A/N: Set at some point before they leave Pawnee for D.C. during/after "One Last Ride."

Remember when April bought a cabin from Ron? Well, the show didn't. We did though, and naekilosy on tumblr requested this one.

"We'll be away for the weekend, so if anyone tries to call any of our phones," April tells Leslie with a sour grimace, "you won't find us. Also, I might realize that I am a witch from the 19th century trapped in this body-"

"Yes, I'll take the necessary precautions," Leslie smiles and April's face takes on a wholly different demeanor. "We'll be moved in by the time you guys get started - we've already got everything furnished down there - so if you guys wanna come over and watch the triplets you're more than welcome."

"All right, weirdo. Just go to D.C. and tell me if I even need to be there," April smirks and hugs her, sending Leslie off on her way to get a nightmare trip started.

Meanwhile, she had to get on with her moleman-like burrowing into their cabin one last time. Unlike Ron, and mostly because she's picked up a few things from Donna, April intends on selling that cabin for its market value - just like the newly booming district their asylum home was in - and making enough to keep them afloat in Washington. She's actually given more thought than necessary on that, and even planned her next few months' paychecks, and on that April groans aloud.

April has to remind herself that this is a fun adventure. This is what she wanted after all, right? But she can't think about that much longer because then she'll spiral back into the whole night with Andy after the last episode of Johnny Karate, and the cabin's supposed to be fun.

"Babe, you packed Champion's stuff right?" Andy's thankfully paying more attention to the road than the dog, so when he asks that April can only nod and give a muffled mumble in response. "I'm gonna miss this place."

The cabin sat in a cleared grove, with a few sparse outcroppings of trees nearly concealing the only inroad. That road itself took them nearly two hours to travel, and by the time Andy figured out where he was going April still had to remind him that he shouldn't take any of the turns off the road. They haven't particularly kept it up to the same spec that Donna set it at when they tried to sell the cabin a few years back, but it's not ramshackle. April has too much respect for herself and Ron to let it fall apart.

That led to many days where Andy attempted to repair anything. That usually ended with him wearing workman's overalls and large, gray gloves and then, when April realized he wasn't actually going to get much done and they'd need to call Ron to help, she realized how much she liked Andy in workman's overalls and large, gray gloves.

"Yeah," she remarks finally, looking down at her hands and listening to the rumbling of dirt beneath the tires and Champion's panting. "Yeah, it's gonna be weird not having this place anymore."

"I mean, we've got a bunch of cool memories though," Andy wiggles his eyebrows at her and she smiles, a little weight removed from her, and his face softens. "Babe, do you wanna talk about it?"

April considers him for a second. That's why I love you, she's a moment from saying before realizing how stupid and cheesy it would be. "Nah, let's just have fun this weekend," April kisses him on the cheek and gets out of the car.

Champion bounds out, or rather bounds as well as he can because he's not that great at running, and immediately sits at the front door like he always does. He waits there patiently for April and Andy, because Andy took her wish seriously and she just laughs when he kisses the back of her neck at the trunk of the car.

Around midnight, April lies in bed playing with a curl in Andy's hair. Champion's curled out in the den in front of a dead fire, and they're in the bed all on their own this time with two of those huge, thick blankets draped over them.

April used to love Andy for the biggest, dumbest grins he'd get on his face just by being around her. They were the kind of smiles that made her chest burn a little and every inch of her skin feel more alive, and she still loves them. Now, though, she loves this look. Andy's eyes are half-closed, near sleep, and he's staring at her. Occasionally his eyes flicker over her face, or downward, but he keeps them focused on her. Likewise, he has the smallest of curls playing at his lips.

Normally she would want to say something. Before, years and years back, she would feel the need to say something to him; and something about how it's the most important thing to her that he's like this and that she can be like this with him.

Instead leans forward and kisses him, and then buries herself into him as close as physically possible. Andy immediately wraps his arms around her and she falls asleep faster than in the last few weeks.

The day after, Andy spends a lot of it walking around with Champion and April thinks about going with him.

But that little, tiny worry comes back and she just shakes her head and hugs him, going back inside to sit by a window leading out towards the little forest trail he walked down. He's already gotten lost enough out here that he knows his way around by now, so April doesn't feel bad about sitting next to that window and reading. Expecting to get through at least a good chunk of the book she brought along with her, April's surprised when he comes back only an hour later with Champion in tow.

Opening the door, Champion bolts up to her and leaps into her lap in an instant. Curling up in her lap on that big, comfortable armchair, she can't blame him. But Andy kneels in front of her and looks at her expectantly, seriously.

"Babe," he says almost gravely.

April looks up, wary. "Yes?" she asks.

"I found a really cool cave that I didn't know was around here and I thought what better way to spend today than going inside of a dark, musty cavern with my wife," he says in a rush, looking side to side. "I mean, if you don't want to-"

"Andy, you just asked me if I want to go spelunking with you rather than read a book and act a thousand years old," April scoffs.

"So, is that a...?" he trails off, waiting for her answer.

"It's a yes," she pats Champion and gets him to move off of her. Smiling, she thinks about how cool it could be inside. Or maybe that it'd be a hidden dwelling for some creature or other, and that maybe April could befriend it.

The dog goes back to the chair and looks like he wants to nod off, basking in the light afforded by the sun through that window. April tells Andy they're just going to do a quick check today and then come back to prepare stuff for the next day. Andy grins and hugs her tight. Something about that, and how Andy immediately went and found something for her and for them to enjoy together really makes her think that they could go anywhere and it would be fine.

When they do check out the cave, it's disappointingly only a little more than a shelf on the edge of a higher ridge. They can only go a few feet in before it shrinks to a size that makes Andy clearly uncomfortable. Backing out, holding Andy's hand the whole time out of the small enclosure, April looks at him and catches disappointment there.

"What's wrong?" she brings it up, because she knows he won't say anything if she doesn't.

"I thought it would be bigger than that. Sorry," Andy apologizes, downcast.

"So? I thought it was pretty cool. I think there was a fungus growing in there or something," April shrugs, slowing down their pace back to the cabin. "I probably should have tried to collect some of it and see if it grew into a monster."

Andy doesn't join her dark chuckling, instead biting his cheek. "I mean, we haven't really done anything out here this weekend and I wanted to do something cool and fun," he says slowly without looking at her.

"I thought that was fun. Besides, isn't fun just being out here with me and Champion?" April asks, not even remotely worried about that last part but wondering what he could be thinking. It always helped to lead Andy along a little to see what he struggled to get across.

"Yeah, but that could be anywhere. This is, like, our cabin though. I thought we'd send it out with a bang, or something, before we left for Washington," Andy mumbles and finally looks at her.

"Andy if this is about Washington-"

"I know, it's what you want. It's what I want too, because you'll be happier there," Andy stops them and leans back against a thin, tall tree.

"We didn't have to do any of this. We could've stayed-"

"No, not really," Andy chuckles. "I mean, I could've stayed but you were going to go anyways."

"What is this?" April asks him, trying not to think about what he just said to her.

"Hm?"

"Andy, what are you even saying?" she's gotten worse at masking herself around Andy, and he's gotten so much better at reading her.

Without another break, his face changes from thoughtful to a widely borne grin. Walking forward, he smashes April into his arms. "Babe, I'm saying that it doesn't matter where we go or what we're doing. It's just gonna be awesome, y'know?"

"So why'd you want to send this cabin out with a 'bang,'" April quotes him and looks up, leaning her chin on his chest, "and why were you being so weird-?"

"You seemed bummed out about leaving Pawnee," Andy returns, meeting her look with that dumb grin. That huge, stupid smile that makes her match it because if she doesn't that overwhelming heat in her face and heart would melt all of her. "I wanted to make it one last awesome weekend, and we're out here just doing regular 'us' stuff. I thought that would bore you."

"Andy, if there's anything you should know it's that 'us stuff' is never boring," she moves her arms up his back a little because there's no other way for her to get any closer. "It's always awesome. I was just... y'know."

"I know, but I told you I don't care about that. You're the important thing-"

"So let's do this weekend right, and spend it whatever way seems cool at the moment," April nods, breaking away from him and taking his hand again, "and then we'll go to D.C. and it'll be just as awesome there. Because..."

"We're gonna do it together," Andy nods, and April walks with him back to the cabin.