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lt_aldo_raine ([personal profile] lt_aldo_raine) wrote in [community profile] heavyartillery2019-12-19 10:04 pm

[FIC] 30-Day Christmas BoB Drabble (19/31)

Title: Day 19: Casual, Anything But
Pairing/Characters: Babe Heffron/Gene Roe
Warnings: none
Summary: prompt: BabeRoe but from an outsider’s POV (dealer’s choice), for [archiveofourown.org profile] corinneftw

They weren’t subtle about it, the pair of them.

The constant casual intimacy—Gene’s fingers trickling over Babe’s elbow needlessly mid-conversation, the redhead’s knees knocking against the Cajun’s at the poker table, an arm or two around the shoulders. Or that Gene refused to use the nickname of any other man in the company but spared the occasional “Bay-buh” for Heffron. And good God, the looks—all those shared secret grins and sweet glances.

Every man in Easy knew, of course. But, naturally, it was old Wild Bill himself that knew first.

“Old Gonorrhea don't miss nothing.” Not even that.