Garage - Afternoon

[need_no_moon]

The garage had been somewhat dusty when Jake had taken his present down to it, but he'd freed up a corner in the garage and had gotten a tarp down for him to work on. Getting the motorbike's frame together had gone pretty smoothly and the bike stood happily on its center stand as Jake worked on getting the engine together. There was a lot of

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[walkswithcoyote]

Mercy was wandering around looking for garage/mechanic like places, because, hello, budding mechanic here. "Oh, that's amazing!"

[need_no_moon]

The footsteps had been different enough not to be Caroline and Jake glanced up as Mercy entered the garage. "I am pretty amazing," he agreed, grinning at her.

[walkswithcoyote]

Mercy laughed. "Yeah, yeah, whatever, you're amazing. But that bike. Wow."

[need_no_moon]

"Nice, huh?" Jake was beaming widely and giving the bike an affectionate look. "A Triumph 1958. Caroline got it for me. Can you believe that? It's kind of insane and awesome at the same time."

[walkswithcoyote]

"Wow, yeah," Mercy said, walking around it to get a good look. "She's something else. Caroline and the bike, I mean."

[need_no_moon]

"I kind of freaked at first," he admitted. "Cause it's an expensive gift, but she means it and god, they're both hard to say no to."

Sorry, Mercy, he was just going to gush now.

[walkswithcoyote]

If somebody gave her a gift like that, she'd be gushing too.

"You're a lucky guy, Jake," she said with a smile. "Not only is your girlfriend really nice, she's got great taste."

[need_no_moon]

"I am," he agreed instantly. "She called in the cavalry to help her pick, but it's pretty amazing either way. I can't wait to get this baby fixed up and take her for a spin."

[walkswithcoyote]

"Nothing wrong with calling in the cavalry," Mercy said. "Smart even."

She finished her walk around of the motorcycle and smiled up at him. "I know a lot more about cars than bikes, but this is an amazing one, Jake."

[need_no_moon]

Jake nodded. "Cars are more of my usual mojo, but I've fixed up bikes before so I'll manage. It's nice having someone to work on again, I haven't since I've gotten here." And somehow that just made the gift even more awesome.

[walkswithcoyote]

"Yeah, I used to help out in the shop back -" She stopped herself. She had to stop thinking of it as home since it never would be again. "Back in Aspen Creek. Charles got me started after I crashed Bran's Porsche into a tree."

Stole it then drove it in an ice storm into a tree, but hey, details, right?

[need_no_moon]

"Ouch," Jake said sympathetically. "Instantly picked the Porsche to crash, huh? I didn't know you liked cars."

[walkswithcoyote]

"It was kind of a dare," Mercy admitted. "Stupid of me, but then I do have a tendency to do that sort of thing. And yeah, I do. German cars especially. I know it's weird, but I have a real fondness for Volkswagons. And Porsches of course. The 911 wide body is my dream car."

[need_no_moon]

"Nothing wrong with Volkswagen," Jake assured her. "I've got a Rabbit myself. Took a while before I got it fixed up, but it's a good car."

[walkswithcoyote]

"Rabbits are cool," Mercy agreed. "Most cars with animal names are pretty bad, but it's one of the exceptions."

She paused for a moment.

"We seem to have a weird amount of things in common."

[need_no_moon]

Jake laughed and scratched the back of his neck. "I guess. Maybe we're the shifter stereotype."