"...quit if he had to..."
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morrobay1990Title: “...quit if he had to...”
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morrobay1990
Genre: post canon
Warning:
Word count: 313
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.
But he couldn't always quit.
That last phone call from Jack...shit, he wanted to go, always wanted to go...why couldn't Jack understand that sometimes he just couldn't?
Even though Alma was married, he still had the child support and this month was even worse 'cause Jenny had to go to the emergency room for her asthma...poor kid suffered with it something awful...and doctors don't come cheap. Alma asked him to help out, pay half the bill...what was he supposed to do?
Sorry, Alma, I can't work no overtime to help pay for my kid's doctor, I gotta quit my job and go to the mountains so me and Jack can fuck.
He couldn't tell Jack all his problems, sound like he was asking for sympathy...or worse, money...so he put it on the foreman, told Jack the guy said he would put out the word that he wasn't worth hiring, wasn't dependable...goddamn it, he just couldn't quit like he used to.
But that phone call kind of bothered him, Jack sounded so...hopeless, or desperate or something.
Sometimes he wondered...didn't like to let his mind go there, but sometimes he wondered if Jack ever...if he would do something with another guy. He asked him once and Jack said no, but that was a long time ago, maybe he...maybe Lureen wasn't enough...he wondered if Jack ever did to Lureen what he used to do to Alma.
They sure were different, him and Jack. Ennis didn't know what to make of it half the time...sometimes Jack made him feel like he wasn't doing enough, like he wasn't there enough...and that goddamn cow and calf operation he kept bringing up...sure, it would be perfect...except for the part about getting beat to death.
And he wondered what it must be like to live like Jack lived...good job, regular hours, good money, nice house...even Lureen sounded like she was pretty good, for a wife.
Ennis did the best he could, got away as much as he could...shit, he wanted it, too...why couldn't Jack understand?
Well, he'd make it up to him next trip, it was only a month away.
Author:
morrobay1990Genre: post canon
Warning:
Word count: 313
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.
But he couldn't always quit.
That last phone call from Jack...shit, he wanted to go, always wanted to go...why couldn't Jack understand that sometimes he just couldn't?
Even though Alma was married, he still had the child support and this month was even worse 'cause Jenny had to go to the emergency room for her asthma...poor kid suffered with it something awful...and doctors don't come cheap. Alma asked him to help out, pay half the bill...what was he supposed to do?
Sorry, Alma, I can't work no overtime to help pay for my kid's doctor, I gotta quit my job and go to the mountains so me and Jack can fuck.
He couldn't tell Jack all his problems, sound like he was asking for sympathy...or worse, money...so he put it on the foreman, told Jack the guy said he would put out the word that he wasn't worth hiring, wasn't dependable...goddamn it, he just couldn't quit like he used to.
But that phone call kind of bothered him, Jack sounded so...hopeless, or desperate or something.
Sometimes he wondered...didn't like to let his mind go there, but sometimes he wondered if Jack ever...if he would do something with another guy. He asked him once and Jack said no, but that was a long time ago, maybe he...maybe Lureen wasn't enough...he wondered if Jack ever did to Lureen what he used to do to Alma.
They sure were different, him and Jack. Ennis didn't know what to make of it half the time...sometimes Jack made him feel like he wasn't doing enough, like he wasn't there enough...and that goddamn cow and calf operation he kept bringing up...sure, it would be perfect...except for the part about getting beat to death.
And he wondered what it must be like to live like Jack lived...good job, regular hours, good money, nice house...even Lureen sounded like she was pretty good, for a wife.
Ennis did the best he could, got away as much as he could...shit, he wanted it, too...why couldn't Jack understand?
Well, he'd make it up to him next trip, it was only a month away.
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Date: 2011-05-28 07:03 pm (UTC)that's great - thanks
yes that's the main problem here- lack of communication.
If they only would talk, they could probably work something out or at least understand each other better.
Paula
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Date: 2011-05-28 07:08 pm (UTC)I'm so glad you're following along with this one...
I found, telling the story from Jack's POV, I was having an extremely difficult time justifying why he shouldn't tell Ennis to fuck off, and just run off with Michael...EDM has some damn hold on him (and I guess on us, too - except for Zhouhua00!)
thanks for all your comments