Damn suit
No matter how badly you hated it, everyone needed to wear one of those ugly suffocating suit for the mission, something to do with the atmosphere on this planet. You followed the team with a grumpy look on your face and everyone picked a suit, except you were the last to pick and ended up with the (least favourite colour) suit.
“Oh you’ve got to be kidding me”
Rocket let out a loud laugh and you turned to your teammates
“Mantis come on switch with me”
She shyly shook her head from left to right, so you turned to Nebula.
“Switch with me?”
“Y/n I’m twice your size”
“Hey I’m not that small!!” you defended while she was standing there, towering you.
“Come on, it’s just for one mission” she guided you towards the others with a hand on your back, barely touching you but it still relaxed you a bit.
You all went inside a sort of locker room to change, everyone having their own hidden corner to change. You just sat there, sighing and looking at the suit you had folded on the bench in front of you. You were too tired for another mission. Finally deciding to take things in hand, you stood up and starting walking your way towards the suit to put it on when Nebula erupted from the side, arms crossed on her chest.
“Y/n I.. I need a hand, do you mind?” she turned around and you noticed the zipper was too low on the back for her to reach.
“Oh.. sure” You took a step towards her and smoothly zipped it up, struggling a bit since it kept getting stuck but you eventually managed to pull it all the way up.
“All done” You said patting her shoulder softly.
She turned to face you, muttering a ‘Thank you’ with her gaze lowered.
She then looked up at your own suit behind you.
“Do you need help too?”
“Naaah don’t worry I got this” you waved her off, trying to play it cool.
“Fine, I won’t be very far if you need me” she said as she turned around to leave.
5 or maybe even 10 minutes later, there you were, twisting your arms around trying to zip up the damn suit but way too stubborn to ask for help. Your competitive spirit making you feel like it need to be done on your own.
“GUARDIANS, EVERYONE OUTSIDE!” Peter’s voice called from across the corridor, ready to start the mission. Which made you even more annoyed since you were far from ready.
“YOU FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT” you silently cursed trying to get the damn zipper.
“So, you still go it?” Nebula’s voice made you jump again, reminding you of what you told her confidently earlier.
“Aren’t you supposed to be outside?”
“Well as I made my way there I heard your cries for help so I thought I’d come and save you” she said jockingly with a smug smirk on her face.
“You can get rid of the smile, I won’t tolerate any mockery.” You frowned at her.
She made her way to you but this time with what felt like was a more loving smile.
You turned you back to her and she pulled the zipper up, patting your shoulder as you had done earlier.
“All done”
“Thank you…” you said turning to face her. There was a brief silence.
“You know, you’re cute when you’re angry” She said with still a bit of irony in her voice;
“Hey, I’m not cut-..” you posed and a happy smile broke on your face at the compliment “Yeah I am cute… But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be scared!” You said regaining your serious expression and pointing your finger at her, which made a low laugh escape from her throat.
With both hands on your shoulders she spun you around to face the exit and gave you a slight push.
“Just keep walking” she ordered, still laughing, and you couldn’t stay mad when she did because those occasions were so rare and you felt special knowing you were pretty much the only one able to make her produce that lovely sound.