May 22, 2025
closed: @benj-hyun
location: boardwalk
Maybe it was a little fucked, but Laurel couldn't help but feel a kernel of excitement as she approached Ben on the boardwalk with two beers stuffed into koozies, as promised. There was concern, sure — she wasn't a total asshole — but the slightly morbid curiosity was winning out.
She wondered if this is what high school would've felt like, if high school had been anything but terrible.
"You look like shit," they commented plainly as they took a seat on a bench next to Ben and handed over his beer. "You wanna get right into it or would you rather just drink in silence for a minute?"