Van’s voice sounded like that of a child.

Shane: Come here tough guy.

Shane pulled Van down so that his head was resting in her lap. He brought his legs up on the couch and let the tears continue to fall until they caused a pool in Alice’s sweat pants that Shane had tossed on. Shane began to run her fingers through his hair as she laid her broken wrist on his body.

Van: You do know if anyone hears about this…

Shane: They’d never believe me man.

Van laughed and snuggled in closer to Shane as he felt himself falling into a comfortable silence. The morning light began to ease its way into the living room, letting them know that everything was safe for the time being. They’d made it though another night and would start the next with the nightmares looming in the back of their minds.

Van: Shane?

Shane: Yeah Van?

They both smiled realizing they were quickly falling into their own habits from when they were two different people.

Van: Did you forget?

Shane: Never

She ran her had along his jawline and smiled at his familiar features.

Shane: Long ago, when there were more gods then you could count. When men lived by loyalty and honor and there was more land than one could ever travel, the gods sent two souls to earth to be born in the belly of a wolf. They rose one night under the full moon and grew to be great warriors, raised by the wolf king…

Shane held a finger to her mouth when she saw Alice returning with a pillow and a blanket and pointed to Van. who had already fallen asleep in her lap. Alice covered him with the blanket and pulled of his boots and brought his legs up onto the couch. She walked over to Shane and from behind the couch and wrapped her arms around her and kissed her on the cheek. Shane brought her left hand up and behind her to stroke the back of Alice’s head.

Alice: He gonna be okay baby?

Shane: Yeah…he’s gonna be just fine now.

Shane slowly eased up from under Van and placed the pillow under his head. She collected their beers and brought them to the kitchen where Alice wrapped her arms around her from behind as she poured out the rest of the beer and rinsed out the three bottles. She leaned back into Alice for a moment and turned to give her a gentle kiss on the lips. Alice ran her hand gently along her cheek and took her hand and led her to the bedroom where they quickly climbed into bed and wrapped themselves into a position that was quickly becoming second nature. Shane drapped her giant caste over Alice’s body and brought her other arm beneath her to hold her tight until they had to get up and face the rest of the world.