[That's better. Eddie can test the mettle of 1950s sex jokes vs. 2017 sex jokes anytime so long as it keeps him laughing and not crying.
Something moves in the artificial jungle. Jake trains his gaze on it and there's Eddie, looking every inch the gardener in his gloves and dirt smears. It's impressive how quickly Eddie's acclimated to his job, but after what he's been through he imagines the tedium of weeding might be a welcome break.]
(Hi, Eddie.)
[Eddie doesn't mind the now near-permanent dirt stains Jake's acquired on the knees and sleeves of his jumpsuit, and he doesn't mind the dirt on Eddie's gloves that transfers to his hand when the other boy takes it. After Eddie had hugged him like his oldest and dearest friend the very first day they met, they'd more or less broken down the wall between propriety and friendly touches with a sledgehammer. Being led by the hand doesn't so much as faze him anymore.]
(How are you doing? I scrolled through some of the responses on the way over. Lots of people are up for sticking it to a clown--looks like however it made them look the other way isn't working now.)
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Something moves in the artificial jungle. Jake trains his gaze on it and there's Eddie, looking every inch the gardener in his gloves and dirt smears. It's impressive how quickly Eddie's acclimated to his job, but after what he's been through he imagines the tedium of weeding might be a welcome break.]
( Hi, Eddie. )
[Eddie doesn't mind the now near-permanent dirt stains Jake's acquired on the knees and sleeves of his jumpsuit, and he doesn't mind the dirt on Eddie's gloves that transfers to his hand when the other boy takes it. After Eddie had hugged him like his oldest and dearest friend the very first day they met, they'd more or less broken down the wall between propriety and friendly touches with a sledgehammer. Being led by the hand doesn't so much as faze him anymore.]
( How are you doing? I scrolled through some of the responses on the way over. Lots of people are up for sticking it to a clown--looks like however it made them look the other way isn't working now. )