A/N: Dialogue-only snippets. :)


1.

"Rayna."

"What?"

"You're falling asleep."

"I'm not."

"You're going to miss everything."

"No, I'm awake. I'm awake."

"I know people tend to think it's a sad movie but it's not. It's the uplifting tale of the unconditional love between a boy and his dog."

"Do you watch it every year?"

"It's sort of a ritual."

"Won't your girlfriend mind that you're spending your birthday watching it with me instead of her?"

"What girlfriend?"

"Sam... Bee... something. Vince said you were together."

"Not anymore."

"Oh, I'm sorry."

"No, you're not."

"No, I'm not."

"Ray?"

"Yeah?"

"You can sleep if you want."

"No, but I'm just going to lay my head here if that's fine."

"More than fine."

"Deacon?"

"Yeah?"

"I like you calling me Ray."


2.

"We're lost."

"We're not lost, Ray."

"Where are we then?"

"We are... somewhere between where we left and where we are supposed to go."

"That would make a great line for a song but WE ARE LOST."

"When you said you didn't like hiking, you weren't kidding."

"I don't want to sleep in the woods."

"We've got food, water and a guitar, we'd be fine. I'd make us a fire. Just us and nature, that could be romantic."

"Us and a full range of wild animals."

"I don't think there are bears in these—"

"Deacon!"

"Where did your usual sense of adventure go?"

"I left it at the rental cabin, in our warm, safe bed out of which you dragged me against my will this morning."

"In retrospect, not my most brilliant idea."

"Deacon?"

"Yeah?"

"Please, get us out of here."


3.

"Damn."

"What's going on, babe?"

"A guy from some airline's baggage service delivered this."

"You had lost a guitar?"

"No! That's what I spent the last 10 minutes trying to explain to the guy but he said he was certain the reference number, name and address were right and he refused to take it back."

"That's weird."

"What am I supposed to do now?"

"Well, open it. We might come across some clue as to whom it belongs to."

"I doubt it."

"Found something?"

"No, nothing and it's a... Ray, what did you do?"

"What?"

"It's a '52 Gibson SJ."

"The same model you've been talking about constantly these last few weeks? Wow, that's some crazy coincidence."

"Uh-huh."

"I mean, you were very clear when you said no birthday gift this year."

"Uh-huh."

"But, I don't know, maybe the universe thought it was a stupid idea."

"Come here."

"What are you doing?"

"Can the universe shut up now so I can kiss her?"

"Yes, she can."

"Thank you, baby."

"You're very welcome, my love."


4.

"Deacon Claybourne, are you gossiping?"

"I'm not gossiping but I do have eyes, Ray."

"Gorgeous ones, for that matter. Can you keep them on the road?"

"Sorry."

"Would you like me to drive for a while?"

"I'm fine. And you didn't answer my question."

"No, babe, I don't think there's something going on between Sadie and Liam. But I can ask her."

"What? No. What are you doing?"

"Getting my phone so I can text her."

"Don't do that."

"Typing as we speak. Hey, girl, Deacon would like to know if—"

"Ray, give me that phone."

"I'm kidding, babe."

"Hmm."

"Your secret gossiper identity is safe with me."

"My what?"

"We need to find you a name. Oh, and a costume. Do you want a cape? We could use an embroidered guitar as your emblem. You would patrol the streets at night and expose people's dark secrets with songs."

"You're crazy."

"But you love me."

"Till the day I die."

"Eyes on the road."

"Yes, Ma'am."


5.

"Ray?"

"In the living room! Follow the guitar picks."

"What?"

"Look down, follow the guitar picks."

"You made a trail of guitar picks?"

"I marked the shortest routes among the boxes to get from one room to another."

"Maybe we have a little too much stuff."

"Maybe we should have planned to get rid of more things before moving."

"The problem is your last house was a castle."

"You dropped the girls at Teddy's?"

"No, I dropped them in the woods but if they take after you, they've probably left a trail of guitar picks and they'll find their way back home."

"Hope you left them a guitar, they may write a few songs along the way."

"This couch is really comfy."

"I know, I've been meaning to get up for the last half-hour."

"Ray?"

"Yeah?"

"We're sitting on our couch."

"I know."

"In our house."

"I know."

"Want to help me find the trail to our bedroom?"

"Follow the guitar picks, babe, I'll be right behind you."


6.

"What. Is. That."

"What are you looking at?"

"Your wedding pictures."

"Where did you find that?"

"The girls were going through old albums. The off-the-shoulder and the big pouf?"

"The '90s were cruel, babe."

"You know that nothing will keep me from marrying you but this might give me pause."

"Shut up."

"Ouch!"

"You deserved that."

"Want to know what I think?"

"Mmm?"

"I think your dress was protesting this wedding."

"I think it's very possible. Want to hear the good news?"

"Mmm?"

"We won't have to worry about any kind of protest from my dress this time."

"Yeah?"

"This dress has been waiting all her life for this wedding."

"I love this dress already."