[for joe]

[damnfinecup]

It was more of a private celebration than they might've had any other time, and in some ways not really a celebration at all, but Dale had some pork chops on the barbecue and some cold drinks out on the porch and at least it was something. At least it was some time alone together to acknowledge the results of the election and possibly begin to try to get things back to normal again.

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[dale-cooper-fbi.livejournal.com]

"I probably would do just that, Joe," said Dale. "At least, some of your more colorful expressions."

[jdick.livejournal.com]

"Oh, fuck that. You realize if you had precious babies to raise, you'd be raising them with me and my colourful expressions," Joe pointed out with a snort of laughter. "So you'd just have to learn to deal with it."

[dale-cooper-fbi.livejournal.com]

"I think this might be a battle that I would win, Joe," insisted Dale, fairly confident in his position. "You'd take one look at those kids and do anything I asked."

[jdick.livejournal.com]

For a moment Joe's mouth tightened, but he was trying not to grin and he shook his head. "Fuck you. This is what I get for you knowing me so damn well, isn't it? You win."

[dale-cooper-fbi.livejournal.com]

"I do like it when you say that, Joe, I really do," said Dale. "Would you like some more meat?"

[jdick.livejournal.com]

"I'm always happy to receive more of your meat, Dale," Joe answered, his mouth twitching into a wide grin as he lifted his eyebrows and did his best impression of innocence.

[dale-cooper-fbi.livejournal.com]

Somehow Dale should have seen that one coming, knowing Joe, but it caught him by surprise. "Yes, I'll bet that you do," he said. "And in the meantime, would you like another pork chop?"

[jdick.livejournal.com]

"You really gotta specify when you ask these things," Joe informed him, grinning as he accepted the second pork chop. "All over the island, people are gonna think you're offering them your meat."

[dale-cooper-fbi.livejournal.com]

"No, I think that's just you, Joe," said Dale. "Everyone else knows I say exactly what I mean."

[jdick.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, well, everyone else is no fun," Joe decided, still grinning over at Dale. "Kinda nice, eh? Everything's settled down, nothing's trying to fucking kill us for once."

[dale-cooper-fbi.livejournal.com]

"I prefer it when nothing's trying to kill us," said Dale. Especially when that thing had his own face. "I'd like to think it'll last a little while this time. I think we deserve a nice and easy time on the Council." If such a thing was even possible.

[jdick.livejournal.com]

"You think that's really gonna happen?" Joe asked, looking amused as he lifted his eyebrows. "Not gonna happen, especially now that you said that, man."

[dale-cooper-fbi.livejournal.com]

"I don't think my saying it influenced the island's plans one way or the other," said Dale. "The island will do what the island will do."

[jdick.livejournal.com]

"Now you're just tempting fate left, right and fucking centre," Joe said, shaking his head in amusement. "We're screwed. There's gonna be dinosaurs coming out of our fucking ears. Maybe even literally."

[dale-cooper-fbi.livejournal.com]

"And there would have been whether I said anything or not," said Dale. "The island can't listen to every one of us. We'd have constant mayhem if it did."

[jdick.livejournal.com]

"I'm hoping the dinosaurs don't actually come out our fucking ears," Joe decided, relaxing back in his chair as he gave a soft sigh.

[dale-cooper-fbi.livejournal.com]

"I think the dinosaurs are going to stay where they're meant to stay, for now at least," said Dale, finally finishing eating. "After all, the island's already pulled that one."

[jdick.livejournal.com]

"You done?" Joe asked, grinning over at Dale, deciding that he was done talking about dinosaurs. "I'm thinking maybe we should go inside. Do some reading or something."

[dale-cooper-fbi.livejournal.com]

"Reading or something," Dale echoed him, doing a bit of cursory cleaning up. "That always sounds like a good idea to me."

[jdick.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, that's what you always say," Joe agreed with a laugh, helping him clean up a bit before he hooked his fingers in the belt of Dale's pants and tried to drag him back toward the hut.