Simply Put

By Strutter

Fandom: Dead Like Me

Pairing: Mason/Rube

Rating: PG

Summary: After bringing the drugged-up Mason home, Rube finds himself in a 'compromising position.' We visit the morning after, where Rube is considering his new lover.

Note: Tossed this off for Peja's 5 minute challenge...the key word: trust. Totally off the top of my head and utterly unbeta'd, so any ickiness is my fault entirely. Feedback if you so desire...sing my praises, tell me how bad I suck, speak your mind...just don't insult my mother. *grin*

Simply Put
By Strutter
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I don't trust a lot of people. I've learned that when you trust, you get let down. I can't trust anybody...not Peanut, not Roxy, not even Betty.

But Mason? Yeah...he's the only one I CAN trust.

It's not that hard to understand, really...I can count on him to let me down. I can rely on him to be a total disappointment. Sometimes by being untrustworthy, he can, in fact, be trusted far more than anyone.

But that isn't why I trust him.

Simply put? I trust Mason 'cause he may be a good-for-nothing, but he does his job. He gets it done no matter what...he's never tried to beat the system like Georgia. He knows what's expected of him and comes through.

He's also honest, schnook he may be...he's utterly open about being a con man, an unsavory character. He never hides the fact that he'll rip you off without a thought, he doesn't pretend to feel bad. He's absolutely shameless in his lust, too...but I'm the only one that's ever seen that. He's pursued me relentlessly, and this morning I finally gave in as he crawled into my bed.

Maybe it was the drugs, maybe it was finally being alone together. I don't know what did it, but as he slipped under the sheets, curling against my back and whispering his thanks like a lost little boy, something in me gave. As he touched me, enticed me to touch back, I truly felt it for the first time since I lived or died. As I trusted him with my body, I realized that I trusted him with everything.

Now as I look at his sleeping face, I realize of all the people I have ever known, he's the only one to ever get that far within me. I trust him and him alone. He's consistent, the one constant in my life. Mason is Mason...always has been, always will be.

He might betray it, but he's got my trust...maybe even my heart. I don't know yet.

I trust him because he is what he is, and he's content with it.

Simple.

END