[ It's been a few hours too long, past the point of 'checking out the boats', hurtling straight past 'making a slight detour' and landing directly into 'he must be in danger, I need to find him' territory. Which is how, post-orientation with the Ferryman, Nate comes to be on the beach, hovering somewhere along the docks half-watching the boats tied to their posts bobbing along the surface of the water, back and forth in a hypnotic rhythm, while he's scanning the horizon line for a sign of a stray craft and an idiot older brother manning it.
It isn't until he hears a commotion somewhere down the length of the shore that he heads in that direction, a familiar cry of 'Jesus Christ!' tearing through the calming soundtrack of the surf and sea breeze in an otherwise peaceful afternoon, and just barely catches a large gilled mass slide back into the waters, leaving the product of its regurgitation on the sand. ]
— Rafe. [ He stops in his tracks, eyes move between him and the sticky, mucus-covered shape lying on its side in the sand, groaning, and oh god — ] No.
You're shitting me —
[ Nate can't avert his gaze towards the sky quickly enough; somewhere back towards the water, pretty much to anywhere other than his very naked brother lying on the sand like a beached whale once he realizes what he's seen. ]
Sam? [ said to the beach. ] What the hell are you doing? What happened?
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It isn't until he hears a commotion somewhere down the length of the shore that he heads in that direction, a familiar cry of 'Jesus Christ!' tearing through the calming soundtrack of the surf and sea breeze in an otherwise peaceful afternoon, and just barely catches a large gilled mass slide back into the waters, leaving the product of its regurgitation on the sand. ]
— Rafe. [ He stops in his tracks, eyes move between him and the sticky, mucus-covered shape lying on its side in the sand, groaning, and oh god — ] No.
You're shitting me —
[ Nate can't avert his gaze towards the sky quickly enough; somewhere back towards the water, pretty much to anywhere other than his very naked brother lying on the sand like a beached whale once he realizes what he's seen. ]
Sam? [ said to the beach. ] What the hell are you doing? What happened?