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[dreaminghour]

Hayden/Ewan RPF - Passage through a fence

Event: @domaystic Fandom: Star Wars RPF Rating: General Audiences Prompt: 27 Passage through a fence Ship: Hayden/Ewan Disclaimer: References to real people are used fictitiously. Do not share this with them! Context: Present day. Vaguely follows the timeline of my other RPF ficlets, but you don't need to read those to understand this. You can find them here on my blog. Words: 497

Ewan walks quickly through the tall grass, up to where the small crowd of sheep are watching what Hayden is doing.

"Ladies," Ewan says, mostly to himself as he nudges between them.

He held out the wire cutters for a moment before thinking better of it and maneuvering to go through the fence itself. Hayden looks up at that, briefly.

"Careful," he says, "don't rip your clothes."

Ewan doesn't care, but he's careful anyway, aware that it's an unnecessary point of friction when Hayden is already stressed.

He's now at the ewe's head, gently easing her face back a bit where she's straining.

"Just talk to her," Hayden says. "Her name is dolly."

Normally, Hayden would be at the sheep's head, stroking her chin and soothing her, but at the moment he's focused on getting her out of the barbed wire without getting more cuts on her. Meanwhile Ewan speaks to Dolly, tells her she's a good girl and all sorts of inane things.

Looking over her twitching ears, Ewan can see sweat beading on Hayden's brow despite the chill in the air.

Ewan was just out with Hayden getting the sheep into the barn for the night when they found one of them caught in the fence. Hayden sent Ewan back for the wire cutters before settling in to make sure the ewe didn't hurt herself further.

"Alright," Hayden says and huffs out a breath. "Under her left foreleg, can you cut that?"

Carefully, ever so carefully, trying not to snag the skin, Ewan eases the skin away and slips the pliers in close, cutting the ewe free. Feeling the release, the ewe tried to rush forward, but the two men pushed her back into the paddock. Hayden taking most of her weight in his arms, Ewan lifting one leg and then the other through the fence.

Hayden breathes a huge sigh of relief and turns toward the rest of the herd, who all came forward to sniff and inspect their missing sister.

Ewan catches his breath a moment before deciding to climb through the fence again, carefully easing back the wires that he cut to make his life easier. Instead, he missteps, stumbling in a gouge the sheep dug while trying to get free. Luckily, Hayden's there and notices, catching him before he snags clothing on the wire and gets torn up himself.

Hayden's arm is firm around his waist, his shoulder steady beneath Ewan's grasp. It's only a moment but then he's on his own feet again. He can't help it, laughter burbles out of him like he's drunk.

Hayden looks at him with bewilderment.

"I'm alright," Ewan says at last, since Hayden seems concerned.

"Alright," he replies. "I'll come back out here early to take care of the fence before I let 'em out."

He pats Ewan's back once as he moves toward the sheep, shooing them toward the gate. Ewan soon comes behind, sweeping up the stragglers.

[dreaminghour]

Fandom: Star Wars RPF Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

No Archive Warnings Apply, Hayden Christensen/Ewan McGregor, Pre-Relationship, Friends reconnecting, Flirting, Pining, ...but do they even know they're doing it?, Mentioned Rachel Bilson, Sheep, I tried to be conscientious with farming references, hopefully nothing egregious slipped through Series: Part 3 of Hayden/Ewan RPF

Ewan shows up on Hayden's doorstep in Canada. They get to know one another better.

Disclaimer: References to real people are used fictitiously. Do not share this with them!

Words: 7,543

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