#she deserved SO MUCH more oh my GOD dorothy!!!!! my heart bleeds for you!!!!!

[the-eclectic-wonderer]

Every time I rewatch S1E2 Guess Who's Coming To The Wedding?, Dorothy's behaviour hits me harder. Not just how she acts around Stan (that final speech, oh my god Bea Arthur you magnificent actress), but how she acts around Kate and the whole premise. She's so excited about the wedding!! She's always wanted to give Kate a great wedding!! She says "Your wedding day should be the most beautiful day of your life" and you know she's been dreaming about her baby's wedding day ever since her own. You know she's desperately trying not to think of how anxious she felt, how trapped, how terrified, how chocked she was when she herself walked down the aisle. She says "And I just hope that you and Kate have all the happiness in the world!" and you can just see the memories of those 38 years of her life shoot through her mind, you can see her hold on to all the happy moments she can and pray that Kate's marriage is nothing but good years and happy Christmases. And the way her voice chokes up when she says goodbye to Kate?? "Now, listen, you be a good wife, you hear? Be his friend, be his lover. Don't be his slave!" Do you think these are the things she told herself during her marriage? Do you think these are the things people told her and she desperately tried to be all that -- to be the perfect friend, to be the perfect lover, so her marriage would work? Do you think that don't be his slave! was a desperate plea -- don't accept it all, don't stay no matter what he does, don't be like me? Listen this is just a rant and I am going nowhere with this but the truth is Dorothy is the strongest woman who ever lived on television and I love her so much and I want to bundle her up in a nice blanket and go beat up Stanley Zbornak with a baseball bat!!!! God!!!!!!

[rae-arts777]

Sorry, but I called dibs

Notes: Everything else is the same, expect Dorothy is still part of the team (she didn’t “die” or lose her memories) and her and Laurent aren’t a thing anymore, but Laurent is still has some feelings for her

Summary: Dorothy is obsessed with Makoto, in the, mentor and underling mixed with owner and babying/spoiling their cute pet kinda of way. Laurent is jealous and wants a shot with Makoto, but Dorothy already called dibs (platonic Dorothy X Makoto )

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Case 1

As they sat eating in one of the fanciest restaurant in Los Anglos, Laurent watched as Dorothy still checked Makoto’s head for any wounds.

“Aw you poor baby!” Dorothy cooed him “I’m so sorry, maybe hanging you from the Hollywood sign was a bit too far”

“The crane kick was a bit too far!” Makoto glared at Abby, who flipped him off while she continued to eat.

“Laurent apologize!” Dorothy pointed to him.

It took Laurent a few seconds to registered what Dorothy commanded him to do.

“I’m sorry my darling” he chuckled “it seems I didn’t quiet hear you” he smiled

“Apologize to him. I mean it.” Dorothy’s face dropped to a cold stare.

Abby looked at Laurent to see what he would do. Makoto smirked, enjoying the shocked look on Laurent’s face.

“Very well...I am..sorry for having you suspended from the Hollywood sign” Laurent apologized

“Apology NOT ACCEPT!” Makoto growled

Dorothy didnt force, Makoto to accept his apology like she had forced Laurent to apologize. Instead she made sure Makoto ate and enjoyed himself at dinner.

Laurent watched in jealousy of how Dorothy would pinch his cheek, gush over how cute his face or accent was.

Laurent was jealous, but not in the way he thought.

Case 2

“Hey! Hey! Why you did you even go to prison? For being adorable?” Dorothy squished Makoto’s cheeks together.

“Stop that!!” Makoto smacked her hands away.

“Awww! I made him mad!” Dorothy laughed “come on! I’ll make up for it, you like bubble tea right?” She asked walking off with him into the crowd of spectators.

Laurent watched as they walked off. Dorothy had a hand upon Makoto’s shoulder. He felt that jealousy rise again in him. He knew he wasn’t jealous that Makoto had Dorothy’s attention, he was jealous that Dorothy had Makoto’s attention.

After Makoto had left back to Japan, Laurent realized what he was really jealous of. When he saw Dorothy gushing over Abby looking pretty, he wasn’t jealous. When he saw Dorothy and Cythina getting flirtly with each other, when drunk, he didn’t get jealous. When he had to watch and listen to Dorothy pulling a honeypot move, he didn’t get jealous. Every since Makoto walked into his life, any small feelings he had left for Dorothy seemed to finally disappear.

He walked up to them as they chatted. Dorothy grabbed his chin and squeezed it a bit “you are just so cute edamame!! I want to put you in my pocket!”

“Stop! I’m not cute!” Makoto protested.

Dorothy laughed and patted his head “anyways we need to talk your role in this.”

“We do?” Both Makoto and Laurent asked in surprised

“Yes! Because Clark is pretty hot, and if you play your cards right, you might score with him” she teased

Laurent tighten his grip around the umbrella “darling, I don’t see how that’s essential to the plan”

“Well, it’s not really, just a change for edamame to get lucky!” she giggled

“I am not sleeping with a target” Makoto growled

“You don’t have to, but if you want to kiss him, I’ll allow it, and if kissing leads to more-“

“SHUT UP!” Makoto shoved her face away embarrassed.

Dorothy laughed again “awww my little virgin edamame is shy!”

“IM NOT A VIRGIN!”

Laurent watched as the two went back and forth. He made a mental note to beg Abby to seduce Clark so he keep his eyes away from Makoto.

Case 3

“Your first con! I’m so proud of you!” Dorothy hugged Makoto “my little student is growing up, you’re going to make me cry” she sniffled.

Makoto rolled his eyes and hugged back “well..I learned from the best”

“Ok seriously stop! Cause I will actually cry and I’m not wearing waterproof mascara!”

Makoto laughed and got some tissues for her.

It was time to set the plan into motion, Makoto, Cythina, and Abby left. Dorothy decided to sit out, not wanting to distract him in anyway, Laurent of course was not of the plan since Makoto booted him out from the beginning.

Laurent and Dorothy remain alone in the hotel. Dorothy got up to pour herself a glass of wine, Laurent watching her walk from the living area to the kitchen.

“Just cause we’re alone doesn’t mean we’re going to hook up” Dorothy told him “you know why it’s a bad idea that we-“

“I actually have feelings for someone else” Laurent confessed.

“Oh! Tell me!” She rushed over and sat next to him. “Who the lucky person?”

“Take a guess”

Dorothy thought for a moment “mmm, I don’t know, Cythina?”

“Nope, not a bad guess”

“Abby?”

“No way, she have my head”

“Shi-won?”

“Nope, though she is like a fine wine is she not?”

“Oz”

“Ok know you’re just being mean”

“Tell meeeee!” Dorothy whined

Laurent chuckled “it’s edamame”

Dorothy stared at him for a few seconds blankly.

Laurent was expecting more of a reaction from her.

“No.” Dorothy spoke

“I’m sorry what?”

“I said no”

“Why not?”

“I called dibs”

Laurent stared at her after what she said “I’m sorry...you said you called dibs?”

“Yeah I called dibs”

“So you have feelings for him as well?”

“No i don’t. I mean..nah, I love him more in my little precious baby friend I must protect”

“So, I don’t understand why you’re calling dibs if you don’t have feelings for him”

“Because. I just called dibs. So he’s off limits”

“I don’t think that’s fair”

“It is fair, cause it’s dibs” she sipped at her wine.

“I don’t-“

“I think this conversation is done” she got up and headed to the balcony, leaving Laurent bewildered at what just happened.

Case 4

They were on the boat, celebrating their biggest con. Dorothy and Makoto wiped the blood of themselves laughing.

Laurent face was still a bit distressed after their fake death.

Dorothy and Makoto had been “shot” by Casano’s men after “betraying” their word, and fell out the window to their “death”.

To their targets, it was assumed they fell out onto the busy streets of Japan. To TC, they had fallen into the ocean bleeding out.

When they were forced onto the boat by Casano’s and his men, they were surprised to find Dorothy and Makoto sitting there, alive and well, already drinking.

“Man, we really thought you were both shark food!” Kudo chuckled “you gave everyone quiet the scare”

“Consider it pay back for Los Angelos” Makoto chuckled, Abby kicking the back of his leg out.

“What was that for?!”

“Making me think you were dead.” She kicked him again.

Dorothy laughed “come on! Let’s celebrate until the sun comes up!!”

So they celebrated until the litteral day break. Dorothy was passed out on one of the couches snoring. Makoto covered her with his blazer and went to watch the sunrise, Laurent joining his side.

“I’ll be honest, you did really scare me” Laurent chuckled

“That was the plan” Makoto smirked “again, pay back”

“Heh, I guess I deserve it”

“Hey Laurent.”

“Be honest, are you still in love with Dorothy?”

Laurent was a bit taken back, “No, for a while I was, but those feelings are long gone. Why do you ask?”

“Just, every-time her and I are together, I can sense that you’re, umm..well jealous”

“I am jealous” Laurent admitted “but not for the reason you think”

“God damnit” Makoto mumbled “just say it already”

Laurent looked at him confused “I’m sorry what?”

“Just say it”

“I...” Laurent thought for a moment “I don’t think I can-“

“What? Cause Dorothy called dibs? Be a man”

“You know about that?” Laurent asked

“Yeah, Dorothy told me all about it one night when she got super wasted” he chuckled “she said it’s cause she’s looking out for me. And she doesn’t trust you with my heart I guess”

Laurent sighed “well I can’t blame her, there was many reasons why her and I didn’t work out. I believe she is right in assuming the same will happen to us”

“Well it won’t”

“How do you know?”

“Cause I’m not Dorothy. And you’re not the same person you were when you fell for Dorothy” Makoto yawned

Laurent knew Makoto was right but he was still scared. “Dorothy will be mad I didn’t uphold dibs” he chuckled

“She’ll get over it. Plus, I don’t need her to always guide and protect me, and she needs to know that”

Laurent chuckled again.

“So.”

“So.”

They walked as the sun started creeping over the horizon line.

“Can we talk about this after we both gotten some real sleep?” Makoto asked

“Yes, I like that very much” Laurent smiled