#have to figure out a timeline for when that went FUBAR

[etherealvoidechoes]

Having fun slowly making notes for a fic or two and eventually adding Zhao Huiwen(from XCOM Legends) to the Wandering Souls fics(probably a year or two in for that fic).

But right now my brain is partially fixated on making a fic about his hybridization and how that all came to be. Will be somewhat different from what Legends says and happens a few or more years before the absolute disaster of Subject Gamma taking over Vahlen’s facility and the other rulers breaking out.

Will also be partially Vahlen focused and will put her through the wringer a bit that’ll bring on a lot of guilt and apprehension and will have that small part of her brain go “The Commander would kill me as I have let my ambitions get the best of me again.”

A little spoilers below for the fic idea.

In short, Vahlen and co either find data(more or so traded for it) or catch wind of reports of a unique Chryssalid abnormal variant in the nearby region that ADVENT is having trouble catching or killing. Vahlen curiosity if piqued and wants to see/get her hands on it first despite the more concerned company saying it’s probably a bad idea.

But Vahlen puts together a little force to go investigate the whole affair and all the equipment they need and some pleasant resistance contracts she made over the years locate her a small abandoned facility she can temporarily operate from to study the creature as everyone has compromised on that thing is not being transported back to the main base as there is too much risk. And Big Sky is very “that thing better be hyper unconscious or dead before it’s brought onto my ship.”

They get there. They find it and see the difficulty ADVENT has with it. Very different than the normal they know. Manage to catch it, but things go wrong just as they are getting it in containment and Zhao takes a hit that would have been for her. And then they learn another concerning fact about this Chryssalid.

:)

[the1idontshowppleatwork]

I literally pick the best moments to write :D Okay, this is ‘part 2′ of timeline break for Said and Done (Jack’s family is a wee bit more overbearing on the subject of his mental health so he finishes his MSN and misses out on SEP). Also, a test run for Jack’s POV which is not featured in Said and Done itself outside of one or two brief instances. (Would be nice if someone would drop a comment about wanting to read more of Jack’s POV or not). Part 1 with Gabriel’s POV below.

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For Jack Morrison, on the other hand, the whole day (nearing his twenty-sixth hour since the last time he managed to sneak an hour-long nap in transit) was going to hell in a handbasket. In his own humble opinion, the command and the military intelligence (an oxymoron, as he heard it referred to colloquially quite often) have collectively shat their own bed but who was he to judge? The whole situation was fubar. Fucktangular. Fucktastic without the 'tastic' part. Evacuating the force this size under active enemy fire was an impossible feat. Well, at least until Strike Force arrived to try and slow the growing tide of Omnics which gave them time and opportunity to get to more of the wounded that otherwise would have been left behind as 'acceptable losses'.

And it seemed that it had worked - for some time - until one of them managed to blow himself up on a mine, or something. Figures.

Jack sent the last stretcher back and hunkered down next to them. The woman was already putting down the biotic field when he shouted over the noise.

"Have you checked for shrapnel and bullets?"

"We don't have time!"

"There's time on evac!"

And that's how Jack ended with his nose broken while almost up to his elbow in someone's intestines because the motherfucker just woke up and swung. Really, he should get a medal for not ripping anything more than it already was, and another one for extracting the metal junk when almost choking on the blood that went down his throat. Maybe, even a third medal was deserved for finishing the sutures.

"Okay, you can run the field now," Jack muttered stuffing a torn off part of his own undershirt into his nasal cavities, "and I'm going to lie down and sleep. Wake me when we get there," he added looking at his watch. "I'll need to run some checks on site."

Luck would have it that was one of the fancy crafts and Jack only got half an hour in, definitely too little, but his life was always this shifty mean little fucker that threw curveballs every chance it got.

The base was a small temporary unit running on a skeleton crew with no real medical facilities, with evac orders standing for the next ten hours. Jack spent the first hour calmly screaming at a changing gallery of different bureaucrats through his comms until he got to Colonel Ramiz. At least the rest of Strike Team had fun listening in judging by the comments and the occasional sniggering.

"Sir, with all due respect," by which Jack meant no respect whatsoever, "I want you to know that I have a so-called supersoldier with shrapnel in his stomach, and I need very precise information on how to treat him if he's to be of any use in a day or two. Yeah, sir, I can see how you're just going to fly someone with enough clearance here within the closest two hours," the sarcasm was palatable. "Yes, sir, I know this obviously is a strictly need-to-know basis, so I'm asking you to patch me to Achan Nguyen on the secure channel. Oh, just tell her it's her brother calling, John Francis Morrison."

There it was, the incredulous 'Francis' in the background, and Jack turned to glare.

"Yes, Colonel, sir, 'that' John Francis Morri... Motherfucker!" The line clicked off but then connected again after few seconds. "Hey, sis. Yeah, I'm good. Clusterfuck. Mhm. No, no, sis, I'm good. I got one Gabriel Reyes, shrapnel in the abdominal cavity, removed, stitched as well as I could, but they got those new gen biotics, and the first scan showed abnormal growths on internal... Yeah. No, I can do it, but he goes through anesthesia like candy, and I'd prefer he doesn't break anything more than my nose. No, that all good... Okay, give me a sec," Jack frantically searched for a pen and paper to take notes. "Wow. This would kill an elephant. Thank, sis. Give love to the rest. Yeah, I'm taking care. Yeah, I'm taking my pills diligently. Could you stop embarrassing me in front of the whole Strike Team? Bye. Yes, bye, I'm disconnecting."

Scavenging the needed drugs took about half an hour, another half hour he spent mixing everything together, just in time for the sleeping princess to start coming to. After it became obvious his patient was really out of it, Jack decided to have some fun because, really, who could blame him after a day like this? The guy broke his nose while he just wanted to help, and anyway, he was up and standing only thanks to the copious amounts of caffeine and sheer spite.

"...and, with all due respect, sir, if you try to move your arse from the bed, I'm authorized to jab you with this very big and very blunt syringe full of very complex chemicals with very long names, of which at least two are classified as regular poison, and I'm told they will put you under for around five hours," Jack let his mouth run on autopilot at the man staring at him with something akin to awestruck expression on his face.

"Marry me...?" 

"Did you just proposition me, sir?" Jack blinked. He had his previous patients tell him some strange things under the influence but this was a first.

"Yeah, I did...?" There was a genuine wonder to be heard in the hoarse voice.

"I think trying to bribe a medical officer with sexual favors does classify as a syringe-worthy offense," Jack snickered and stabbed him in the arm with the aforementioned syringe. The cocktail worked wonders.

"So, how's the patient doing?" The woman stood leaning on the doorframe. "Ana Amari."

"Good. And the name's Jack," he muttered while focusing on the image on the scanner.

"Not 'John Francis'?"

"John's my father, and Francis was my grandpa," Jack cut away another fold of new tissue. "Before you ask, you use prototype biotics, they're good, very good, but they're only machines and do what they're programmed to, and do it good, but they get confused when it's more complicated than just rebuilding, like, you know, they go batshit crazy on complicated injuries like here, and coupled with abnormal healing factor, there's going to be additional growths and things stick together, that shouldn't be. Get stuck together, I mean."

"You seem to know a lot about this, Jack," Ana nodded.

"Yeah, you get to use this shit, they teach us about this shit, and sorry, I'm really tired right now, can't really focus on two things at once. Can you hand me the blue laser-pointer looking thingy?" Jack extended his bloodied and towards her. "Yeah, that one. Topical biotics. And my sister was, is, involved in the program, and I really shouldn't be talking about that but screw that, I'll probably get court martial about the whole clusterfuck anyway."

"I'm sure we can put in a good word, or two, on your behalf," Ana smirked.

"Oh, yeah, would be nice, but first let me sleep for a day or two in the brig, can you?" Jack stitched the incision and then applied the nanomachines over it. "He should be waking up in around an hour, and probably be at ninety, ninety-five percent on evac, regardless, you should have him go through a full physical at the closest possible time because there might be still things that slipped past me. Definitely, there are. But," Jack fell into the chair next to the bed with a feeling he would not be getting out of it again, "probably nothing of the kind that's life-threatening or very inconvenient. More than usual. What's his usual anyway?"

"Dorky grumpy," Jack had to admit Ana had very pleasant laughter. "You are going with us, by the way, I'll make him apologize."

"It was nice even if he was tripping balls."

"What, breaking your nose?"

"Oh, that. Sorry," Jack slurred feeling consciousness leaving him. "Need to sleep..."

And then, there was only sweet darkness.

[evieoh]

yet another ridiculously long list of fic recs from me, mostly so I can keep all my favorites organized. There are so many amazing and heartbreaking and hot and funny and awesome fics in this fandom though.

smoke signals by duchamp  (Teen, one-shot)

This isn’t some film reel. There’s no soundtrack or script to dictate blocking. No action or cut. This is real life and Seth’s flesh and blood and bone and the closest thing she has to a friend. She doesn’t want to ruin that. Not that she could.

Rules of the Mexican Honeymoon by TashanaAmbrosia  (Mature/Explicit, multi-chapter)

There are two phrases that seem to chase their conversations like a snake swallowing its own tail: Please and This is as far as we go.

Seth and Kate deal with the aftermath of Season 1 and the loss of their families.

Tequila Sunrises by oxymoronassoc  (Mature, one-shot)

They stop at a motel. They get one room. For some reason, she thinks this means they'll have two beds. But this isn't your mom's grocery store romance novel. There is one bed with an oily cover that he flings back with disdain before throwing himself down on the sheets, his suit still on. She falls asleep clutching the edge of the bed. She's not sure why, but she does.

The next night, she barely holds the edge of the mattress. He still wears the suit.

Boy, I'm a hurricane headed for you by ronsparkyspeirs  (Mature, multichapter)

Kate is a sinner but Seth is a bad man.

he told me i was holy by liketogetlost (Mature, one-shot)

Seth is almost like a wild animal himself when he fights. When it’s all over he’s panting, sweaty and covered in the vibrant red blood that seems to follow them wherever they go.

But when Kate looks at him she still sees a wounded bird, wings broken and left on the side of the road.

a fresh poison each week by devil divine (jaegerjagues)  (Teen, one-shot)

Seth has visions, but they're nothing like Richie's.

Burn My Bridges by openhearts (Teen/Mature, series)

Kate thinks about asking “then what?” and she opens her mouth around the words before closing it again. She leans her head back against the headrest and lets her eyes slip closed. Seth is quiet now, for once, and she isn’t sure whether she’s glad of it or not. Isn’t sure she really wants to feel alone in her head.

Come From Way Above by liketogetlost  (Explicit, series)

Kate feels like she’s tapped into his center, like she knows how to pull and tug at his strings. It feels wrong, like no one should have that much power over another person but Kate wants it, wants to be selfish and just fucking pull until he unravels.

there in the dark with our two hands by artemidos  (teen, one-shot)

they share things that they can't talk about when it's light out. it's not easy to bare themselves, but sometimes just before sleep, it happens.

flintlocked by waterfront  (teen, one-shot)

‘au where seth doesn’t leave her and instead they both go to uncle eddie’s for help and end up having a sit down dinner with richie and kisa.’ (season 2)

Eddie was family and family was the only thing that could set them on the right course.

affection. by djcotrona  (Mature, one-shot)

Two months after they left the Twister, they found themselves holed up in a motel, this one was a little nicer than the others. There was promise of a pool, but when they arrived they found it lacked water. The weather was hot, had been all day, and the air conditioner was broken.

and I am telling you / I'm not going by ameliajessica  (Teen, one-shot)

"Be my guest," he spat at her, reaching across to push the door open.

or: an alternate take on the few days after Seth and Kate were meant to go their separate ways in season 2.

somewhere i have never travelled by quiet_rebel  (Explicit, one-shot)

This isn't a love story. | Set after the events of season 1.

come on mess me up by artemidos  (Teen, One-shot)

“When was your rebellious phase, exactly?”

“You could say it was already in full swing when I met you.” And then she laughed and all that Seth could do was look at her.

from our own separate sides by kendrasaunders/Overdressedtokill (SkyeStan)  (Mature, one-shot)

there is only one bed in the motel room. this is nothing new.

down the road a ways by jdphoenix  (Teen, one-shot)

She’s got one of those faces, you know? Could be sixteen, could be twenty-one, could be anywhere in between. So he’s not really sure just how screwed he is.

opia by liketogetlost  (Mature, one-shot)

Opia - n. the ambiguous intensity of looking someone in the eye, which can feel simultaneously invasive and vulnerable.

WIPs

the good left undone by imaginedfables  (Mature, multi-chapter)

There's a story where she stays.

Carry The Ghost by imaginedfables  (Mature, multi-chapter)

This is what her beautiful life had come to. Dirty bathrooms in broken backroads and trembling hands with dried blood caked underneath her fingernails. A bag full of stolen money that she’d trade without missing a beat if she could only have at least one member of her family there with her for her to take comfort in. A baby growing inside of her from a man she didn’t know where to find and wasn’t sure she really wanted to, anyways. She is three weeks shy of turning eighteen, her whole family is dead or out causing death, and the father of her child is a heroin-addicted criminal: a wanted fugitive. Her mother was probably rolling over in her grave.

Valley of Decision by Pervymonk  (Teen, multichapter)

So things went fubar at Matanzas, and a mysterious woman sends Seth Gecko back to keep Kate from becoming possessed by Amaru. But can they stay together, or are they destined to be driven apart?

the pale morning sings by seren_ccd  (Teen, multichapter)

Santanico Pandemonium breathes in the smell of a thousand souls worth of blood, but it’s Kisa that breathes out, gives the site one last look, and starts to turn the bike around. It’s the flutter of a white sheet trapped on the branches of a bush that has her pause before she turns back to look more closely. Kate Fuller stares back at her.

aka 'Kisa and Kate go on a road trip.'

blood money, blood money by kendrasaunders/Overdressedtokill (SkyeStan)  (Teen, one-shot)

seth and kate have a confrontation of sorts. how much does "i love you" cost?

until we hit the ground by Noducksinpond  (Mature, multichapter)

She remembered the blood flowing through her, the overwhelming need for revenge. Seth, Richie, Scott, you loved them so much and they used you until there was nothing left! Make them pay! Make them pay!

Worship like a Dog by xXBeckyFoo  (Teen, one-shot)

The four times Seth hears Kate after she's gone.

Transformation by OnlyInAutumn  (Mature, two-shot)

Richie turned Kate into a culebra at the blood well, and as a result of a guilty conscience, Seth offers himself up to her as Kate's personal blood source. As it turns out, Seth doesn't mind so much. Sexual tension and pining ensues.

WIPs

Find the Girl by quiet_rebel  (Explicit, multichapter)

Set after the events of the season 2 finale | It's a new empire, but who will rise up and who will fall?

Timeline by xXBeckyFoo  (Teen, one-shot (long))

That look was in Seth's eyes again, the one that made Kate feel like everything in life had led them to this moment. To each other.

you can dance to lady gaga by waterfront  (Gen, oneshot)

it's Kate's 21st and the whole gang comes out to celebrate. but there's one thing Seth can't quite get over: Kate Fuller kinda said she loved him. Did she mean it? If he asks her to dance, could everything literally implode? (plus sequel where do we stand/here or on that sink?)

only proof (that i need) by caramelle  (Teen, one-shot)

The thing is, as long as they're working a job, he has to spend a good three-quarters of his day calling Kate Fuller his wife.

… Not that it's a chore, or anything.

But, ultimately, it's fucking terrible, because he's officially stopped thinking twice before opening his mouth to say the damned words.

dead ringers by duchamp  (Mature, one-shot)

Preacher’s daughter, he thinks. Thinks of songs about a girl that can’t be reached, some angelic idol not to be sullied; where in others she crashes down to earth, is revealed to be a reviled mortal like all other common folk.

make you feel like you've been blessed by arsonistlullaby  (Explicit, one-shot)

There is still a lot of shit they have to deal with, even after they’ve stopped the apocalypse. Or maybe because they stopped it, depending on which way you decide to look at it.

Home by xXBeckyFoo  (Teen, one-shot)

They say it takes seven years to grow a new body, so Kate counts the days until she doesn't feel like ripping off her own skin.

Pop Goes the Question by madjm  (Teen, one-shot)

Five times Seth asks Kate to marry him, and one time he doesn't.

we are fated to grow old by waterfront  (Teen, one-shot)

Scott is angry with the world until the day he isn't.

Seth and Kate's relationship through the eyes of her younger, vengeful brother. Based on a prompt: Scott's journey to realizing and accepting that Seth and Kate are in love

Wake Your Ghost by quiet_rebel  (Gen, Drabble)

If Seth could do things differently, would he? | spoilers for 3x07

WIPs

journeys end in lovers meeting by notahotlibrarian  (Teen, multichapter)

It's been a long road from Bethel to wherever Kate Fuller is now, but her journey is not yet over.

After Matanzas, Kate decides to take a road trip to figure some things out. But no matter what turns she makes, all roads lead back to the Geckos. But is it destiny or is it her choice?

Good Grief by waterfront  (Teen, multichapter)

“But okay, fine, let’s say the answer to your problem isn’t with the girl you abandoned five years ago. The woman, or whatever, who can fix your brother lives in Bear Claw, Alaska.” Richie’s been bitten by something even culebras dare not mention. He’s dying. Unless Seth can repair his relationship with Kate, Richie’s a goner. Seems like enough motivation to seek out the girl you left naked in a motel room five years ago. But he left with questions unanswered, and with a new life built around her, Kate has secrets of her own. Seth should have remembered something he learned years ago: never underestimate Kate Fuller.

Catch Me Again by quiet_rebel  (Gen, multichapter, AU from early season 2)

“You caught me once; Maybe on the flipside, you could catch me again.”

bartered with bone by alamorn  (Teen, series of one-shots)

There's a thousand different ways Kate could have met the Geckos. They all start the same: preacher's daughter, criminal brothers. They all end the same: together and bloody.

When destiny catches up with Kate, she sees them all

let me go by writerlily  (Gen, one-shot)

Kate didn't think she would simply "hang around" after her death. She believed in Heaven and Hell and those were the only two choices for her.

She was wrong.

Born To Die by ArkStationsLibrary  (Explicit, one-shot)

Seth Gecko is an immortal who decides to make Kate Fuller part of his world whether she likes it or not.

Further Away by omqueenkay  (Mature, one-shot)

The one where Seth keeps calling Sonja by Kate's name.

The Road of Excess by KaelsMiscellany  (Teen, two part series)  (Richie/Kate /Seth)

In 1815 a stranger came to Bethel, Texas; and a few months later married the preacher’s daughter.

In 1816 he faced the firing squad for killing a murderer; and in that long winter his brother comes to town.

WIPs

like clockwork by writerlily  (Gen, multi-chapter)

she was not expecting something like this.

(soulmate tattoo AU)

These Eyes are Natural Disasters by kategecko  (Mature, multichapter)

She wasn't sure what they had done to her when they let the serpent bite her as she laid strapped to yet another altar but she could feel the snake’s poison flowing through her veins like molten lava.

profane words scrawled black across the sun by artemidos  (Explicit, series of one-shots)  (Seth/Kate/Richie)

live life for the moment by Roksed  (Mature, one-shot series)

No matter the distance, Kate and Seth always find each other again and again.

Alternate retellings of the TV series.

alone / with you by artemidos  (Mature, multichapter)

suddenly there's someone in her room and a new voice in her head. she never wanted this. he never wanted it either. they're both screwed.

the heartland by silenceisnotmyfriend  (Teen, one-shot)

If her momma could see her now, she would say "God is many things." (Soulmate AU)

Cigarette Daydreams by imaginedfables  (Mature, multichapter)

They’ve been showing up at the bar on random nights for the past three weeks.

It’s pretty hard to miss them, and even if she wanted to turn a blind eye to the American brothers, their loud mouths (Seth) and the fist fights they (again, Seth) tend to start would give their presence away in a heartbeat.

(And, no, Richie, she doesn’t have any horchata.)

put me through hell again by liketogetlost  (Explicit, one-shot)  (Seth/Kate/Richie)

Two boys in black came to her town, wearing the skin of Preachers, like her daddy. They got real close to her father and the people of her church, conning their way into their hearts and wallets.

(Kate runs away with conmen Gecko Preachers.)

he said to 'be cool', but i don't know how yet by artemidos  (Explicit, one-shot)

Bare feet glued to the tiled floors that led into the room, she’d stood and stared for a good minute. His arms bulged with muscle and he wasn’t wearing a shirt. In fact she couldn’t see beyond the table to know if he was wearing anything at all. Was this the type of guy her mother always brought home? Men with tattoos curling up their arms who sat in her kitchen wearing next to nothing?

girl, i'm just trying to kiss your neck without a word by longhairandbarefeet  (Explicit, Two-shot)

Kate always thought it was boring, going to races and sitting in the box with her dad while he blabbered on and on about the business, but her interest soon began to peak at the sight of Seth Gecko on their team. a.k.a. au where Seth is a race car driver.

daisies and diamonds by theredhoodie  (Teen, one-shot)

The year is 1946. The war has just finished, crime in Southern U.S. is on the rise, and a young woman named Kate Fuller is stuck in a life of repetitive boring days. That is, until the night when she happens to meet a real-life bank robber.

To the Store, To the Store by caramelle  (Teen, one-shot)

the one where Kate somehow always manages to find herself at the same grocery checkout line as a handsome, surly stranger in black.

delusional by artemidos  (Teen, one-shot)

kate and seth work at the dew drop resort. although 'work' is a little generous a word to use for what seth does. kate accidentally becomes the only way to get him to come do his damn job.

This Could Be Easy by caramelle  (Teen, one-shot)

It's not that Kate was trying to get partnered up with Seth Gecko. Honestly, she wasn't.

She just happened to be in the wrong place, at the wrong time, and sorely under-informed on extenuating circumstances.

Or, the one where Kate is a newly minted detective, and Seth is the grouchy old-timer she gets stuck with.

String of Blinking Lights by madjm  (Teen, one-shot)

"I knew when I married you I was getting Richie, too, but I didn’t know I was getting my beautiful home turned into ‘National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.’”

Don't Need Saving by the_stargazing_dreamer  (Mature, one-shot)

Strait-laced businessman Seth is spending the week in Houston and meets free spirited call girl Kate when Richie leaves him at a club. He doesn't need or want anyone in his life but his damn knight in shining armor complex is getting in the way of things. Kate is only in it for the money and definitely doesn't need or want some Prince Charming to come sweep her off her feet.

Sin by shadowglove  (Teen, multichapter)

When Kate meets her new neighbors, Seth and Vanessa Gecko, she immediately develops a crush on the handsome man. She does her best to fight her growing crush, but as she and Seth become friends, and she realizes that there is a LOT of trouble in Seth and Vanessa's marriage, Kate begins to fear that she will stop caring that her feelings for him are pure sin.

make you better by longhairandbarefeet  (Mature, one-shot)

“You heard me.” She replies leaning into him, close enough so he could smell the liquor on her breath, the same that lingers on his own. She swipes her tongue across her bottom lip, and loops her arms around his neck to pull him in to press an urgent kiss to his mouth. He doesn’t respond immediately, shocked at the simple and soft feel of her. His head is swimming, and he doesn’t know if it’s her mouth, hot against his own or the copious amounts of alcohol they’ve shared over the last few hours. It could be a little bit of both. a.k.a. the five times seth and kate have sex, and the one time they don't

WIPs

gun it coming off the line by artemidos  (Teen, multichapter)

seth and richie work for carlos finding and bringing in the people who owe him. they don't care about why and they never fail to bring someone in.

until kate, of course.

You Wanna Go To Heaven (but you're human tonight) by only_halfway_there  (Teen, multichapter)

If Persephone was a good little preacher's daughter, Hades was a Gecko, and the Underworld was somewhere in Texas, it might look a little something like this ...

From Hell With Love by corinnemaree  (Mature, multichapter)

She's an angel. He's a demon. She's supposed to save the world from the likes of him. Now she's on the run with him? Kate doesn't know how she ended up with Seth Gecko, but there are times where she doesn't complain about it.

this war of hearts by jynscassian  (Teen, multichapter)

Fate had a funny way of showing itself. Just when Kate decides that soulmates and destiny doesn’t matter to her, she happens to meet the very man whose initials are tattooed on her wrist.

blue and silver: the detective and her criminal by sarahandrelouise & waterfront  (Teen, multichapter)

It's an early morning line up and everybody is a little sleepy. Coffee is required. Flirting with criminals is optional.

Speak now, or forever hold your peace. by hasitsclaws  (Explicit, multichapter)

Seth Gecko is doing your usual, run-of-the-mill drug smuggling gig when he finds out he's going to be deported. His brother's solution to the problem? Get married, of course. All Seth has to do is find a nice woman willing to be his "wife" until he gets his green card, and Richie has an idea as to who's the perfect girl for the job.

Only problem is, Kate Fuller is a lot more than either of the Gecko brothers bargained for.

(Fake!Married AU)