Outside Of Life [WayHaught]

The Wall

The wall didn't look so big from the watchtower. Waverly smiled to herself; maybe Champ wasn't too bad after all.

"It's cool, right?"

Waverly turned around to see Champ, gun in hand, grinning at her. She smiled back and nodded. "I suppose so. It's not the prettiest thing I've ever seen though. Maybe we could all drawn something on it, y'know? Make it into a nice part of the city rather than reminding us what's out there."

Champ laughed and put his hand on her shoulder, something she was only half-surprised about. "That's a great idea," he said, leaning in closer from behind. "But I think you're probably the prettiest thing in this city."

Waverly took a sharp breath and looked at her wrist. There wasn't a watch there. "Dammit," she muttered to herself.

"What is it?"

"Uh, I said I'd meet Wynonna as soon as the Outsiders came back."

"Oh, right. I'll see you later at Shorty's though, yeah?"

Waverly half-smiled and waved him goodbye as she climbed down the rungs of the ladder, two at a time. Champ was a nice guy, sure, but he seemed to be everywhere she went and working in the bar wasn't helping.

At the bottom of the watchtower, a couple of the guards nodded to her as she made her way over to Outsider headquarters where Wynonna would be waiting for her. In all fairness, she hadn't actually lied to Champ, but she still felt bad for finding an excuse to get away from him.

At the main gate to the headquarters building, there were four guards. Three of them Waverly didn't recognise but that wasn't unusual with a high death rate outside the walls. The Corporal though, she did recognise.

"Hey, Perry!"

The Corporal nodded at her, letting his gun slide out of his hands so he could hug her. "How've you been? You waiting for Wynonna again?"

"Oh, you know; same as usual. I always wait for Wynonna, Per, I like to know she's home safe. You know that."

"Yeah, I know. Do you ever think about what you could do though?"

Waverly raised an eyebrow at the Corporal, not quite sure what to make of his comment.

"Wait, that didn't come out right. What I mean is, don't you get bored of working at Shorty's? You could do so much more, Waverly."

"Awh, thanks Per," she said, leaving him a peck on the cheek as she went into the building. "I'll be sure to think about that later when I'm throwing you out the bar for being too loud!"

The Corporal felt himself begin to blush as he adjusted his gun and stared into the distance, hoping that no-one would notice his reddening cheeks in the evening sun.