✉ - It had been a long day at the Sea Breeze—but then, when wasn’t it? As word of Dirk’s (relatively) new cafe began to spread, the days brought more and more customers to his chill, humble little establishment.
He’d worked around as a waiter for years, even before purchasing his own restaurant, so he was pretty used to the ins and outs of the job. Rowdy customers, high maintenance people, the ones who gave incredibly generous tips, the ones who wouldn’t give not even one extra coin... he knew ‘em all, like the back of his hand.
Even the customers who lingered at their tables for just a bit too long without ordering anything, clearly finished with their food, but still taking up space for whatever reason. Though, space wasn’t too much of an issue, now that the cafe was reaching closing time. The issue was that Miss Goldilocks wasn’t leaving—she was the last customer left, and they wouldn’t be able to close up until she was gone.
As cute as she was getting all absorbed in that book of hers, Dirk had to cut the fun short. He heads over and starts cleaning up her dishes, chuckling nonchalantly at her offer.
“Nah, it’s no problem. It’s my job, y’know?” He jerks his chin towards the book in front of her. “And I don’t blame you for getting lost in your own world there. Books can be pretty addicting... from what I’ve seen, anyway.” Dirk couldn’t count how many times he’s seen his own brother getting absorbed in whatever book he was reading.