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“So let’s uh… get ourselves situated”

I pulled s, and settled my ski pants aroundtears from hip to ankle, courtesy of whatever rocks she’d happened to skid across during all the craziness But those rips and tears had sure coht

“D—Did you want your jacket back?” she asked, fixing herself

“Nah”

She smiled uneasily “Good”

Eventually ere face to face again, for the first ti at each other uncertainly

“Listen uh… Shane?”

“Yes?”

“I’ six different shades of red “I mean, I don’t usually…”

I watched her squir her off the hook “Fuck the hell out of so an avalanche?”

She looked shocked by ratefully “That”

“Me neither,” I smiled back “Usually I wait until we’re rescued, then screw them in the hospital bed” Her mouth opened and closed silently, so I winked at her “Much more comfortable”

She grinned, and somehow it lit up her whole face Even in our dim little cave

“You really think we’ll end up in hospital beds?” Morgan asked

“Screwing?” I asked hopefully