(Jack, Joe - 10/16)

[echolls_cursed]

So, okay, he hadn't gone to see the dinosaurs, but he had gone up to the mountain. It hadn't been a long trip or a long stay. Gone on Tuesday, back by Thursday morning. Nothing monumental or exciting had happened, and whatever it was he'd been hoping to find out there hadn't been found.

Still, Linus had enjoyed the trip, and a few days away from the world had helped clear his head a little.

The hut was starting to get a little untidy again, but he made no move to clean anything up, dumping his bag out on the table and tossing the dirty laundry in a pile in the corner before putting down the food he'd grabbed for Linus at the compound when he'd stopped off for a shower.

In fact, his hair was still damp, and when he heard someone head up the steps to his stilted hut he raked his fingers through it, causing it to stand on end as he glanced over to see who it was.

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[jdick.livejournal.com]

"Alright," Joe agreed, giving a shrug. "Thanks, man. Now I have to practice," he added with a grin, although he was joking about that. He would actually feel like he had to get out there more now that he had his own board, though.

[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

"Give me time, Joe, I will turn you into a surfer yet. You'll be down there on the beach with me in the morning, catching waves before you know it," Logan grinned, looking slightly devious.

Linus had been off doing what dogs needed to do, but when he trotted over to give Ozzy a niff, Logan started to head towards the beach.

[jdick.livejournal.com]

"I sleep until fucking noon," Joe pointed out with a laugh, but he thought maybe Logan might have a point. If he could get better at it, there was a good chance he'd go down to the beach more often.

"Won't ever be as good as you, though," he added. "Not in my blood."

[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

"You don't have to be as good as me," Logan shrugged, falling into step with Joe. "You don't have to be good at it at all. I just... I dunno. I like doing it with you. Hell, I'm never going to play guitar like you do, Joe, but I still like doing it."

[jdick.livejournal.com]

"I kinda have to be a little bit good," Joe replied, still laughing. "If I'm really fucking terrible at it, I'm gonna end up drowning or some shit. So being a little bit good would be kinda nice."

But he knew what Logan meant and he felt the same way.

[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

Logan simply snorted a bit and rolled his eyes. "You need to stop saying you're gonna drown, man."

[jdick.livejournal.com]

"Then what the fuck am I gonna complain about?" Joe asked, grinning in amusement. "That's all I've got right now, man."

[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

"Fine, but if you actually drown, just remember that means I have to give you CPR, and no one wants that," Logan snorted.

[jdick.livejournal.com]

Joe laughed and then shrugged and said, "You'd save my fucking life, man. I think I'd be able to overlook the CPR if I managed to stay alive."

[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

"I'd still like to avoid the whole drowning thing if we can, man," Logan laughed.

[jdick.livejournal.com]

"You and me both," Joe answered with a grin, hefting the board under his arm as they finally reached the beach. "It'd fucking suck to drown."

[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

"No kidding, man," Logan replied, laughing and heading straight for the water.

[jdick.livejournal.com]

Joe hesitated for a moment, but then trailed after Logan, still carrying his board. "Go slow with me," he mumbled, then made a face when he realized how it sounded.

[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

Logan wrinkled his nose as he glanced over at the other man, then burst out laughing before turning away and shaking his head.

"No worries, I'll be gentle," he snickered.

[jdick.livejournal.com]

"Fuck off," Joe answered, laughing as he headed into the water carefully alongside Logan. Every so often, he'd look over at him to watch what he was doing.

[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

Moving in the water was as natural as walking or running to Logan, and he slid onto the board as he started to paddle out deeper into the ocean.

[jdick.livejournal.com]

It was a little more difficult for Joe to get on his own board, but he managed it eventually, awkwardly paddling after Logan.

[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

Once they were deeper in the water, Logan didn't move to catch a wave. Instead he simply sat up a little and let himself float, steering with his hands and feet as he hung around, figuring Joe might need a moment to simply adjust to the tide.

"You alright, Joe?" he asked with a grin.

[jdick.livejournal.com]

"I'm good," Joe answered, although he probably would've been better on dry land. Still, he hadn't fallen off the board just yet and he wasn't swallowing salt water, so he figured he was doing okay for the time being.

[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

"We don't have to surf yet, you know, we can just chill for a while and let you get comfortable. No big deal. Me and dick sometimes just hung out in the water like this," Logan said, quietly remembering.

[jdick.livejournal.com]

"Yeah?" Joe asked, thinking he liked that plan a hell of a lot more than trying to get onto his feet just yet. "That's probably a good idea."

[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

"Sometimes I have those," Logan grinned, turning slighty so he could look at Joe. "It's nice out here, right? Calm."

[jdick.livejournal.com]

"Yeah," Joe agreed. "No one out here to bug you or piss you off. It's nice." And it was quiet, too. The beach was far enough away that he couldn't hear anyone talking and the waves didn't crash against anything, not out here.

[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

"It's perfect. I love being out here, just... away from everyone and everything. Sometimes it feels like it's as far away from this life as I can get, you know?" Logan replied with a sigh.

[jdick.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, I get that," Joe said, nodding his agreement. It was sort of how he felt when he was writing music. Like no one could touch him, like the time or place or even who he was didn't really matter.