Was out at the garden plot later than I meant to be again last night, just checking on things before bed because I couldn’t fall asleep anyway.
There’s this other plot a few rows down that always has a little lantern going no matter how late it gets. I used to think it got left on by accident, but it’s been there pretty much every single time I’ve gone out there in the dark, so at this point I’m pretty sure whoever tends that plot is also just up way past when they should be.
Kind of a comforting thing honestly, in a strange way. Like we’re both out there in our own little corners not saying a word to each other, both avoiding sleep for whatever our own reasons are, tending to plants that genuinely do not care what time it is or how either of us is doing.
Didn’t talk to them or anything, probably never will. Just noticed the light again on the walk back and it stuck with me more than it should have.