He hated it. But he expected it. Understood it. Let it wash over him while he thought fondly of the day when maybe she wouldnât.
Hell, even if she always did, heâd deal with it. Heâd still be there for her. Always.
His mind supplied just like with anyone else, but it wasnât just like with her at all. Things with her had been different since the beginning.
Just like the way his mind immediately went to the idea of her all dressed up like some sorority girl. He was pretty sure they didnât run around in little cheerleading outfits, but hell heâd never been to a real college and only seen some movies and that, that was another way that with her it was different.
That his mind slid in that direction, sometimes.
It shouldnât. He hated himself. Blamed the flame of red hair and the fiery nature of her.
Didn't stop him. Didn't stop the way his gaze lingered on the cut of her waist as she walked away from him.
But by the time they got to ice cream, by the time they spent together if not fully talking, if not fully enjoying, but moments, stolen, Logan was better. Had made himself be better, had reined that part of himself in.
He wasn't a good man, had never claimed to be, but he could try and be better.
And it was a good man who, hours later, felt something at the back of his mind. An annoyance. An aggitation. That mosquito of something in his ear that said he should go check on her. That they should talk. Not talk, at least not talk talk, but that there should be a check in.
Catching up after the bar.
It wasn't hard to find her, wasn't hard to find anyone in a mansion the size of theirs. Okay, so the mansion wasn't small, but there were a lot of people held within those walls, and it wasn't like Logan couldn't smell her anyways. Couldn't practically taste the scent of her that lingered in the halls.
She was there, had been there, and he followed down the well-known corridor until he got to her door. The shower was running, he could hear that, too, and just as soon as he'd gotten there he made to leave.
It was still there, that feeling. Still held somewhere in the back of his mind so he sighed, rolling his eyes, knowing she was about to bitch him out, as he banged on the door, fist connecting with painted wood.
But there was no response. The sound of the water didn't even shift. Meaning she hadn't moved in the spray of it.
"Luce?" Logan asked, banging on the door again, waiting, but still nothing. Nothing, nothing, nothing and damn he was going to get a lecture because he really needed to stop kicking in doors and damn Chuck was going to be all over him for breaking into Luce's room, but between the choice of getting nagged to death or being wrong, Logan chose.
The frame splintered, quick, it wasn't like there was any renforcement, and Logan stilled. He paused, waited, body tense for what ever tirade may come.
The water still ran and so then, then he was too, loping across the small space to her en suite, jogging into the bathroom to find her on the floor of the tub, curled in on herself, water spraying down on her.
"The fuck, Luce?" Logan asked, concern breaking through his voice as he snatched up the closest towel, as he flicked the water off, taking her in, scratches, blotchy skin. Still breathing though, mostly unharmed. He held up the towel to offer some kind of modesty, looking away, averting his gaze as he knelt down. "You okay, kid?"