Title: "Summer Rain"
Author: Pirate Turner
Rating: G
Summary: Family duties must take precedence over all else.
Warnings: Slightly Het
Challenge: Anneack's M7M Challenge for the week of 12-1-09 to write a 100-word drabble with the words "summer", "hot", and "desert"
Disclaimer: Ezra Standish and The Magnificent Seven are © & TM CBS, The Mirisch Group, MGM, and Trilogy Entertainment, not the author, and are used without permission. Everything else is © & TM the author. The author makes absolutely no profit off of this work of fan fiction, and no copyright infringement is intended.

He watched her dance in the badly needed Summer rain and longed to join her, but his friends had yet to return from the desert. Fearing that they were lost, hot, and dying from thirst, Ezra strapped plenty of canteens onto his horse before mounting. Tipping his hat to the fair Inez, the gambler took off from the saloon. He looked up as he was flanked on either side, and his gold tooth gleamed in the setting sun. "We will find them." His companions nodded, and together, they set off, determined to find their missing and return them to safety.

The End