BONUS TAGS, BECAUSE FUCK YEAH TAGS: [Mutual Orgasm], somewhat [Tsundere], [Lovable Rogue], [Slow Burn] [Collab]

Teagan MacDougall was in a jam. What was meant to be a routine smuggling run from outer systems to Rochester Base had turned into a boondoggle worthy of the Commonwealth Navy. He’d lost his ship, and almost his life at the hands of his captor, the ruthless bounty hunter Catherine Markova. Hell, she now holds the cargo he was meant to deliver. Teagan wasn’t unfamiliar with the repeated visits from bounty hunters, but for someone to stump out the cash for someone like Markova, was concerning. Teagan had been in worse spots, but he had a hunch that this was anything but ordinary. His fears were confirmed when Outcast Corsairs attack and board their ship, and Markova has to decide whether or not to trust her life to some slightly cranky smuggler or not. Turns out that when under fire, people can make some rash decisions. Although in this case, it works out for Markova, as Teagan is a pretty decent shot, and several dead pirates later, and they’ve successfully repelled all boarders.

Markova is conflicted. This smug, wisecracking scoundrel just saved her life. He deserves at least something, but she’s still got a job to do. Teagan has an alternate solution. If Markova hands him over, he’s dead. If he fights Markova now, they’re both likely to die. So Teagan’s solution is simple: He at least wants to spend the last moments of his life having at least a little bit of fun, and that bit of fun is standing right in front of him, and she’s held his heart for more than just his time in her cell.

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I'M BACK, BABY!

Well, technically I never left, but I've been busy with a certain project. It may have something to do with this script.

This has been written for the Lovebug24 event that's running over on GWA, and it was a chance to fully embrace a format that I've been toying with for some time now: The collab radio play. There may be a way to adapt this to either an M4F or an F4M, but I'll leave that for another enterprising writer, as this idea came about thanks to the lovely u/Destiny_Blade1, as she came to me with an offer I simply couldn't refuse. I don't exactly want to spoil the surprise, but the two of us just couldn't find a script that both of us could really vibe with, so why not just write one?

I also recognised that for this script, I wasn't going to be able to rely on my usual "IMPROV HERE BECAUSE I DUNNO HOW TO DO THE SEXY WORDS" thing that I'd become accustomed to, and I had to step up my game. I'm rather happy with how it turned out - especially after getting some invaluable feedback from u/sabuADT and u/SunnyScripts - both of your feedback was amazing and really helped refine the concept!

Anyway. I'm on the verge of my mind wandering into another postcode, so without further ado:

IT BEGINS: Love in the Time of Blaster Rifles.

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HANG ON JUST A MINUTE!

THERE'S A FILL ALREADY?

Well, yeah, because I'm in it!

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