The beach, late Monday

[intheeyeofthebeholding]

Travis had said it wouldn't work, but he hadn't yet said it was dangerous, either, and Jon knew people sometimes did bonfires on the beach, so...here he was, on the beach. With an ever-growing pile of luggage, matches, and quite a bit of accelerant.

He'd let Summer know about what he was doing, and he'd planned it with Irene, after all, so he had no doubt word would get out.

Self-loathing was absolutely going to be the basis of this fire. The more it came back, the more tinder it could be.


[Baggage fire! All invited!]

Comments

[alwaysonguard]

"I think a lot of people are saying something similar today."

Right on cue, a trunk with 'unloved' slapped across it appeared. Dwight sighed as he resigned himself to the pile of baggage regrowing for a bit and sat down on the trunk. He took off the knapsack and carefully set it down at his feet.

"Looks like I'm not the only one with a bag or two they don't want to get rid of."

[designateddadfriend]

Travis reached unconsciously for the straps of his backpack even as he shrugged as nonchalantly as possible.

"Yeah. Some of us have things we prefer to keep carrying."