❪ the slight of rich flinching gets a flinch out of eddie as he watches the glasses drop into the murky water. he considers diving down to grab them (it was his fault, right?) but he lingers above the water as the other dive below the water leaving just him and rich on the surface.

he breathes out through his nose, closing his eyes and letting his fingers skim the water. ❫

Yeah, well, that's what I was going for with throwing that ornate fence piece like a spear.

❪ he smiles, briefly before sighing with a shake of his head. ❫ I gotta apologize too. I shouldn't have just, well, you know—

❪ fucking kissed him like their lives depended on it. ❫