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Title: “...quit if he had to...” - 3
Author: [livejournal.com profile] morrobay1990
Genre: post canon
Warning:
Word count: 350
Disclaimer: Jack & Ennis are AP's
♥ Jack

Ennis went back to ranch work, hired on here and there, not getting much ahead but glad enough to be around stock again, free to drop things, quit if he had to, and go into the mountains at short notice.















He had five hours to drive...even though it was in the same state, he had to go around the mountains to get to the Salt River Range...and Jack had the usual fourteen-fifteen hours.

Shit, how the hell did he do it, and why didn't Ennis ever think about that before? Would he drive to Texas...?

Jack said he was leaving pretty soon, after they got off the phone said he'd throw some stuff together and be on the road.

Ennis had more time to get ready and figured this time...for once...he would show up with something besides a fishing rod and a hard-on.

He'd use the last of his paycheck to get some venison (Jack loved venison and Ennis knew a great place to get it, though he never indulged in it for himself) and maybe some better whiskey than he usually brought...he'd noticed the last few trips, Jack had brought Jack Daniels and shunned the Old Rose, so he'd contribute a bottle of that so Jack would have some good stuff to drink.

He didn't know where to get good pot, so hoped Jack would bring some of that again...he loved fucking Jack when they were both high...and Jack high on pot? He got randier than ever, if that was possible.

Goddamn it, he couldn't wait...

Shit, it was times like this...when he was getting ready to see him, or driving to the meeting point, or trying to think how to make it better...times like this that messed him up the most...

Why couldn't he live without seeing him, talking to him, touching him

Why couldn't they see each other more often

Why couldn't they figure out a way to...goddammit! that's Jack talkin...well, maybe

Why did he need him so much

Why couldn't he live without feeling Jack's arms around him, Jack's body under him...or over him...Jack

He'd already wasted enough time...

Fuck the damn state troopers...he put his foot to the floor, the speedometer shot up, and he switched on the new thing he'd spent part of his last three paychecks on...a radar detector...fuck, he was gonna get there and he was gonna get there fast.

Date: 2011-05-29 09:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] yummyje.livejournal.com
So glad you've continued this. Nice to delve into Ennis true feelings - despite his protestations and denials; realizing Jack is his soul, his kindred spirit - even if those three little words can't pass his lips...

Date: 2011-05-29 11:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] heathyluv.livejournal.com
Loving this.

determination

Date: 2011-05-30 01:22 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] joetheone.livejournal.com
To be with the one you care and love and the one who makes you life whole nothing will stand in your way for the few short moments of joy. Then why don't you find a way Ennis to make it more then a few short moments and a lifetime of moments everyday to be this determined for just a few hours of joy maybe you can find a way to be this way all the time. Joe

Quit if he had to

Date: 2011-05-30 01:55 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kathan12.livejournal.com
I teared up at this. This is how they both feel and it's so sad. I hope Ennis doesn't drive so fast...or Jack.
Loving this.

kathy

Date: 2011-05-30 04:00 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sjmarv.livejournal.com
Like the direction you're heading!

Susan

Date: 2011-05-30 05:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eandj.livejournal.com
I hope he lets himself think about it some more
I always had the feeling Ennis was so shut-down he never even allowed himself to dream of or hope for a life with Jack
Paula

Date: 2011-05-30 06:21 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] soulan.livejournal.com
That's the perfect image up there for this chapter. Then I looked at the music and cracked up imagining Ennis playing Michael Jackson in his truck while racing to see Jack!

Date: 2011-05-30 06:45 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tizi17.livejournal.com
this gives me so much hope.. and i know there's no place for it..
but again, thanks to you wonderful writing people, we can dream and wish and hope...
thanks!

Date: 2011-05-30 03:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mazaher.livejournal.com
"well, maybe".
=D

Date: 2012-07-02 10:45 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] blackbird-y.livejournal.com
Ohh Ennis...will he be able to figure out the Why?

And this

He didn't know where to get good pot, so hoped Jack would bring some of that again...he loved fucking Jack when they were both high...and Jack high on pot? He got randier than ever, if that was possible.

The mental image is almost too much... *and.breathe*

Nev
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