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Gestures, part 7
Oct. 28th, 2012 07:07 pmSome days I really love my job. Today I had three customers that stood out. One guy came to get a single rose. He’d come in yesterday for one as well. When I gave my parting comment ‘Have a nice day’ he responded that he was working on it. I had to smile. I don’t mind helping someone get laid.
The second guy laid down almost eighty dollars without blinking. The huge arrangement of stargazers and pink roses was for his wife. He’d been meaning to buy her flowers for a while, so he picked an arrangement worth all the ones he would have bought. He planned to put this arrangement on the center of the kitchen island. She is five months pregnant and he wants her to be happy and stress-free.
The last guy wanted his single rose dressed up. Instead of the free clear plastic, he paid extra for shiny pink cellophane. Then he tried to pay. The resister wouldn’t take his credit card. He tried a couple of times, but it kept declining his tender. But he had enough change in his pocket. He paid for a six dollar rose with quarters, nickels, dimes, and pennies. As I counted out the change, he repeated that he knew he had $10.15 on his card. When I was done, he had only thirty cents left in change. So he spent over one third of his money on a flower for his girl, which is romantic. Although I’m glad he’s not dating my daughter.
Title: Gestures
Status: Part 7 of 10
Genre: science fiction, romance, slash
Rating: PG (13?)
Content: a delicate nose, homesickness, brooding, rocks, holes, glass beads, beautiful tools, sand, heat, minerals, gravity, and centrifugal force
Length: about 2,000 words
Summary: Colt raises his spirits with craft time.
Masterlist
When the meat was finished cooking, Lion woke Colt. They ate and then scraped the wet wood off the cat’s pelt and put on a new layer. They were almost out of bark to brew up.
( He’s the only one who wore them )
The second guy laid down almost eighty dollars without blinking. The huge arrangement of stargazers and pink roses was for his wife. He’d been meaning to buy her flowers for a while, so he picked an arrangement worth all the ones he would have bought. He planned to put this arrangement on the center of the kitchen island. She is five months pregnant and he wants her to be happy and stress-free.
The last guy wanted his single rose dressed up. Instead of the free clear plastic, he paid extra for shiny pink cellophane. Then he tried to pay. The resister wouldn’t take his credit card. He tried a couple of times, but it kept declining his tender. But he had enough change in his pocket. He paid for a six dollar rose with quarters, nickels, dimes, and pennies. As I counted out the change, he repeated that he knew he had $10.15 on his card. When I was done, he had only thirty cents left in change. So he spent over one third of his money on a flower for his girl, which is romantic. Although I’m glad he’s not dating my daughter.
Title: Gestures
Status: Part 7 of 10
Genre: science fiction, romance, slash
Rating: PG (13?)
Content: a delicate nose, homesickness, brooding, rocks, holes, glass beads, beautiful tools, sand, heat, minerals, gravity, and centrifugal force
Length: about 2,000 words
Summary: Colt raises his spirits with craft time.
Masterlist
When the meat was finished cooking, Lion woke Colt. They ate and then scraped the wet wood off the cat’s pelt and put on a new layer. They were almost out of bark to brew up.
( He’s the only one who wore them )
