[ It is kind of a miracle Richie catches it, actually, with his hands already full, and the only one to blame if the situation had just become a real mess involving rags, a mop, windex, and possibly a change of clothes would have been Carmen for fucking aiming too hard for "normal," apparently. For the seconds it takes for Richie to get a handle on the can, he kicks himself.
(If you don’t want people dealing with your stupid mess, don’t get distracted. Got it.)
Carmen shakes his head as Richie plays the catch off as a victory, covering a little relief (and some amusement) with the flick of his lighter at the cigarette. ]
Smooth.
[ The noise from the drill isn’t a problem, in the way the loud and monotonous usually isn’t. He's already rounded the kitchen corner and begun digging in the bag of hardware supplies at Richie's feet when he asks for one of the shelves, and Carmen pauses to grab one from where it's propped against the wall. ]
Yeah, here. [ This was always more Richie -- and Mikey --, this kind of working with hands. As much as he'd tried to keep up -- be useful in ways that seemed to matter to people, or maybe were just expected -- and as much as he'd picked up from the two of them, it had never come naturally to him.
He lifts the shelf to where Richie's placing the brackets, lining it up with what's already in place. ] Good?
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(If you don’t want people dealing with your stupid mess, don’t get distracted. Got it.)
Carmen shakes his head as Richie plays the catch off as a victory, covering a little relief (and some amusement) with the flick of his lighter at the cigarette. ]
Smooth.
[ The noise from the drill isn’t a problem, in the way the loud and monotonous usually isn’t. He's already rounded the kitchen corner and begun digging in the bag of hardware supplies at Richie's feet when he asks for one of the shelves, and Carmen pauses to grab one from where it's propped against the wall. ]
Yeah, here. [ This was always more Richie -- and Mikey --, this kind of working with hands. As much as he'd tried to keep up -- be useful in ways that seemed to matter to people, or maybe were just expected -- and as much as he'd picked up from the two of them, it had never come naturally to him.
He lifts the shelf to where Richie's placing the brackets, lining it up with what's already in place. ] Good?