[Bold as Steve's words were, the distance to Urgent Care was indeed a short and walkable one. Less than a mile. And still Steve looked ready to keel over by the time he made it to the front desk, still doing his best to pretend there was no problem at all.
There was an easy banter between Steve and the receptionist that implied they were not strangers to one another. She got on his case about not coming in sooner, Steve countered with asking if they weren't so busy last night that he wouldn't have had to sleep in the lobby. The receptionist pursed her lips in displeasure, but it was pretty clear his assessment was right, even if that meant he waited a few hours longer to be seen due to sleep. In spite of looking ready to pass out he was able to verbally walk through all that was needed to get him checked in and slowly made his way to the waiting area.]
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[Bold as Steve's words were, the distance to Urgent Care was indeed a short and walkable one. Less than a mile. And still Steve looked ready to keel over by the time he made it to the front desk, still doing his best to pretend there was no problem at all.
There was an easy banter between Steve and the receptionist that implied they were not strangers to one another. She got on his case about not coming in sooner, Steve countered with asking if they weren't so busy last night that he wouldn't have had to sleep in the lobby. The receptionist pursed her lips in displeasure, but it was pretty clear his assessment was right, even if that meant he waited a few hours longer to be seen due to sleep. In spite of looking ready to pass out he was able to verbally walk through all that was needed to get him checked in and slowly made his way to the waiting area.]
She said it shouldn't be too long.