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Unrequited Love

Mallory huffed as she walked back to the Migrator with a limping Nosedive leaning on her for support. Wildwing was not going to be happy. "What'cha sighing for Mal?" Even hurt he still kept his cheery demeanor.

"Your brother is not going to be happy." Mallory looked at Nosedive from the side of her eye. She wasn't looking forward to the look of disappointment he would be giving both of them when he found out what happened. Nosedive had slipped on a wet metal walkway and Mallory dove to grab him before he fell. Her gun dropped out of it holder and went off, alerting the enemy to their presents. Thing was, if he fell he would have been fine, it wasn't that far of a fall but she saw him go over the side and reacted on instinct. When pulling him up over the railing he landed on his foot wrong and twisted his ankle, that was it.

Dragaunus's goons got away, Nosedive ended up twisting his ankle and they had a game tomorrow. Well fuck.

Making it to the Migrator with the others Mallory and Nosedive cringed when they saw the annoyed faces of their companions. Duke crossed his arms and shook his head while Tanya was tapping her foot in annoyance. Grin was slight and unreadable while Wildwing had an annoyed look on his face. However, once he saw his brother leaning on Mallory for support he skipped over the lectures and went right to his team's health. "What happened Nosedive?"

"Sprained ankle." Nosedive mumbled.

"What?! Are ya kiddin'! We have a game tomorrow!" Duke said while uncrossing his arms and throwing them in the air for dramatic affect.

Tanya inspected Nosedive's ankle while Mallory helped him sit on a crate. "Mallory a moment." Wildwing called her over. She walked to him while the others gave them privacy. Tanya shook her head while looking at Nosedive's ankle, it wasn't looking good.

"What happened up there?" Wildwing wasn't about to go accusing them of screwing everything up, he didn't know all of the details. Mallory explained what happened and Wildwing listened with his hands on his hips. "So it was kind of a freak accident." He finished up for her.

"Yeah I'd say so. His feet just went out right from under him." Mallory confirmed. "But it was my fault that they were alerted to our presence. If I had properly put away my gun, then they would never have been alerted. So if you're going to punish someone it should be me." She wanted to take full responsibility for this, it was her fault.

"Well we do agree on that but in the end it really was kind of a freak accident." Wildwing put his hand on her shoulder to confront her, giving it a pat. "Don't over think it." He let his arm drop, his fingertips grazing her feathers and skin, sending a shiver down her spine. Did he even know what that did to her?

He walked back over to the others completely unfazed. "Alright team. Let's head home."

Mallory sighed as she followed everyone on to the Migrator. This week already was starting to suck...

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The next day, Nosedive's foot was wrapped and they had to miss the game because his ankle needed to heal. So he was bored in general. Grabbing his load of laundry, he threw it into a washer and started it. While leaning against the counter he saw a bunch of clothes sitting on the counter opposite him, freshly cleaned and waiting to be folded. He knew those colors; those were Mallory's clothes. Curiosity got the better of him and he went over and looked what kind of clothes she had.

Searching through the pile he found all kinds of dresses and tops but once again getting bored all too quickly. Trying to find new ways to entertain himself he found some matches lying next to the large pile of clothing. "Well what do we have here." He smirked.

Not even ten minutes later, Nosedive was scratching the back of his neck, looking sheepish. Wildwing was giving him a disapproving glare that could have stopped Dragaunus in his tracks, while Tanya tried to offer Mallory confront. Duke was trying not to laugh and Grin was completely neutral. Feeling that they weren't needed in the situation, Duke and Grin left quietly.

Mallory could hardly believe it. Almost all of her clothes were ruined. She looked at the burnt and tattered remains of what was her wardrobe. "This sucks." She growled, extremely pissed off. Of all of the places he decided to play with matches, it had to be right next to her all of her freshly cleaned clothes.

"Don't worry Mallory. They will be swimming on you but you can borrow some of my clothes until you buy more." Tanya offered her friend, trying to calm the situation.

Mallory sighed. "Thank you but no. I have at least one set left." She motioned to herself with her hand.

"And Nosedive will go with you tomorrow to buy you some new clothes, since he is the one who destroyed them." Wildwing said sternly, very unhappy with his younger sibling.

"Ah come on Bro! It was an accident!" Nosedive defended himself.

"Doesn't change the fact that it's your fault." The older drake stood with his arms crossed.

While Wildwing and Nosedive argued Tanya helped Mallory stand. "Come on. Let's go out and get something to eat." Tanya lead Mallory out by her arm, making sure to keep her as far away from Nosedive as possible.

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Later that night Mallory was ready to go to bed when she realized she had a dilemma. "Crap. I have nothing to sleep in." She muttered to herself, as she walked to Tanya's room. Knocking on her door she waited for a response but there was no sound or movement inside. "Where is she?"

"What are you doing up this late?"

Mallory jumped and turned to the voice coming down the hall. Wildwing was in his casual clothes with the mask in place. "Oh hi. I was trying to see if I could borrow a shirt from Tanya to sleep in."

"Ha. Good luck she's passed out." Wildwing laughed.

Mallory raised her eyebrow at that. "How would he know?" In the pit of her stomach a sinking feeling settled in.

"Well Tanya sleeps like a rock trust me, she's not waking up anytime soon but you can borrow one of mine."

Mallory's heart hurt hearing that. "He knows that she's a heavy sleeper? That must mean..."

"Come on. Let's grab you a night shirt so you can get to bed. We have practice in the morning anyway."

"Maybe it's just me looking too deeply into this." Mallory hoped that's what it was. She followed him silently, looking at the ground as she walked.

Wildwing looked back over his shoulder to see Mallory, looking at the ground. "Uh you okay Mal?"

She looked up at him, refusing to show any emotion. "I'm fine. Why?"

"Just wanted to make sure... I'm sorry about Nosedive. He can be a real idiot sometimes." Wildwing figured that this is what was bothering her.

"No it's fine. I'm over it. Besides he is taking me shopping tomorrow." Mallory joked, making Wildwing chuckle.

They arrived at his room, Wildwing opened the door and walked right on in. "Make yourself at home." He called over his shoulder. Mallory just waited by the door, a little uncomfortable at being in his room when she didn't know where he stood with Tanya. She wanted to ask so many questions to try and get an idea of if they were together but kept her mouth shut. It wasn't her business anyway, besides she was here for a mission and that meant focusing on that.

"Here." His hand was in front of her suddenly, she looked up at his smiling face and was surprised to see he had taken the mask off. His rich brown eyes contrasted greatly with his feathers. "Oh thanks. You should have it back by tomorrow... I hope." She added on, not sure how shopping with Nosedive would go.

"Don't worry about it. I won't miss this shirt. Keep it as long as you need it."

He really was too nice for his own good. She smiled and nodded. "Thanks again." Taking his shirt, she left his room. She looked back to see he was facing away from her, not even turning to wave bye to her as she left. "I wish he would notice me the way I notice him." She thought to herself as she went on her way.

Mallory sat in her room, looking at the shirt she was given to sleep in. Sighing she quickly undressed and got ready for bed. Slipping his large shirt on she laughed at how big it was on her. He really was a lot bigger than her.

Jumping in her bed she snuggled in, ready to pass out when the scent of cologne hit her nose. It was nice.

She breathed in deeply and realized it was Wildwing's shirt that smelled so good. Bringing it up to her nose she sniffed it again. She had never noticed that Wildwing used cologne, it was wonderful, she wanted this scent to be everywhere in her bed room. Sighing she shook off the thought and closed her eyes. Falling asleep almost instantly.