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Tucked away off the road in Bon Temps, there's a road house. Warm light spills from its windows, and the sound of a jukebox playing drifts out into the muggy Louisiana night. The regular assortment of trucks and Hail-Mary-please-keep-this-lemon-goin'-just-a-little-longer cars sit in the dirt parking lot; what amounts to about half the town's small population... or, at least, of those of the 'drinking age and above' persuasion.

Inside, it's a bar of the type scattered all across the American South: homey, no-nonsense. Booths and tables. A man in a plaid flannel shirt wiping the bar; a crossdresser in the kitchen singing Gospel hymns and rolling his hips in time with the words just to scandalize the prep cook. A handful of waitresses, bustling about.

Sookie makes her way briskly through it all, a tray balanced on her palm and her eyes kept stubbornly front, as voices swarm around her. Aloud, and... less so.

...I’m just going to have one beer tonight Jesus one beer that’s all...

...better not gripe about me eating fries not after what I did for him last night...

...I cannot wait to get the hell out of this podunk town...
 
 "Well, make sure you do, and before it’s too late," she responds, thoughtless, to the young man. "Because every year you wait? You just get more and more stuck here. Believe me, I know."

He stares at her. So do his parents.

So does the other table. And she realizes, too little too late, that he hadn't said that out loud, not at all. She laughs, uncomfortable. "I’ll get y'all some ketchup," she says, brightly, and flees, ponytail swinging against the nape of her neck as she goes.

Stupid, Sookie, she chides herself. Stupid, stupid, stupid.
 

Date: 2022-09-23 01:20 am (UTC)
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He takes the hint and butters the fragrant, flaky biscuit, but nearly has to close his eyes in bliss at the taste of it.

Sam looks at Adele Stackhouse in pure admiration.

Date: 2022-09-23 01:31 am (UTC)
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"Sookie's right," Sam insists. "I've never had a biscuit like this before."

Dean would love this. For an instant, Sam misses his brother all the way to the depths of his soul before he reminds himself that Dean has his phone number, Dean could call him if he wants, or even find him. He turns his attention back to the present and gives Sookie a grin.

Date: 2022-09-23 01:44 am (UTC)
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Sam turns a quick grin on Adele and sneaks another biscuit off the tray. "Yes ma'am," he teases.

Date: 2022-09-23 02:08 am (UTC)
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"You got it," Sam promises. He makes his way through the last biscuit at a slower pace, appreciating it wholly, then reaches for the coffee again to finish that off as well. He plans to time it so that he's done about the same time Sookie finishes her own breakfast.

"Mrs. Stackhouse, is there anything else around that needs doing? Things on high shelves, like you said before, maybe?"

Date: 2022-09-23 02:12 am (UTC)
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He takes his plate and cup over to the sink and adds them to Sookie's, then looks at her.

"Ready when you are."

Date: 2022-09-23 02:19 am (UTC)
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"I'm sure." Sam hurries down the stairs and takes a longer step or two to catch up with her. "I meant what I said, I wouldn't feel right not helping out."

Date: 2022-09-23 02:29 am (UTC)
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"That's what counts, right?" He looks it over, matching it to memories of the couple of times Pastor Jim had let him or Dean mow the churchyard while they were staying with him, and wheels it out of the shed.

"Front, back, and sides, I'm guessing?" Sam gives her a quick smile. "I'm on it."

Date: 2022-09-23 02:36 am (UTC)
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"No problem." He wheels the mower over to what he thinks is a good starting point, pulls the starter cord a few times until he gets it to work, then grimaces at the roar of the motor.

Sam shakes his head and sets off with a will. It'll be good to help out - and he'll get another close look at the surroundings in the process, he figures.

Date: 2022-09-23 02:45 am (UTC)
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There's something almost soothing about the work. Sam uses the time to mull over next steps for dealing with the vampire problem. By the time he finishes the back and one side of the house and has made major inroads on the front, he's got a couple of ideas. A lot depends on if Bill had been lying about where he's laired up, which Sam has to admit is pretty damn likely.

A flicker of motion at the corner of his eye catches his attention. He pulls the mower to a halt and looks over at Sookie, who's just come down the steps.

Date: 2022-09-23 02:53 am (UTC)
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He shuts off the mower and takes the drink with alacrity. "Thanks. You're right, it's pretty hot."

The lemonade is fresh and cool and sweet and tastes like heaven. Sam finishes a third of the glass before he lowers it and smiles at her.

"How's it looking so far?"

Date: 2022-09-23 03:03 am (UTC)
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"It's kind of fun. Probably not if you have to do it all the time, though, I guess."

Sam looks around, checking his own progress, and looks back at Sookie. "I should be done pretty soon, I think. Are you waiting on me?"

Date: 2022-09-23 03:08 am (UTC)
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"Thank you." Sam raises the glass to her and downs another third of it. "Let me guess, you or your grandmother probably made this from scratch, from real lemons?"

Date: 2022-09-23 03:20 am (UTC)
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"I'm used to the powdered stuff that you mix with water," Sam informs her. "So I'll take you up on that."

He glances around, just to make sure no one's sneaked up on them - although the chance of that in bright daylight's basically nonexistent. Still.

"I took a look around earlier, like I said I would. Didn't find anything, though."

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