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[victory_laps]

[shakes her head, she didn't mean to imply that - though, maybe she did]

Quit over-thinking it. You and me... we're something all right.

Yeah, she's only recently figured out how to do it. It's just a long process.

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What are we, exactly? Just so I don't have to over-think anything.

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Exactly? I don't think there is an exactly to us.

[have a pause -- and a bit of dialog to boot]

Raylan, sometimes... I look at you and I never want to see you again.

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As long as there's an us, maybe there doesn't have to be an exactly.

[Pauses to listen, pauses longer. It stings but he can't say he's never felt the same way.]

There was a time I did my damndest to make sure that's exactly what happened. It's still an option, if that's what you really want. You can go back to Gary and pretend like none of this ever happened. 'Sat what you want?

[He'd do it, if she said yes. But it's clear that's not what he wants her to say, underneath the surface.]

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[she'll keep quiet for a bit, shaking her head]

Right now -- I'm not really sure what I want.

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[He closes the distance between them a bit;]

That makes one of us.

--

[Well, hello, Marshal Givens...]

Raylan, you can't make it that simple.

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[Not backing down just yet]

Why not?

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Because, we've never had anything be simple between us. We can't just start now.

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[victory_laps]

A free hand slipped out from where it had rested comfortably, as her other stayed laced to his. Her fingertips moved to brush to his cheek, a light touch that just settled her thoughts a bit. Watching him, she looked to see what he was looking at. The way his eyes met to hers, that restful moment that they shared. He saw something in her, something that only he knew - that only he could trace down in her eyes.

After a moment, she leaned in closer to him, a soft kiss brushing to his lips. Barely a hint of contact, but enough to make her smile. She settled against the pillow beside him, her fingers brushing to his hair for a moment before she let it rest to her hip lightly. Content to just watch him until her eyes wouldn't stay open any longer.

[iwasjustified]

Raylan smiled, the expression spreading slowly across his features as she touched him, stroked his hair. He slid his hand over her neck gently, touching his forehead to hers. It was a gesture of familiarity he hadn't shared in a long time, and he slid his eyes closed, content to just hold her until the sun came up.

[victory_laps]

Her eyes shut, just enjoying the closeness and the comforting contact resting to the back of her neck. Her hand grew lighter, more relaxed as she started to drift to sleep beside him.

This content moment, this perfect quiet, she'd missed it so much and even if she was only to have it for this one night, she wasn't going to forget.