"Have a nice day," Ashton called to the other man, half-choked up; he picked at his collar and looked at his cuticles and generally stared anywhere but the door, anywhere, anywhere else. He was no good, no good, maybe someone else needed to cover his shift -- he couldn't greet customers like this, he'd just driven Theo out --

His choked breathing was barely audible even to himself, but it sounded so loud all the same.

Smerdle
fin on you!