Little Inconveniences - Part 2 Ellis is sitting on a rock that had been aesthetically placed outside the front of the hotel. He grins, all white, straight teeth. Nick finds that strange in a kid his age: yellow-less and metal-less. Hell, when he was twelve he' had a mouth of braces by his stepmother's insistence. Insistence which had been her leaning down into his face, putting her hands on his cheeks, pulling them from where they normally belonged, and claiming they were going to the orthodontist. "Not that you're not handsome, Nick, but I'm not dealing with tooth problems later when I can solve them now." Nick hadn't warmed up to her at that point because she techni
Little Inconveniences - Part 1 There's a boy behind the desk. The bell to the door has already caught his attention and he's looking up at Nick from under his blue hat questioningly and then expectantly and then eagerly. His mouth is stretched into a lips-only smile, pulling his face and bubbling his cheeks. He's looking far too happy to see some guy walk into some auto shop. Nick frowns and approaches him because the tow-truck driver has already left and because the kid is the only one in the room. "Hi!" "Hi." Nick leans against the chest high counter and notes that although the seat the kid's occupying is a stool he's still perched on his knees atop it. "Is a me
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