"That's okay. I'll give him a wedgie," Samir replied without missing a beat as he lazily gazed up at the screens. It were the graveyard shifts that were the worst; sleep gnawing at the back of your eyes until it felt like your eyes were just covered with sand, grating at whatever willpower you had left until the night just droned on and on. Oh well. He'd had worse. "Cosmic payback." One hand reached down to pull open a drawer and took out sugary sweetness in the shape of a cola flavored lollipop. Partially gloved hands busied themselves with unwrapping the plastic foil around the small ball of sweetness as he looked up at her.
There was a small shrug as he finally pushed the lollipop into his mouth. But what if something happened to her? Suddenly, the lollipop didn't taste as good anymore and there was a craving for a cigarette. "Alright." He was giving in, but only because Eva reminded him of a little sister he used to have.