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."

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[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

Logan just gave Joe a look and shook his head.

"Yeah, that'll happen."

[jdick.livejournal.com]

"You don't wanna pervert the minds of all the kids on the island, man?" Joe asked. "I'm fucking disappointed is what I am."

[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, sorry pops," Logan snorted. "I'll just never be as hardcore as you."

[jdick.livejournal.com]

"Not if you call me shit like 'pops'," Joe agreed with a snort of laughter, relaxing back against his sleeping bag again. "That's fucked up."

[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

"Thought you liked playing house," Logan replied.

[jdick.livejournal.com]

"Don't like hearing 'pops'. Makes me feel old," Joe pointed out, still grinning faintly.

[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

"You are old. Ancient," Logan smirked. "Old. Old... old."

[jdick.livejournal.com]

"Just wait until you're fucking old, I'm gonna pull this shit with you," Joe insisted, his eyes closing as he relaxed. "Call you old. Laugh when you break a hip."

[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

Logan just laughed even more, obviously amused by the whole idea of actually getting to age. He'd always kind of figured he was the die-young type.

[jdick.livejournal.com]

"Just you fucking wait," Joe said again. "Of course, when you're old enough to break a hip, I'll be fucking ancient."

[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

"I don't think I'll make it to an age where I'll be breaking hips. I don't think I was really built to last, you know?" Logan said honestly, deciding that the whole point of their trip was to talk about stuff they wouldn't usually talk about.

[jdick.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, I used to think the same thing, too," Joe admitted. And yet here he was, coming up on his thirty-seventh birthday. "How come you think that?"

[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

"Dunno," Logan admitted. "I guess... it's like I have this clock in my head, and I keep waiting for it to just... stop.

[jdick.livejournal.com]

"Got any age in mind or are you just waiting it out?" Joe asked. He wasn't trying to be an asshole, it was a genuine question. The way he'd seen it happen, people were sometimes right about shit like that.

[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

"Twenty-five," Logan answered easily. "On my birthday maybe. It'll just end."

[jdick.livejournal.com]

"Got a couple years ahead of you, then," Joe pointed out. "And maybe by the time you get there, that number'll change." Because he sure as hell wasn't looking forward to just losing Logan one day.

[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, maybe," Logan agreed, though he didn't sound sure.

[jdick.livejournal.com]

"You can't know, man. I mean, you can have a feeling, but you never know for sure," Joe said. "I thought I'd be dead by thirty and it took me another few years to get there. And even then I went fucking here."

[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

"We don;t have to talk about it if it makes you uneasy, Joe," Logan said quietly.

[jdick.livejournal.com]

"Nah, man, it's fine. I'm just... talking, I guess," he said, shrugging a little bit. "Just... don't wanna think about you going anywhere."

[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

"Got a few years left in me yet," Logan said with a small smile.

[jdick.livejournal.com]

"Long as we got that," Joe agreed, grinning in return. "Maybe in that time shit will change." He wasn't sure why he kept insisting that.

[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, maybe," Logan agreed, mostly to make Joe feel better. He wasn't sure something he'd been feeling forever would just fade away.

[jdick.livejournal.com]

"Never know," Joe said, his eyes closing again as he stretched out. "I wouldn't mind being stuck here until I was too fucking old to walk."

[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

"Yeah? You planning on getting old with Dale?" Logan asked curiously, turning his attention back to the fire.