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[harshboldcharm]

 Wylie needed a break. He doesn't know what's gotten into him, but he's been writing and recording music simply because he can lately and it seems to be working out alright for him. He feels like at least there's something vaguely interesting coming from it, even if it's not the greatest shit he's ever written. 

Either way, the recording studio they have built into the house is boxed in and he gets bored, so he takes Van outside to run him around a bit. At the moment, he's chucking a stick as far as he can, letting Van sprint after it and bring it back to him.

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[halfbreedczarnian]

Jelani was out by the unlit fire pit, reclined back in a chair with her knees pulled up and a book in her lap. Just reading, with nothing but the normal outdoor sounds to keep her company. That is, before excited barks and Wylie's voice filled the air.

Funny, not long ago just sitting down to read a book in silence would have seemed boring as hell to her. But nowadays she had no problem differing between boring and simply peaceful. At least most of the time.

The dog came around the corner of the house and into view first, chasing a stick. A short moment later Wylie followed. She watched them fondly. Still together, still happy. Funny, how life changed.

[harshboldcharm]

There's a couple more passes of the stick with the dog and then Wylie spots Je. This time when Van brings him the stick, he hands it back to the dog and tells him to go give it to 'mom' and pushes him off towards Jelani, where he goes bounding over to her as though it's her turn to play.

[halfbreedczarnian]

Jelani smiled when she was spotted, and quickly after she had the dog bouncing her way with the stick in his jaws, eager to get her into the game as well. She had just about time to set her book down before her was by her feet and placing the stick in her lap.

"Hey there, ya mangy mutt," she grinned, rubbing one of his ears before taking the stick and throwing it, Van immediately running after it.

She waved for Wylie to come join her. "How goes the music?"

[harshboldcharm]

He is already walking over when Van gets to her and she throws it again. That is one happy dog. He gets all the fun stuff. Wylie's got it pretty good, too, admittedly.

"Good. That little studio is awesome," he smiles and leans in to kiss her head, "I was feeling claustrophobic though."

[halfbreedczarnian]

"Mmmh, I can see why." She doesn't much like the acoustic in his studio, the way the walls absorb the noise. It gets too quiet for her. She does like to listen to Wylie when he plays and sings, but she much rather drag him and a guitar out from that studio or even outdoors.

She stretches and yawns, then shifts to make room for him to sit as well. "You gonna play me some of the new stuff later?"

[harshboldcharm]

The silence in the booth is really strange and he understands why she wouldn't want to be in there. It's the same reason he's now out here trying to get some fresh air.

She scoots so he can sit with her and he wedges himself against her, resting his hand on her upper thigh. She's at least looking relaxed, which makes him relax. Not that he's not usually relaxed. That's pretty common for Wylie. Especially since things have been so normal for them for so long.

"Yeah, sure," he answers, brushing his thumb back and forth on her thigh, "You want to hear the recorded stuff or am I supposed to be playing for you?"

[halfbreedczarnian]

She bares her pearly whites in a wide grin. "Ya even need to ask?" Polished and recorded was one thing, having him actually play for her quite another.

Things have been quiet and, yes, normal. Just a long string of days without troubles. Some days she's surprised she's not climbing the walls or trying to crawl out of her skin. Perhaps she's needed this, to really rest and recover. She'll need to find something worthwhile to do sooner rather than later, but so far she's enjoying adding more peaceful days to the count, because if he ever feels restless she also remembers just how close she came to losing him. And so she enjoys the gifted time.

[harshboldcharm]

"Wow, bossy," he laughs and squeezes her thigh.

He forgets a lot of what happened. He tries to at least. It didn't feel real and she was not herself right after that. He wonders if she's further nurtured that gift, sometimes, but that's about as far as it goes. He knows it has to do with her mother, somehow, but he's not exactly on Jelani's parents list of people they care to talk about.

[halfbreedczarnian]

She hasn't tinkered further with her gift, not as such even though she knows it is still there. But after that day she feels connected to things in a way she never did before, and she knows that that is part of what had given her this peace of mind.

"Yes, bossy," she laughs. "And you like it."

And there comes Van again. Oooh, be it cuddle-tiems nao?

[harshboldcharm]

"I do," he says, leaning in to press a kiss against her mouth, "I've got a thing for hard-ass women. You're as hard-ass as they get," he teases, reaching to try and squeeze her ass if he can get a hold of it.

Van is on his way back and looking very happy about his people. Wylie looks down at the dopey dog and grins.

[halfbreedczarnian]

What follows is a period where Van tries to fit on the seat too, or even better yet on top of his humans. It all ends after a while with the dog settled on Wylie's feet with a heavy sigh.

Jelani just chuckles, leaning back. "Hey, Wylie?" She pauses for a moment. "Think we get to stay like this?"

[harshboldcharm]

He looks over at her when she asks that question. That's not exactly what he was thinking about hurt now. So, what's he think? Can they keep this up forever?

"Do you want it to?" He asks instead, "we can hide out here forever and ignore everyone ever. I think you'd get bored."

[halfbreedczarnian]

"Yeah, I'd get bored," she admits. "Gotta find something to do, I know that. Something that ain't bounty hunting." She hadn't been out on a bounty run in a very long time, and she wasn't in any way missing it. "But, I mean... You doing your music, me doing... whatever I find doing. Us keeping on living here with our stupid dog.... I wanna get to keep that."

[harshboldcharm]

"I think we can keep doing that then. We will be with each other and do what we want and can and..." He leans over and kisses her head. "We can make this work for us, I think. We can keep working away at this with our house and our stupid dog."

Wylie grins and looks down at Van at his feet, his hand on his girlfriends leg still. Hmm.

[halfbreedczarnian]

She peers over at him, small smile playing on her lips. "What? I see ya thinkin' there, Wylie Kerns."

[harshboldcharm]

He laughs and looks at her, raising an eyebrow when she uses his full name. "I don't know. You said I'm doing the music thing but I don't now exactly what I'm doing with it. Is kinda just a fun thing, I guess."

[halfbreedczarnian]

"Find someone to get it out to the masses?" She asks, nudging his leg with hers. "It'd be a damn shame if it all stayed our little private secret, dont'cha think?"

[harshboldcharm]

"Who is go a want to listen to that weird shit?" he laughs, knowing hes not the most talented person out there. Besides, what would he do if they didn't like it? God that's weird to think about.