hold me closer necromancer by lish mcbride

Meanwhile, Douglas, the first creepy guy, follows Brooke home. Ramon bashes him with a skateboard so hard it breaks in half, then Frank speeds up in his car, but the guy PULLS THE BUMPER OFF. When they're about to climb into Frank's car, a huge guy comes up asking for Sam, then tosses him around like a rag doll. After they close up the restaurant, Sam, Ramon and Frank, another friend/co-worker, decide to watch Conan the Barbarian, but Brooke declines the invite. The man says it was all a misunderstanding and leaves. He lives here? Has for all his life? The man says that there's no way he lives there, unregistered, but then the manager of the restaurant comes out and things seem to go back to normal. He comes over to Sam, lifts him off the floor by his shirt, sending a sort of cold electric jolt through Sam and asks him what he's doing here. Sam, who is currently laying on the ground having just been scraping gum off of tables, seems really terrified of this guy, who of course notices him right this very second. Brooke plays dumb when the guy, who Sam thinks is creepy, asks about the potato. As they're closing up for the night, the owner of the potato-smashed tail light comes in. She apologizes and he puts the pouch in his pocket.

Brooke drags Sam back inside the restaurant by his shirt collar, accidentally breaking the strap that holds a pouch around his neck. There's an accidental potato-tail light smashing that happens then, putting an end to their game. Brooke is a cheerleader type, and even though all the guys ogle her, they also watch out for her. Anyway, he and his friend Ramon, the guy behind the grill, take a break to play potato hockey in the parking lot, but when Ramon has to get back to the grill, Brooke, another friend and co-worker, comes out to take his place. If only he didn't drop out of college, maybe he'd have a better job. Sam, or Samhein (pronounced SAH-win) Corvus LaCroix if we're using his birth name, is working his regular shift at Plumpy's, a fast food place in Seattle.

Hold me closer necromancer by lish mcbride