[The front door opens with a ding, letting in a burst of cold, blood-scented air and a quiet string of muttered swears. The boy distractedly trying to bustle through is loaded down with at least six pizza boxes, topped by two teetering bottles of soda.]
Uh, six pepperonis for Mr. Mc- [Shit, he can't see the label. He sets the boxes against the front window, trying to peer around to the sticker on one side. Why the hell would a laundromat even have a pizza party? Why is there literally no one here except-
Holy fuck.]
Dustin?!
[In his shock, Mike loses grip on the pizza boxes - or rather, they seem to just... drop through his hands. The boxes land flat on the floor, unharmed, but the sodas aren't so lucky. Hard commercial tile busts one cap right open, and bargain-brand Fruity Cola Max fizzes out in all directions in an ambiguously colored ocean. But Mike hardly notices, standing there speechless and focused. The laundromat's front door is half-visible through the sloppy mass of his sweater and flannel pajama pants, and his hair has become something almost otherworldly since it's last haircut nine months ago. He looks like a feral ghost, delivering pizza in its pajamas.]
one.
Uh, six pepperonis for Mr. Mc- [Shit, he can't see the label. He sets the boxes against the front window, trying to peer around to the sticker on one side. Why the hell would a laundromat even have a pizza party? Why is there literally no one here except-
Holy fuck.]
Dustin?!
[In his shock, Mike loses grip on the pizza boxes - or rather, they seem to just... drop through his hands. The boxes land flat on the floor, unharmed, but the sodas aren't so lucky. Hard commercial tile busts one cap right open, and bargain-brand Fruity Cola Max fizzes out in all directions in an ambiguously colored ocean. But Mike hardly notices, standing there speechless and focused. The laundromat's front door is half-visible through the sloppy mass of his sweater and flannel pajama pants, and his hair has become something almost otherworldly since it's last haircut nine months ago. He looks like a feral ghost, delivering pizza in its pajamas.]