"Dogs don't worry about anything," Mike says, pausing on the way to the Compound to give King a scratch behind the ears. He grins up at Lennox. "They've got one over on us that way. What're you considering trying?"
"Nudity. Well, walking around in my underwear," Lennox answered with a bright grin for Mike as he held out the joint in offering. "I did it at that party the other night and it felt really fucking great, man. Really freeing. I didn't feel weird or anything." That may have been due to all the alcohol he'd downed and all the pot he'd smoked, but he smoked pot regularly and didn't often feel that great.
"There's kind of a big difference between nudity and underwear," he says, arching an eyebrow. He shrugs and takes the joint; might as well, since it's there. "Anyway, if you wanted to do that the rest of the time, I don't think anyone would care all that much." The Island is nothing if not one of the more tolerant places he's ever been.
"Yeah, but they're close," Lennox decided with a grin, then flopped back on the ground. "Underwear is closer to nudity than wearing clothes, right? But it might be too distracting to walk around in my underwear. Also, it'd be dangerous when I was building."
"Oh, we'd all be walking into shit," he agrees readily, settling down on the grass next to Lennox and handing back the joint. "So you're right, I mean, I guess outta consideration for everyone else."
"The island population is lucky I'm so considerate," Lennox said seriously, even though the corners of his mouth were twitching. "Sometimes I forget I'm the head of the crew now. Well, not the head 'cause that's Duck's job, but the head of my little crew. I keep waiting for Chris to make the decisions."
"You do fine," he says with a faint smile, only a little pain at the edges. "You're a natural fucking leader, right?" Which he knows isn't true. Not that he doesn't think Lennox can, but because he's never gotten any indication that it's something Lennox would really want.
Chris was the leader. Chris was the skip and even if Lennox and Eddie stepped up to take his place on the rink or in other venues, he was sure they'd both always feel that way.
Still, he grinned and shrugged, "Then I wouldn't be much of a foreman. Or, hey, I could hide behind a bush and call instructions from there. While naked."
He laughs at that, leaning back on his hands. "Unique leadership style," he says. "Counts for a lot." he looks at Lennox again, a little more closely. "So you had a good time at the party?" He hadn't seen Lennox there, but he had been barely there himself.
"Shit, yeah, I had a great time," Lennox said, his grin brightening. "I was on the Fairy Court thing, you know? Got to walk around wearing this awesome costume and made people do things all night, then I went home with this really hot guy."
If he couldn't tell Mike, then he couldn't tell anyone, he figured.
He laughs again, this time in half surprise, though after a second's reflection he's not really all that surprised.
Still, part of him might never completely expect things like this.
"Okay..." he says, raising his eyebrows in an attitude of deep interest, a sardonic little grin still playing over his mouth. "This is the part where you give me some details, girlfriend."
Lennox laughed, then shrugged a little. "His name's Miguel, he was wearing furry pants as his costume. He's fucking hot and he was a hell of a good kisser."
He'd also left before morning, but Lennox could deal with that. It wasn't like they'd had a date or anything.
"I dunno," Lennox said honestly. "I wouldn't mind it, but I think he was sorta freaked out by the whole thing. Maybe he'll come around, but if he doesn't, the night was fun and that was good enough for me."
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It's refreshing.
"You could still do it when no one's looking."
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Still, he grinned and shrugged, "Then I wouldn't be much of a foreman. Or, hey, I could hide behind a bush and call instructions from there. While naked."
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If he couldn't tell Mike, then he couldn't tell anyone, he figured.
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Still, part of him might never completely expect things like this.
"Okay..." he says, raising his eyebrows in an attitude of deep interest, a sardonic little grin still playing over his mouth. "This is the part where you give me some details, girlfriend."
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He'd also left before morning, but Lennox could deal with that. It wasn't like they'd had a date or anything.
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"You gonna see him again?"
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