#foxther

"Ah, to finally hold your hand and truly feel the security you bring to those you love, if not the entire Lylat System."

"come now, i see no reason why we can't have a civilized discussion, as gentlemen."

fox swears he hates being called that, and yet...

“You’re way too into flowers,” Fox said, “What’s the reasoning?”

Panther twiddled with the stem of the rose he held in-between his fingers and chuckled. “Does everything have to have an exact reason or backstory as to why?”

“Don’t see why it doesn’t have to,” Fox crossed his arms and leaned against the railing. Panther chortled. Fox wasn’t very appreciative of his amusement.

“Since you’re so curious, I suppose I might as well explain. My grandmother used to be a florist and her favorite flowers were roses,” Panther stared intently at the flower in his hand. “My mother was a mob boss but she always made sure we still helped her out when we could,”

“You were close with her,” Fox’s attitude had dropped entirely, his face solemn.

“I was,” Panther gently tugged on a petal, just enough to keep it from coming off.

“What happened to her?” Fox asked, feeling guilt set in his stomach out of fear of the worst possible answer. Maybe he shouldn’t have prodded so much about this.

“She died peacefully in her sleep from old age. She lived a long and healthy life. Not everything that has meaning has to have a tragic story behind it. I simply wish to carry a part of my grandmother with me always, and it just so happens she and I shared an interest in flowers, especially roses,” Panther’s smile was always so genuine it usually made Fox annoyed, but now all it did was make him smile softly in return.

“Maybe I do go overboard with it,” Panther looked off into the mountains of Corneria. “But it’s never because I mean to.”

“Of course not! I just...” Fox sighed, “I’m sorry for being an ass, there’s no reason why I get so annoyed with you,”

“You were just basically telling me everything has to have a reason. So I normally annoy you, why?”

“Okay, I meant there’s no plausible reason for me to be annoyed with you. But I just find it hard to believe a genuinely nice person can work with Star Wolf as a full time job,” Fox gestured to the landing platform where his Arwing and Panther’s Wolfen were.

“I see... well I used to think something similar about Falco. I couldn’t understamd why such a jackass of a bird could be on the renowned Star Fox team and then I remembered even if someone is “good” they can still be an ass,” Panther said.

“And if someone can be “bad” they can still be nice...” Fox murmured. “Well... I guess Star Wolf isn’t really for the “bad guys” anymore like it used to be,”

“I’ll admit, my knowledge on what Star Wolf exactly did while they were working for Andross is limited, so I can’t say for sure or not whether they used to be, as you said, the “bad guys,” but I know for certain they, we, aren't the bad guys now.”

Fox nodded. Panther was right. Star Fox and Star Wolf had continued to work together on occasion following the Aparoid Invasion and were able to be much more civil with each other.

“Besides, I can’t annoy you too much, why else would you call me to meet you and we spend time together?” Panther said, “You’ve been doing that quite a bit lately,”

“You don’t have to actually say yes whenever I ask you, y’know.” Fox’s ear twitched. “But yeah, you’re not that bad,”

Panther grinned and laughed, “Good, because I’d hate to find out you’ve only come to dislike me more every time we speak,” He turned back towards the mountains. His dark fur almost had a dark blue hue to it from the moonlight, with his eyes a bright yellow that seemed to glow in the dark.

i'm gonna take both of these since i'm supposed to compare them and say who's more likely to do what! @majoracats​ 

...admit their feelings: james and vixy… it is canon NEFIOFWEI 

...go out on fancy dates: I actually see vixy and james more willing, fox doesn’t like fancy stuff, makes him feel stuffy, so him and panther would probably do smth else

...wear matching outfits to events: fox and panther 100%

...travel the world together: fox and panther but only bc they’re... able to :’)

...move in together: james and vixy most likely moved in together before or after they got married so sjfbsdjfi but i’d say panther moving in with fox is very possible

...have tickle fights: panther is extremely ticklish, so fox and panther

...give each other sappy nicknames: james and vixy… but also panther is very sappy with fox and fox just :) lol ily too babe

...cuddle with each other at night: panther and fox and fox is big spoon