A McCoy, For Better Or Worse

by CalvinHobbesGatsby

Jed Graham is a man on the run from a dark past that haunts him. He comes to Pike County and finds himself smitten by the beautiful Alifair McCoy. Jed courts her and becomes part of the McCoy family. However, this puts him in conflict with the Hatfields of West Virginia. Can Jed keep his wife safe not only from Devil Anse Hatfield and his kin, but from those who would see him hang?

12. Love & Fear

I DO NOT OWN HATFIELDS AND MCCOYS. I WANTED TO HAVE A FLUFF SCENE.

Spring 1880. Pike County, Kentucky.

Jed and Alifair didn't have the money for a fancy honeymoon, so they just had their honeymoon at the McCoy home. The couple had their first Christmas as newlyweds and as the winter turned to spring, Jed and Alifair began thinking about their future.

"You know, we gonna need ta git a plot o' land." Jed said one morning as the couple lay in bed together after a long night of making love.

"And a few acres o' land to get started." Alifair added.

"I'm gonna build us a house, not a huge house, just a decent sized place; bout 4 bedrooms fer us n' the kids and a guest room fer when we have family over." Jed and Alifair snuggled up in bed together as they spoke of the life to come. Their skin pressing up against each other. As they cuddled with each other, Alifair eventually looked away.

"What's the matter honey?" Jed asked as he kissed her hand.

"I fear the trouble with poppy and Devil Anse Hatfield ain't over yet." She replied.

"Ol' Randall can't be ornery bout a pig forever." He assured her.

"It ain't just a pig Jed." Alifair insisted. "Ever since the war ended and that bastard Jim Vance killed my uncle Harmon, poppy and Devil Anse have been itching to git into a bloody fight, I'm worried they'll drag all o' the Tug into this feud and the river's gonna run red with blood."

"Alifair." Jed chided her as he rubbed her flat belly. "I wanna hav a baby, but our baby ain't gonna want be born into such a place as ya making Pike county sound."

"I wish that Pike County weren't no more than the four corners o' this room." Alifair sighed.

"Then imagine it is and I ain't never gonna let harm enter it." Jed swore as the couple shared a deep kiss.

"I just kept help being afraid of what a war between us and the Hatfields would bring." Alifair insisted. "Ain't you afraid o' anything?" Jed was afraid of many things, but one thing stuck out in his mind.

"What I fear is that one day you will no longer love me." He admitted as Alifair gave him a sad smile and kissed him.

"If that is what you fear Jedidiah Graham, then you fear nothing." She swore as they held each other close and made beautiful love once again.

CAN JED PROTECT ALIFAIR FROM WHAT IS TO COME? REVIEWS NEEDED AND APPRECIATED.