well..... that was weird.... 

((in reference to Sassy's M!a, it kinda makes sense...: 

Eastern coyotes differ from their western counterparts with a larger average size and various color phases, including blonde, red and black. Past interbreeding between wolves and coyotes may be responsible for the larger size and color variations in our eastern coyote. In New Jersey, adult coyotes range in weight from 20-50 lbs. and exceptionally large ones may be up to 55 lbs. 

It might've been months. He wasn't sure, so much recent time was jumbled in his memory. Only the past month was clear. He had patches of lucidity from before, he knew they'd talked soon after he'd come here but he couldn't recall what they'd said. Almost everything since thanksgiving was like a canvas painted with emotions but not details. 

Emotions like wanting her, missing her, craving her like a drug.

He pushed down some of the darker aspects of that desire, breathing in deep and seeking his center the way he'd been practicing. He wanted more than just emotions. And, as much as he loved the sensation of being pressed closely to her, he wanted more than just... that as well.

Smiling he pulled back, leaning over her to kiss her cheek before pushing up off the narrow bunk they'd stumbled onto at some point in the night. Enyeto's bed was still made up from the morning before. He wondered where his roommate had slept, if he had.

No matter.

Reaching up in a stretch he padded over to the window and peered through the blinds at the woods beyond. Shadows were shorter than he normal saw when he woke. Well past dawn then. Giving a rueful smile he shook his head and turned back to the bed, kneeling on the floor beside it and smiling at his beloved as she slept, breathing in past the tightness in his chest and out to let go of the fear and pain.

She was here now. Yesterday and tomorrow could take care of themselves. Today, she was here.

........... coffee.....

*closing the door behind her and turning on the machine in the kitchen, she pulled out her cell and looked at the black screen*

take it, take another little piece of my heart now baby...

-kicks a stray rock out of the way as his boots crunch on the fall leaves-

-travels up her sidewalk on autopilot, blinking and looking up when he's face to face with her door-

ooh.... heh.