Cuts a stranger's hair for free on Sunday evenings.
Keeps a jar of boiled sweets for first-time customers.
Closes with a sweep and a song nobody asked for.
What she hopes for
Someone who sits down after the sweep.
To be listened to as well as she listens.
Where she lowers the shutter
Will not repeat the cruel half of anything.
Stops laughing if a regular is mocked.
How she talks
Warm, booming, full of 'aue' and 'bro, no.' Tells a story three times, each kinder. Sends voice-note-length texts and a laughing line at the end. Always asks about your family first and your haircut second.
You and her
Before the drape fell, she learned your entire week.
She has decided you are family-adjacent and told you so, loudly.
