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☕THE CAFE 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.

2) 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.

3) 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.

4) 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?!

5) 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.

6) 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.

7) 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.

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

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[She literally runs a cafe.]

[ooc; prefer the shippier side of things.]

( does this man even know what a coffee shop is? hard to tell. honestly just roll with the au of it all, we'll figure something out. )

( consider: the nondescript looking woman in the corner with a book and a hot cup of coffee.
alternatively: the woman who looks a bit too perfectly like the stereotype of a harried barista, cleaning tables set right next to the cafe's bookshelves )

[ ooc; any interest in these two meeting? info for the doctor if you aren't canon familiar! ]

( oh man that could be super fun, let's do it! )

[ ooc; sorry this is ancient! holidays last week ate me, feel free to ignore if this is too old. <3

The Doctor enjoys any time of day, of course, with a zest for life that some don't always seem to entirely understand or be able to match, though that hardly bothers him. If he can bring a bit of joy and hope wherever his travels take him, he's satisfied. The universe is a blank canvas for him, his ship transporting him between worlds, past, present, and future. There are endless things to see, countless worlds still unexplored, and yet sometimes he finds himself in the most seemingly mundane and simple of places.

On the outside, a little coffee shop might hardly seem to be the grand adventure he thrives on, but he finds delight in the smallest of things so even a place like this can be absolutely thrilling for him. He's lingered here for hours, charming the baristas, even offering to sweep up and clean the coffee stations when the staff are busy. Why he's lingering, he's not entirely sure, but he's enjoyed the people here so much on this particular day that he decides not to leave until they're ready to close. The sky has darkened by now, the deeper depths of night drawing near, and he helps to tidy up the best he can. Yes, he enjoys any time of day but the night is his favorite, as the stars make their way out of hiding. His eyes linger on one of the few patrons still here, someone he hasn't chatted up yet, amazingly! Holding a rag he's used to wipe off the other tables, he approaches her with a smile. ]

Nearly time for close! The day goes fast, doesn't it?

( the beautiful woman who looks quiet luxury while wearing h&m basics, always chatting with the barista. )

( that one person who has to take twenty pictures of her order and the cute surroundings before she eats/drinks it. )

( you know that one person who doesn't order coffee and instead orders the sweetest concoction humanly possible? yeah, she's that person. )

( on the one hand: coffee, black, no sugar.
on the other: that one barista who is judging your coffee order. )

[college student, resentful at all things capitalism thus even more resentful at the fact that he's contributing to it by working at this fucking coffee-chain that only serves shitty coffee and even shittier tea and he has to make it and ask your stupid name to scribble on the fucking cup! (spoiler alert: it's never your name on the cup...)]

Edited 2023-11-18 11:25 (UTC)

[All the black coffee in the world, please.]

[ absolutely picks the sweetest concoctions imaginable, which she does not need considering how high energy she already is ]

(ooc: m/m for any shippy stuff!)

[ A sad little snake lost in front of the café, in need of nourishment. Or a snake demon, to be more exact. ]

[Probably a regular who picks a corner seat and sits writing on his laptop for awhile. Or the cafe is his.]

[ a regular customer who practically lives at the cafe some days. alternately, a knowledgeable barista who probably has another job or two outside of the cafe. m/m if shipping comes into play! ]

[Staff. Might be your front counter, might have just brought you your coffee. He works full time. He is always here. Always.]

[ Coffee shop Seventh Heaven AU? Just Seventh Heaven before evening hours? Tifa actually going out for once? Cute date?

Cross-canon, cross-medium, assumed CR all welcome! Info in journal. ]

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Henry Sturges | Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

Stu Macher | Scream 1996

Minako Aino | Sailor Venus [] Sailor Moon

Dorian Storm | Critical Role | OTA

Iren Suto | original | ota

bix caleen || andor || ota

century egg 🥚 food fantasy

irene 📚 the invisible library

no subject

no subject

late nights;

thea rothschild 🔞 original

jisoo yun 📱 original

calanthe 💐 original

kate galloway ☕ original

geto | jujutsu kaisen

devynn nisk ★ original

lyney | genshin impact

Bobby Drake | X-Men | M/M

Brigitte Fitzgerald | Ginger Snaps movies

mobius m. mobius | loki | ota.

april | original | ota

rinoa heartilly | ffviii

junpei tenmyouji | zero escape

mion sonozaki | higurashi no naku koro ni

Jean Gunnhildr | Genshin Impact | OTA

Alhaitham | Genshin Impact | OTA

Libra | FE: Awakening | ota

lan sizhui ♪ the untamed

maura franklin | 1899 | ota

Zhuzhi-lang | Scum Villain's Self-Saving System | ota

klavier gavin | ace attorney

James Flint - Black Sails - M/M20+

kaveh | genshin impact

Yoon Tae Min | At The End Of The Road

Sidney Prescott l Scream l OTA

Tifa Lockhart | FF7r | OTA, W/W loved