"Tell me about it," she grumbles, gesturing broadly at the whole mess. "I can't actually see where I need to put the light. Gotta feel my way around."
She bends over the headlight assembly again and fumbles around with a scowl. It's not a hard job but it is fucking annoying, and it's kind of embarrassing to struggle with something simple in front of Rocket who is an actual goddamn genius at any kind of fiddly mechanical bullshit.
"Not paid. I bring the car back no worse than I took it, and she doesn't rat me out to the cops when I help myself. That's the deal."
Harley aaaaaalmost gets the right connection, misses but a millimeter, and huffs with frustration when she has to start over again.
"So I'm doing this because she's a good friend and the car means a lot to her. Belonged to her mom, I think?" She rubs grubby knuckles across her forehead. "Something like that."
Part of why Rocket is so good at what he does is the fact that he can fit in tighter spaces. But don't call him small that'll just tick him off. He is also very smart when it comes to this sort of thing, having a long history of taking things apart and sometimes putting them back together. Sometimes.
And when it comes to Harley this is a judgement free zone, though that doesn't mean he wont give her shit for it.
"What a sob story and a half." He sneers, but with the little story he'll actually be more careful. Still really wants to drive it though. Can you tell? He shifts so that he can lean in to where she needs to reach able to squeeze right to the end of his arms and grab the edge of the housing keeping it steady while she guides where it needs to go. Little hands make like work or something like that.
"So what you're sayin' is that we can take her out for a spin when we're done. Provided we don't wreck her." That is so not what that means
"Thanks, babe." Harley leans against him as she gets the new light in place and kisses the air by his ear. She wipes her hands on her shorts, leaving greasy hand prints on her butt. "Welp, that's it, unless you just wanna fuck around in there while I get cleaned up."
She tips her head to give him a smile. "And then if you ain't busy we can drive it around until I drop it off for her tonight. She's singing at a club. Could catch the show."
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She bends over the headlight assembly again and fumbles around with a scowl. It's not a hard job but it is fucking annoying, and it's kind of embarrassing to struggle with something simple in front of Rocket who is an actual goddamn genius at any kind of fiddly mechanical bullshit.
"Not paid. I bring the car back no worse than I took it, and she doesn't rat me out to the cops when I help myself. That's the deal."
Harley aaaaaalmost gets the right connection, misses but a millimeter, and huffs with frustration when she has to start over again.
"So I'm doing this because she's a good friend and the car means a lot to her. Belonged to her mom, I think?" She rubs grubby knuckles across her forehead. "Something like that."
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And when it comes to Harley this is a judgement free zone, though that doesn't mean he wont give her shit for it.
"What a sob story and a half." He sneers, but with the little story he'll actually be more careful. Still really wants to drive it though. Can you tell? He shifts so that he can lean in to where she needs to reach able to squeeze right to the end of his arms and grab the edge of the housing keeping it steady while she guides where it needs to go. Little hands make like work or something like that.
"So what you're sayin' is that we can take her out for a spin when we're done. Provided we don't wreck her." That is so not what that means
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She tips her head to give him a smile. "And then if you ain't busy we can drive it around until I drop it off for her tonight. She's singing at a club. Could catch the show."