It happened to be a day when Serenus had dropped in to catch up on bookwork and make certain everything was running smoothly at the shop, and he was seated behind the counter, going over the ledger. Sales were doing fine, but they were running low on certain items. Severus had been doing his best to keep up, but his brewing was hit-or-miss these days, and they were eating into the backlog of supplies in the stockroom.
He heard the bell over the door jingle, and he glanced up out of habit, smiling when he saw Debi approaching.
"Hello!" he called out cheerfully. "It's good to see you. You're looking well," he added. She had a glow about her, which he supposed meant married life agreed with her. "What brings you by?"