The Lighthouse, Wednesday Morning

[cowboy-sailor.livejournal.com]

It was far too warm to be hanging from a harness attached to the railing of the top of the tower, hanging over a hundred plus foot drop, wearing a shirt. That's why Tully was doing his work topless.

And...maybe there was the vague hope that some pretty ladies would happen by and see him.

Bracing himself with only one leg while letting the broken one hang free was easier than he'd thought. And after several days of this, the railing and decking was looking rather spiffy.

[Open! There is still a Help Wanted sign down at the bottom of the drive.]

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[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

Rose was too close to being hungover to go for a run so she was wandering over the island instead, enjoying the warm sun, the sound of the wind, the...blinding flash of white flesh from up by the lighthouse.

She shielded her eyes, glancing up again and hoping she hadn't seen what she had. She had, and old dudes not wearing shirts didn't fit into her enjoyment of the pretty men on the island.

"Hey! You up there!" Rose shouted. "You should put a shirt on! You're going to get skin cancer."

[cowboy-sailor.livejournal.com]

He was not nearly as pale as he had been earlier in the summer thank you very much. He'd been very tan when he'd first arrived.

He glanced down, shading his eyes. He spotted the girl and waved. "I'm wearing sunblock, but thanks for the concern!"

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"What about my eyes then?" she yelled back.

[cowboy-sailor.livejournal.com]

A young woman that didn't find him attractive. Quite the opposite. Oddly this made him more likely to trust her.

"I wouldn't recommend looking at the sun." he said, pretending to misunderstand.

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

Rose rolled her eyes. "Thanks, Granpa. Never would have thought of that."

[cowboy-sailor.livejournal.com]

"Hey now, I'm only in my 40's! You don't get to call me Granpa till I'm at least...55!" Who knows, maybe people didn't live as long where she was from.

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"Whatever," she said. "Still means you're too old to go shirtless. I mean, seriously."

[cowboy-sailor.livejournal.com]

Fortunately for his ego, the opinions of a teenager regarding his being shirtless or not, didn't really matter to him.

"Or you're too young to look."

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, see, I was trying not to look," Rose told him. "But then there was a shiny white burst of light from the sun reflecting off your skin, and it almost blinded me."

[cowboy-sailor.livejournal.com]

"And it will never get less reflective if I keep covered up."

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"That's what you do in private," she informed him. "So you don't subject the rest of us to it. Cause...seriously, granpa. It's uncool."

[cowboy-sailor.livejournal.com]

"Artificial tans? Clearly we have different definitions of cool. Maybe it's a generational thing."

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"I said private," Rose retorted. "Not fake." She tilted her head. "But you might look better in orange."

[cowboy-sailor.livejournal.com]

"No thanks, I went to great lengths to avoid that look."

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"Anything's better than pasty," Rose informed him. She rolled her eyes. "Whatever, I'm going to find a better view. Have fun up there, Granpa."

[cowboy-sailor.livejournal.com]

"Have fun kid."