Walk a Lonesome Road by Ann Somerville

Author:Ann Somerville
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: M/M Paranormal, Source: Smashwords, Mpreg, _ Nightstand
Publisher: Ann Somerville
Published: 2011-06-16T00:00:00+00:00

Walk A Lonesome Road: 14

In the end Dek doesn’t return to the fireside, but instead goes back to the tent because he’s really not feeling so good, and if it stops Ren worrying, he figures a day’s halt won’t make that much difference. He’s not happy about it but he’s not in a position to force it, and fighting with Ren over it will just make them both feel lousy. He dozes off, his sleep troubled by bad dreams. He wakes to find Ren sitting at his feet, one hand on his ankle. He tries to move and grunts as his shoulder protests. “You stay there,” Ren says. “You want another painkiller?”

Dek shakes his head a little. “Save them for something serious,” he says, and Ren laughs.

“You’re a hard arse, Dek, you really are.”

Ren leans back and rubs at his lower spine, his expression pained. “You all right?” Dek asks.

“Yeah. Just...glad to have a rest. Been busy, and my stamina’s not what it used to be. I’ve cut more wood, boiled water, cut forage for the animals, and checked that snare of yours....”

“Don’t you go into that wood again!” Dek snaps. Ren raises his eyebrows. “What if you get hurt?”

“How am I going to get food if I don’t set traps and go collecting? I found some edible fungi—they’ll be lunch.”

“Too dangerous. Don’t do it—we can manage until I’m fit.”

“We’re talking a while there, Dek. Probably not until we get to the lowland. I’m being careful—you already know I can use the gun,” he adds with a wry twist to his mouth. “I don’t see we’ve got much choice.”

Dek grits his teeth. Ren’s probably right, but he hates it. No point in going on about it though. “You need to take it easy.”

Ren smiles. “The most unnecessary advice in the world. Now, do you want anything?”

A time machine, Dek thinks, so he can avoid being pushed over a cliff by a rampaging carnivore. “No.”

“Then get some sleep, it’s good for you. I’ll be in and out to check on you.” And then Ren sits with him until Dek falls asleep again.

That’s how the rest of that day goes—Dek dozes off, and more often than not, he wakes to find Ren sitting there, watching him, always with one hand on him, on his arm or his leg. By the evening, Dek realises this isn’t for his benefit as much as it is for Ren—Ren needs the contact, the reassurance that Dek’s still alive. Dek allows it gladly as it makes him feel like he’s doing something, and Ren seems to get a comfort from it. It’s oddly comforting to Dek too, and he wonders exactly when he stopped minding Ren’s intrusions on his personal space so much.

By the next day, he’s feeling better and raring to go. Ren won’t hear of it. “Forty-eight hours minimum,” he insists, arms folded and his jaw set in a way Dek’s learned means no giving in.

“I can sit on Jesti. It’s not like I’ll be walking.

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