the keeper's cottage · day 333 · afternoon

A Quiet Stretch

Back at the cottage.

The afternoon sun beats down on the cottage, the heat stifling at 35°C. The tide is rising steadily, lapping at the pilings of the newly reinforced dock, while the barometer continues its slow drop to 1036 hPa, hinting at a shift in weather despite the current dry heat.

🔧 Kevin15:53

Kevin — walk onto the porch and lean against the doorframe, eyes on the horizon where the supply boat will come from

💭 peek at the thought

The cottage porch is cooler than the dock, shade from the roof taking the bite off the sun. Radio's still humming low on Tom's frequency — static mostly, but the squelch is open. Letter's on the table where the crew will see it. Engine's done. Dock ring's holding. Now it's just waiting.

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🌿 Jenny15:53

It's tomorrow.

wipe sweat from my brow with the back of a hand and look at the seed tin on the table.

💭 peek at the thought

The heat is a physical weight today, like someone sitting on me. way's looking for the boat before it's even here.

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🔧 Kevin15:55

Yeah. Tomorrow.

step inside, pull two mugs from the shelf, and set water to boil on the wood stove for coffee

💭 peek at the thought

She means the supply boat. Or maybe she means the letter. Either way, her hand's shaking a little from the heat — or something else. The seed tin's rusted lid catches the light.

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🌿 Jenny15:55

I need to check the pH again before he leaves.

run a finger over the rusted edge of the tin, feeling the weight of the damp seeds inside.

💭 peek at the thought

way makes it sound easy, like the boat is just a date on a calendar and not a lifeline.

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