Shang-A-Lang
A Klaine Drabble-ish for the July 2021 @todaydreambelievers Tan Hands and Tan Lines Summer Fic Challenge
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Day 2: Judicious
Rated: G
Word count: 488
Warnings: None
I wrote this last night but it was literal gibberish. I hope it’s at least readable now.
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When it turns out that the hiring process isn’t all that rigorous - the complex is just looking for nominally responsible warm bodies to cover all the positions, Kurt, Mercedes and Tina start their new jobs two days later.
“Kurt it is a state regulation,” Tina pleads with him. “If you’re going to work in food service you need to cover your head so hair doesn’t get in peoples’ food.”
“I am absolutely not wearing a hair net, unless it’s for a role in Hairspray. I’ll quit first.” Kurt touches the perfectly set swoop on top of his head, a determined look on his face. He works hard on his hair. Mercedes knows better than to fight with him about this, but for some reason Tina is still arguing about it. At least they don’t have uniforms. “Besides, Steve said I can wear this -” he sets his favorite newsboy style cap on his head. “He said I can wear any hat I want as long as I check with him first.” Kurt can work with hats, but he has to be judicious in selecting hats that are appropriate for the athletic complex. He needs to look smashing in it, of course, and it needs to be able to stand up to the rigors of working food service and cleaning out locker rooms without getting ruined. He thinks Tina is just jealous that he looks so good in hats, and she opens her mouth to object again, but thankfully someone walks up to the snack counter and interrupts.
“Hey little brother, cool hat.” It’s Finn.
“What are you doing here Finn? Don’t you have to work?” Kurt could have sworn he heard Finn leave with Burt to go to the garage this morning. He normally doesn’t mind Finn being around, but he is going to a readjustment period to get used to having him around all the time again.
“Yeah I do. I mean, some days, but not today. Thought I would check this place out.” Kurt waited for him to go on. “I’m meeting Sam here to do some weightlifting.”
Kurt doesn’t turn to look at Mercedes, but out of the corner of his eye he can see her lift her head to hear what Finn has to say. Mercedes and Sam broke up before graduation, and she swears she isn’t interested in rekindling anything, but Kurt also knows they hung out together only a few days after she got back to Lima, so honestly anything is possible.
“Well when you are done sweating or lifting or whatever it is you are doing here, you should bring Sam by. I haven’t seen him since last fall.” Finn says he will, then ambles off to wherever he’s going. Kurt turns to look at Mercedes, who is filling the candy display with bags of Swedish Fish.
“Not a word about that, Kurt Hummel,” she directs, so he backs off. For now.
