teaching a dog to paint // a merle & frankie origin story in the ifap universe
teaching a dog to paint a merle/frankie origin story in the in for a penny, in for a pound universe
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Part 5: finding a forever home
Today, though… today was the day it really and truly started. They were gonna unpack as much as they could, arrange furniture, designate rooms for specific purposes. And then they’d probably take a shower together. Order a pizza and split a bottle of wine. Fuck until they collapsed into a sweaty heap atop the king-sized bed that was now their bed. God, he couldn’t wait to wake up next to her every day from here on out. He backed out of the long driveway that led up to the Greenes’ farmhouse and began driving down the road, slow at first before he could reach the highway and really pick up speed. He was already reaching over to switch on the radio when he spotted a curious sight at the edge of the large front yard, near the road: a girl. Oh, shit—a Greene girl. Not the older, bitchy one. The baby. All blonde hair and suntanned skin, sitting with her back against a tree and her knees pulled up to her chest, dressed in shorts and a tanktop. And was she… crying? Merle slowed the truck and pulled up close, stopping to roll down his window all the way. He placed his arm on the edge of the window and craned his head out. “Hey, blondie!” She sniffled, raising her puffy, red-rimmed eyes to look at him. “Y’alright?” She hurriedly wiped at her face, embarrassed. Then she nodded. “Y-yeah. I’m fine.” She probably expected him to keep driving—and he expected it, too—but there was somethin’ pitiful about the way she looked that made him stop and linger. She was still babyfaced, skinny as all get out, and he couldn’t really tell whether she was 14 or 24. He reckoned it was closer to the former since he knew her older sister had just barely become legal within the last five years or so. How far apart in age were they, anyway? Oh, hell. Not like it mattered. She was jailbait regardless, as far as he was concerned.
