Ashes to Ashes, Leaves to Snow|| [[Lest + Rachel]]
Greenhill farm had been back for a while now. It was like it had never been burned to begin with. As an employee, Lest felt bad that he couldn’t have contributed more to its restoration... But he had been as strapped for cash as ever, and being down one job certainly didn’t help.
Well, that just meant that Lest had to work even harder now that things were back to normal! Still, as leaves fell from the trees, signaling winter’s fast approach, he couldn’t help but wonder if he’d really paid Rachel back at all. After all, she had always done such kind things for him. Her lasagna was one of a kind. He wished he could cook something up for her, but he didn’t have a kitchen.
(He would have if he’d moved in with her. He tried not to think on that, as well as the flakey reasons he had turned her down. It was probably for the best, in the end, what with his own future being so uncertain. And besides, he was pretty sure Pandora would get into more trouble if he wasn’t there to reign her in from time to time.)
After thinking on it for a while, Lest eventually decided that he had to do something. And so, just before the end of his shift, he brought up his idea to Rachel at work.
“Hey, you know, I don’t think we ever properly celebrated the farm being restored,” he said. “After work, do you want to go out to eat somewhere? My treat.”
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