open | i heard that you make old things new; so I give these pieces all to you

[adamparrish]

Since the arrival of the other three members of their group, Adam had been scarce. He purposefully stayed at work at the garage extra late. The sickness had kind of made it an easy excuse for him to bow out of sleeping in the same bed as Ronan. His erratic presence at the apartment made it easy to avoid actually talking. On June 1st though, after hyposprays and everyone being magically healed, it was the first true test for him and Ronan and Adam failed.

Instead of going home, he stayed at the garage until he couldn't stand the same four walls anymore. Then he went out to the forests of Itinere where the ley lines were. He worked on repairing them for Ronan. At least he could do one thing right, one thing to help. Maybe Ronan would notice he had done this for him. Maybe he wouldn't.

Adam would stay out in the forests way past dark, taking his time, doing what he thought needed to be done. Then he would head back in town to walk through the park, sit on a merry-go-round and push at it with his feet to move it around. The metal squeaked and after a quick trip to the garage, he came back to dismantle and oil the merry-go-round to keep it from squeaking so loudly.

Probably another thing no one would notice. Productive, though. Adam Parrish felt productive and useful... busy, even now at some god awful time in the night or morning. And he supposed that was the point.

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[deathbysk8board]

If Ronan were here, he could probably talk Noah into jumping. But Ronan isn't here, so Noah just swings for a long while before he starts to slow, go lower and lower and slower and slower.

He actually feels a little tired. "Do you want to walk back with me?"

[adamparrish]

Adam's feet bring him almost to a complete stop, just barely pushing himself back and forth. He shakes his head, looking down into the grass. He still has to figure out what to do about himself and Ronan. He still has no idea where they stand. He just... needs space to think.

"I'm gonna stay here." He says. "You go ahead."

[deathbysk8board]

As his feet scuff and bring his swing to a stop, Noah looks at Adam. "Are you sure?" he asks. He gets to his feet, still rumbled and smudged, but alive.

"I could stay with you. If you want."