If Dl-6 Never Happened And Edgeworth Became A Defense Attorney As He Wanted Its Likely Gumshoe Would

if dl-6 never happened and edgeworth became a defense attorney as he wanted its likely gumshoe would consider him him a rival so… rivals to lovers…?

Omgggg rivals to lovers gumworth would be absolutely mwah *chef's kiss*

You know how Gumshoe accidentally spills information to Wright? It'd be a thousand times worse with Edgeworth.

Gumshoe just can't seem to stop sharing private information with Edgeworth, he doesn't mean to, really! But it just keeps happening!

Next time they're at a crime scene and Edgeworth approaches Gumshoe he can't even get a word out before Gumshoe is pointing a finger in his face and rambling on about how he's gotta stay away from him, that he won't give him any more information just cus he's got a pretty face and that he might as well just leave because there's no way he's gonna tell him about the prime suspects fingerprints being found all over the murder weapon! Oh, wait- oops. He just did.

Gumshoe storms off thinking like "I really put my foot down this time!" All proud of himself, completely oblivious to the fact that he not only revealed a crucial piece of information to Edgeworth but also his huge crush on him.

Edgeworth completely glosses over the bit about the prime suspect and instead focuses on the fact Gumshoe thinks he's got a pretty face. Of course Edgeworth's Weird Girl™ (Kay) encourages him to use his "charm" on Gumshoe to get more information but he would never even begin to consider doing such a thing, he wouldn't want Gumshoe to get in any more trouble than he already is.

But if he decides to use his newfound "charm" on Gumshoe to ask him out on a date, well, that's his own business.