Moriah leaned back against the wall, a pillow under the square of her back to make her comfortable, a light blanket thrown over her legs. She couldn't help the small smile on her face as she watched Brendan fiddling with his guitar, looking for the right notes to string together melodies and chords to the tune that he had stuck in his head. There were a few dozen sheets of paper with hastily written notes and chord forms scattered around the floor. He was in his own little world, barely even still aware of the fact she was there. It was kinda cute.
His dog was lying between them, happily resting, its tail wagging slowly and gently through the air. It had been more excitable when she had first arrived, but she wasn't the only one who was calmed by his music. Even when he was just trying to figure a song out, there was just something about the way he filled the emptiness of the space around him with quiet noise that made you feel calm. Even when the notes that he was stringing together were completely wrong. There was just something about the way he was focused on his task, the way he paused whenever something didn't sound right and the more he worked on it the better it sounded.
They had been dating for a couple years at this point, so she didn't feel like he was ignoring her when he went into his little world of music making. She had learned better. The fact that he was willing to go into it at all with her around showed how comfortable he was with her. Even his band didn't get to see him like this. He was very shy and quiet about it all, and he didn't want people to be around as he worked, because he found it distracting, even just thinking that they might be judging him. But he didn't look at Moriah that way. She was practically an extension of his own person by this point, and he felt like he didn't have to hold back when he was with her. It made her feel special. She got to see a part of him that no one else saw.
She ran a hand through his dog's fur, who looked up at her and gave her a toothy grin, his tail wagging more. He moved to lay his head against her, and she ruffled the fur on top of his head. She liked being able to just relax with Brendan. She liked going on dates, seeing movies, getting dinner. She liked going out and doing stuff. But she didn't feel like she needed to do that all of the time. Every once in a while, it was nice to just sit back and relax, enjoying the quiet with him, just knowing that they were together.
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