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Oct. 26th, 2020 10:14 pmThe idea's been in Dan's head since that first trip to East Hallow, but he's not about to indulge it there. What it means that he feels Darrow is safer than that place, or safer than the world he'd left behind, he'll unpack later.
A few different places fit the bill, and Dan picks the corn maze furthest out from the city proper, one that's going to be low on people and low on being anything but an acre or two of cornstalks, hay bales, and some cheap Halloween decorations. There's a reason most of the teenagers don't come here, and a reason no one brings the smaller children.
It's as neutral as Dan could hope to find.
And still, it sets his heart to thumping, bumping under the skin of his wrist as he stands in front of the entrance with Marcus.
"It's something I want to do," he says, again, for his own benefit. Marcus knows about the power of the hedge maze, and Dan reaches out for him, seeking to loop their fingers together. The touch of Marcus's skin grounds him, always, and just maybe, there's a chance for adrenaline over dread.
A few different places fit the bill, and Dan picks the corn maze furthest out from the city proper, one that's going to be low on people and low on being anything but an acre or two of cornstalks, hay bales, and some cheap Halloween decorations. There's a reason most of the teenagers don't come here, and a reason no one brings the smaller children.
It's as neutral as Dan could hope to find.
And still, it sets his heart to thumping, bumping under the skin of his wrist as he stands in front of the entrance with Marcus.
"It's something I want to do," he says, again, for his own benefit. Marcus knows about the power of the hedge maze, and Dan reaches out for him, seeking to loop their fingers together. The touch of Marcus's skin grounds him, always, and just maybe, there's a chance for adrenaline over dread.
