Follow me, don’t follow me. (open to friends only)

[echolls_cursed]

Logan's head had stopped pounding less then a day after the accident. He'd taken a hard hit, but he was alright, and other then a small cut and a bruise that was turning a pleasant shade of purple, Logan wasn't looking much worse the wear. He was sleeping a lot though, more then usual even, but he wasn't sure he could blame the bump for that. No, sometimes Logan just didn't like getting out of bed.

For the last hour or so though, he hadn't really been sleeping, just sort of drifting in and out. One minute he was awake and almost ready to get up, and the next he'd roll onto his side and find that perfectly warm spot on the bed... the one that made it all too easily to let his eyes drift shut again. Neil was out, probably walking Max, so there was no one nagging him, no one to tell him to stop being lazy and to go eat something. It was nice, and Logan planned on enjoying it just a little longer.

He'd found that spot again, and he was just about to settle back in for at least another ten minutes of lazing about... when someone said his name.

No, not just someone.

Logan would have recognized that voice anywhere, anytime. He new what it sounded like on film and on the phone, and he knew what it sounded like when the older man was there. Logan knew Aaron Echoll's voice better then anyone else's.

Eyes snapping open, Logan sat up almost instantly, his body tense as he listened. Maybe he'd imagined it... maybe it had been a dream,

But no, there it was again.

"Logan?"

Getting to his feet, Logan slowly walked to the door, peering around it with a worried look. His chest was tight and he was pretty sure he was sweating, but he made sure not to let anything show on his face as he headed outside and looked around. Making his way around to the back of the hut, he could feel his heart pounding in his chest. "Dad?" he said quietly, unsure and uneasy.

And there he was, Aaron Echolls, not a foot away. He had that look on his face, angry and pinched so tight the the lines in his face seemed deeper then usual. He took a step closer and Logan instantly took a step back, right onto someone's foot.

(Aaron isn't really there, you can't see him or hear him. >_> Open to friends only.)

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[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

"You got any?" Logan asked trying to shove Joe all the way under with a laugh.

[jdick.livejournal.com]

"You used up all the good ones," Joe said before he slipped into the water and then pushed back up, spitting a stream in Logan's direction.

[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

Pulling a face, Logan turned away. "Hey!" he laughed, splashing Joe and glaring playfuly.

[jdick.livejournal.com]

"Hey what?" Joe asked with a grin, wiping water out of his eyes. "You fucking asked for it."

[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, I said please, Joe, please spit in my face," Logan said dryly.

[jdick.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, that's what I thought I heard," Joe shot back, splashing Logan thoroughly before he grinned at him widely.

[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

Logan laughed and lunged at Joe again, tugging on him a little and then moving to Jump on his back. It was nice. A nice change from the tension and the sadness.

[jdick.livejournal.com]

"Ow, you're a heavy fucker," Joe said with a laugh, trying to swing Logan off his back by moving around in a fast, tight little circle.

[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

"We're in water, Joe, how heavy can I be?" Logan snorted. "Thing you're just getting weak," he snorted, holding on tighter.

[jdick.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, and I'm getting old, so you should be nicer to me," Joe insisted with a grunt, giving another little swing. "But you're not. You're just a jackass to me."

[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, I'm so mean," Logan laughed, Leaning back to try and tip them over. "Which is why you keep hanging out with me."

[jdick.livejournal.com]

"Fuck," Joe said, laughing when Logan tipped them back. "Yeah, well, I'm a glutton for punishment, obviously."

[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

"Obviously," Logan agreed, letting go at last.

[jdick.livejournal.com]

"Obviously," Joe agreed and then pushed his weight back against Logan, trying to get him under the water.

[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

Laughing, Logan swam just out of the way and splashed Joe lightly. He moved so he was in front of the older man again and sighed a little as he looked up at the waterfall. "I was sitting up there last time Neil and me broke up. Thought about jumping, just to see what would happen. Makes me think about that weekend. First time you took me here... I thought I could jump and be fine. No fear. Weird how you can be so frightened and so fearless at the same time when you're a kid, huh?"

[jdick.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, aren't you glad I now that I didn't let you jump?" Joe asked with a soft snort, looking up at the waterfall as well. "Kids don't have any fear, man. They shouldn't. Not at first, anyway."

[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

"I always did," Logan admitted. "Not of jumping or climbing... but loud noises. Doors slamming. Used to make me jump out of my skin. I was afraid of too much."

[jdick.livejournal.com]

"Yeah," Joe agreed, looking over at Logan. He remembered the way Billy had tensed beside him in bed whenever a car had backfired or a door had slammed. "That never should've happened."

[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, well, whatever. What can you do, right? Seeing him though, seeing him just standing there... I know it wasn't real, but it was like... it was like I could feel the fear just crawling up my spine, Joe," Logan admitted.

[jdick.livejournal.com]

"I hope it's gone, whatever the fuck it was," Joe said honestly. "You don't need that shit here." This place was an escape from Aaron and the last thing Joe wanted was for him to show up. No matter what form.

[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, me too," Logan replied simply, looking uncomfortable for a moment and then shaking it off.

[jdick.livejournal.com]

Joe looked up at the waterfall again and then smiled over at Logan. "It'll be okay," he told him with a little shrug.

[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, I know... I'm not worried," Logan assured Joe.

[jdick.livejournal.com]

"Good, don't worry about it," Joe said, as if he could just tell Logan to put it out of his mind and it would work.

[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

"I just said I'm not," Logan laughed. "I'm fine, really... I'm great, okay?"