Working at a hotel is dreary work. Especially in a frigid town like Bemidji, Minnesota. Hardly anyone ever comes and when they do, they’re tired from the road and just want to get their room keys. Some of that Midwestern hospitality for you.

Luckily, your eyes are saved from the sight of yet another balding man stopping in by the arrival of two men. One is dressed in a brown jacket- cowboy style- while the other is in a suit, with a violet scarf covering his neck. Quite handsome, you note with a hint of satisfaction. Both of them are.

The former gestures with his hands— which you vaguely recognize as ASL. The other man translates, “Two beds, please.”