Sooo, like pretty much everything else I've posted so far, I wrote this for a fill on the kink meme. Prompt was pretty simple: "The rest of the Guardians react to Peter and Drax becoming a couple." I just couldn't pass that up, so here it is :)

Usual disclaimers apply. I don't own GotG. I'm just borrowing them for a little while, I'll put them back when I'm done. ;)

1. Gamora

There were a lot of upsides to living on the Milano instead of working for Ronan or Thanos. Such as having her own bed, getting to eat whatever and whenever she wanted, and not being ordered around by a couple of madmen. Gamora, for the first time in her life, got to do whatever she wanted, whenever she wanted to do it, and she used that ability for little luxuries that others might've taken for granted. Like getting up in the middle of the night to get a snack when she was hungry, instead of having to wait for her next scheduled mealtime.

She was doing precisely that one night, fixing herself a snack in the kitchenette, when she heard voices coming from the front of the ship. That was odd. It was the middle of the night; shouldn't everyone be in bed? She picked up a sharp knife (just in case), and headed towards the front to see what the trouble was.

As she got closer, she recognized Peter's voice and relaxed a little. But before she could go back to the kitchenette she heard what he was saying, and she stopped in her tracks. "…just don't want to tell them, not yet I mean. It's still too…new, I guess."

What could Peter be hiding from them? Gamora edged closer to the control room and pressed herself flat against the wall. But she nearly fell out of her hiding spot when she heard Drax reply, "You believe their involvement would complicate our relationship?"

What? Peter Quill, the unchallenged king of awkward one-night stands, was in a relationship? With Drax? Gamora choked back the desire to laugh. She wasn't sure if this was hilarious or insane. Maybe a bit of both.

"Or maybe I don't want to share you just yet." Gamora peeked into the control room just in time to see Peter crawl into Drax's lap. That was one of the most amusing sights Gamora had ever seen, considering that Drax was several inches taller and at least twice Peter's weight. She'd never thought of Peter as small before now, but seeing him in Drax's lap changed her mind.

But when they kissed it wasn't funny. It was…sweet, actually. The way Drax protectively wrapped his arms around Peter, the way Peter melted against Drax with a blissful sigh; the obvious bond between the two of them…Gamora didn't typically waste her time with romance, whether it was hers or others'. But watching this was actually nice. It was a reminder, if a somewhat interesting one, that there was real love in the world.

"I love you," she heard Peter whisper before Drax kissed him again, and okay, she'd never admit it in a million years, but that may have caused her to think awww, that's so sweet. She tiptoed away from her hiding place and back to the kitchen to give them some privacy.

~o~

Yes, overall, Gamora definitely approved of her teammates' new relationship. But that didn't stop her from sending a subtle message to Drax the next morning, when Peter was messing with the Milano's malfunctioning coffeemaker and had his back to them. Groot and Rocket were still God-knows-where, so Gamora felt no qualms about attracting Drax's attention, nodding towards Peter, and holding a finger to her lips. He raised his eyebrows at her and mouthed 'what?'

Silently, Gamora pointed to Peter, then back to Drax, and mouthed "You two?" and, after a brief look of surprise, he nodded. So she pointed to Peter again, placed a hand over her heart, and drew an "x," then pointed to Drax, and finally, drew a finger across her throat. That last gesture she knew for a fact he understood, having been there when Peter explained it to him.

As Peter turned around Gamora quickly put her hands in her lap. "You two are awfully quiet. What's going on?" he asked.

Drax shrugged. "Gamora was just silently informing me that if I cause any harm to your heart, she will slice my throat," he said matter-of-factly. "It seems she has discovered our relationship."

"What? But—how—" Peter sputtered.

"I followed you," Gamora explained. "And I mean it, Drax. Hurt him and you deal with me."

Because maybe they were both her teammates, but Peter trusted her first and he stuck up for her when Drax had a knife to her throat, so yes, her loyalty was to him. And if Drax didn't like it, well, that was just too bad for him.

"Aww, that's sweet. I didn't know you actually gave that much of a crap about me, Gamora," Peter said, his eyes flicking nervously between her and Drax, who seemed to have taken the entire thing in stride.

"You saved my life, twice. I owe you," she reminded him. "Besides, of the people in this room, you are the only one who has never threatened me with death, so it follows that I would feel the most loyalty towards you."

"That…makes a sick kind of sense," Peter agreed, looking more than a little uncomfortable with this whole damn thing.

But he didn't seem to mind too much…so long as she didn't object to Drax pulling him into his lap. Gamora wondered if she'd ever get used to the sight of the Guardians' self-appointed leader being cuddled senseless by someone whose terrifying reputation had earned himself the nickname "the Destroyer."