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"ꜰɪʀsᴛ ɴᴀᴍᴇs ᴀʀᴇ sᴛᴜᴘɪᴅ" ᴠᴀsǫᴜᴇᴢ. ([personal profile] vaqueros) wrote in [community profile] cowbabes2020-03-22 08:55 pm
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[personal profile] peacemakers 2020-07-12 06:19 am (UTC)(link)
[ At that bit of commentary, Faraday almost immediately lifts his head and starts snarling and barking, having apparently forgotten that Vasquez can't actually understand him. In another moment, it might've been a rant filled with the sort of curses that would blight an entire field.

Silly, how quickly that short time with Butch has apparently spoiled him. ]
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[personal profile] peacemakers 2020-07-12 06:52 am (UTC)(link)
[ He snorts out a breath once he realizes how utterly lost that tirade was on Vasquez – though the tone of it is less chagrined and more conclusive, as if he means to tell the other man, "I said what I said." ]
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[personal profile] peacemakers 2020-07-12 07:08 am (UTC)(link)
[ It's funny, Faraday might think in a better moment, that the only reason he's so used to this bit of contact is because Vasquez offered it when Faraday was out of his mind with pain and desperately latched onto any small bit of comfort he could.

It took weeks for him to get to this point, where he could simply exist without regretting it, which means he's had weeks to grow accustomed to Vasquez's presence and his touch – enough so that the absence of either would be truly out of the ordinary.

Vasquez's question earns a quick, decisive nod, and Faraday jerks his head a little toward the mouth of the cave, though given that his gaze is aimed upward, he seems to be indicating the sky.

Not tonight, he's trying to say. Tomorrow night.

During the full moon. ]
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[personal profile] peacemakers 2020-07-12 07:14 am (UTC)(link)
[ And Faraday immediately shoots Vasquez a look.

The wolf form doesn't allow Faraday to be quite as expressive as he is during the daylight hours.

Even so, Faraday still somehow manages to convey what he's thinking:

Are you goddamn insane?

Following closer is the exact last thing Vasquez ought to do. Bad enough there's one feral wolf trying to eat him; contending with two is suicidal. ]
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[personal profile] peacemakers 2020-07-12 07:22 am (UTC)(link)
[ Faraday pauses for a breath to consider this bit of information, then he lets out a low grunt in place of one of his usual agreeing hums.

That's an astoundingly fair point, Faraday wants to say. ]
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[personal profile] peacemakers 2020-07-12 07:29 am (UTC)(link)
[ He lets out a huff in place of a laugh, though he butts his head against Vasquez's hand.

This, in place of a proper thank you. It seems the least he owes Vasquez for hauling Butch off him. ]


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[personal profile] peacemakers 2020-07-13 05:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He moves without a thought, head tilting upward to let Vasquez scratch at his chin.

At the question, though, he lets out a low, unhappy grunt. Vasquez surely means to ask after the chunk Butch tried to take out of his leg, but Faraday has always been a little touchy about his bad leg. It hasn't been the same since Rose Creek. He doubts it ever will be again. ]
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[personal profile] peacemakers 2020-07-13 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Faraday grumbles out another displeased noise, but he reluctantly pulls away from Vasquez's attentions to nose at the injury on his leg.

The wound still looks ugly, with his fur matted around the worst of it, but the bleeding has stopped. It still throbs, too. Faraday heals quicker than most, admittedly, but much like the aftermath of Vasquez and the wolf's fights during the full moon, he'll probably be sporting this wound for a few days, at least. ]
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[personal profile] peacemakers 2020-07-14 03:26 am (UTC)(link)
[ He lets out a quiet snort, casting Vasquez a flat look.

Do I have a choice? ]
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[personal profile] peacemakers 2020-07-14 03:37 am (UTC)(link)
[ He lets out a low agreeing rumble, head tipping a little to one side.

That's something, at least.

Not much of something, considering Vasquez will almost certainly be contending with wolves tomorrow night; but maybe with Faraday's wolf already suffering from his old wounds, and with Butch's wolf dealing with the gouges in his back, it won't be so bad.

Maybe. Not very likely, though. But maybe.

He cranes his head around again, biting at a large burr still clinging to his side. He spits it out to the cave floor, and the rumble he lets out this time is far more disgruntled.

Stupid things. ]
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[personal profile] peacemakers 2020-07-14 03:50 am (UTC)(link)
[ He turns to look at his sides, then noses at the side closest to Vasquez. His other side bears a decent number of the infernal things, though, and he sets to work on that while still growling quietly – a noise that's meant to stand in place of his usual grumbling. ]
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[personal profile] peacemakers 2020-07-15 04:03 am (UTC)(link)
[ Faraday keeps picking the burrs out of his coat, dropping them into a little pile beside his bedroll.

It's a good distraction from the what-ifs of tomorrow. He's worried, admittedly. After four full moons, Faraday had started to tentatively think that maybe they had gotten the hang of this – but Butch's arrival is a new complication in an already complicated mess.

At least Vasquez won't feel the need to be as judicious with his use of silver, as far as Butch is concerned. It's a huge advantage.

He pauses in his work at Vasquez's question before offering a slow nod of confirmation. ]

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