Camping (locked to Joe, backdated to Sept 29th)

[echolls_cursed]

Seeing as how he and Neil had been fighting about damn near everything all week, Logan had been more than a little eager to go camping with Joe by the time Saturday morning rolled around. So eager, in fact, that he'd already been to the compound to find a sleeping bag in the clothes box (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle themed no less), and had packed his make-shift bag before Joe had even come to find him.

For once Logan was ahead of the game, knocking on Joe's door to see if he was ready.

God, he'd never thought he'd be so eager to stare at trees for nearly forty-something hours.

"Hey, you ready?" he asked, knocking once and then pushing the door open a crack. "I grabbed some food for us to take or whatever... so, uh, I'm ready to go when you are man."

Comments

[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

"Anything can happen when you turn a corner," Logan replied simply.

[jdick.livejournal.com]

"Yeah? Walk into a fucking bus?" Joe asked with a faint smirk. It didn't make sense to him that everyone on the island was dead, but he supposed it might be possible.

[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

Logan laughed at that, even though it shouldn't have been funny, and shrugged his shoulders. "I dunno, man. I'm just saying... This place could be anything, and we could be going anywhere. I guess I just like to think there's a reason we're here, even if it's just to make life last a little longer or something simple like that. I can't let myself believe it's all for nothing. It hurts too much to think like that."

[jdick.livejournal.com]

"I don't think about it much at all," Joe admitted and he wondered if that was a problem. This place could be good to him and he didn't want to worry about when or if he would lose it all. Or even lose half of it.

[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

"I do," Logan confessed. "I think about it a lot. I think about what's next, and what'll happen to the people I care about when they leave."

[jdick.livejournal.com]

"I dunno if I could deal with it if anyone else disappeared right now," Joe admitted quietly. "That's why I don't think about it."

[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

Logan nodded a little, and managed to keep his mouth shut on the topic after that. He didn't want to ruin Joe's weekend by dragging up depressing discussions.

[jdick.livejournal.com]

"Doesn't matter much right now anyway," Joe pointed out with a small shrug. "It's not like there's much we can do about it, right?"

[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

"Can't do a damn thing," Logan sighed.

[jdick.livejournal.com]

"Worrying feels so fucking useless now," Joe agreed with a nod, his legs stretched out. "I mean, what's the fucking point? All this shit happens whether or not we worry."

[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

"It's not like we can just force ourselves not to care, not without shutting everything and everyone out... And trust me, I've tried that, it doesn't work. It never works," Logan frowned.

[jdick.livejournal.com]

"Been working for me," Joe pointed out, although that wasn't really the truth. What had been working for him was simply staying away from everything with the exceptions of Logna, Dale, Anne and Neil.

[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

"Liar," Logan said simply, giving Joe a look.

[jdick.livejournal.com]

"Fuck you, I don't have a dishonest bone in my body," Joe said with a laugh, grinning over at Logan. "Never lied in my entire life."

[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

"Fucking liar," Logan laughed, reaching over and pinching Joe's arm before giving him a playful shove.

[jdick.livejournal.com]

"Jesus Christ," Joe said, laughing as he tugged his arm away from Logan. "What the fuck is it with you and pinching, man? I had bruises the last time you did it."

[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

"Less violent than punching, more violent than hugging," Logan answered simply, as if that explained everything.

[jdick.livejournal.com]

Joe snorted, examining his arm and then looked over at Logan and said, "Fine, but you have to explain the bruises to Dale next time."

[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

"Just tell him I have violent tendencies," Logan snorted. "He was a fed, right? I'm sure he's heard all about those."

[jdick.livejournal.com]

"Yeah? Can I used that excuse for pinching you back?" Joe asked, reaching over and pinching Logan's shoulder with a grin.

[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

"Ow, asshole, you're supposed to be the adult here, man," Logan laughed, giving Joe another light shove before scrambling over to try and knock him to the ground.

[jdick.livejournal.com]

"I'm supposed to be the fucking adult?" Joe asked with a laugh, batting at Logan as he was knocked over. "Who the fuck told you that?"

[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

"You tell me that all the damn time!" Logan laughed, practically straddling Joe's chest as he raised his arms up in victory. "That and you wrestle like an old man."

[jdick.livejournal.com]

"I am an old man and you're probably breaking my aged and brittle bones," Joe replied, still laughing as he tried to push Logan off of him.

[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

"How the hell are you gonna defend me when the boars come, man?" Logan asked, letting Joe shove him away and settling back down on his bag. "Remind me not to hide behind your feeble ass next time I'm five."