The moon was low on the horizon when Marc stepped off his front porch. Clouds washed the sky with shadowy grey, and the lonely streetlights were islands in the empty sea of his suburban street.
His change jingled in his pocket as he began the steady jog which had become a part of his nightly routine. Dressed in tracksuit pants and a sleeveless T-shirt, his sneakers slapped against the footpath as he ran. Around him, lights in houses flickered on or off, as suburbia continued it's night routine.
Running on, passing a pair of muscular women who were running the other way, Marc tried to keep his focus on the exercise. Too many of his friends only ran to enjoy watching female joggers as they ran. Marc couldn't see the point in that.
As he approached the park, he began to feel that familiar tightening in his chest that told him to stop and rest. He spied a park bench, and walked over to it, slowly lowering himself onto it.
Letting his muscles rest for a moment, he took some time to look around. He'd never been down here this late, and never stopped here to rest. He saw a few families eating dinner through their windows, but not much else. Except a small lighted window behind the fence to his right.