Proper restroom etiquette

[patrick_koster]

He doesn't look up when the door opens and the drawled, "hey," startles him a little. He looks up - absently thinking that it's not proper restroom etiquette to greet people - when he sees a slightly familiar face.

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[patrick_koster]

After leaving the restroom, Patrick tries to act normal, tries to control his breathing and focus on getting his arse out of there before he snaps again. Doesn't make it out without one of the waitresses stopping him for a chat, and he sees the look on her face when he all but ignores her. Once outside he takes a deep breath and then it hits him, realizes what happened, what he did. And wonders: what will Brendan think?

[stormybrendan]

"What's up with Patrick?" young Lucy says, her tray of glasses clinking noisily as she pushes it onto the bar. "Anyone'd think I'd told him he had the plague the way he just brushed me off!" Brendan looked up and frowned. Lucy could be a bit trying with her constant chatter, but Patrick didn't usually let that bother him. He shook his head, looking around for the man.

"He's hightailed it out the kitchen," she said pointedly, jerking her head toward the still slightly swinging door. As he's looking toward the doors indicated one's pushed open a little and Sam's head appears. The look on the man's face was enough to draw Brendan's attention and he puts the bottle he has in his hand back up on the shelf and makes his way toward the kitchen. Sam's holding the door for him, and without a word jerks his head toward the door out into the lane. Brendan opens it and steps outside, looking from one side to the other before he sees Patrick.

"You OK?"

[patrick_koster]

Expecting Brendan to probably come and find him, isn't the same as hearing the man's voice and Patrick almost cringes when he does. "No," he breathes without looking at Brendan: if even a small part of how he's feeling is reflected on his face he'd really rather Brendan didn't see it.

[stormybrendan]

Brendan let the door close behind him as he stepped out into the dark lane.

"What's up?"