bakerstreet | Coffee shop AU meme

The weather is getting cold and what's better for batting off that chill than a nice hot beverage in a place with comfy chairs and a barista who knows your favourite combo?

PROMPTS

1) Customer. You spent ages choosing your drink, lining up for it and now there are no more tables. Great. As a result, you have to look for somewhere to sit while balancing that tray laden with your drink of choice and tasty pastry in your hands. Looks like you've got no other choice than to ask that person with the spare seat at their table.

3) Barista. An employee of this fine establishment, if nothing else, knows how to brew coffee. We hope. Maybe you're the best barista in the world. Or maybe you barely know how the machine works and instead make up for it by coming up with hilarious names on people's paper cups. Either way, you work here and go through the daily grind.

4) Student. It's no secret that students congregate in droves towards coffee shops for a combination of free wifi and caffeine. Whether in a group or on your own, the laptops and papers are out in full force. Whether any work is actually getting done is another question.

5) Early Morning Rush. It's first thing and you're crabby. All you want is your coffee and you will kick, punch and claw your way for that cup of black gold. And it looks like you're not the only one feeling this way. Are you going to let that person stealthily cut in front of you?!

6) Not A Coffee Person. Maybe you just want to try coffee for the first time. Or you're a tea drinker who is rethinking their views on coffee. You're canvassing for opinions, and that can range from outright asking other customers to hovering over tables to monopolizing the barista for a good 5 minutes, holding up the line.

7) Coffee Date. Asking people out to a coffee is the easiest thing in the world. Or is it? Whether it's with a friend or something more romantic, a coffee date is a good opportunity to connect with people and talk about whatever comes to mind.

8) Late Nights. The evening sky is dark and there's hardly anybody left in the coffee shop. Closing time is not for a while yet, but a stillness has settled over everyone. It's that time of night where anything can happen.

9) Free For All. Or if all else fails, just make your own scenario!

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[ Coffee shops that are open 24/7 are the best things when you try to get something done, or just hang around wasting time. And what's Felix doing? He's reading, and has been stuck in the same seat for three hours already. His coffee went cold over an hour ago, and the waiter who refilled it has gotten him to buy way too much sugary stuff just because of how attractive he is.

He flips the page and takes a sip of his newly refilled cup, burning his tongue. The pain on his tongue is sharp by doesn't last long. Sadly it does carry over to the other guests, and he ducks his head down to seem as invisible as possible.

Damnit. ]

[ What he expected upon first entering the coffee shop at such a late hour was not the sensation of burning his tongue, and it makes Elias wonder. He runs his gaze across the few people in the shop, and spots a familiar face. So it was Felix brief pain that he felt. And that the others felt, considering the somewhat puzzed looks on their faces.

Elias buys a cup of coffee and donut, and rounds tables and people until he reaches the one where the other witch sits. ]

Hey. Mind if I join you?

[ Felix feels bad. He doesn't like people feeling what he does, and hates that he can't control it. But when Elias shows up his mood is lifted slightly,and he nods. ]

I don't mind.

[ He doesn't mind sitting alone - had been ready to do that since he came here alone - but he prefers to sit with someone. As a distraction from thoughts he would rather not have. ]

Thanks.

[ Elias puts down his order and hangs his bag over the chair before he tugs off his jacket and sits down. He tugs at his sleeves so they properly cover his scars. ]

[ It's a slight relief to have someone to distract him from his own thoughts as well, and he picks up his cup again to blow on his coffee. He doesn't want to give the other guests another surprise.

For the moment he doesn't say anything, just waits for Elias to settle. ]

[ Once he does, feet hooked around the legs of his chair, a hand around the cup, he pokes at the label with a black-painted nail. ]

What're you reading?

[ Just... asking. The only one it's 100 percent easy to get a conversation flowing with is Linnea. But that question is as good a place as any to start, right? ]

[ He should be glad that he isn't a jealous mess toward Elias, because that means a tad bit more conversation. ]

Fountainhead.

[ More Ayn Rand. Atlas Shrugged might be the one he comes back to over and over, but once in a while he reads something else. ]

[ Minoo isn't that bad a person. She's just a bit tricky to be around when you're in certain states of minds. ]

Do you read a lot of philosophical fiction?

[ Elias doesn't know much about the genre, but he knows of it. ]

[ Sure, that's the reason. It's not like he's convinced she and the guy he's in love with have a thing or anything. ]

No, I never read things like that.

[ The sarcasm is heavy in this one. Hasn't he been reading books that are philosophical fiction most times they've met? ]

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[ Isn't that a state of mind too? Sort of. ]

Of course.

[ No need for the sarcasm. But Elias had it coming. ]

[ A constant one. Felix is one who gets jealous pretty easily.

He doesn't reply at the moment, leaving the conversation hanging again. He nearly chokes on his coffee when he is caught looking at the waiter and he looks right back.

Excuse his coughing, that was totally not obvious. ]

[ Elias glances over to the waiter as he pulls his sketchbook out of his bag. ]

Pretty good looking.

[ Give him a moment to calm his coughing down. ]

I d- I don't know what you're talking about.

[ His red face says otherwise. ]

Coffee shop AU meme

very AU, #8?

assumed previous cr/semi-friendship with it?

yeah, sure.

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