"I'm more afraid of Veronica's wrath than being seen in one of her outfits," he counters, having spent a few bored afternoons in their teens letting Flor dress him up. Even his negligent frame might stretch the fabrics, and he shrugs the muddied flannel from his shoulder, swapping it with the pile.
If he had less to hold up while trying to change in the middle of the yard, he might call the implied bluff--instead, he tugs his tank up over his head with his free hand and deposits that in Jake's hands as well, carrying the rest toward the back door of the house. "I don't mind the audience, I just know no one's carrying cash out here," he jokes, letting the door bang shut behind him and changing his pants out in a near stranger's kitchen.
He's done weirder things, even before he got here.
When he returns, drawstring tied tight and shirt hanging a bit off him, sits with his legs sticking out the bars of the small back stoop and tosses the jeans to Jake. "So how much of the what're you in for conversation do you want to skip, now that we're doing laundry day together," he asks.
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If he had less to hold up while trying to change in the middle of the yard, he might call the implied bluff--instead, he tugs his tank up over his head with his free hand and deposits that in Jake's hands as well, carrying the rest toward the back door of the house. "I don't mind the audience, I just know no one's carrying cash out here," he jokes, letting the door bang shut behind him and changing his pants out in a near stranger's kitchen.
He's done weirder things, even before he got here.
When he returns, drawstring tied tight and shirt hanging a bit off him, sits with his legs sticking out the bars of the small back stoop and tosses the jeans to Jake. "So how much of the what're you in for conversation do you want to skip, now that we're doing laundry day together," he asks.