"One whole candle," he says, the grin back on his face. "I'm touched."
He takes the address - he's walked down there before already, so he knows the area a little - and, as they go their separate ways back to work, it's several more hours before he can clock out and get back to their dorm room at all, let alone to the boardwalk. But he's...looking forward to it. A lot. His favourite parts of the time he's been here so far has actually been the normal stuff - the extraordinary stuff keeps everything interesting, sure, but the really normal, human things like having a bank account and living in his own space and having a job are all things he'll ultimately probably deal with back home, whenever he goes back.
And now he's going to a bar after work with a friend. That's pretty damn normal.
He's down at the boardwalk about as soon as he can get there, and having kept his expectations low - at around the Jimmy's Bar level - means that when he walks in, he's probably going to be pleasantly surprised.
And he did listen to Hank and change out of his uniform; it's basic - light-coloured pants and blazer over a t-shirt - but the assistant pretty much insisted he have everything tailored when he went shopping and... Sure. The lines of it look better that way, though he can't exactly say how.
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He takes the address - he's walked down there before already, so he knows the area a little - and, as they go their separate ways back to work, it's several more hours before he can clock out and get back to their dorm room at all, let alone to the boardwalk. But he's...looking forward to it. A lot. His favourite parts of the time he's been here so far has actually been the normal stuff - the extraordinary stuff keeps everything interesting, sure, but the really normal, human things like having a bank account and living in his own space and having a job are all things he'll ultimately probably deal with back home, whenever he goes back.
And now he's going to a bar after work with a friend. That's pretty damn normal.
He's down at the boardwalk about as soon as he can get there, and having kept his expectations low - at around the Jimmy's Bar level - means that when he walks in, he's probably going to be pleasantly surprised.
And he did listen to Hank and change out of his uniform; it's basic - light-coloured pants and blazer over a t-shirt - but the assistant pretty much insisted he have everything tailored when he went shopping and... Sure. The lines of it look better that way, though he can't exactly say how.