So, I come bearing Jesker fluff. Proper fluff, not the little hinting I did in my last two stories :') I wanted to write Becker and Jess in an established relationship, but I love their awkwardness and... I couldn't think of a plot. Sad but true. So instead I wrote this weird drabble collection thingy. XD
The first chapter is the team first noticing that Becker and Jess like each other. The second will be the team first noticing Becker and Jess are together. Yay!
Matt first noticed during his third week. He'd argued with Becker earlier in the day about the soldiers wearing civilian wear again, and he knew he'd failed to impress the military captain again. Not that he was trying to; he didn't need and had no desire to be accepted by the ARC, but Becker was just frustrating. He sighed to himself as he packed away his gun.
"Matt?" A timid voice came from the doorway. Jess hovered there nervously, fingers fiddling with her wristwatch.
"What is it, Jess?" He asked, turning to lean against the bench so he was facing her.
Jess shifted from foot to foot slightly. "Just… Let them stay in their black. Please?"
Matt raised his eyebrows. "Pardon?"
"The soldiers," Jess quickly clarified, starting to blush.
"Yeah, Jess, I guessed," He smirked. "I'll think about it, okay?"
Jess' face broke out into a huge smile. "Okay!" She agreed, beaming at him.
Matt simply shook his head, laughing.
Abby first noticed when she saw the tinge of red blossoming over Jess' cheeks after Becker presented her with a bar of orange-free chocolate. The small, but giddy smile, that spread across the field coordinator's face only confirmed her suspicions. Grinning, she walked over to the ADD.
"You're looking a little… flushed," She remarked, causing Jess to get even more flustered.
"It's just the chocolate, gets me all excited…" She made up an excuse, before quickly changing the subject.
Abby just smirked.
Connor first noticed when Jess lead Abby and himself into her flat, cheerfully rambling on about what she wanted to hear about from them while picking up the takeaway menu and mentioning Becker… twice.
She seemed to realise her slip-up herself, but tried to cover it by pretending she didn't notice. At Connor's pointed look, she scowled slightly.
"The files only tell you so much, y'know!" She told him defensively.
Connor merely raised his eyebrows in response.
Lester first noticed about a two weeks after Abby and Connor returned, when he was ordering Becker to take medical leave and every time the captain refused, his eyes strayed through the glass wall towards the ADD, where Jess was typing up Health and Safety forms.
"You don't have a say in this," Lester huffed, recapturing Becker's attention. "You have to take leave after an accident, its policy, not just for the ARC, but for pretty much every job out there."
Becker gave him an exasperated look. "I don't want any time off!" He protested.
"Becker." Lester said firmly, as Becker looked out to Jess again. "I'll make sure nothing happens to Miss Parker while you're off."
Becker's head snapped round and he gaped at his boss.
Lester met him with a knowing smile.
Emily first noticed as she walked into the Ops room of the ARC, looking for Matt and instead seeing Becker in the chair at what she was told was an 'ADD' which was some form of computer, that she quite frankly didn't understand. Jess was stood next to him, watching the screens and saying something. Obviously, her comments were important as Becker was nodding and writing as he listened to her.
Even though she was new to this world and hadn't quite got a comfortable grasp on its technology, Emily knew that Jess had an odd attachment of sorts to the super computer. According to Matt, the only person to sit at Jess' work station and live was Mr Burton, and that was simply because he was the boss and Jess would be in an awful lot of trouble if she killed him as she would if Matt or Connor or someone else used her precious ADD.
Jess leaned over to point something out on one of the screens and Becker's hand automatically went to the small of her back to steady her.
Despite her worries and troubles, Emily watched them and smiled.
Danny first noticed when he asked Becker what changes had been made to the ARC as they walked towards the SUV. The captain seemed taken aback by the question, as Danny had suddenly switched from pleading for his brother, who was currently having his weapons taken from him by one of the soldiers, to everyday questions. Well, perhaps not 'everyday', but a lot more normal than asking for his time traveling, crazed lunatic, murdering brother to be freed.
"Oh, um, well…" Becker wondered where to begin. "We're half owned by a company called Prospero. Lester has to answer to the head, Philip Burton, as well as the Minister now. I think he's probably about ready to throw himself through an anomaly by now. Speaking of which, no one is allowed through anomalies. We can't…" He took a deep breath and tried again. "We can't risk losing anyone again. We've got some new team members; Matt. The one who shot you. Don't take that personally, by the way. He shoots all the best people."
Danny smiled. "So, he's the only new addition?"
"No," Becker suddenly smiled. "There's Jess, too."
"Jess?" Danny raised his eyebrows. "Do tell me more,"
"She just works the ADD and defuses the occasional bomb, although that's not strictly speaking part of her job description. She'd be a rubbish medic though. But, she gives Lester a bit of a run for his money sometimes. He tolerates her teasing more than anyone else's. He likes her really; we all do." If Becker could've seen the look on his own face; Danny knew he would've been embarrassed.
"Well, soldier boy," He quirked an eyebrow. "Sounds like lovely little Jess has stolen your heart."
Becker made a surprised noise halfway between a choke and splutter.
Danny grinned.
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