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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[puppywithatutu]

A whole week off of classes meant Caroline was seriously regretting giving Jake that bike when he seemed to really enjoy spending all of his free time with it. So obviously, when she was feeling a little on the bored side of things, she wandered downstairs and leaned in the doorway.

Silence reigned for a moment until she sighed.

[need_no_moon]

Jake tried not to laugh, his attention on the pieces in front of him. He knew how this was going to work. "I heard you come down, babe."

[puppywithatutu]

Oh right, because ignoring her was totally the best way to reply. "So? I heard you playing with metal parts. And still, here I am."

[need_no_moon]

"Uh huh. My girlfriend got me this awesome bike," he told her, putting the pieces down before he turned his attention to her.

[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."