The Phoenix Bluff Bed and Breakfast, Port aux Basques (aka Sal's Place)

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Leeroy was sleeping soundly for what might be the first time since arriving on the island.

It was entirely possible that the prospect of six weeks' worth of no work as Sal re-assumed captain's role upon the Lukey (which meant that the trawler was undergoing a fresh round of repairs and a complete refitting, most of which would be done by Sal herself) was relieving much of the stress that he had been feeling lately.

Or maybe it was due to what happened the afternoon immediately following Jeimu's launch - when what he had come to know (although perhaps not as intimately as some of his friend) as the very presence of God had touched his brothers, instilling in them a sense of forgiveness.

All things told, he had lately felt a lot less responsible for everyone's well being. Or, rather, almost everyone.

He still wasn't entirely sure where things stood between he and Sam - she had her line of work and he was constantly worried about her - but, nonetheless, the two of them were spending an awful lot of their free time together.

She'd said she was leaving Port aux Basques early in the morning; and so it was his intent to wake up to see her off.

But for now, he slept.

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[i_salted_dean]

Sam opened the door to Leeroy's bedroom and watched him for a moment, then called his name softly a couple of times. Failing to get a response, she stepped inside and closed the door a little loudly.

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He snuffled a little in his sleep, then rolled over away from the offending noise and went right on sleeping.

It's a soldier thing.

[i_salted_dean]

She cocked her head, wondering how to wake him up without startling him and waking up the whole house, then projected his name into his mind a few times.

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He frowned slightly and sat up, eyes open as he focused on Sam.

"H'lo," he said, still sleepy-sounding...

... and then flopped right back down, almost instantly asleep again.

[i_salted_dean]

Sam quirked an eyebrow, then shook her head and took a running leap, landing in the middle of his back in a flying butt-bust.

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That woke him up.

"What?" He rolled over, almost knocking Sam to the ground. "Gee, can't ye let me sleep a l'il bit, b'y?"

[i_salted_dean]

"Aren't you coming with me?" She caught herself and wound up kneeling next to the bed. "I know I didn't ask, but I just thought...."

-Thought too much?- she wondered.

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"Now that depends," Leeroy yawned, rubbing sleep from his eyes. "Where we goin' again? An' can I eat breakfast 'fore we goes?"

[i_salted_dean]

"I'm going home." She leaned an arm on the edge of the bed. "But I think Vic's downstairs getting the coffee urn going for Jav."

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He raised an eyebrow.

"Now, d'ye mean fer good, or..."

[i_salted_dean]

"I don't know," said Sam softly. "I want to come back and visit. But with the way my life is...." She shrugged slightly, her dark eyes troubled as she thought of the dreams she'd been having lately.

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Leeroy frowned. "If ye thinks that goin' home and stayin' there will help, then maybe that's where ye should go."

Then a previously unheard-of thought comes to his mind. "And maybe I should come with ye," he said carefully.

[i_salted_dean]

"Well I thought...." She stopped and looked up at him. "You mean, to stay?"

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"If ye wants me to," he says.

[i_salted_dean]

Sam swallowed, her mind going over the ramifacations of it and the dreams of the future she'd had, a lot of which had contained him or a feeling of his being there.

"I think you're supposed to," she said softly, blushing slightly.

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Leeroy smiled.

"And what makes you say that?"

Although he'd been thinking it for a long time. There had been a point when he was at ease with living on the island and having a life here.

But all of that was before her

[i_salted_dean]

"You're always in my dreams." Her voice was nearly too low to hear, and the fact that she was looking down at the floor didn't help.

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"Maybe dreams ain't enough," he says, his tone of voice matching hers as he reached for her hand.

[i_salted_dean]

Her fingers closed around his and she lay her cheek against them, blushing even harder.

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He watches her blush and is mildly amused.

"Ye still haven't told me if ye'd like me to come with ye," he said with a grin.

[i_salted_dean]

-More than anything,- her mind whispered softly before she'd had time to even look at the thought. It was just as well, because she was having trouble putting a reply into words.

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"Then let's go," he said, shifting himself so that he was very close to her. "Bear in mind that I'll have t' say goodbye an' all that."

[i_salted_dean]

Sam opened her eyes and blinked slightly when she saw how close his face was to hers. -Oh @#$%&. When did I fall in love? This... changes things. How can I be alone with with him on the road, even if he sleeps in a room and I sleep in the car?- wondered one part of her.

-Love,- sang her heart softly.

She swallowed, then turned her head and kissed his fingers where they grasped hers.

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"I guess now's as good a time as ever to just out and say it to ye," he said, smiling widely.

[i_salted_dean]

"Tell me?" She looked up.