happy birthday to my wonderful friend @feoplepeel (@seathree)! 💙 all the best wishes! and as a gift an illustration to your story:
“round turn and two half hitches (secured against the future)”
"What are you doing out here?"
Harry half-turned to see Carlos emerging from the brush, light and sound and laughter a world behind him, peeking through the leaves, inviting them back.
"Didn't you hear? Jay and Gil are going on a world tour."
"...oh."
Harry held out his bottle to Carlos. "Want some?"
"No thanks." He sat on the ground next to Harry, staring across the water towards the Isle. "Uma asked me where you were."
"Why?"
"Why me? Because we were dancing, I guess. Why did she ask? I don't know. Go back and ask her."
"Doesn't it bother you? Them leaving us?"
"Not bothered just...worried." Carlos stared at the bottle in Harry's hand with a clear case of the 'Second Thoughts'. "I'm sorry, I don't know what's going to happen. That's kind of the scary part."
"You scared?"
Carlos tilted his chin upward, looking not one iota scared. "Yes."
p.s. and to those who haven't read the fic, go do it, it's amazing 💙
