technically, ezra should have closed up shop hours ago, but he hadn't for two good reasons. first of all, he was the boss and if he wanted to tinker around on some old car that he'd bought outside of normal business hours and then try to sell it for a profit, he could and there wasn't a single damn person that could stop him. secondly, no one was likely to try stopping by the shop so late in the evening even if they could see a light on, and all the doors were locked up tight, so there were few chances of anyone catching billie there with him. she didn't have work for another hour and her dad was off at a poker game at charles' house, so he wasn't going to notice that she disappeared earlier than she should have. even if somehow he found out about billie's little visit, it would be easy to make an excuse, claim billie was there about her car and not for ezra's makeshift attempts at romance. billie deserved to be able to go on dates and hold someone's hand, and while ezra could get away with inviting billie to join him for lunch if they happened to coincidentally be at the same restaurant, it wasn't the same as being on a date. but in the privacy of the shop, it wasn't anyone business if ezra laid out a blanket on an open space on concrete, or if he had an ice chest with sandwiches and cheeses and fruit to use as a makeshift picnic. billie didn't eat enough in his opinion and caring for her was his job, even if he often couldn't do that without risking them being caught. moments where they didn't need to hide and he could kiss her and eat grapes from her fingertips were rare, and it was worth missing one poker game for, something he blamed on tight funds that month. ezra had never been the most honest man, but lying seemed to be coming to him far more naturally in order to hide his relationship with billie, but he didn't regret the lies or betraying his friend when she kissed him, billie's weight when he pulled her into his lap blotting out thoughts of anyone except her. a roaming hand under her skirt discovered that billie's tendency to go without panties was still going strong and when she worked his pants open, he didn't try to resist her, their time together too limited to question what they did with it as their hands sought out skin. "i'm going to be dripping out of you all night at work, sweetheart, is that what you want?" he asked, hands slipping down her body to grab her waist and guide the roll of her body after she slipped onto his cock.