Partners
pairing: javier peña x steve murphy (narcos)
genre: modern AU, coworkers-to-lovers, smut, comedy, undercover-as-a-couple
rating: explicit (smut ahoy). if you would like to know specific content tags before reading, scroll to the end.
note: this is a modern-day AU set in southern california featuring a made-up drug cartel (The SoCal Seven). been working on this forever and finally managed to finish it!
The first time Steve saw Javi kiss a man, he was absolutely gobsmacked.
Sure, he’d seen him kiss female informants before—and overheard him do far more when he was wearing a wire. Hell, the whole office knew he slept with hookers for information. But always women. At least, Steve assumed they were always women.
But from the way Javi kissed this guy, it sure as hell didn’t seem like his first time doing it.
The informant slipped a piece of paper in Javi’s pocket before pulling away from the kiss. Javi gave the guy’s ass a firm squeeze in appreciation before the mystery man slipped back in to the dive-bar-slash-brothel-slash-drug-distribution-center—one that was on the SoCal Seven’s payroll.
Steve startled when Javi turned around to face the jeep. He felt like he had just been caught staring—but Steve’s job was to be the damn lookout in this operation, so he was supposed to be watching. Steve made the pointed decision to stare at the steering wheel until he heard Javi rap at the window.
“Got it,” Javi said with a grin, flashing the scrap of paper.
Back on the road, Steve sat stock-still behind the wheel.
“Awfully quiet there, Murphy,” Javi remarked, drinking a beer that had been rolling around in the backseat for god knows how long.
“Who’s quiet? I’m not quiet. Shut up, Javi,” Steve spluttered.
“Wouldn’t have anything to do with me kissing a man back there, would it?” Javi said.
“Well, I just—you’ve never—” Steve coughed. “Done that before.”
“You know full well I’ve done more than kiss informants, Murphy.”
“Not male ones,” Steve said.
“Ahhh, I see,” Javi replied, “remind me what century it is again? The 21st? Pretty sure I can suck a dick if I want.”
Steve reeled, swinging his head to stare wide-eyed at his partner. Oh fuck, partner, that was a gay word, right?