Hercules is silent for a good long while, letting Raleigh stew. It's kind of a dick move on his part, too, but he's too angry to care.
"I don't need you to like me, Ranger," he starts eventually, his voice dangerously quiet. "I don't need your approval, or your friendship. You can think whatever you want about me, lord knows everyone else does." He's not foolish enough to believe that everyone in the 'dome is ecstatic for him and Mako; he knows there are more than a few people who think this is weird and kind of gross and think he's taking advantage of her in one way or another.
"But I will not have you making life harder for Miss Mori. She's terrified and is trying her best to keep it together in the face of a life-changing accident, and having you sabotage our attempts to adapt and make the best of this by throwing temper tantrums like a spoiled child and shouting her secrets for the whole 'dome to hear is not helping." He's utterly still, his arms still crossed over his chest, the lines of his face hard and unrelenting. It's possible he's not over the fact that Raleigh knew about all of this before he did, that Raleigh will always know about Mako's secrets before he will, if he ever knows about them at all.
He'll probably never be over it.
"You may be her copilot, but I'm going to be her husband, and if you can't accept that with any modicum of grace then you need to find yourself a new job."
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"I don't need you to like me, Ranger," he starts eventually, his voice dangerously quiet. "I don't need your approval, or your friendship. You can think whatever you want about me, lord knows everyone else does." He's not foolish enough to believe that everyone in the 'dome is ecstatic for him and Mako; he knows there are more than a few people who think this is weird and kind of gross and think he's taking advantage of her in one way or another.
"But I will not have you making life harder for Miss Mori. She's terrified and is trying her best to keep it together in the face of a life-changing accident, and having you sabotage our attempts to adapt and make the best of this by throwing temper tantrums like a spoiled child and shouting her secrets for the whole 'dome to hear is not helping." He's utterly still, his arms still crossed over his chest, the lines of his face hard and unrelenting. It's possible he's not over the fact that Raleigh knew about all of this before he did, that Raleigh will always know about Mako's secrets before he will, if he ever knows about them at all.
He'll probably never be over it.
"You may be her copilot, but I'm going to be her husband, and if you can't accept that with any modicum of grace then you need to find yourself a new job."