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a night for us - casey rhodes

genre - slight humor. fluff. suggestive content. (secret relationship trope!)

pairings - casey rhodes x fem!reader. theo martin x lily chilman. fran x dominic hargan.

synopsis - theo, lily, r.j., fran, and dominic hang out together one night, and casey takes advantage of the time he was given to spend with his secret girlfriend, y/n.

warnings - slight coarse language. verbal and physical affection. allusions to sexual situations.

word count - 2,505 words.

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r.j. flips the sign hanging on the front entrance to closed, before spinning around to face the rest of his employees. he animatedly claps his hands together, the wide grin on his face practically touching his eyes.

"all right, that's it for today!" he announces, sauntering over to the cash register to lock it. "to celebrate, let's go out to eat tonight, and take the day off tomorrow! how does that sound?

the four others - theo, fran, lily, and dominic - collectively express their gratitude for their boss's generosity. this doesn't happen as often for the rangers (and fran and y/n), so they were going to savor their free time as much as possible.

that's as if they could make it happen without being interrupted by dai shi, camille or his ruthless goons.

as theo is putting on his coat from a little ways away, he lifts an eyebrow at r.j.'s disgustingly happy demeanor. "why the sudden declaration for a team dinner?"

the wolf ranger just looks at him with his smile, his pessimistic nature not affecting him in the slightest. "it's a reward! we should go out as a team and let off some steam!" he answers, before pausing at his own response. he then grins even wider, as if that was any more possible. "hey, that rhymes!"

dominic shakes his head at his long-time friend, as theo rolls his eyes, zipping up his indigo blue windbreaker. he could never understand why he always looked at the bright side of things everyday.

"is he on something or what?" he mutters, not knowing that lily was listening closely to him. "he's just way too chipper all the time for my taste buds."

the blonde quietly laughs in response, giving him a playful slap on the arm. theo's joke didn't escape from r.j.'s ears, unfortunately.

the mentor slowly turns around again to face him, probably trying to seem intimidating. he flashes a smile his way, which was significantly more passive-aggressive than normal, as he situates a worn-in satchel across his body. "ah, theo. always putting a damper on other people's parades because you're never satisfied with your own."

lily's eyes widen, and dominic and fran share a look with each other. r.j.'s unfazed, as he looks away and pats himself down for his keys, not noticing theo sneering at him from behind. "at least i don't always look perpetually stoned," he grumbles to himself.

right as he finishes, the bell to the front entrance jingles, signaling that someone has entered the restaurant. walking in is y/n, who was struggling to carry a huge load of groceries in both arms. dominic immediately offers to help her out, but she quickly declines, promising that she's got everything under control.

actually, she's more worried of dropping everything by accident, but she doesn't tell him that.

the door shuts by itself, and she looks around the parlor above the bags of groceries. she sees that everyone else is gathered there, taking note of casey's absence, which makes her raise a brow in confusion.