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notaretriever) wrote2017-07-11 03:43 pm
notaretriever) wrote2017-07-11 03:43 pm
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It's been a long day and Luke is ready to head home.
The cottage in the woods had been odd and he knows there are plenty of people who have already checked out, tried to determine what it might be, but it bothers Luke, knowing it's just sitting out there, and so he had gone to see it, wondering if he might be able to pick up a scent no one else has noticed so far. The scent of the candy, though, is pleasant instead of overwhelming, sweet and inviting instead of suffocating, and although he doesn't trust it, he does duck his head inside for a moment, just to see what the interior might hold.
It seems harmless. Magnus will know better and he decides to ask his friend his thoughts on it once he's home, but for now there's work to be done.
Over the course of the day, Luke stops by several book traders, picking things up for customers who have requested special orders. He still has Ronan doing most of the inventory, but at the moment he understands things are a little odd for Ronan, and so Luke gives him whatever time he needs, more than happy to pick up the slack.
At his last stop of the day, he encounters a young boy standing near the truck, staring longingly at the books piled inside.
"Does something interest you?" Luke asks and the boy looks at him shyly, then points to a Dr. Seuss book with a tower of turtles on the front. Luke picks it up from the box where it's been sitting and looks at it thoughtfully before he holds it out toward the boy. "That's a fine choice."
"I don't have any money," the boy blurts, but he's already digging into his pockets for something.
"Everyone should have access to books," Luke insists gently, pushing the book toward him. "It's yours."
The boy looks up at him as if to make sure he's sincere, then seizes the book with a happy smile, the sort that makes Luke light up in return. He's being thanked profusely, endlessly, the boy practically giddy with excitement and it makes Luke laugh, pleased to have been able to make him so happy. It's only once the boy is gone that Luke realizes a small pouch has been left in his palm and when he opens the neck of the little bag, he discovers he's been given four dried beans.
It makes him laugh again, but he takes them with him, all but forgetting about them by the time he's home. Then there are boxes of books to unload, groceries to bring inside, Reid and Jack to greet, and when the beans spill out of his pocket, scattering on the ground in front of the store, Luke doesn't even notice.
When the first tendrils of the beanstalk begin to sprout, the store is already closed, the lights off inside, and he, Reid and Jack are tucked upstairs in their apartment, completely oblivious to the quickly growing beanstalk that begins to stretch over the store's front window.
The cottage in the woods had been odd and he knows there are plenty of people who have already checked out, tried to determine what it might be, but it bothers Luke, knowing it's just sitting out there, and so he had gone to see it, wondering if he might be able to pick up a scent no one else has noticed so far. The scent of the candy, though, is pleasant instead of overwhelming, sweet and inviting instead of suffocating, and although he doesn't trust it, he does duck his head inside for a moment, just to see what the interior might hold.
It seems harmless. Magnus will know better and he decides to ask his friend his thoughts on it once he's home, but for now there's work to be done.
Over the course of the day, Luke stops by several book traders, picking things up for customers who have requested special orders. He still has Ronan doing most of the inventory, but at the moment he understands things are a little odd for Ronan, and so Luke gives him whatever time he needs, more than happy to pick up the slack.
At his last stop of the day, he encounters a young boy standing near the truck, staring longingly at the books piled inside.
"Does something interest you?" Luke asks and the boy looks at him shyly, then points to a Dr. Seuss book with a tower of turtles on the front. Luke picks it up from the box where it's been sitting and looks at it thoughtfully before he holds it out toward the boy. "That's a fine choice."
"I don't have any money," the boy blurts, but he's already digging into his pockets for something.
"Everyone should have access to books," Luke insists gently, pushing the book toward him. "It's yours."
The boy looks up at him as if to make sure he's sincere, then seizes the book with a happy smile, the sort that makes Luke light up in return. He's being thanked profusely, endlessly, the boy practically giddy with excitement and it makes Luke laugh, pleased to have been able to make him so happy. It's only once the boy is gone that Luke realizes a small pouch has been left in his palm and when he opens the neck of the little bag, he discovers he's been given four dried beans.
It makes him laugh again, but he takes them with him, all but forgetting about them by the time he's home. Then there are boxes of books to unload, groceries to bring inside, Reid and Jack to greet, and when the beans spill out of his pocket, scattering on the ground in front of the store, Luke doesn't even notice.
When the first tendrils of the beanstalk begin to sprout, the store is already closed, the lights off inside, and he, Reid and Jack are tucked upstairs in their apartment, completely oblivious to the quickly growing beanstalk that begins to stretch over the store's front window.