An important thing to consider:
Andrew likes the quiet and darkness of sitting alone in a playground at night
Smoking alone in the park in the middle of the night is calming and fits his loner aesthetic
Andrew likes swings, but he probably would never tell anyone but Renee and Neil about that
Sometimes he just goes and sits on them
Sometimes he swings as high as he can and debates jumping off of the swing and whether the rush of fear he would feel when he goes flying would be worth it
Other times he half-heartedly swings absentmindedly
He starts taking Neil with him sometimes and they sit on picnic tables and the play-structure and talk and make out
Now, for the important part
A lot of small parks tend to have the set of two baby swings and the set of two normal swings that has one perpetually broken one
So, there’s only one real swing there and Andrew takes it and doesn’t start swinging, but pushes himself around a little with his feet planted on the ground
Neil stands in front of him watching
Neil walks over and Andrew checks if it is okay with Neil and then gets Neil to sit facing Andrew and straddling his lap with Neil’s legs hanging off the other side of the swing than Andrew’s
Andrew’s hands are on the chains of the swing for balance purposes, so Neil puts his on a different part of the chains, but then Andrew gives him permission to touch from the waist up
Neil wraps his arms loosely around Andrew’s torso to keep himself from falling and to be closer to Andrew
He’s careful not to hold onto Andrew too tight though
Neil waits a second to make sure Andrew is really comfortable with this, then buries his face in the crook of Andrew’s neck
Neil’s not even kissing Andrew’s neck, he’s just being close to him
Andrew pushes off with his feet for them to swing
They don’t swing high and they’re swinging super slow, but it’s so quiet other than the squeak of the metal in the swing and they get to have a little peaceful alone time
[Also, this is dumb, but I gotta make the joke: “I thought you didn’t swing.” “I only swing with you.”]
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