For tolivewithout_u
Gabe is in the park, doing what he's always done when he was bored and couldn't go home because his mom expected him to be at school: watching people live their lives. And despite the fact that A) it's summer so he isn't expected to be in school and B) his mom left home months ago, he can't help but break his routine of coming out here and feeling slightly normal. Especially since his father's attempts to ignore him are all the more obvious now than they ever were in the past and Natalie, if she's home, is practically attached to Henry.
He notices a pair of guys from the varsity football team he's supposed to be a member of and decides to follow them, partially out of habit since how else was he supposed to know anything thing about his supposed teammates for when he bullshitted to his mom and partially out of boredom since there's nothing else to do.
He notices a pair of guys from the varsity football team he's supposed to be a member of and decides to follow them, partially out of habit since how else was he supposed to know anything thing about his supposed teammates for when he bullshitted to his mom and partially out of boredom since there's nothing else to do.