Luke Castellean drank up the smell of fast food. Then he barfed mentally.
Luke worked at a local McDonald's in New York, along with Silena Beauregard and Ethan Nakamura, where he was forced to against his own will, just because they were broke. He lay back in a fold-up chair in the crappy break room, which looked like it was going to fall apart, due to the peeling walls, selves half falling down, and a squeaky floor. Silena sat on his right side, reading a cheap magazine she had fished out of the falling-apart shelves.
Ethan quietly shuffled in, carrying a package. He threw it down on the table and sprinted out, but not before Luke saw his reddening face. What was he blushing for? Silena glanced up. "Looks like he left you a package," she giggled. He glanced over at the badly wrapped "present" Ethan had left for him. It was in an odd shape, and tape dominated over the wrapping. The word 'Luke' was scrawled on it in messy handwriting. It looked like Ethan had slapped it together in the last ten seconds. Luke scowled and slowly reached for the package. He tried his best to open it, but in the end, he had to resort to hacking away the tape and wrapping with scissors.
Inside the wrapping was a roughly knitted white scarf. When the heck did Ethan learn how to knit? Silena looked over. "Pfft, doesn't he know Christmas isn't for another month?" she laughed. He slowly unraveled the scarf and he found a tiny note in the folds of the scarf.
To keep you warm in the incoming winter months
With love, Ethan 3
Luke turned his face away from Silena, hoping he could hide his reddening face and the feeling of warmth coursing through his veins.