[ It's a beautiful day, for sure. Almost too beautiful. The sun and the water reinforcing each other's bad habits until the gleam of reflected light makes looking straight at the lake's surface a daunting prospect.
But in the sky over the shallows, there's a dark spot. A single gathering cloud, growing gray and heavy as if threatening rain over an area the size of a Brooklyn studio. A soft wind swirls the water. Beneath the cloud, knee-deep in the water, there's a guy around Archie's age: slender, likewise shirtless, a stern-looking black and gray tattoo stamped over his left shoulder blade. He's standing with his back to the shore, in boxers rather than a swimsuit, and when the voice registers-- ]
--Oh!
[ --He whirls around, the cloud abruptly dissipating. The wind dies down to a whisper, barely enough to ripple the surface.
Matt shades his eyes in turn, nervous gaze latching onto the sunbather. God, he's gotten rusty at living a double life. It's been too long since he shared a house with his parents. ]
Swim, [ he echoes, after what feels like a thousand years but is actually two seconds. ] Right. Definitely.
welcome - b
But in the sky over the shallows, there's a dark spot. A single gathering cloud, growing gray and heavy as if threatening rain over an area the size of a Brooklyn studio. A soft wind swirls the water. Beneath the cloud, knee-deep in the water, there's a guy around Archie's age: slender, likewise shirtless, a stern-looking black and gray tattoo stamped over his left shoulder blade. He's standing with his back to the shore, in boxers rather than a swimsuit, and when the voice registers-- ]
--Oh!
[ --He whirls around, the cloud abruptly dissipating. The wind dies down to a whisper, barely enough to ripple the surface.
Matt shades his eyes in turn, nervous gaze latching onto the sunbather. God, he's gotten rusty at living a double life. It's been too long since he shared a house with his parents. ]
Swim, [ he echoes, after what feels like a thousand years but is actually two seconds. ] Right. Definitely.