tampered | Log; Ongoing; Closed

When; December 19th, Saturday
Rating; Maybe PG-13-ish
Characters;

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Summary; Sometimes the best solution to big problems is to leave the area for a bit and go camping.
Log;

Getting out of the City proper was a good idea, best idea someone could have suggested actually. Shalimar was grateful that Kirk actually didn't mind the outdoors, staying around a bunch of people would have really gotten to her right now. At least she'd gotten most of her anger and sadness out last night, that was something, even if her method had left her looking a bit beaten up. But that was one of the nice things about being around Kirk, he wouldn't make a big deal about her being slightly injured, which made it easier to relax a bit.

Not that her mind didn't wander to what had happened yesterday, it did. Even as they walked together looking for a good camping spot her mind was somewhere else, trying to suppress a bunch of different instincts and thoughts that were driving her nuts. So she walked in silence hoping that he'd say something to snap her attention away from the crap going on right now.

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"I think the most frustrating part is knowing how easy it'd make everything if I didn't fight it," she said, sighing.

"No, there's no reason here. People here aren't my kind and they don't need to know how to defend their lives. It'd be pointless."

"I admire you for how well you deal with it, Shalimar," he said. Kirk remembered just how difficult it had been to deal with the animal side when he had taken Shalimar's abilities.

"It's not something to be admired. It's what I have to do and I never would have been able to without Adam," she replied.

"I should have known better than to compliment her," Kirk thought, resisting the urge to roll his eyes or shake his head.

"I'm glad he was able to help you then," was all he said.

"He was," she said smiling weakly. It wasn't easy to talk much about Adam. "I miss him too. It's stupid. I shouldn't, he screwed us all over so bad. But Jess and I ...we put all our trust in him. You'd think I'd learn to not trust people."

"He also helped you a lot," he said, shaking his head. "It's hard to let go of that and forget that."

"I'm also really bad at letting go of people I've given my trust to. I tend to let them back in when I clearly shouldn't," she said, shrugging. "I should stick with giving someone once chance. They screw up too bad. Save me a lot of trouble with everyone."

"I like that you're not so jaded about it," Kirk said with another shrug of his shoulders. "I admire that."

"I didn't know I wasn't jaded about it," Shalimar said giving him a small grin. "I still build walls, I still protect myself from people, but I don't assume everyone's out to get me all the time. I've met some good people in my life. And some that...I just may never know what they were. Good, bad, or just using me."

"Well, I definitely use you at times," Kirk said, kissing along her neck. "But I hope you know I'm not just using you."

"As long as you're using me for something we can both enjoy I may allow it," she said, purring. "And I think I might enjoy when you do that. Who knows maybe I use you too."

"Mmm, I know you do," he said, biting down a bit on her neck. "Sometimes you use me to the point where I can't walk anymore. Not that I mind."

"I could be more gentle," she said, laughing. "Don't think I'm taking my clothes off out here."

"You are more gentle, sometimes," he said, holding her against him. "And come on, not even to sleep? We can share a sleeping bag for warmth."

"Only sometimes though, or else it wouldn't be any fun at all," she said, wrapping her arms around his neck. "Nope. I'd hate to have to try to heal from frostbite."

"Exactly," he said. "And you stay warmer if you're naked at together than if you're clothed and separate."

"I'm lucky you can take it when it's rough," she said, smirking. "That is some interesting logic there."

"I think we're both lucky," he replied, stealing a quick kiss. "And it's true, you share body heat more efficiently when you're naked."

"I know you are," she said, laughing. "That so? You tested it before?"

"Of course I've tested it before," he told her, chuckling. "It's cold and lonely in Iowa."

"I know. I spent some time there myself. It was one of my least favorite places that we spent time in," she said, smiling.

"Now imagine growing up there," he said, smiling at her. "Very lonely."

"We didn't stay there long. My...being what I am meant we moved around a lot," she said, shrugging. "But I imagine it was painful to grow up there. At least my childhood wasn't boring."

"It wasn't painful, actually," he said, shaking his head. "Painful would have been exciting, at least. It was uneventful, which is even worse."

"It couldn't have been that bad," she said, laughing. "What'd you do for fun? In your spare time?"

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