Summary: Flynn and F!MC (Jesse) try to relax on Flynn’s boat after Kate’s hearing.
Notes: This takes place after the events of Chapter 11 with Kate’s hearing. This fic also briefly references an earlier fic I wrote, Together (NSFW).
The last glowing rays of the sunset glinted through the windows of Flynn’s houseboat as he handed Jesse a beer and sat down heavily beside her. She snuggled against him as he wrapped an arm around her shoulders and took a sip of her beer.
“Are you doing okay?” Flynn asked, gently rubbing her shoulder with his thumb.
“Sure, why?” Jesse asked, looking up at him. “Don’t I seem okay?”
“Yeah, of course,” Flynn said. “I just mean … that DA was really hard on you today.”
Jesse rolled her eyes, annoyance flaring up at the courtroom memory. “He’s just another pawn in the Sterlings’ pocket.”
Flynn removed his arm from around her and gripped his beer in both hands, staring at its amber neck. “But the things he said … how he used me against you … I’m so sorry.”
“For what?” Jesse asked. “It’s not your fault he tried to slut shame me in court.”
“Yes, but he wouldn’t have been able to do that if you’d stayed away from me,” Flynn said quietly. Jesse put her beer down on the table and turned to face him.
“Flynn.” He kept his gaze on his beer. “Flynn.” After a long moment, Flynn finally looked at her. “You are not responsible for what some asshole says about me. I’m a big girl and I can make my own decisions about who I choose to spend my time with. It’s not my fault–or yours–that the DA is aiming so low in his arguments. Frankly, if he’s resorting to that, all that tells me is that his argument is too weak to stand on its own.”
“Jesse, you don’t know what these people are like,” Flynn said as he set down his beer. “It doesn’t matter what the truth really is. It only matters what their truth is.”
Jesse shook her head. “I can’t believe that. I get that the Sterlings are used to doing whatever they want, but this time they fucked with the wrong girl. They’re not going to let Kate take the fall for their bad behavior and–”
Flynn leaned over and captured Jesse’s mouth in a soft kiss, his hands gently cupping her face. She kissed him back, deeply inhaling the safe scent of him. Jesse trailed her lips over his cheek and pulled him into a tight hug.
“I don’t deserve to have someone like you on my side,” he murmured, face buried in her neck. Jesse squeezed him tighter, running her fingers through the hair on the back of his head.
“We’re in this together, right?” she said, smiling a little at the memory of their first night together. “You and me, no matter what else happens.”
“Yeah,” Flynn said. Jesse could hear the slight smile in his voice. “You and me.”
Aww this one-shot is so lovely! ♡
I would love to see more of them here on the internet, because it seems I’ve read all Flynn x MC…
I’m a huge fan, really 🙂
Thank you so much! I adore Flynn and would love to write more pieces about him. <3