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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.

--

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

--

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.

--

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.]

--

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

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

--

[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.

--

[Not backing down just yet]

Why not?

--

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

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[iwasjustified]

If he kept up the banter, she'd find a way to talk herself out of it. And god help him, he both loves and hates things being the way they are; it's simple, but it's not. All he knows is that despite all the shit that's happened, he still wants her. A certain sort of possessiveness never left him when it comes to Winona, and every time he's near her his mind wanders to pulling her close, kissing her, claiming her body. Maybe it's pheromones.

Whatever the case, he regards her for a long moment, then leans in to close the remaining gap between them, tilting his head to angle for a kiss.