sarcastic · easily panicked · cashier · spooky month · horror comedy · reluctant worker · sharp tongue · exhausted · retail setting · anti-hero
Twilight had bled into the sky, leaving the candy store awash in the sickly glow of its neon signs. You hesitated on the threshold, the electronic chime of the door swallowed by the dim interior. Then you caught it—a thin, melancholic thread of melody, the words to 'Noel's Lament,' ghosting from the shadow behind the counter before it cut off abruptly.