A/N: I know a lot of people won't exactly like this RWBY fanfic's main relationship, but it's come to the point where I've run out of fucks to give. I should probably throw out a couple warnings: incest, drinking, and eventual mature content.

Bad Luck Rose

Summary: Qrow let out a frustrated sigh as he picked up his glass, swirling the liquid within. "Dammit. Why does it have to be you?" She leaned her head against his shoulder, looking at him with teary eyes. "Because…I love you."

*Chapter 1*

Qrow leaned casually against the doorframe of Team RWBY's dorm, an amused smirk on his face as he watched both of his nieces play their fighting game on their scrolls. "Don't you have fights to get ready for?" 'Heh…looks like I trained her well. You'd be really proud of your daughter if you were here, Summer. She's grown during her time here.'

"Uncle Qrow!" Ruby turned around, her big silver eyes sparkling with happiness as her favorite uncle slicked his messy hair back. "I thought you were busy getting in trouble with Professor Ozpin for tearing up our courtyard." Qrow laughed, walking over to his nieces and sitting on one of the four precariously made bunk beds. "Nah, Oz and I go way back. We're cool." 'Bunk beds, huh? Good times, Summer. Good times. It's a pity Taiyang and Raven had to ruin them by being rowdy.'

Yang let out a snort, her character punching Ruby's in the face. "You mean you're pretty cool for an old guy." The blonde was just as bad as her father when it came to giving the huntsman jabs about his age, and the red-eyed man gave her an unamused stare as Ruby giggled at her older sister's comment. "Not funny. I'm probably one of the most popular guys to ever graduate this place." 'Spitting image of you, Tai. You utter pain.'

"Um…Uncle Qrow? Is it true that you once…you know, wore a skirt because you thought it was a kilt?" the silver-eyed girl asked. Her cheeks were red with embarrassment, and Qrow let out a sigh, rubbing his temples. "Great. Taiyang told you that story, didn't he? I think I need to have a little chat with him next time I see him." 'At least the ladies thought I had nice legs. Gotta take something out of it.'

"Yep! And he said that the girls were all admiring your lower body's muscle structure. Whatever that means," Ruby replied with a hint of confusion in her tone. Yang covered her mouth, trying hard to cover up her laughter, and Qrow rolled his red eyes. "That's a story for when you're a bit older, kiddo…" 'It's bad enough that you want me to give the 'birds and the bees' talk to her. But now you're starting to tell her our team's stories? Gimme a break, Tai.'

The door to Team RWBY's dorm opened again, and the other two members of his nieces' team entered. Weiss gave him a dirty look, and the dark-haired girl next to her picked up a book and started to read silently. "Alright old man, spit it out. Just how do you know my sister!?"

Qrow smirked, and he waited for Yang to place her hands over Ruby's ears despite small noises of protest before he started to tell the very entertaining and borderline scandalous story of how he and Winter met to the heiress. "Well you see, I happened to be on a mission in the swamps outside of Mistral. I stumbled upon this dodgy little town, and I decided to get some local information in the inn; the place was filled with lowlifes, thieves, and even a few assassins. That's when it all happened." 'Heh heh…she sure as hell isn't going to like this one. Still, it's too much fun to poke at Winter.'

"What, did you get defeated by the sight of the innkeeper's skirt length because you're a perverted dusty crow?" Blake muttered, her cat ears twitching under her bow. She had placed a bookmark in her book and placed it down, folding her arms across her chest, and the huntsman gave her an annoyed stare. "While I was there, I saw this tall pale woman sitting all alone. So, being a gentleman, I decided to sit down next to her. After talking for a little bit and finding out she was Winter Schnee, we had a little…contest, of sorts." 'Good thing Ruby can't hear this part. Don't want her mentally scarred yet.'

Weiss's already pale face went even whiter, and she swallowed slowly before leaning closer to him. "What exactly do you mean by, 'contest'? What did you do to my sister!?" She was starting to breathe furiously, and Yang simply looked amused by the story so far. She even mouthed for him to continue, as her younger sister was busy petting Zwei's ears and not paying any sort of attention. "Keep going! This is hilarious!"

Qrow gave her a wink, their universal sign for a real raunchy part of a story to make its inevitable appearance. Yang had heard over a dozen inappropriate stories regarding her uncle and his team, and had seemingly enjoyed every single one of them. "Don't worry. It's coming up right now." "We decided to have a bit of a drinking game. And then…well, Winter and I ended up in the same bed."

Yang fell on the floor, holding her side and tearing up from laughter. "O-oh my! You slept with Weiss's sister!" As the blonde rolled around on the floor, hitting Blake in the legs, Weiss and Ruby leapt to their feet, one mouth agape in shock and the other contorted in fury. "YOU WHAT!?"

"Why didn't you stay together?" Blake asked quietly, the emo cat Faunus whacking her partner on the head with a book. "Didn't like the cold?" Qrow smirked as he leaned back, folding his arms above his head. "Yeah, you could say something like that. Let's just say ice and bedroom activity don't exactly mix." 'Sheesh, Winter nearly gave me frostbite a few times. I thought no amount of hot showers would get me back up.'

"You are so dead, you dirty old man," the heiress growled. Ruby's eyes were wide, and she sank to her knees, burying her head in her hands. "Yang! Why did you let me hear that!? That's so gross!" She tucked her knees close to her and started to rock back and forth, her face redder than her cape.

The black/red haired girl mumbled something under her breath, and Blake's cat ears flattened under her bow. "…" Ruby looked away guiltily, and Qrow's curiosity perked a little. It was no secret that his youngest niece was by far the most innocent member of the team, and judging by the looks that Weiss and Yang were giving Blake, she probably heard something she wasn't supposed to. 'Looks like Rubes said something she didn't want anyone to hear. But being part cat means you have excellent hearing.'

He stood up, stretching his arms and legs. "Alright…I'm too old to be hanging out with a bunch of kids. You're gonna cramp my style." 'I won't ask her about it now. That'll be something to ask her later on, when she's not going to be surrounded by her own friends and beyond embarrassed.' The huntsman turned to leave when he stopped, looking at the four girls. "Look…just remember that you've all got ways to go. And don't think graduating means you're done. Every day in the field is worth a week in this place. You will all go far, but only if you never stop learning. If you never stop growing. I'll catch you kids later." 'It's about time for me to talk to Oz about the candidate for the Fall Maiden's power, anyway.'

'And I have a good feeling who it's going to turn out to be.'

-0-

Ruby watched as Qrow left, and she let out a sigh, looking down at the floor. 'It's just wrong. So wrong.' She shuffled her feet, trying to block out the sounds of her teammates talking about the upcoming fights in the Vytal Festival. 'Why? Why him? Of all the people to feel this way towards…why does it have to be him?'

The short-haired girl placed herself on her bed, and hung her head in shame. She tried more than once to completely banish those feelings his mere presence invoked. But, even though her mind tried to install a serious amount of common sense within her, her heart continued to refuse to listen to reason. 'He's my own uncle, for goodness' sake. I…I shouldn't have this kind of feelings towards him.'

She felt a hand on her knee, and she jumped out of her skin. "W-what!?" Ruby relaxed when she found herself staring into a pair of familiar amber eyes, and the black bow covering her cat ears. "Oh…you nearly gave me a heart attack!"

"Yang and Weiss just went down to train for a bit before their match tomorrow," Blake murmured. She looked into Ruby's silver orbs, a concerned look on her face. "Ruby...I heard what you said. I just didn't want to say anything with them around. You're…you're in love with your uncle, aren't you?"

Ruby sunk her head in her hands, her eyes threatening to burst. "I-I don't know why! It's just…he's always there for me. I know it's wrong, but I can't help it!" She tried to cover her approaching sobs, her shoulders shaking. "It's not fair…why does it have to be him!? Why does the one person I feel like this towards have to be my own uncle!?" 'He's like my dad! It's just disgusting in so many ways!'

Blake put her hand on her shoulder, allowing her leader to rest her head in her lap. "Sometimes…it just happens. I thought it was wrong to like Yang the way I do at first. But after what happened to me in the White Fang…I realized I could never trust another guy again."

"What happened?" Ruby asked. Blake very rarely brought up anything about her time in White Fang, and the cat Faunus lowered her tearful gaze. "I…I was used. By my old partner, Adam. I thought he actually cared about me. But I was nothing more than his plaything…that was a huge part of why I left. I couldn't stay around someone who defiled me…"

She wiped her eyes, biting her lip. "That's why I didn't go to the dance with Sun. I was so shaken by what happened to me. But Yang makes me feel wanted. She makes me feel happier than I ever have been. Yang loves me despite of what happened; she loves me for who I am, even though she knows that I may never recover from my past."

Ruby sat up, giving her teammate a hug, and Blake ran a hand down her back to comfort her. "My advice is to think about it carefully. Are you absolutely sure that you love Qrow more than anything else and it's not puberty messing with your head? If you are…then I say you tell him. He won't hurt you; he may be a bit of a drunken idiot who slept with Weiss's sister, but I can see just how much he cares for you."

Ruby nodded, wiping her face. "Right…I can't believe he did that! I mean, it was obvious that they knew each other from somewhere, but I never expected it to because of something dirty or anything. Ooh, I'm gonna kick his butt!" 'Qrow…I know that's it's not right to feel like this towards you. But I'm absolutely certain about this. I love you, more than anything.'

"That's the spirit," Blake smiled. She stood up, her cat ears twitching, and she tilted her head as she spotted something on the floor. "Hey…what's that?" She crouched down to pick it up, and Ruby saw that it was a small dusty book with a note that had Qrow's handwriting. "It's called 'Silver Eyes'. Never heard of it. I think your uncle dropped it by mistake."

"I'll go deliver it." Ruby jumped up, swiping it and running out of the door. "I'll go check Professor Ozpin's office first!" She sprinted past JNPR's dorm, startling Jaune and Nora, and she waved at them. "Hi guys! Sorry I can't really talk; I got a delivery to make!" 'And I just want to see him again…even though he only left like five minutes ago.'

The two members of Team JNPR nearly fell back, and the short haired girl heard Jaune yell at her. "Hey, slow down! You're going to be the reason they install speed cameras in the hallways!" Ruby laughed at the idea of Ozpin issuing traffic tickets; it seemed almost as ridiculous as the headmaster putting an alarm on a sandwich or his cookies. 'Nah…I'll just use my semblance to make up lost time.'

Ruby began to use her semblance to make it a bit easier, disappearing into a cloud of rose petals and zooming throughout the school's hallways until she accidentally bumped headfirst into someone. "Waah!" 'Oops. I knew this was a bad idea.'

"Are you okay kiddo?" a wonderfully familiar voice asked. Ruby got up to see she had run into Qrow, and she nodded quickly, her silver eyes wide. "Y-yeah! I just found a book you dropped in our dorm and tried to deliver it…" 'I…I can't find the words. Even though it's just the two of us in this hall.'

She handed him the book nervously, her heart threatening to pound out of her chest, and her uncle took it with a slow breath. "Thanks. You saved me a bit of a tongue lashing from Oz." He gently patted her head, and Ruby closed her eyes to silently enjoy the feeling of his callused hands. "Next time, try not to run us both over, alright? I'm a little sore as it is."

"M-mmhm…" Ruby basked in the moment for a bit longer before Qrow helped her to her feet. "Up you get, you great lump. You're really starting to grow, you know that?"

"Well, I have been drinking milk…"

"I don't mean physically, though you've certainly done that. I meant mentally. Being a team's leader means you have a lot of responsibility. And you've coped with it well, even though you're the youngest in the school. I'm proud of you, Ruby."

"T-thank you…" Ruby's face heated up, and she looked down at the floor, shuffling her feet. Hearing Qrow give any type of praise meant the world to her, and she opened her mouth to say what she wanted to when Professor Ozpin stepped out of an elevator. "Qrow. We need to talk for a few, please."

The huntsman nodded, and he brushed Ruby's hair one final time before he walked into the elevator with the headmaster. "See you around Rubes." The young leader sank to the ground happily as he left, and she smiled to herself as she looked up at the bright ceiling of the academy. 'I got a compliment from my favorite person…'

"Today is a good day."

A/N: That's it for the first chapter. I'm kinda testing the waters here, as I normally don't write longer RWBY fanfictions. See you soon.

P.S. I keep binge-watching RWBY Vol. 4, and I can't get over Tyrian's epic crazy laugh XD. Gotta say, he's probably my favorite new villain in the series.