AUTHOR: gendersquare CAST: Sollux/Roxy, Terezi&Roxy; Karkat, Aradia RATING: T WORD COUNT: 4416 ADDITIONAL TAGS: humanstuck, amusement park AU, food service, alcohol, unhealthy relationships, created for rarepair swap SUMMARY: The summer before Roxy leaves for college, she gets a cruddy food service job at an amusement park. One of her coworkers introduces her to some friends, including a cute nerd who shares a lot of her interests. EXCERPT: You’re a week into your shitty food service job at the amusement park when a new gal walks into Grillin’ Villains. Her hideous lime green shirt matches the rest of your pimply little crew’s, and your first thought is Whew, this means I’m not the noob any more. You’re older than about half of the kids here, but unlike most of them, your mom didn’t force you to get a summer job in high school. Nope, only now that you’ve hit the ripe old age of eighteen and are ready to start college this September do you have to waste 35 hours a week flipping burgers until you’re forever saturated with the alluring odors of burnt beef patties and weeks-old vegetable oil. This gal looks like she’s about your age, but as she approaches you can tell from the grin on her face that she may be new to this food stand, but this isn’t her first job in the amusement park. There’s none of the deer-in-the-headlights look that you had when you first showed up. Then again, she does have the benefit of some sweet red shades - and what the shit, she’s carrying a cane too. Not just carrying or leaning on it, but sweeping it back and forth across the ground as she strides into the kitchen, the cane ricocheting against the boxes and mop buckets and table legs. rec'd by diatorre
