#bluejay!rhys

A/N: Peacock Jack x Bluejay Rhys requested by @madebynerdsfornerds. I hope you enjoy this! I’m having a lot of fun writing for Borderlands and its aus! ~Rue

Word Count: 1060

Jack had gotten bored around the office. He wanted something new. Sure, the high life of fancy looking men and women fawning over his colorful display was pretty sweet, but he wanted something different. The CEO wanted a challenge. He was tired of how easy it was to bed various people just because he was Handsome Freakin’ Jack and had the tail feather display of a god.  So when he saw a dash of blue that he’d never noticed around the office, he decided to give it a try.

Rhys was minding his own business. Henderson wanted coffee. Henderson wanted him to get paperwork done. Henderson needed those files. Henderson was going to make him crush his own skull with a computer monitor. Rhys had to keep reminding himself that this would all be worth it when he got that promotion. All of this torture would come to a head when he got to laugh in Vasquez’s stupid, pretentious face while he took a well deserved vacation on some faraway resort planet with Vaughn and Yvette. However, Rhys was quickly snapped out of his thoughts as a hand slapped itself down hard on his butt. The man let out a yelp, papers flying everywhere from his arms. Immediately the blue tailed man felt furious. He had just organized those papers dammit!

He was about to whip around, and start telling the person off, but the words died in his throat as soon as he got a good look at the man’s face. Oh. OH! That… That was the face from all of the posters in his office. Those were the feathers of every fanboy’s fantasy. The physique of someone that Rhys absolutely adored. “Ha-Ha-Handsome-” “Alright kiddo, let’s not have an aneurysm,” Jack laughed, hand still on Rhys’ ass. Oh he was about to make this little bluebird’s dream come true, “Spit it out kiddo, and tell me your name while you’re at it.”

Rhys had to take a moment to collect himself, and keep himself from passing out in front of his idol. “Y-You’re Handsome Jack. THE Handsome Jack!” Rhys finally spit out through nervous laughter, “Oh my god Handsome Jack…”

“Okay, okay, yes I’m Handsome Jack. Don’t…. Don’t come in your pants kid. That’d be real embarrassing and real awkward for both of us,” the peacock said. Okay, maybe he should’ve picked a different approach, “Now I believe I asked for your name bluebird.”

With his entire face turning red, and his brain going numb, “Oh yeah. Yeah! I’m Rhys.” The young man was mentally slapping himself. He was acting like a brainless idiot in front of Handsome Jack. His idol probably thought that he was a brainless idiot. It didn’t help that his nerves were getting the best of him and he couldn’t stop laughing. Eventually he recollected himself and came back to the reality of his situation. The blue jay looked back down at all of his paperwork, the paperwork Henderson asked him to collect, the paperwork he’d spent hours sorting, scattered all over the tiny office. Suddenly, his joy sunk to the bottom of his stomach. He started to bend over to pick up the paperwork. He wished the floor,  would swallow him up in this moment.

Meanwhile Jack was checking out the younger man’s ass. Blue feathers curled up in pretty little waves. It was clear Rhys really took care of his appearance and made sure that he pampered himself. He also wondered what those pretty blue feathers would look like scattered around his room and in his bed…. He’s pretty sure that’d be a wonderful thing to see, but he’d get to that eventually. The peacock had to remind himself that he didn’t want this to be easy. He wanted to work to have this little bluejay and show him a real good time.

Eventually Rhys stood back up and looked over the papers sadly. Hours of organizing all down the drain. Henderson was going to have his ass for sure! He turned around and was surprised that Jack was still standing there. He swallowed the lump of humiliation in his throat and dared to speak. “Can I help you sir?” His heart almost stopped as Jack looked into his eyes.

“Hm? Oh yeah, actually you can pumpkin,” Jack grinned, causing Rhys’ heartbeat to stutter, “Rhys right?”

Rhys nodded.

“Alright, so Rhys, I was wondering if you’d like to, I dunno, go out with me for a bit? I could buy you coffee and maybe take you out to dinner. You’re a handsome fella, and you look really cute when those tail feathers of yours are all ruffled.

Rhys couldn’t breath. Was Handsome Jack, THE Handsome Jack, asking him out on a date? Suddenly Rhys couldn’t form words again. He nodded rapidly, face reddening. Then he remembered Henderson and his heart fell. “Actually I love to, but I have so much work and-”

Jack started to laugh, “Pumpkin, blue bird. Are you forgetting who you’re talking to? I’m Handsome Freakin’ Jack! The best looking peacock on all of Hyperion! Consider your work day done. Just tell me who you work under and consider yourself free for the rest of the day.” Or for however long Jack wanted him.

Rhys couldn’t believe what he was hearing. He couldn’t let this opportunity slip away. “Henderson!” he blurted out, “I work under Henderson.”

The peacock’s nose wrinkled, “Ugh that asshole. Tell you what blue bird, this date goes well and I’ll make you my personal PA.  No way am I gonna continue to let someone who looks like you work under a creep like Henderson.”

Rhys had to be dreaming.

“Meet me on the platform in an hour, your work day is over,” Jack winked and started to walk away. His colorful tail feathers proudly on display as he left. Rhys couldn’t take his eyes off of him as he walked away.

“O-Okay,” he whispered. Rhys kept standing there when Jack was gone. When he finally came back to his senses, paperwork went flying everywhere. He took off down the office like no one’s business, small blue feathers trailing behind him. He had to tell Vaughn and Yvette. He was going on a date with Handsome Jack, and he’d gotten a better promotion than he’d ever dreamed of. The bluejay couldn’t have imagined a more perfect day.

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