#tj (thread)

Farah grabs for TJ's hand and she softens in the way she always does in her presence. Leave it to TJ to not even be able to relax while on vacation. She pushes any thoughts about sticking out from her mind as they make their way towards the bar, finding a perfect spot in the corner. "That makes two of us," TJ confirms before flagging down the bartender to order their drinks. "You ladies new in town?" Could be a completely innocent question, but reflexively TJ's hand winds around Farah's waist. "Just passing through actually. Enjoying the wildlife," TJ grins before ordering herself a beer. She could play nice after all.

"The night is still young, I make no promises," TJ teases as Jessie teases. The calmness that washes over TJ as Jessie's hand finds hers is almost more jarring than if she were a nervous wreck. Something about the two of them out like this just felt so natural. Like it was the logical next step for them and they were just catching up. "You don't look so bad either," TJ smirks letting her gaze fix upon the dress for another moment before a laugh falls from her lips. She shakes her head, "It's not too much. Promise. Not that I wouldn't have been happy with another greasy diner burger, it's nice to be a grown up for once," she teases as if they weren't both extremely active in their shared dangerous career. "I don't think we have. Even the last holiday party we came directly from shift so we were still in uniform," she laughs.

The last thing TJ expected from her day was to find a puppy sniffing around her car as she was leaving the gym.  The boxing gym was secluded there was no way he just wandered away from a nearby family looking for him.  There’s nothing she resisted more than having responsibilities forced upon her, but she couldn’t leave the tiny creature to fend for himself.  The nearby shelter was already closed, so she took him to the closest vet office.  It may not be how she expected her night to go but at least she got to shamelessly flirt with the vet tech who had been helping them.  The moment TJ got her to smile once she was done for.  

Her fingers drum across the exam table as the other explains her options.  The easiest of which was for TJ to walk away and have somebody from the shelter get him in the morning.  Except that didn’t sit right with her, she had grown fond of the dog over the past few hours.  He reminded her of the cattle dogs they used to have on the family ranch.  

“Well it’s not all daisies and roses,” TJ smirks sitting across the fire from Gemma.  They were the only two still awake.  Sleep wasn’t coming as easy for TJ these days.  While she could keep it from most of their crew, it always seemed to be Gemma who found her up and about at all hours of the night.  

[ PAINT ] while painting a room, sender starts a paint fight with receiver

[ STAYING ]  receiver is carrying sender to bed because they fell asleep somewhere else but when they start to walk away,  sender grabs their hand so receiver joins them in bed.

It was a nice night actually.  The first one they’ve had since the break up.  Staying away from each other wasn’t an option and at some point being around each other was just always a little too much.  Tonight the pair had a little too much to drink but still managed to keep things friendly.  When Autumn starting dozing off on the couch TJ took it upon herself to carry the other woman off to bed.  TJ turned out the light and thought they were going to walk away from each other unscathed until she felt Autumn’s hand.  Somebody would just walk away upset in the morning... but she couldn’t will herself to continue walking towards the door.