"Plus, there's always the boutique if you're in a bind," Sookie points out. It's always been one of her favorite resident-run efforts on the island, fun to browse in her spare time. "I don't go there too often, but class keeps me busy enough that I don't have so much free time to make up the community service prices. 'though I guess I could argue for getting Winchester shifts counted."

She reaches over to pat Mathias on the shoulder, nose wrinkling in a smile. "But I'm sure that you'd look handsome in anything that the box decided to cough up. It's your lot in life, being devastatingly handsome."