More than Survival: A Post-apocalyptic Love Story by Camryn Lynn

Author:Camryn Lynn [Lynn, Camryn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-01-08T00:00:00+00:00

warmed up what little bit of stew was left and took the bowls out to the living room so we could eat in front of the fire. Sawyer was silent, but relaxed, so I took the opportunity to get to know him better.

“So what did you do before?”

He stopped eating and a smile curled up his lips. “Wow. It’s been a long time since I thought about before. Let’s see…” His mouth scrunched up and he gently tapped his spoon on the side of his bowl. “I had just started college, but I still undeclared. To be honest, I wasn’t sure who I wanted to be when I grew up. Or maybe it was just that I didn’t want to grow up.” I laughed and he chuckled, then shook his head.

“So at eighteen you must have had a girlfriend or two…” I stirred my stew around, digging for a potato. They were my favorite, and I needed something to focus on so I didn’t have to look him in the eye.

“I did,” he said, drawing the words out.

“How many?” I cringed when the words were out. There was no way to make that question casual.

“Lucy, are you asking how many women I’ve had sex with?”

I nodded, then sank down in my chair.

“I think that’s a discussion for another day,” he said, but he didn’t sound mad. I looked up to find him smiling. “Let’s just get through the book first, okay?”

“Okay.”

I went back to my stew and even though I was embarrassed, the light mood stayed. Sawyer asked me about living with Seamus and what we’d done the last eleven years, acting impressed by pretty much everything I told him. Growing vegetables, canning them, making soap, catching the rabbits.

He dug in his bowl and fished out a piece of meat, then popped it into his mouth. “So this is rabbit stew?”

“Yeah, but not one of ours. I went hunting before the weather got too bad and killed one.”

His eyebrows shot up, getting lost under the dark hair that hung over his forehead. “You went hunting?” I nodded. “With a bow?” I nodded again, and he smiled. “And you shot a rabbit?” When I nodded the third time, his smile grew so big that I swear it lit the cabin up.

“Seamus likes to hunt, so sometimes we get other meat. But he’s always been afraid to leave me for too long.”

“He sounds like a very smart man.”

“He is. I’m lucky he was so prepared, but more than that I’m happy he cared about me enough to share all this knowledge. I know he may have dropped the ball on the sex stuff, but otherwise he’s worked really hard to prepare me for the world.”

Sawyer nodded thoughtfully. “I guess it’s probably pretty difficult being a single dad to girl.”

I let out a little laugh, remembering how Seamus had stumbled all over himself when I’d had my first menstrual cycle. “For an average man it would be difficult, for Seamus it was pretty much his worst nightmare.

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