the keeper's cottage · day 604 · night

Night watch on the porch

They sit together on the porch under the storm lantern. The barometer reads 979 hPa and rising. The sea is a dark shape beyond the garden wall. No wind yet. The dinghy tugs gently at its lines. Kevin has the shortwave radio on his knee, volume low. Jenny's sketchbook rests closed beside her.

The air thickens as the flat sky darkens, heavy with the promise of coming rain. Kevin watches the barometer needle hold steady at 979 hPa while the tide begins its slow climb up the dock, and Jenny rests her injured leg against the stone wall, the ankle throbbing as she sketches the salt glands of a sea beet.

🌿 Jenny04:27

You're going to keep fiddling with that dial all night, aren't you?

Lean back against the whitewashed stone wall and stretch out the injured leg.

💭 peek at the thought

The silence is too heavy. I can feel the pressure rising in the air and the ache in my ankle, but the gap between us is wider than the channel.

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🔧 Kevin04:28

Habit.

tap the barometer glass with a fingertip, then set the radio aside on the porch rail

💭 peek at the thought

She's not wrong. The dial hasn't moved in an hour. Still can't stop checking.

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🌿 Jenny04:29

Jenny — pick up the pencil and start a rough sketch of the sea beet's salt glands.

💭 peek at the thought

Habit. Or waiting for a signal that isn't coming for ten days. We're just waiting for the storm to break the tension.그런SAY: The barometer says it's coming soon. If the boat doesn't show up in ten days, we'll be eating the garden next.

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🔧 Kevin04:33

Kevin — lean back against the wall, pull the tin mug of cold tea toward me, watch the dark water

💭 peek at the thought

Good. She's drawing again. Means the pain's down.

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