Who: Cody and OPEN
Setting: the sewers for community service
Absolutely disgusting. The whole thing was so gross. And exhausting. And the
smell. Cody was going to have to burn the clothes he had on. The guy next to him had puked twice, which was equally horrible and didn't help the smell since the guy started the shift still drunk from the night before.
The only saving grace was the occasional message from JJ, and that the work was mindless enough that Cody could answer while he worked without having to stop. He wasn't expecting the messages to perk him up as much as he did, but they did. Once he'd been blown off he didn't think it would happen, that JJ would reach out, but he had and it made the work slightly more bearable.
Right up until his shovel lodged something particularly sludgy, large, and smelly. Cody swallowed down a gag, bile rising up as he covered his mouth and nose with his elbow. Fuck, that was
nasty.