Cayenne 4, Mocha 16, & CCM 27
Author: Casey
Story: Nothing is Ever Easy (NIEE) universe, during NIEE
Challenge: Cayenne 4 (below the belt), Mocha 16 (nudge, nudge, wink, wink), CCM 27 (dangerous)
Toppings & Extras: None
Word Count: 725
Rating: G
Summary: Jay makes a mistake and takes the mocking with good grace.
Notes: This is ultra typical of my characters and the way they get away from me at times! Just a fun snippet. Only one more Cayenne!
Jay sat with his bow across his lap, back to the dying fire, as he stared out into the night. It was fully dark out, but Jay knew he had a few hours before he had to wake up Jez to take her shift. It didn’t really matter to him. He didn’t expect any trouble. They were out in the middle of the wilderness, and the chance of the Three’s men stumbling upon them was slim to none in his opinion.
Drowsy, he caught his eyelids trying to drift closed on him twice before something caught his attention and he sat bolt upright, staring hard into the darkness. There it was, something in the flash of the remaining firelight. Jay’s grip on the bow tightened and, as the eyes continued to reflect back at him, a whole cluster of them, he kicked Beau, who was sleeping closest to him, awake.
“What?” Beau said, obviously grumpy at being woken but with it enough to keep his voice down.
“There are eyes,” Jay hissed.
Beau sat up slowly, taking in the eyes before grabbing a torch sitting nearby and jamming it into the flames. A moment later, it caught light and he held it up, waving it in that direction as the eyes shied back.
There was a pause as both men took in the source of the eyes and then Beau burst into laughter.
“Jay, it’s a family of rabbits. You know, little bunny rabbit? Next time, wake me up only if you’re sure it’s large and dangerous, okay?”
“I bet it had fangs,” Jay muttered.
“Sure, Jay, fangs,” Beau said, patting him on the shoulder. “I’m going back to sleep. Wake Jez up when it’s her turn.”
When Jay went to eventually wake Jez, he answered her query of ‘did anything happen?’ with “Nope, nothing at all, why do you ask?”
Beau, when they got up the next morning, felt no such need to hide Jay’s dangerous encounter with a family of bunnies. He told it with what Jay thought was quite a bit of embellishment and Jay was not horribly amused, although, being Jay, he bounced back quickly and got into the spirit of the teasing.
“Jay, if you say...”
“I know you are, but what am I?” Jay sang yet again, bouncing along at Jess’s side.
This time, Beau turned on him. “Okay, that’s enough out of you.”
“I know you are, but what am I?” Jay tried again, grinning winningly.
“You know what I’m going to do to you?”
“Umm, no?” Jay said, shooting a glare at the three girls as they giggled. He paused, reading Beau’s expression. “Punch me for being an idiot?” He quickly began backing up as Beau approached.
“Oh, no, I’m going to do worse. Much worse.”
“Worse?” Jay squeaked, continuing to back away.
“Uh, Jay?” Jez tried between giggles but the two ignored her.
“Much, much worse.”
“Worse than punching?” Jay said, recovering slightly, catching some amusement in Beau’s expression. “Is there such a thing?”
“I would think that you of all people could think of worse.”
“Well, yes, but...”
“Jay!” Jez was a little more insistent this time, but he took another step back and went flailing into space, crashing to the ground in a stream a second later.
Beau crouched at the end of the embankment and grinned down at him. “Feeling sheepish yet?”
“No,” Jay said obstinately, getting up and shaking himself off with ill grace. Then he paused. “Well, if I had the capability to feel sheepish, falling off a bank into a sluggish yet decently deep stream might just maybe possibly make me feel a tiny almost miniscule bit of sheepishness. But only maybe!” he added, shaking an arm at them, since all four were laughing, not even bothering to try and act serious.
Jess took pity on him and came over, slipping carefully down the embankment to the rocky shore of the stream. “C’mon, I’ll boost you up,” she said, still snickering as she helped him up so he wouldn’t just create a muddy mess of the bank. “You’re lucky you went back enough,” she pointed out in amusement.
Jay glared at her, but Beau nodded, straightening. “Better water than rocky sand.”
He absorbed that. “You could possibly maybe at some point be somewhat right about that,” Jay finally admitted. “Maybe.”
Story: Nothing is Ever Easy (NIEE) universe, during NIEE
Challenge: Cayenne 4 (below the belt), Mocha 16 (nudge, nudge, wink, wink), CCM 27 (dangerous)
Toppings & Extras: None
Word Count: 725
Rating: G
Summary: Jay makes a mistake and takes the mocking with good grace.
Notes: This is ultra typical of my characters and the way they get away from me at times! Just a fun snippet. Only one more Cayenne!
Jay sat with his bow across his lap, back to the dying fire, as he stared out into the night. It was fully dark out, but Jay knew he had a few hours before he had to wake up Jez to take her shift. It didn’t really matter to him. He didn’t expect any trouble. They were out in the middle of the wilderness, and the chance of the Three’s men stumbling upon them was slim to none in his opinion.
Drowsy, he caught his eyelids trying to drift closed on him twice before something caught his attention and he sat bolt upright, staring hard into the darkness. There it was, something in the flash of the remaining firelight. Jay’s grip on the bow tightened and, as the eyes continued to reflect back at him, a whole cluster of them, he kicked Beau, who was sleeping closest to him, awake.
“What?” Beau said, obviously grumpy at being woken but with it enough to keep his voice down.
“There are eyes,” Jay hissed.
Beau sat up slowly, taking in the eyes before grabbing a torch sitting nearby and jamming it into the flames. A moment later, it caught light and he held it up, waving it in that direction as the eyes shied back.
There was a pause as both men took in the source of the eyes and then Beau burst into laughter.
“Jay, it’s a family of rabbits. You know, little bunny rabbit? Next time, wake me up only if you’re sure it’s large and dangerous, okay?”
“I bet it had fangs,” Jay muttered.
“Sure, Jay, fangs,” Beau said, patting him on the shoulder. “I’m going back to sleep. Wake Jez up when it’s her turn.”
When Jay went to eventually wake Jez, he answered her query of ‘did anything happen?’ with “Nope, nothing at all, why do you ask?”
Beau, when they got up the next morning, felt no such need to hide Jay’s dangerous encounter with a family of bunnies. He told it with what Jay thought was quite a bit of embellishment and Jay was not horribly amused, although, being Jay, he bounced back quickly and got into the spirit of the teasing.
“Jay, if you say...”
“I know you are, but what am I?” Jay sang yet again, bouncing along at Jess’s side.
This time, Beau turned on him. “Okay, that’s enough out of you.”
“I know you are, but what am I?” Jay tried again, grinning winningly.
“You know what I’m going to do to you?”
“Umm, no?” Jay said, shooting a glare at the three girls as they giggled. He paused, reading Beau’s expression. “Punch me for being an idiot?” He quickly began backing up as Beau approached.
“Oh, no, I’m going to do worse. Much worse.”
“Worse?” Jay squeaked, continuing to back away.
“Uh, Jay?” Jez tried between giggles but the two ignored her.
“Much, much worse.”
“Worse than punching?” Jay said, recovering slightly, catching some amusement in Beau’s expression. “Is there such a thing?”
“I would think that you of all people could think of worse.”
“Well, yes, but...”
“Jay!” Jez was a little more insistent this time, but he took another step back and went flailing into space, crashing to the ground in a stream a second later.
Beau crouched at the end of the embankment and grinned down at him. “Feeling sheepish yet?”
“No,” Jay said obstinately, getting up and shaking himself off with ill grace. Then he paused. “Well, if I had the capability to feel sheepish, falling off a bank into a sluggish yet decently deep stream might just maybe possibly make me feel a tiny almost miniscule bit of sheepishness. But only maybe!” he added, shaking an arm at them, since all four were laughing, not even bothering to try and act serious.
Jess took pity on him and came over, slipping carefully down the embankment to the rocky shore of the stream. “C’mon, I’ll boost you up,” she said, still snickering as she helped him up so he wouldn’t just create a muddy mess of the bank. “You’re lucky you went back enough,” she pointed out in amusement.
Jay glared at her, but Beau nodded, straightening. “Better water than rocky sand.”
He absorbed that. “You could possibly maybe at some point be somewhat right about that,” Jay finally admitted. “Maybe.”