(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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"Yeah, Joe, I know. I trust you, okay? Like I said, I just worry about you sometimes. Same way you worry about me," Logan said, watching as Joe paddled around in the gentle rolling waves.

"You think you're ready to catch a wave now?" he asked with a grin, deciding it was time to talk about something happier.

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"Guess we'll find out if I end up falling on my ass in the water, won't we?" he asked in return, grinning back. "C'mon. Worth a shot, right? Won't ever get any better at this if I don't fucking try."

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"Damn right," Logan agreed with a laugh, starting to paddle out and waiting for a wave to roll up beneath him before popping up.

It wasn't the best wave, but it was enough, and he road it as long as he could before eventually making his way back to the shore to see how Joe was doing.

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Joe was in the water. He'd lasted about four seconds before toppling over and making a pretty huge splash as he floundered around. He popped up to the surface though, managing to grab hold of the board as he blinked water out of his eyes.

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Logan laughed, starting to paddle out again as he called out to the other man.

"You alright?"

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"I'm good," Joe said through a laugh that was almost a cough. He scrambled back onto the board and then wiped the water out of his eyes, still blinking.