Big Salmon Lake in the corner with the scarlet letter

Ugh I have ADD so bad tonight. And it's my last night off lmao. ;_;

The face that she made prompted him to flash a smile of his own. For all her coy behaviors, he couldn't help but think she was just being hard to get. But that talk was also a two way street, and Mordecai rolled his shoulders in a furry shrug as began to stride past her in the shallows. “Have it your way,” he said, the smile still clear across his muzzle. Perhaps if he had known her better, he would have made a play to pull her in, given his own good mood. But that was one thing he could have always counted on about the wilderness — he couldn't guarantee what kind of creatures he would encounter from day to day.

“But you know… you'll never know just how wet it is until you jump in either…” His voice trailed as he made a wider trek from the bank, treading into slightly deeper waters in the process. The pockets of colder water were more available there, but beneath the warmth of the early autumn sunlight, it felt just right. There would not be many more days like this that he could take advantage of, and the summer's opportunities had been long squandered in favor of other things.