@fishidwardrobe@mastodon.me.uk
Post #960410
2026-04-06 13:11 UTC
#microfiction
When the government were onto me, I told the manager this would be my last night tending bar.
I told all the customers, too, and gave them all one free cocktail on me, a "special". No more carefully listening to their stories and saving my gift for when the risk was worth it.
Didn't cure cancer that night, but it turned out that everyone _did_ need a special. I saw people crying into their drinks because a weight was lifted; hugging strangers; making earnest phone conversations.
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@fishidwardrobe@mastodon.me.uk 2026-04-06 13:13
When the three FBI agents turned up, I made a special for each of them, lined them up on the bar as they approached, stared them each straight in the eye.
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@rdm@aus.social 2026-04-06 14:16
@fishidwardrobe Wow, that is powerful. Good work!