another more. It ended pretty early when Duckie got a phone call from a crying Cricket. When Duck got home she held Cricket as she vented about how awful the night was to Duckie and the dogs. The next day, when Duck went to see Rick, she found out that the Flyboys had left without telling their girls.

This information made the girls upset, mostly Duckie. How could that egotistical bastard just up and leave without telling her? Of course he’d do that, she’s known from the start what kind of man he is. Leo had told her his buddy’s history and his tricks. She was mad, no doubt, but she could tell that he’d changed for her, in little ways. So it didn’t take much convincing for Duckie to take a trip to San Diego, it was Cricket that needed to be reasoned with. She was packed and plane ticket paid for within three days, while it took Cricket to change her mind. Duckie wanted nothing more than to see her boyfriend and kick his ass for leaving suddenly.

Once they left the airport in their destination, the sisters rented a truck and drove to fighter town to see their flyboys. First stop being Leo’s, where the two dumb lovebirds reunited and forgave each other, then Duckie took the truck and arrived at Rick’s off-base apartment. The weeks they spent together went by fast being held in each others arms, but the girls had to go back to their ranch and jobs.

Duckie was devastated when she had to leave, but started to plan her and Cricket’s next visit soon after. Work days were often boring and slow, occasionally someone with an interesting case would show up and bring smiles to the nurse and doctor’s faces at how ridiculous the patients’ story was. After shift, she would call Rick (at a decent hour) and tell him about her patients of the day, unless she was working at the ranch, then tell him about the trouble she and Cricket got into. The phone calls were always filled with laughter and smiles on either side as stories were shared and ‘I love yous’ told in between. Jack and Bush often said their ‘hellos’ too.

When Rick and Leo had asked the girls to move in with them, Duckie had jumped at the idea! Within a couple of weeks, Duckie was packed and put her three weeks into work. Cricket took less time, but didn’t want to leave without her sister, so she waited for Duckie. When they drove the thousands of miles to their new homes, it was sad for both girls to not be with each other every second of every day, like they had been able to back home. Day by day, it got easier for them, but it still took a while for them to get used to it just being themselves and their boyfriends. Cricket took a job at the bar, the O Club and Duck went to work at the hospital.

After a couple of years together, Rick, Leo, and the girls had made a surprise trip to the Pruitt’s ranch. The girls were oblivious about the real reason for the visit, but a month later when Rick proposed to Duckie, it was pretty easy to guess. At the wedding, Duckie’s Maid of Honor was of course Cricket, and her Bride’s Maids were Quinn (Wolfe) Henderson and Rebecca Wolfe. As it was said before, Rick didn’t have the best relationships with his family. It’s been years since he’s seen or talked to someone sharing his last name, he refuses too. For his guests, it was just his aviator friends and their wives or husbands and all of Duckie’s family and friends.

The wedding was beautiful, with a color palette of peach, sage, and gold. Her dress was lace, tight to the skin, off the shoulders sleeves, and a sweetheart neckline. The bouquets were peach roses with succulents and gold ribbon tied in a bow around the stems. The bride’s maids’ dresses were peach with an accent of gold somewhere on their person. The men wore light grey suits with a white dress shirt, and sage green tie. Their boutonnieres were a single peach flower with small succulents accompanied by it.

The church was beautiful, behind the alter was a stain glass window telling one of the many stories from the Bible, the Minister’s voice boomed with the microphone he held and the speakers around the room caught every crisp word spoken as the couple said their vows and ‘I Do’s’. The reception was equally as beautiful as the church, colored in the same color palette and natural light streaming in from the ceiling to wall windows. The cake was tall to be able to feed all of the guests, and had more than one flavor (because the newly weds couldn’t just pick one).

The best part of the night was when Duckie threw the bouquet and Chatterbox caught it. Duck doesn’t think she’s ever laughed as hard as she did when Leo chased his little sister around, trying to grab the flowers from her. He kept saying, ‘Not while I’m still kickin’ is my kid sister getting married before me!’ Becca would dodge and weave between guests as she ran to their parents to hide and tattle. It was nothing but what she imagined her wedding to look like, and couldn’t be more happy with all of the decorations, cake, and other things that could’ve just as likely gone wrong.

Duckie and Rick’s first dance started out slow, before another song was remixed into it and the couple did a dance that would put every other wedding that year to shame. When it was time for the father-daughter dance, it was filled with whispers and tears. The song captured their relationship perfectly and you could tell by just listening to the lyrics. Since Rick didn’t have any family come for him, Katherine and Ruth came up to him for his mother son dance.

Both women saw him as a son since the first day they met him and wouldn’t change that for the world. When both dances were done, Leo clapped Rick’s shoulders and said, ‘Welcome to the family, you can’t leave now’ but Rick would never dream of it, he left the love that each family held for each and every member and was happy to be able to be apart of that now and forever. Even if in a couple of months he’d also be related to his back-seater by marriage and have to see his ugly mug every holiday instead of just on base.

It was a few years later that Rick and Duckie had kids of their own, Amelia Jean and Addison Kate Neven. Amelia was born a year and a half before Addison, not wanting to go through the hardships of what her parents did with Cricket and herself. Duckie and Pretty Boy thought hard and long for the perfect names for their gorgeous daughters, and kept them a secret for the whole pregnancy until the delivery.

Duckie was adamant about no one but Rick in the delivery room until afterwards, and when the Wolfe and Pruitt clan could heard those strong lungs scream, they all felt unremarkable joy! After the nurses cleaned and printed the newborn babe, Rick called in the first two to meet the new addition to the family. Leo was first inside the door, his new wife, Cricket, a close second behind tears already in the waterline of her blue eyes.

Duckie smiled tiredly, ‘Crick, Leo, meet your niece, Amelia Jean Neven. Cricket, do you remember our pact from when we were kids?’ Cricket smiled softly, ‘yea, when we have kids, we would name them after the first letter of our sister’s names. So, Amelia, the A’s-the A’s for me?’ The small nod from the exhausted Duckie was all the confirmation Cricket needed to jump up and hug both new parents.

When the second little bundle of joy came into the world, it had been a little bit different this time. Duckie had some complications during the natural birth, so they had to give her a C-section. After the anesthesia had worn off, Rick called for the two best friends again first. Leo and Cricket huddled into the room and crowded the baby, cooing and making faces at her.

‘Do you wanna know your new niece’s name?’ Of course that got an excited head nod from them, ‘Ok, say hello to Leandra Hayes Neven!’ Leo’s eyes got wide and he started to cry, swiftly going in to hug Duckie and Rick, with giant smiles on their faces, but Cricket held back her smirk. ‘For realzies though, meet Addison Kate!’

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Whiskey Bottles & Wild Flowers: Meet Busch & Jack:

The first couple of years that Beau and Katherine was married, they were just starting to think about children. To practice for a baby, they decided to get a little Golden Retriever.

It took a few days after they brought him home for the puppy to get a name, Busch. Beau & Katherine still laugh about how he got his name.

Then, seeing that Busch was lonely and needed a friend, they got another one and named him Jack. The dogs helped keep each other company and helped herd the cows when the newly wed couple needed it.

As the couple celebrated their second anniversary, the topic of children came up again, and they started trying. When Katherine was in the early stages of pregnancy, it was actually the dogs that gave her the idea that she might be.

Busch and Jack would follow her around and protect her everyday. At first, Katherine thought that maybe the dogs were sick, then after weeks of the behavior, it finally clicked.

Dogs can smell things that people can’t, maybe they can tell if the hormones in her body changed. So, Katherine took a pregnancy test and when it came back positive, she hugged the dogs and all three ran to tell Beau the good news!

When they took the newborn TK home for the first time, the dogs raced to see their owners and tiny human. Beau gently set the carrier on the floor and whispered an ‘easy’ to the dogs before they came up and sniffed the baby.

Busch and Jack smelled the new addition to the family before Beau called them away and fed them. It was the start of an amazing friendship that would be continued as Baylie and a couple months later Amanda were born.

Busch & Jack were there for all of the big moments in their owners’ life. Busch was the one to get TK to walk for the first time, and later helped Baylie and Amanda.

Jack was an accomplice in one of TK’s first pranks on his sisters. Baylie’s first word was ‘Bus’ after he had taken her cheese stick. When Amanda rolled over the first time, it was because Jack had heard the command.

As the children grew into teenagers and experienced first days of junior high, high school, getting bullied, and heart break, Busch and Jack were there again for snuggles and kisses (for the girls), and rough housing and playing catch (for TK).

Busch and Jack were especially there for Amanda when Leo hurt her all those time when they were young. It broke her parents’ heart having to hear all of those things that their daughter said to the dogs. Duckie would join in on the snuggling and conversation too, but most of the time it was just the three of them.

Baylie would have the dogs join her when she did her chores around the land or when she rode her horse, Moon, on the trail. As the years went by and new people came into their lives, Busch and Jack became her confidants in her confusing feelings about Leo’s fellow aviator and pilot.

Baylie really struggled with what to do with the attraction she had for him, but in the end, it was those cute puppy-dog eyes from Jack that Baylie finally just said ‘fuck it’ and took the initiative and kissed Pretty Boy. Afterwards, when the shock wore off, she ran home and told Jack all about it!

TK & Chloe both agreed that both dogs would be in the wedding. Busch as the ring bearer, and Jack as the ‘Best Dog’, which took a lot of convincing to Chloe when it first came to light. Those same puppy-dog eyes worked on TK when he and Chloe had their first big fight.

TK had just stormed into the house and to him room. Jack, sensing his mood, followed behind closely, and laid in front of TK’s bedroom door until TK had enough of the whining and let him in, Busch not too far behind for the cuddles he would receive.

Like his sisters, TK told the dogs his problems and his feelings on them and the dogs listened to him. Once Jack answered TK’s “What should I do Jack? I love her,” with his own, “tell her you’re sorry idiot!”

So, TK shot out of bed and ran to the store to get Chloe’s favorite flowers and candies. When TK came home later, he thanked Busch & Jack with treats and pets.

When Leo came back to his home with his friend, Busch & Jack stayed by the Girl’s all the time, protecting them. Busch & Jack knew that the yellow haired boy human had hurt the yellow haired girl human that the dogs lived with.

He also knew that the boy, new one with brunet hair, was bad news for the brunette girl, he also lived with. The dogs teamed up and made sure that the two groups never were alone, which became hard when the other humans started to meddle in their plans.

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Whiskey Bottles & Wild Flowers: TK

Travis Kameron Pruitt is the eldest child of Beau and Katherine Pruitt. He has two younger sisters, Baylie and Amanda, who he loves to prank and pester all of the time. It started when he was six and the girls were four in a half, they were playing hide and go seek.

TK had found Cricket, but didn’t let it be known and locked the dryer lid with her in it. It took a while but Katherine had heard the yells from her youngest daughter and got her out.

Even as the siblings got older, the pranks didn’t stop. TK would intentionally do things to hurt his sisters, mostly Cricket though. Cricket still blames him for her broken collar bone, even if he technically didn’t do it.

The only time he ever cared about his sisters was when one was seriously hurt, like when Bay would break her finger(s) or when Cricket got a fish hook caught in her ear. (We still don’t know the actual physics of how that happened).

TK slowed down the pestering when he had met Chloe while at college. He’d still do pranks, but not as much and definitely not when Chloe was looking. TK was goofy and sweet to his girlfriend, which was a side of him his family hadn’t seen for years.

Travis Kameron is known for being a fighter, he’s always ready to throw hands when trouble starts, he might not act like it but he is protective of his sisters. When Leonard hurt his sister at prom, Knuckles went to his place and gave him a black eye, which they both knew he deserved. TK also gave Leo and Rick a talk about taking care of his sisters before they left to live with them in San Diego.

TK and Leo had always gotten along well, he just didn’t care much for Leo’s affection on Cricket. The guy was always with her, touching or leaning against her. TK didn’t like that, he knew that Leo would just break her heart as they grew older, but wanted Cricket to make her own choices. TK also had a little problem with Rick.

He knew that that man was nothing but a heartbreaker, and didn’t want him anywhere near Duckie. Obviously, both of his sisters still fell for those two idiots even after threatening the guys of what would happen if they hurt his little sisters.

TK is more than ready to be married to Chloe, he’s known she’s his one and only for years, but didn’t want to rush into a wedding before they were ready. He’s already gotten a house for them a few miles away from the Pruitt ranch, in both of their names, for when they start a family.

It was weird seeing TK so in love, his family not seeing him act that way ever. They knew that the young couple would last and get married when it was time.

So it wasn’t a big surprise when after Chloe got her nursing degree that it was only a matter of time before TK would propose. It was two weeks after her graduation that he finally popped the big question to her, and she said yes!

Ever since that day, it’s been planning, work, and helping around the ranch. They had already gotten a church and priest for the wedding, flowers on order, and decor in boxes ready to be set up. The only thing missing is the dress.

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Whiskey Bottles & Wild Flowers: Chloe

Chloe Grace McKinley was the youngest of four and the only girl. Her parents, Frederick and Samantha, wanted a big family, but they thought that one of her previous pregnancies would bring a girl into their already chaotic lives.

So when her first four pregnancies didn’t give them a girl, they kept trying until they had one. Fred and Sam were lucky that the fifth pregnancy lead to a beautiful daughter.

Chloe was the youngest and the only girl, meaning that she was somewhat spoiled, but never let that go to her head. She always said thank you after every gift, and showed how grateful she was for them too.

Chloe didn’t get along very well with her eldest two brothers, Hunter & Brooks, but the youngest brother, Mason, she did. Chloe also had a great relationship with her dad, he’d do anything with her that his sons did with him. That being said, Chloe loves to play football and fish.

When it was her junior year of high school, Chloe’s dad had gotten really sick and past away due to late stage lung cancer. It brought her and her family closer together.

After her father had died, Chloe didn’t want to have others go through the pain she did when she lost her father, so she decided to go into nursing school.

It took her a while, but after she graduated, she took a job with the city’s hospital and six years later, Duckie joined her. Chloe and Duckie had a blast at work, always laughing or working cases together.

When they lose a patient, they always comfort each other too, which is very nice because they don’t have to explain the case and why they’re sad.

Chloe was super excited for TK and her wedding. Everything was already picked out and tucked away or on their way to the small ranch house the couple had bought. The only element missing was her dress, which she’d need soon.

The only thing that they were waiting on, was Chloe and Duckie’s schedule. Working at a hospital is crazy, if a new case comes in, you might have to stay over to next shift before you can go home. This really gets in the way of wedding planning.

When Chloe had officially met Leonard the first day he had came home, after hearing stories about him from the Pruitt family over the years she has been dating TK. Chloe could see that he really cared for both of the Pruitt sisters, but loved Cricket more than anything.

It was sweet to hear the admiration he held for her, but it was so frustrating that they were literally idiots! How could they not see the love and looks they shared with one another! It was no surprise that the Wolfe and Pruitt women had tried for years to get Leo and Cricket together. All of the women were ecstatic when they finally did go on that one date!

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Whiskey Bottles & Wild Flowers: Meet Rebecca ‘Chatterbox’ Wolfe

As the baby of the Wolfe family, Rebecca pretty much got away with anything. After Daisy was born, Ruth was told that she couldn’t have anymore kids, and as the couple tried for two years were blessed with twins. Unfortunately, she lost one and a couple of weeks later, lost the other.

It saddened John and Ruth to think that it just wasn’t in the books to have another child. A year later, after excepting the fact that they had two beautiful children and wouldn’t be blessed with another, a miracle happened, a rainbow baby.

Ruth was put on bed rest the whole pregnancy and John nor the kids would let her do anything to chance a miscarriage again. So when Ruth went into labor they were worried something would go wrong.

Rebecca Joslyn Wolfe was a perfect in her parents’ eyes. She was the pride and joy to her family, and from the time she could talk, no one could get her to stop, giving herself the nickname Chatterbox, or Chatter. In school, she was a little social butterfly.

All her teacher’s comments were, ‘Needs to talk less during lessons.’ Or something in that manner. When High School came along, her socializing benefited her. Chatter was in the ‘popular kids’ clique, and a cheerleader too. Chatter was also a good student, straight ‘A’s’ on almost every report card. Like Daisy, Chatter was smart, and had been accepted to many great schools.

As college classes started, Chatter didn’t know what she wanted to major in, unlike Daisy when she graduated. It took a couple of years to really find something that she liked, and so she picked Early Childhood Education.

Chatter was in constant communication with Leo. Every week a new letter, telling him about her days and other things she wanted him to know, five pages worth sometimes. Whenever Leo could write back, he did with fewer pages. She understood though, he was busy being a solider and had other family members and friends to write to too.

When the secret ended up being unveiled, that Beau and Katherine had held the letters from their daughters, Chatter wanted to finally get those two idiots together, she saw that after Cricket had forgiven Leo, it was like time hadn’t passed, they acted like high schoolers again. Daisy, Chloe, Duckie, and her had a few tricks up their sleeve, but after many failed attempts, called in the big guns; Ruth & Katherine.

The Mama Bears took charge and with the help of the others, had a success. Kind of. They confessed that they loved each other, but Leo couldn’t put her in the position of having to pick him or her family. She knew from having family members from the past in the Navy, that it’s hard to have a relationship when you’re so far apart.

John and Ruth had been through this problem and they got married at nineteen, it should be easier at twenty-three and twenty-four. Issues occurred and the aviators left earlier than needed, everyone was worried about what happens next for the young couple.

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Whiskey Bottles & Wild Flowers: Meet TK Pruitt & Chloe McKinley

TK Pruitt & Chloe McKinley met when they started college and lived in a co-ed building. TK went for engineering and Chloe for nursing. It’s strange and we still have no idea how those two majors ended up being in the same building.

Anyway, TK took the wrong turn to his class and ended up running into Chloe. They said their ‘sorries’ and then went on their ways. The next time they meet, it was at lunch. Chloe was in line, getting ready to get a tray, when TK came in and walked straight into the line, cutting her in line. She told him off, they laughed and talked afterwards. They ended up being friends and hanging out together before and after class.

After two semesters of college, TK dropped out, but would still make the drive to see Chloe during the weekend. They ended up getting together later that year. When Chloe and TK talked about the future, TK just knew she was it for him. A couple of years later He gave her a promise ring and told her once she’s down and out of school, he’d marry her. They were prefect together. TK, being the ever-loving country kid he is, loved fishing and getting dirty as a boy does, and as it turns out, so did she. Chloe had a girly side, but did enjoy the occasional getting dirty on the country side.

TK, is as his family would describe him, ‘the dumbest smart person you know’ He was super smart and a quick learner, but he would make just stupid ass decisions. TK is a serious person, but will let loose when needed. He didn’t like to show his love, unless it was to Chloe. He also didn’t have the greatest relationship with his younger sisters, Baylie & Amanda.

In his childhood, TK did a lot of activities. He played baseball, football, basketball, showed hogs, hunted, fished. You’d think the boy would be tired of doing all of these plus ranch work, but never was. He also was out a lot with friends in cornfields or basements having a party. He changed a lot when Chloe bumped into him.

Chloe had a little bit different childhood from her fiancé. She had three older brothers who were always fighting with each other and playing pranks, so she understood the hardships of Duck & Cricket faced with their brother. All three girls are best friends and hang out all of the time when TK isn’t attached to her hip. She also did a lot of things a father would do with his sons, hunting & fishing, to name a few. Chloe had a bad relationship with her mother, so she was closer to her dad.

When Chloe’s dad got sick when she was a teen and watched him lay in bed wilting away, she decided to become a nurse. So that she can help others who went through what she did. When Chloe went to college for nursing, she was determined to get it done and start her career. It was like fate when she ran into TK in the hall. She couldn’t be more in love than when she met TK.

TK and Chloe live at the ranch as of right now until he can save up for their own farm house. She works at the local hospital, while TK works at a warehouse. When they’re not too tired from work, they also help on the ranch. Chloe would love nothing more than to join the always interesting and lively Pruitt family.

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the little giggle is what he does when Cricket visits him!!!

Whiskey Bottles & Wild Flowers: Meet Leonard ‘Wolfman’ Wolfe

Leonard Daniel Wolfe, named after his great grandfather, held so much potential in his parents’ eyes. As the first born he was to inherit, at the time, the small ranch that his parents started.

When Leo met the two biggest influences in his life, Duckie and Cricket, he knew it was going to be difficult. First, his best friends were girls, sisters, to be specific. Second, he’s liked Cricket since they were children and he didn’t know how to tell her.

When Macy Jensen asked him to dance at prom, he really didn’t want to unless it was with Cricket. Macy grabbed his hands and with unexpected strength, pulled him up and dragged him to the dance floor.

He tried to go back to his table and wait for Cricket to come back from the bathroom, but she clutched him and kept him attached to her. When Cricket came back and saw him with her, she finally let go and placed a sickly sweet kiss on his cheek.

He tried to explain it to Cricket, but got nowhere near it. She was just upset and didn’t talk to him for awhile. When the silent treatment stopped, their relationship changed. It was strictly friends from then on. Sure, there were some less than friendly flirting every once in a while, but it never went anywhere.

The summer before Senior year, it changed again. Late nights sneaking out and going to parties, getting drunk and then waking up early to get to chores around the ranches. One specific party, Leo and Cricket ended up getting so drunk that they made out. The next morning, Leo went to ask her about it, but she said she couldn’t remember it. Leo really wanted the talk to lead to more of a relationship.

The friends were inseparable their last year of high school, they all had the same classes and lunch schedules. Leonard won’t lie, he never really saw a future for himself in his hometown. He wanted bigger things, but he didn’t know exactly what. He knew that many of his family members had joined up in many different branches of the military.

Growing up and listening to his Great-Grandpa Leonard’s war stories were always some of his favorite to hear, so when the Navy had some soldiers visit and try to recruit some young men, he walked up and got a pamphlet. When Leo had completed all of his high school credits, he really didn’t have a reason to be at school anymore. Sure, he went so that Duckie & Cricket wouldn’t be alone, but he was bored.

One day after school he got a call and was told that there was a spot opened for Basic if he wanted it, all he had to do was graduate early. Leonard really wanted to stay to support his best friends, but he could have a jump start on his future if he left.

He asked the recruiter if he could have a couple of weeks to think and when he was permitted, Leo thought long and hard about his decision. He was gonna turn down the spot and wait until afterwards, but then Cricket and he got into a fight, he said ‘screw it’ and called them back.

The next day, he left for basic without saying goodbye to his friends. Leo knew that he had hurt Duckie and Cricket, he felt bad for how he left. When he had received letters from his family, he had to fight the urge to ask about them.

Leo was mad, they hadn’t even tried to reach out to him, and he didn’t write them either. He couldn’t, he didn’t wanna look eager. Leo knew that if he did write to Cricket, he’d spill his feelings towards her and if he wrote to Duckie, he’d just gush to about her sister.

With Basic over and officially being in the Navy, he met his pilot Rick ‘Hollywood’ Neven. The two young men grew close and became best friends. Through the years, completing missions, moving base to base, drinking after hours, and graduating from Top Gun, both men learned a lot about each other.

After the mission at graduation, the Commander of the Pacific Fleet gave all of the men leave. Rick didn’t have family he wanted to visit, an old falling out with his parents. Leo talked to his parents and they invited Rick, for he was their son’s pilot and friend, practically family at that point.

Leo caught up with Duckie and Cricket over the years apart and grew close again. He and Cricket were back to acting like high schoolers, flirting and always touching. They hadn’t really talked about where the relationship would go, but it seemed like it would work out in the end.

When the other pilots arrived at the ranch, Leo showed a different side of himself. He was more protective of his sisters, including Duckie, and Cricket. He was also more of a goofball, especially around the Pruitt girls.

The pilots and their families had to split themselves between both ranches for rooms, but at dinner everyone gathered at the Wolfe’s house. Leo’s friends joined in the chores around the ranch while they were there and had lots of laughs, jokes, stories, and drinks every night.

After they left, there was only seven more days of leave for Leo. Their sisters and mother’s meddled and trapped them into saying what they felt for each other, so they went on a date. On their night out, someone said something and Leo went off like a hot pistol. It upset Cricket and she had to drag him out of the diner. The drive back was quiet and long.

The next couple of days, Leo and Cricket didn’t speak, so Leo and Rick left a couple of days early back to base. When the pilots got back, Leo’s behavior was different than they had ever seen him. He didn’t want to hang out at the O Club anymore and stayed home every night, he looked like he hadn’t gotten a good night’s sleep in a while. Leo even started to not shave his facial hair and had scruff.

One day after training Leo came home to see his best friends sitting on his front porch swing, suitcases nearby. He ran up and hugged the girls, before turning to face Cricket, giving her a sweet kiss. Duckie gave the two love birds one last hug before running off to see her boyfriend.

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Duckie & Cricket’s Midwestern Dumbassery: #25

[At a mission brief]

Leo: hey, I’ve got an idea-

Viper: no.

The Aviators:

Viper: oh, sorry, it’s a natural reaction. Please carry on LTJG. Wolfe.

Leo: so first we get some fuel in our jets-

Viper: Absolutely fucking not. Demerit. 

Crick: *bursting into the room and slams door shut clearly panicked*

Duckie: oh god what did you do?!

Crick: nobody died!

Duckie: WHAT KIND OF ANSWER IS THAT!

Tee: I have a question.

Duckie: yeah?

Tee: can a person breathe in a washing machine while it’s on?

Duckie:

Tee: obviously this is all hypothetical-

Duckie: WHERE is Cricket?

Leo: books are for nerds.

Duckie: *smacks Leo on the head with a book*

Leo: NOOOO!

Leo: MY HAIR!

Leo: DUCKIE WHHHYYYY

Leo: *sobs loudly* I LOOK LIKE TEE!!

Tee: HEY!

Leo: *sobs in corner*

Crick: *tries to slap Leo’s ass as he walks past by*

Crick: *misses, trips and falls*

Leo: *tries to catch Crick but overbalances*

Leo: *tries to hold a chair for support*

Chair: *breaks*

Leo: *falls on top of Crick*

Duckie: *watching* it’s like watching two animals do an out-of-sync and very destructive mating dance.

Pregnant Chloe: you think we have enough responsibility to bring a child into this bunch of people and raise it?

Tee: Chloe, your problem is, is that you still see us as those idiots we were at school, when we were young, stupid and mostly high. But look at us now!

Chloe:

Duckie:

Cricket:

Daisy:

Leo:

Duckie: Leo’s hair is shorter.

Teacher: Mr. Wolfe, Ms Pruitts, I know it seems worthless to even ask but, Did you spike the Snowball Dance punch?

Duckie: something goes wrong, you blame us…

Cricket: after all these years, where’s the trust?

[pause]

The Trio: yes, we did.

Crick: Duckie. Prince Charming loves you.

Duckie: yeah, I’ve heard.

Crick: so will you go out with him?

Duckie: of course not.

Crick: PLEASE, DUCKIE!!

Duckie: I’m not sorry.

Crick: you don’t understand what you’re doing!

Duckie: I’m saying no to going out with the most arrogant guy in town.

Crick: no, he’s holding my chocolates hostage until I get you to agree to date him. Duckie PLEASE!!

Whiskey: well, honestly my favorite chocolate is-

Leo: *puts a hand over her mouth* Whiskey no

[distant rumbling]

Daisy: you can’t just go around saying that word!

Chatter: she didn’t know Daze!

Daisy: but still!

[house shakes]

[Duckie & Tee walks in]

Duckie: ..she said it didn’t she?

Dragon: said what-

[door bursts open]

Crick: DID SOMEONE SAY CHOCOLATE?!

Leo: why did Wood search ‘pretty names for a baby girl’ ARE YOU PLANNING TO HAVE A BABY?

Duckie: not that I’m aware of no. Maybe I should ask him?

Duckie: *after a few minutes* no, but he said ‘we’re planning to have a niece’, so maybe you should ask yourself, are you having a baby?

Leo: am I having a baby?

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Duckie & Cricket’s Midwestern Dumbassery: #26

Pretty Boy: excuse me, have you ever been arrested?

Duckie: yes.

Pretty Boy: I was gonna say ‘because it’s illegal to be this cute’ but now I’m curious.

Duckie: aggravated assault.

Beau: did you call your sister dumb tonight?

Duckie: no.

Duckie: i said, ‘are you dumb?’

Duckie: I was asking her.

Beau: do you think that was appropriate?

Duckie: very much so.

Duckie: *on the phone* and if I don’t get my money, I WILL call your probation officer, BITCH!

Rick: who are you talking to?

Duckie: Tee.

Leo: I hate it when people scream.

Crick: that’s not what you said to me last night.

Pretty Boy: *opens a window*

Pretty Boy: go and throw yourself out.

Pretty Boy: you call it a near death experience…

Leo: we call it a vibe check from God.

Ice & Slider: *eye twitches*

Beau: new rule: no animals in the house.

Crick: wow, you’re really gonna throw Duckie out like that?

Beau: *whacks Crick on the head*

Duckie: Cricket stop! I promised dad we wouldn’t do anything dangerous!

Cricket: *in a child’s wagon on top of a hill* I can’t believe you would just lie to our father like that.

Duckie: *laughs & hops in the wagon w/ her sister* I’m just kidding, he doesn’t give a fuck what we do now.

Duckie & Cricket: *after doing something dumb* don’t blame us! It was like 3 am, our brain cells were sleeping!

Tee: what brain cells?

Pretty Boy: I’m not gonna fight with you!

Duckie: why, because I’m a woman?

Pretty Boy: no, because you’re scary

Duckie: oh, alright.

Leo: your eyes are so beautiful.

Crick: *putting her glasses on* thank you. They don’t work.

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Duckie & Cricket’s Midwestern Dumbassery #12

{Wolfe & Pruitt family dinner w/ the aviators joining}

Ruth: oh this is just like when you two were little and you used to eat pretend supper. Hmm.

Katherine: only now, it won’t end up with Cricket sitting on Leo’s head.

Everyone but Leo & Cricket: *laughs*

Leo & Cricket: *embarrassed*

Duckie: so, how did you know that Ice and Slider was the one?

Dragon: he looked at me the way all women want to be looked at…

Cricket: awww!

Whiskey: with fear in his eyes.

Cricket:

Duckie: awww!

Ruth: I need a three letter word for ‘disappointment.’

John: leo.

Ruth: it fits.

Rick: all right, listen, I didn’t want to have to do this, but you leave me no choice.

Rick: here comes the ‘smolder’

Rick: *does the ‘smolder’*

Duckie: *rolls her eyes and walks away*

Rick: *whispering to Leo* …this is kind of an off day for me. this doesn’t normally happen.

Rick: *gets pushed down by a horse after insulting her intelligence*

Rick: oh come on. she’s a bad horse!

Duckie: *petting horse and giving her nose kisses* oh, she’s nothing but a big sweetheart!

Rick: *glares at horse* highly doubt it Duck.

Katherine: honey, I put some sandwiches in your duffle bag.

Katherine: now why do you need such a big bag of oregano?

Duckie: Rick’s Italian.

Leo: Mrs. Pruitt, I have a black eye, and I need ice!

Katherine: I’m not doing anything else for men today.

Katherine: well, if it isn’t the love birds?

Katherine: so love birds, how are the big wedding plans coming along?

Duckie: well, I’ve decided to be the bride, and Rick’s going to go with groom.

Rick: *to Duck* I love you

Duckie: wrong number

Rick: you’re standing right in front of me

Duckie: wrong address

Rick: …

Cricket: please leave a message after the tone

Duck & Crick: beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep

{shows up at the Pruitt’s house with roses and knocks on door}

Cricket: hi Leo. did you buy me those?

Leo: yeah, just like you told me.

Cricket: no. I told you sunflowers. come on, idiot.

Duckie: no offense, mom, but those two could make the dumbest babies ever.

Duckie: *laughs*

Katherine: *laughs*

Katherine: that’s not funny.

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[whiskeyswriting]

My emotions are all over the place with this first chapter!!!

Love the fluff at the beginning!!

Cricket and Duckie are the cutest ever….!

Whiskey Bottles & Wild Flowers

Chapter 1: Fool Me Once, Shame On You. Fool Me Twice, Shame On Me.

Leonard ‘Wolfman’ Wolfe x Amanda ‘Cricket’ Pruitt (OC)

Rick ‘Hollywood’ Neven x Baylie ‘Duckie’ Pruitt (OC)

Summary: After the urgent mission at the graduation for Top Gun, Leonard and his pilot, Hollywood, almost lost their lives all of the aviators were granted leave to visit their families. When Leonard gets to his family owned Ranch, he thinks his childhood best friend would greet him with open arms, warm hugs, and inside jokes. Instead, he’s greeted with a boot to the ass and a sharp smack to the back of the head. As he thinks about how things ended, he realizes his mistake.

🚨Warnings: Navy inaccuracies, angst, a good ol’ ass kickin’! Rotten fruit fights.

Word Count: 5k+

A/N📋: dividers by @musingsofmyown & @sligheach-sidhe , cover by me ( @callmemana ).

Thank You @switchbladedreamz & @bayisdying for proof reading & helping!

When Baylie, Amanda, and Leonard first met, they were six and just started kindergarten. How the story goes, is that Baylie and Amanda were playing tag and Amanda tripped. She held her knee and cried as the blood flowed throw the opened skin. Baylie hugged her sister as she tried to confort her through the pain, a little blond headed boy ran up and asked what was wrong. The girls told him the story, and afterwards he asked if she could walk. Amanda tried, she really did, but her knee hurt too much to bend. So, ever the little gentleman, picked her up princess style and carried her to the teacher.

The teacher then took them both to the nurse, and while the nurse put anti-septic on the wound, Leonard stood by her side and held her hand so she could squeeze it when it hurt. After that faithful day, the three of them were never far apart. The girls had told their parents about the nice boy who helped Amanda when she was hurt and as a thank you, wanted to invite him and his family for dinner. Proud of their children, said yes and scheduled the dinner. At the dinner, not only did Beau and Katherine meet the lovely John and Ruth, but their three children as well, Leonard, Quinn, and Rebecca.

The families grew closer and continued to do other activities. As the children grew, so did their relationships. When the trio made it up to high school, it was clear that Leonard and Amanda’s relationship leaned closer to romantic than friends. Their junior year, the parents meddled and convinced him that it was only right for him to take his best friend to prom. The night started out perfect, the food, dress, suit, and truck. Then it turned to complete shit when Leo was caught chasing the skirt of Macy Jensen. He swore it was a misunderstanding, that she came up to him and asked him for a dance. But she saw his smile, she saw the excitement in his eyes as he put his hands on her waist and lower back.

She was heartbroken and asked Duck to take her home. That was the first time she had been fooled by him, so as the saying goes, shame on her. Shame on her for thinking that his teenage brain would like her and go with her because of it. No, he did it out of obligation. When Duck and Cricket had made it home, their parents were in the living room talking and waiting for the trio to arrive. They took one look at the tears that stained Cricket’s face and Duckie’s slight head shake to say “Please don’t” and sat back down in silence.

A week after the incident, Leonard came knocking on the Pruitt’s door while Cricket was at soccer practice and Duck was out with friends. Leonard and her parents talked about what had transpired during the prom and apologized to them. Beau and Katherine appreciated his honesty and accepted his apology. A few days later, Leo and Cricket had made up and went back to their usual trouble. That summer was different too, it would be the last one were they were all together.

Next year would be their last year of high school and TK would start college. So, they made that summer their bitch. During the days, it was filled with Ranch work and chores. Then at night, all Hell broke loose. Cornfield parties til dawn, get a couple of hours of sleep, then back to work at five. When the summer sun had been too much to bare, the troublesome trio would jump in the creek to cool off, which would turn into a water fight, and then Beau yelling at them to get back to work.

Their senior year started just the same as any year, chaotic and filled with homework. Leo and Cricket had gotten a little closer during the summer. One day, a Navy recruiter had a table at lunch and Leo went up to talk to him. Leo went up and did the exercise and then signed a recruitment form. Cricket and Duck can still remember the look on his face at the paper in his hand, astonishment and pride. It was constantly talked about, the future after high school. What would they do? Go to school or join the workforce? Its common knowledge that Leo had no clue what he wanted to do, Hell, dude couldn’t even decide if he wanted a wrap or a hamburger for lunch most days.

Towards the end of the year, Leo was on track to graduate early, as was Bay. Unfortunately, the government class that was needed to be in the running for graduating early was in the last semester for Cricket. But, during the summer, the troublesome trio promised that they would all walk across the stage at graduation. Leo had gotten a spot in basic a couple of days before and really wanted to go, even if it meant leaving Cricket and Duckie. That had probably been the worst fight Leo and Cricket had ever had. Beau and Kat hadn’t seen this much arguing since their families found out about them dating when they were seventeen and sixteen. Cricket was constantly crying herself to sleep and being held in Bay’s arms.

Eventually, the teens were forced to talk it out, but it just turned into a bigger fight. Leonard, in a mad spiral, called the recruiter and confirmed his spot in basic. The day before he left, Leo and Cricket had another fight and he went home that day with a welt on the back of his head. Even though Cricket was still pissed at the way things ended, she wrote to him everyday. She wrote about her day, what the weather was like back home, what was happening at school, and how much she and Bay missed him. She asked if he’d be there at graduation, to see his best friends cross the stage and offically become adults. Never once did she get a letter back, neither did Bay. Did he really forget about them already?

It was years later when Ruth got the email of his return. She said that he was granted a couple of weeks of leave and to watch out for him and his friend if they visited. Amanda kept quiet and distant from everyone after the news and stayed home, riding the horses and hanging out in the cow pasture. One day, in September while Bay, Amanda, and Chloe, TK’s fiancee were blasting Shania Twain’s “Any Man Of Mine,” using utensils and lip syncing while doing a little two step dance, cleaning the house while Katherine was out. There was a subtle knock on the door, but all of the girls couldn't hear it over the music. It wasn’t until they heard two bolstering laughs over the music that they noticed they had visiters.

Using the utensils, they held them infront of themselves as a mean of protection. Once Cricket saw who it was, excused herself to her room and slammed the door. “What the ever loving Hell are you doing here Leo?! You’re supposed to be in San Diego for that special flight school!” screamed Bay as she ran and hugged him. Chloe and the other mystery man stood off to the side and waited for an introduction, of course she really didn’t need one, but it was the polite thing to do. “We heard you ain’t supposed to be back yet,” Bay hugged him again, tighter if possible. “The Navy gave my squadron a couple weeks of leave after a mission. This is my pilot, Hollywood. Why did Cricket walk away?” “Really? Leo, she’s been mad at you for years!” “I can see that, but why? I can’t remember doing anything to upset her,” Leo folded his arms over his chest and scratched his head.

“Seriously? The letters? Ringing any bells?” “I honestly have no idea what your talking about Duck. Did y’all send me letters? I never got any from Cricket or you.” “Oh my God, Leonard! I swear, if you didn’t reply to us because you was too busy chasing skirts!” he grabbed her wrists gently before she could punch him, “I swear, Duck, I didn’t get any letters. You know that I would’ve wrote back as soon as I could.” “You better not lie to me Leonard Daniel Wolfe, cause I will hit you. I’ll even get Hot Head down here to give you an ass kickin’!” “Please, don’t do that. You know she’ll leave me with a bruise and a concussion.”

“Hi. Sorry to interrupt, I know this is more of a best friend talk, but I think if you just talk to her, she’ll forgive you.” Bay and Leo bust out laughing, “Oh, you're so sweet, Chlo. You can’t do that with Cricket, she’s as stubborn as a mule. You gotta lock her in a room with him, and they’ll either come out hugging like nothing happened, or he’ll be bleeding from his head.” “That sounds more like our girl,” said Chloe as she nodded her head, “Oh! Sorry by the way, I never introduced myself! I’m Chloe, TK’s fiancee.” He shook her outstretched hand, “Its nice to meet you Chloe, its great to know that TK finally found someone. I’m Leonard Wolfe and this is my pilot, Hollywood.”

Bay scoffs, “A little conceited don’t you think, calling yourself ‘Hollywood’?” “Well, I didn’t name myself Doll. It’s someone else’s take on me. I can’t help it if someone thinks i’m attractive enough to be called ‘Hollywood’.” “Yeah, and I’m guessing you didn’t really fight it either. What’s your actual name. We don’t use callsigns here, Pretty boy.” “Oh, so I’m Pretty Boy huh?” “Don’t get a big head, it's a play on your callsign.” “Yeah, ok, Doll.” “Whatever, I’m going to get Cricket. Bye guys, see y’all later.” The men left and the girls decided to take a little break before continuing.

It was hours later that people started to arrive at the Wolfe family ranch with pots and casserole dishes to welcome Leonard home from San Diego. Even though he saw her briefly earlier in the day, he was still giddy to see Cricket again. He had to talk to her, had to explain that he really didn’t get those letters throughout the years. As it got closer to when the party actually started, the Pruitt family had yet to join in the fun. He should rephrase that, Duckie and Cricket were still M.I.A from the cookout. Them girls never said they would be there, but with them being Leo’s best friends, he thought it would be implied that they would. Apparently not. Leo talked to the guests and spoke with Beau and Katherine about the girls’ disappearance.

“I’m sorry Leonard, we raised those girls better. They should be here to welcome you home. When we got home earlier today, Crick was laying on her bed face down and crying and Duck was comforting her. We don’t know what happened.” Leo looked down and kicked the dust on the ground, “I might have been the cause of that. I went to see them earlier with my pilot, as a surprise to show I was home. I guess that the girls were sending letters to me while I was away, but I swear Beau and Kat, I really had no idea about the letters. I never got one. They’re upset that I didn’t reply because I was too busy chasing skirts.”

The older couple exchanged looks, “That’s what we were afraid of, they’d find out. We didn’t want the girls to get their hopes up that you’d come back, or that they’d get letters from the Navy about your death. I’m so sorry Leo. We really didn’t think that the girls would stay here or give you letters. We wanted them to leave this town to go off and be better. Cricket was so smitten with you and Duckie just wanted to stay with her sister, they stayed here.” “So you took the letters? They blame me, you have to tell them it was you!” Leo whispered angrily.

“We know, we do. When you become a parent you will do anything to save your children’s feelings. Especially your daughters’.” “You don’t think I know that now? I would do anything for those two and my own sisters’! No questions asked. Just please tell them soon, I didn’t just come home to see my family. I came to say something important to Cricket, something I’ve wanted to tell her for years.” Kat squealed, “To ask her to be your girlfriend? I’ve always known you liked her, I could tell for years, we all could!”

Leo chuckled embarrassably, “Yeah, I haven’t been the most subtle about it.” “No shit. Now son, I should’ve had this talk with you years ago, but if you hurt my little girl. TK and I will hurt you too.” “Yeah, I’ve known about the consequences of my actions when it came to Cricket years ago when I went to talk to her before basic. Not only did I get my ass kicked from Cricket, but Duckie and Knuckles took it into their own hands.” Beau nodded proudly, “I taught my children right, as did your parents Leonard.” Beau slapped his hands on Leo’s shoulders before leaving to talk to another group.

The party was close to ending and still no Duck or Cricket. Leo sat on the tire swing in the backyard swinging lightly as he thought about how to win Cricket back. Rick came over and stopped his movement. “Ok, why the sad look Wolfie?” “My best friends didn’t show.” “What are their names? Dukie and Crumpit?” “You know that’s not their names, its Duckie and Cricket. And if you even try anything with Duck, I will hurt you. She practically my sister.”

“Really, Leonard. I would never do that to your seudo sister. But we both know that she’ll be your sister-in-law soon enough.” Leo huffed a laugh, “If I can get her to forgive me anytime soon.” “You’ll win her back, she’s just upset right now and personally I agree that she has a great reason to be. Did you really not get any letters?” Leo sighed and rubbed his face, “I swear, Rick, I didn’t get any letters. It was their parents, they took them before it was sent out.”

Rick laughed, “That is so rude, and then they let you take the blame for it?” Leo nodded, “Yeah, its messed up. Now Crick hates me and she won’t even talk to me. I am so angry at Beau and Katherine for doing this. I honestly can’t believe they’d do this, they knew how much I loved her.” “Leo, we just need to get her to talk to you. It can’t be that hard to do.” Leo laughed, “Oh Rick, you might think you know Cricket, but you have no idea. She’s stubborn as a mule and will take every chance she has to be near Duckie and away from me while I’m home.”

“So we separate the sisters. Easy as pie.” “Oh buddy, you’re in for a treat! Rick, those girls have only spent a couple of hours at most not joined at the hip. It will take a miracle and a prayer answered from God to get them apart long enough to talk.” “So, I’ll keep Duckie distracted while you talk to Cricket. Its a win-win.” “Rick,” “What, you know I’m joking!” laughed Rick. “Don’t joke about that, please, because I can and will kick your ass.” “She’ll warm up to me, maybe even like me a little more than platonically.” “Rick, please! I don’t wanna hear it, that's so wrong to hear about!” “I’m just having fun, Leonard.” “Whatever. Just go back to the party, I’ll join in a little bit.” “Sure man. I’ll just tell them embarrasing stories about you while you’re gone.” “Don’t you dare, Rick! You promised to never say another word about that!” Rick could be heard giving out a booming laugh.

The next day, Leonard and Rick helped his family clean up the backyard and did some chores around the ranch. It was lunch when Leo and Rick had found enough time to drive to the Pruitt’s grounds and ambush the girls. Cricket and Duckie were feeding the cattle and throwing fallen rotten fruits at each other when the boys walked up. “Last time I saw y’all throwing rotten fruit it was TK’s birthday and someone got a black eye.” “Last time we were throwing rotten fruit, we were all still friends.” “And I believe it was you, that got the black eye.” replied Duckie.

“So, Duckie, is it? What’s your real name?” “None Ya.” “Nonya? What are we twelve?” “Well, I don’t know about you, but I’m not. If you wanted my real name you could’ve asked Ruth or John. Or his sisters, Quinn and Rebecca, but you didn’t.” “You’re right. I didn’t, but I wanted you to tell me.” “Fat chance, keep dreaming.” “Oh trust me, you’re in my dreams Duck.” “You’re a pig.” said Duckie as she rolled her eyes at the line.

While Duckie and Rick argued, Leo tried to talk to Cricket, “Please Crick, just listen. I really didn’t get the letters. Your parents took them out of the mailbox before they got sent. Cricket!” “Do you really think I’d believe that bullshit? My parents wouldn’t do something like that! You're just trying to make up a lie so I’d be less pissed off at you, which isn’t working if you can’t tell!” “I can tell, don’t worry about that Crick. I’m telling you the truth! Your parents took the letters before they sent! I’m sorry, I just can’t handle not being your friend anymore! I hate not talking to you everyday!”

“You think it kills you?! I haven’t talked to you in like four or five years Leo! You didn’t even try to contact me, or Duckie once!?” “I know! I just didn’t want to seem too eager to write to you?” “We’re friends! Why would it be eager to write to Duckie and me?” “Because the way I feel about you, it's different than the way I feel about Duck! God can’t you open your eyes and see that I love you! I have since we were sixteen and I saw you and Duckie ride the horses backwards for the first time!”

“If you loved me the way you’re saying, then you would’ve grown a pair and told me!” “It’s not like you told me you liked me that way either!” “Leo, I have told you every day since I knew what love meant that I loved you! It’s you who needs to open their eyes and see!” “Really? I thought you were joking! Cricket, you always laughed after you said it, how was I gonna take that seriously when you added a laugh after?” “It was because you never said it back, how was I supposed to know that you really felt the same if you never showed it?” “I never showed it? Cricket, anytime I had free time between school, sports, or ranch work, I spent with you and Duckie, and I know you and Duck did the same!”

“SO? If you don’t show it in a way that is different than what you usually do, how do i interpret it any other way than as friendship?” “Well damn Cricket, did you ever try to do anything different to show me that you liked me other than platonically?” “YES! Many times in fact! I hate football, despise it even, but where was I Senior year every game? I’ve never went to one when we were in junior high, Freshman or Sophomore year, I started going little by little in Junior year! For you! I met with you off of the field before you went into the locker room and hugged you when you were sweaty!”

“That’s just what friends do!” “No they don’t! Leo, I did something different to show you that I liked you! I disrupted my schedule and went to a game I had no idea what was happening at!” “Obviously that wasn’t big enough of a gesture for me to see that you felt the same!” “That’s on you then! If you’re just gonna argue with me, then leave. I don’t wanna talk to you anyway.” “Fine, I’ll leave you alone for now. Just know, that when your parent’s tell Duckie and you the truth, I'll be here to talk and comfort you.” He grabs Rick by the shoulders and they leave.

Duckie and Cricket sigh and laugh at the situation that their hands. Cricket couldn’t believe that he would say that her parents did something like that. Beau and Katherine has always done everything to make sure that their kids are happy and healthy. It wouldn’t make since if they took the mail and didn’t tell them about it. Duckie laughed at the flirting that Pretty Boy was doing. She would never go out with him, he’s egotistical and super flirty with everyone. That’s not Duck’s type. The girls ended up saddling up and going to the barn to finish their chores for the day.

Dinner was one of Cricket’s favorite time of day, along with breakfast and lunch. Duckie and Cricket spent the remainder of the day before that time hanging in their shared room just thinking silently. ‘Did mom and dad really take the letters before they could be mailed out?’ ‘Why would they do that?’ ‘Will they actually confess that they did that?’ ‘How could we not’ve realized they were doing that when we didn’t get any response back?’

Well, Cricket could blame being a blonde on not noticing. Duckie, could just blame it on having a blonde sister. Duck didn’t understand why her parents would do this, if it was even true. Leo had lied to them many times throughout they’re friendship. Especially when they were children, but everyone lies as at young age. Leo had lied when they were in high school too, about them all walking on the stage together, no instead he graduated early and went to basic.

“What are we gonna do if Leo’s telling the truth and mom and dad actually did take them?” “I honestly don’t know Crick. I just wanna know why.” “Me too, but what if Leo asked them to do this?” “I don’t think he’d do that.” “Do we know him like we used to anymore?” “Crick, you’re being silly, of course we still know him! He might be a little different, but when you go into the military its gonna change you!” “I know, I know. It just seems like he is. We haven’t seen him in five years!” “Yea, I think I hear mom. Lets go downstairs for dinner.”

Duck pushes Cricket into the bed before racing out the door and to the dining room. They sat down at the table in their spots and when Katherine unveiled what it was, the girls knew something was up. They were trying to buy the girls’ forgiveness already. Cricket and Duckie shared a look before silently agreeing to talk to Leo afterwards.

It was after dinner when Cricket had led Duck to the stables to collect the horses and ride to the Wolfe’s ranch. Once there the sisters tied the horses up and knocked on the door. When it opened, Duckie and Cricket were shocked to see who it was. Leo’s pilot friend, Rick, with just a towel smirked at them. “Well lookie who we have here. I’m guessing Cricket’s here for Wolfie and you’re here for little ol me?” he batted his eyelashes at Duck, who in turn rolled her eyes. “I’ll be by the horses, not the pig.” “Yeah, I’ll just be a minute or two. Be careful Duckie.”

Cricket sidestepped Rick and went to Leo’s room, knocked and waited for the all clear before going in. “Hey, I’m sorry for yelling you earlier. I just can’t believe that my parents would do that to us.” “So, they told you?” “No, but after the party, they did seem weird. We had my favorite for dinner tonight and usually that’s only reserved for special occasions and birthdays.” “But you believe me right?” Cricket nodded, “Yeah, something’s up. They did something and are trying to butter me up before telling me.” “Are you gonna tell them that you know?” Cricket shrugged, “I don’t really know yet. I kind of what to, but I also want to hear them tell me by themselves.”

Leo sat up on his bed and patted the space by him, “It would probably be better to hear it from them Crick. Then they can explain why and not be pressured into it.” “Yeah, that makes since.” Leo bumps shoulders with Cricket. “And if you want, I can be there.” “Even after all the rude things I’ve said?” “I know you were just hurting Cricket. We’re still friends, no matter what happened between us.”

The door opens suddenly and they separate a couple of inches, “Oh I didn’t know that Cricket was here, I’ll leave you crazy kids alone. Keep the door open just a crack please.” Leo sighs heavily, “Ma. seriously, we’re adults!” “It doesn’t matter Leonard, you’re in my house.” “Cricket, you might wanna hurry up with this. Duck’s getting frustrated with Rick out back, rather quickly if I do say so myself.” “Yeah. I’ll be out soon Ruth, Thank you.” “Anything for you dear. Leo, behave.” “Yeah, whatever Ma.” “Don’t ‘whatever’ me boy.” The two talked for a bit longer before Cricket and Duckie left.

“So, you finally make a move on Cricket?” Leo, flabbergasted scoffs, “No, we’re not talking about that right now Rick. And I hope to God that you didn’t try anything with Duck while I was talking to Cricket.” “I didn’t, but you can’t help attraction Leo.” “Rick, I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. I will kick your ass if you try anything on Duck.” “I heard you now, and I heard you then. I haven’t really tried anything on Duck. She wouldn’t be able to resist me if I really tried to, you know that.” “Whatever,” Leo said as he turned to sit on his bed again.

“You know I’ve asked the boys about the situation and they said that they’d want to meet this ‘Cricket’ before giving any advise that might hurt you more than help.” “Please tell me that you didn’t and that my parents didn’t agree with it?” “Leo, we both know that that’s not true.” “When are they getting here?” “Not til’ the last two weeks of leave. So we got some time to get your girl to like you again!” “She already likes me again.”

“Well, kind of.” “Anyway, we have a lot of work to do tomorrow so we gotta sleep.” “I thought we got it all done today?” Leo laughed quietly, “Oh Rick, you don’t know diddly squat about ranching do ya?” “That was the whole point of coming here, to learn and have fun doing dumb shit with my friend.” “Aw, Wood. We’re friends?” “Don’t go soft on me Wolfie.” “I wanna make a ‘that’s what she said’ joke so bad. Just go to sleep, we gotta be up at the ass crack of dawn tomorrow.”

“Yeah, yeah. Just so you know if the rooster wakes me up before my alarm goes off, I will punch you.” “That’s not fair!” “It’s totally fair. If I punch the rooster its animal abuse. If I punch you, its just us being friends.” “Go to sleep.” “No, I don’t think I will.” “Ok, but I’m not helping you if my dad yells at you again for being slow or sloppy.” “Whatever, goodnight Wolfie.” “Goodnight, again.”

Duckie and Cricket had just made it home, took the horses to the stables and then went inside the house when Beau and Katherine called them to the living room. Beau gestured for the girls to sit down and they did as told. It was silent for a while before he opened his mouth and closed it, like a fish above water. Katherine laid a gentle hand on her husband’s shoulder comforting and encouraging him. He sighed loudly and rubbed his hands down his face.

“Dad, are you ok? You seem stressed.” asked Duckie. Beau chuckled, “Not really, baby.” “Is something wrong? Are You and Mom selling the ranch?” asked Cricket. “No, no. Your Mother and I had a secret we’ve kept from you both and we don’t know how to tell you without y’all being angier than a bull seeing red.” “How bout you just tell us?” “Yeah, we won’t be super mad at y’all.” “You girls know that we hate keeping things from you, we’ve always been honest with everything.” “Yeah Dad, we know. And we think we know what this is about too.” explained Duck.

“Really? Did Leo tell you?” Beau got slapped by Katherine, “What he means to ask is; Did Leo tell you the truth about what we did?” “Yes, he did. He said that you took our letters to him out of the mail.” “We didn’t want you girls to get your hopes up that he’d come back, or that you’d get letters from the Navy about his death. I’m so sorry Girls.”

“We really didn’t think that you girls would stay here or write Leo letters. We wanted you to leave this town to go off and be better. Cricket, you were so smitten with Leo. Duckie, you just wanted to stay with your sister, you girls stayed here.” “So you took the letters? We blamed Leo for years.” “Yes, and we’re very sorry for what we did. We just wanted y’all to leave this one horse town and be better.” “We should’ve been able to make our own decisions about staying or going away.” “Ma, we chose to stay for the ranch and for you guys. We wanted to stay here.”

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Duckie & Cricket’s Midwestern Dumbassery #2

Knuckles: Leo, Rick, would you do me the honor of becoming my brother-in-laws?

Duckie: did you just propose to them for us?

Cricket: what the hell TK?

Knuckles: someone had to do it!

Rick: *whispering to Wolfie* does shit like this happen all the time?

Leo: yea, but mostly it’s Duckie and Cricket doing the stupid shit.

Rick: seems about right.

Duckie: *walks into the kitchen*

Cricket: *walks in behind duck*

Duckie: good morning dad!

Cricket: good morning dad, how’d you sleep?

Beau: good morning problem children.

Duckie and Cricket: *walks into the barn with wide smiles*

Beau: why are you two smiling?

Duckie: What? Can’t we just be happy?

Beau: at the ass-crack of dawn? No, I raised you girls, you’re not morning people.

Chloe: *walks in with a smile and an aggravated and muddy TK* Dumbass here tripped into a pile of mud on the way out to the barn.

TK: *glares at his sisters as he wipes the mud off of himself the best he can*

Beau: that makes more sense.

Duckie: what a beautiful morning it is!

*in church*

Duckie: why are you looking at me like that?

TK: I just don’t wanna miss it when you burst into flames.

Duckie: when you get to be MY age, you’ll understand.

Cricket, just a few months younger: wow, just wow.

TK: I invited you to the woods because I crave the most dangerous game.

Leo and Rick: *nodding* Knife Monopoly.

TK: I was actually gonna hunt you for sport but now I’m interested in whatever the fuck Knife Monopoly is.

Duckie: are you bored?

Cricket: yeah-

Duckie: do you wanna start drama for no reason?

Cricket: thought you’d never ask!

Rick: how dumb do they think we are?

Leo: sometimes Cricket leaves me pictures of food instead of a shopping list.

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Duckie & Cricket’s Midwestern Dumbassery: #29

Rick: why do you love me though, Backwoods?

Duckie: you know I married you for your money and military benefits, right?

Rick:

Cricket: yeah, Duckie and I saw two Naval Pilot idiots in the bar your first day here.

Duckie: we were like, ‘this is convenient.’

Cricket: and the plan worked.

Rick & Leo:

Duck & Crick: *high fives*

Crick: *dancing while very buzzed*

Duckie: *joins her sister, just as if not more buzzed*

Crick: *laughing w/ her sister as they dance*

Duckie: *shouting over the music* shots??

Crick: *nodded and being lead by Duck to bar*

[the sisters are downing shots at the bar then stumbling back to dance floor and clumsily dancing]

Rick: Wolfie, I’m going to cry.

Leo: me too man, me too.

Rick: … Wolfie, I’m crying.

Leo: *through tears* me too, man, me too.

Enemy: we have your son.

Crick: I don’t have a son.

Enemy: then who just asked for chocolate milk with a straw and made us cut the crusts off his PB&J?

Crick: oh fuck.

Enemy: what?

Crick: you have my boyfriend!!

[at Pretty Boy & Duckie’s wedding]

Duckie: where’s Leo & Crick?

Pretty Boy: idk.

Pretty Boy: hang on a moment.

Pretty Boy: *whispering* I wonder if Crick is single.

Leo: WHO SAID THAT ILL FIGHT YOU FOR HER HEART!

Pretty Boy: there he is.

Crick: Leo sit the fuck down or after this wedding there’ll be missing posters all over town for your ass!

Pretty Boy: and there’s Cricket.

[senior year]

Leo: I’m going to fill Mr. Lennox’s classroom with rubber chickens!

Duckie: no, you’re not.

Leo: awww, Duck, come on, you’re no fun!

Cricket: We’re gonna fill the classroom with REAL chickens. And Cows. Maybe some goats, too.

Duckie: this is why I love you.

Leo: you remind me of the sun.

Crick: why?

Leo: hot.

Duckie: *turning to Rick* you remind me of a garbage can.

Rick: … um why?

Duckie: trash.

Rick: why are we even dating?

Duckie: one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.

Rick: aww that’s kinda sweet!

Duckie: I never said I was the other man.

Leo: that’s the Duckie I remember.

Leo&Rick&Crick: *comes up with a long and elaborate plan to escape the locked barn*

Rick: I tell you what, we are incredibly smart.

Duckie: *opens the door*

Leo: …how did you do that??

Duckie: it wasn’t locked.

Leo: right.

Duckie: hang on. Three of you in one stall and none of you thought to check the door?

Crick: it should have been locked.

Leo: you know what part of you I like the best?

Crick: my hair? my eyes? my chaos?

Leo: nope, nope, and nope! It’s your smile!

Crick: but how? Yours is more beautiful!

Leo: do you know where my smile comes from?

Crick: where?

Leo: from seeing yours. So your smile is the prettiest.

Crick: *forgets how to breathe*

Leo: hey Angel, in the mood to spice things up a bit?

Crick: I can’t eat spicy foods.

Leo: no I meant in the bedroom-

Crick: I can’t eat spicy foods anywhere, Leo.

Rick: Wolfie, are you ok?

Leo: nooooooooo

Rick: what happened?

Leo: Crick, she- she-

Rick: what did she do?

Leo: she did her chores in a bikini top.

Rick: ..and?

Leo: She did her chores in a BIKINI TOP Wood!

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Duckie & Cricket’s Midwestern Dumbassery: #28

Crick: *to a pilot* I’m dating a pilot.

Merlin: oh! Iceman?

Crick: no, but he’s in his squadron.

Merlin: oh! Slider?

Crick: no, it’s-

Merlin: oh-oh! I know! Maverick?

Crick: if you just stop for a second-

Merlin: mmmh. Sundown?

Crick: no, I’m trying to tell you-

Merlin: Chipper?

Crick: no.

Merlin: Goose?

Crick: no.

Merlin: Sprawl?

Crick: no.

Merlin: Stinger?

Crick: no.

Merlin: Jester?

Crick: no.

Merlin: Hollywood?

Crick: ew, no. He’s dating my sister. It’s-

Merlin: *gasps loudly* ME?

Crick: what, no-!

Leo: no idiot, it’s me. *kisses Crick’s cheek*

Duckie: Penny for your thoughts?

Leo: *offended* my thoughts are worth more than a penny!

Duckie: no, they really aren’t.

Ice: *sneezes*

Leo: OMG the Iceman is dabbing!

Ice: I’m not, I just have allergies.

Ice: *about to sneeze again*

Leo: ooh he’s gonna do it again. Fuck it up Ice!

Beau: excuse me? I lost my daughters, Baylie & Amanda. Can I make an announcement?

Store Clerk: of course.

Beau: *leans into mic*

Beau: goodbye, you little shitheads.

Leo: a theif.

Ice: a thief.

Leo: a theif.

Ice: I before E, except after C.

Leo: thceif.

Ice: no.

[in the middle of a mission gone bad, pinned down by enemy fire]

Leo: are we dead yet?

Rick: no.

[a few minutes later]

Leo: are we dead yet??

Rick: look, if we die, I promise I’ll let you know!

Rick: I’m craving something sweet.

Duckie: *gestures to herself*

Rick: I said sweet, not spicy.

Leo: how come you’ve been so nice lately?

Duckie: what do you mean?

Leo: you’re just nicer than usual.

Duckie: I can punch you if you want.

Leo: every time I see Cricket, my heart clenches and I get all nervous.

Rick: that’s because you love her.

[later]

Crick: every time I see Leo, my heart clenches and I get all nervous.

Duckie: don’t get close to him again, you seem to have an allergic reaction.

Police: you’re under arrest for trying to carry three people on a single motorcycle.

Duckie: wait, what do you mean THREE?

Police: yes…three.

Duckie: oh, my God— what the fuck!?

Police: ma’am?

Duckie: LEO FUCKING FELL OFF!

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Duckie & Cricket’s Midwestern Dumbassery: #27

Crick: *trips over air*

Leo: haha babe, you’re so clumsy.

[later, when Crick’s not around]

Leo: *punching the air* who do you think you are, who THE FUCK DO YOU THINK-

Crick: people always tell me I’m going to hell for being Bi, as if I’m not going to hell for all the other shit I’ve done.

Rick: when was the last time you got laid?

Leo: when was the last time you came home sober?

Rick: touché.

Crick: what’s the weirdest place you’ve ever had sex?

Duckie: I don’t think you’re psychologically prepared for this conversation.

Duckie: my Ma said, ‘If your friends jumped off a bridge, would you?’

Duckie: Ma, I was the one with the idea, you birthed a leader, not a follower.

Teacher: now, what are the three stages of life?

Leo: birth.

Crick: what the fuck is this.

Duckie: death.

Leo: *whispering to the paramedic before he passes out* save me, but not enough that I have to go to work tomorrow.

Another pilot from a different squad: so, what’s it like to marry so far out of your league?

Rick: *taking the guy’s drink* it’s amazing, actually. I never thought I could be this happy.

Leo: what do you do for a living?

Crick: I try my best.

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