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theculturedmarxist · 27 days

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Conor here: The following post goes into the ins and outs of the case ahead of the April 23 beginning of the case, the outcome of which seems to be a foregone conclusion and will be a major blow to labor.>New York Times labor reporter Noam Scheiber noted back in January when the Supremes agreed to hear the case that the very fact that they did so meant they would likely rule so that it’s harder to unionize. The reasoning behind that belief isn’t just the conservative majority on the court but also that the courtdeclined to hear a similar case in 2014 (back before the current conservative majority).

By Michael Z. Green, professor of law and the director of the Workplace Law Program at Texas A&M University. Originally published at The Conversation.

What factors must a court consider when the National Labor Relations Board requests an order requiring an employer to rehire terminated workers before the completion of unfair labor practice proceedings?

That’s the central question that the Supreme Court will consider on April 23, 2024, during oral arguments in the Starbucks Corp. v. McKinney case. The global coffee shop chain is challenging the NLRB, the federal agency responsible for enforcing U.S. workers’ rights to organize, saying that the agency used the more labor-friendly of two available standards when it asked a federal court to order the company to reinstate workers at a Memphis, Tennessee, store who lost their jobs in 2022 amid a nationwide unionizing campaign.

The Conversation U.S. asked Texas A&M law professor Michael Z. Green to explain what’s behind this case and how the court’s eventual decision, expected by the end of June, could affect the right to organize unions in the United States.

What Is This Case About?

Seven baristas who were attempting to organize a union at a Starbucks shop in Memphis, Tennessee, were fired in February 2022. Starbucks justified their dismissal by asserting that the employees, sometimes called the “Memphis 7,” had broken company rules by reopening their store after closing time and inviting people who weren’t employees, including a television crew, to go inside.

In June of that year, the shop became one of more than 400 Starbucks locations since 2021 that have voted in favor of joining Workers United, an affiliate of the Service Employees International Union.

While a complaint over the mass dismissal was pending with the NLRB, Kathleen McKinney, the NLRB director for the region that includes Memphis, sought an injunction in a federal district court to force Starbucks to give the Memphis 7 their jobs back while the case proceeded. The company must “cease its unlawful conduct immediately so that all Starbucks workers can fully and freely exercise their labor rights,” she said.

By August 2022, a judge had ordered Starbucks to do that, and in September the baristas were back on staff.

Although the seven baristas got their jobs back and the union vote prevailed, the company has appealed the case all the way to the Supreme Court because it believes the court should not have ordered the company to reinstate the workers while NLRB proceedings were still pending.

But the NLRB argues, and the lower courts agreed, that the terminations chilled further union activities at the store even after the election.

Nevertheless, Starbucks argues that firing the seven workers had no effect because employees at that coffeehouse still voted in favor of unionization.

What’s Being Challenged?

The justices will have to decide which approach federal courts should use when they consider requests for injunctions like this one.

Currently, five appeals courts, including the one where this case arose, base their decision on a two-part test.

First, the courts determine whether there is “reasonable cause” to believe an unfair labor practice has occurred. Second, they determine whether granting an injunction would be “just and proper.”

Four other appeals courts use a four-part test.

First, the courts ask whether the unfair labor practice case is likely to succeed on the merits in establishing that labor violations occurred. Second, they look to see if the workers the NLRB is attempting to protect will face irreparable harm without an injunction. Third, after showing likelihood of success and irreparable harm, they ask whether those factors outweigh any hardships the employer is likely to face due to compliance with the court’s order. Fourth, they ask whether issuing the injunction serves the public interest.

Two other appeals courts use a hybrid test that appears to have components of both of the tests. They ask whether issuing an injunction would be “just and proper” by considering the elements of the four-part test.

In its Supreme Court brief, Starbucks argues that having to give workers their jobs back in these circumstances can cause “irreparable injury” and that it’s an “extraordinary remedy.”

The NLRB, in its Supreme Court brief, says that the injunction was proper in this case because Starbucks terminated 80% of the union organizing committee at the Memphis store and the evidence showed the chilling effect this action had on the “lone remaining union activist.” According to the NLRB, this chilling effect “harmed the union campaign in ways that a subsequent Board ruling could not repair.”

A labor reporter discussing Starbucks’ unfair labor practice cases, including the one involving the Memphis 7, determined that NLRB administrative law judges had found labor violations in 48 out of 49 cases.

What’s the Potential Impact of the Court’s Eventual Ruling on This Case?

While the case may sound like it’s only about seven people employed at a single coffee shop, the scope is wider than that.

Although the NLRB issues hundreds of unfair labor practice complaints against employers every year, it usually doesn’t turn to the courts to force the rehiring of employees. It only sought these types of injunctions 17 times in 2023, for example.

And seven of those efforts involved Starbucks. Despite the small number of overall injunctions, the large number of unfair labor practice complaints – and the eventual 48 out of 49 findings of violations – might support the rare use of injunctions in this case.

If the Supreme Court rules in favor of Starbucks, the overall impact seems unclear.

For one thing, the court will have picked one test over another without any proof that one is more likely to result in an injunction or not. In addition, the underlying unfair labor practice case has been resolved, since the workers have gotten their jobs back and their workplace has joined a union.

What’s more, Starbucks has agreed to negotiate a collective bargaining agreement with the union – which has continued to make inroads at the company’s coffee shops.

Because the NLRB rarely seeks injunctions, the fact that this issue has obtained enough importance for consideration by the Supreme Court seems odd considering its valuable time and the limited number of cases it can consider each year. But let’s see what the court’s majority decides.

#nlrb #union busting #starbucks #supreme court #biden administration #labor rights #naked capitalism

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comicaurora · 2 years

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If you don’t mind, what are some of the other characters form the urban fantasy thing? This seems really interesting!

Hoo boy, aside from the stock characters I by law must include (the entire cast of A Midsummer Night's Dream, etc) there's a bunch, of which this is a few-

Nadia, wielder of Nuada's silver hand and his Claíomh Solais. Very slowly singlehandedly repelling an invasion of Fomoire from the sea, where they were banished by the Tuatha Dé Danann millennia ago. While Nuada is only dead, the other Tuatha have completely faded away and can no longer affect the real world, and Nuada's silver hand is his only physical anchor to reality. Nadia, for her part, lost her arm in a car wreck as a child caused by something that was definitely not a deer, and this sudden traumatic induction into the knowledge that there is a reality beyond her own caused her to be more than willing to play host to an ancient dead god if it meant she could fight back. Technically one of the world's most powerful sorcerers, but since she's using ancient divine magic it's considered a bit of a cheat by other wizards.

Leda, a former "swan bride" who was trapped in human form by a wizard whose ass she subsequently kicked. Runs a shelter that's broadly for anyone who needs it but fills the specific niche of helping out Secret Worlders who need support or a place to stay. The most well-established Secret Worlder in the "real world" since she needs to do stuff like rent a location and pay taxes. Has no magic abilities but a lot of social connections and doesn't seem to age.

Logan Lee, one of the oldest vampires in the world. Died in the Goryeo-Khitan War in 1009. Looks like he's in his late teens, which is young enough that certain real-world things are inconvenient for him. Discovered several centuries back that the energizing properties of coffee can keep him going without needing blood as long as he drinks a lot of it, so obviously his only recourse was to smuggle coffee beans out of Arabia and jumpstart the entire global coffee trade. Works as the man-behind-the-man-behind-the-man running the global coffee corporation this grew into, and works his day job as an innocuous low-level barista in the same chain. Bankrolls a lot of secret world stuff that otherwise would never be able to break even. A bit detached from reality, but tends to show up whenever things are getting complicated, because he sort of collects interesting heroic people and the experience of going on adventures with them.

Erik. His father is a selkie, his mother was a marine biologist and lighthouse-keeper, it's a tale as old as time. They've recently and abruptly moved inland from the coast and Erik kind of hates having to adjust to a less-coastal life, and he knows his dad is also uncomfortable having to suddenly live in human form almost full-time, but neither of his parents are willing to tell him about all the monsters that have started coming up out of the ocean. He's going through a bit of an emo phase.

Aila, descendant of Tam Lin. Everyone in her family line is marked by a streak of silver hair, reflecting that Tam Lin's hair became colorless during his time in the fairy realm. Aila is the first descendant born with her hair entirely white, and she's since dyed it an innocuous brown and buried herself in oversized green sweatshirts and antique cast-iron jewelry to stave off attention from her "fairy godmother", who has been trying to re-abduct Tam Lin's descendants ever since Janet "stole" him away from her. Aila is accompanied by an emotional support dog, Lucille, that is very good at identifying things human eyes can't see. Her parents are very mild-mannered and absolute experts at warding off fey.

Jonah, a werewolf. His extended family is enormous, wealthy and structured like an actual wolf pack - as in, run by a couple generations of extremely organized parents and alarmingly willing to adopt everybody. Looks like a classic good-hearted golden retriever jock, and basically is. Very clicked in with the "real world" but from a rather sheltered and privileged angle, and the most likely of the cast to indulge in casual superheroics. Has needed "emergency pants" on several occasions.

Aden, an incubus from a Mesopotamian dream realm who decided he wasn't into any of that stuff and left for the real world to live a Normal And Totally Chill Life. Not a demon in any meaningful sense and not susceptible to any traditional methods of exorcism, but he is preternaturally attractive and sets off the alarm bells of any wizardy people around. Unconvincingly attempts to pass for a completely normal person who knows absolutely nothing about any secret worlds. He's kinda like if Helen of Troy went into witness protection. Jonah's roommate.

Serena, a young witch who lives in a beautiful extradimensional island with her moms Morgan and Hildr. The pocket dimension may or may not be Avalon. Very sheltered in her own way, with a touch of the Erin-like hubris, eg "I know everything that matters and everything else is irrelevant." Uninterested in reshaping reality but curious about life on earth, as both her moms decided they weren't interested in staying there a very long time ago. Has a tendency to sneak out. Specializes in a form of magic that involves summoning the spirits of constellations.

Bruno, Serena's cousin. A completely normal human with absolutely no powers. The only weird thing about him is his mother is Gunnr, a valkyrie shieldmaiden with a big spear and a flying wolf. She isn't home very often. When Serena sneaks into the real world, Bruno is the one who shows her around and explains the lay of the land. He knows a lot about the secret world but doesn't really think this is much of a big deal and mostly minds his business.

#asks #not aurora #urban fantasy thing

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garden-of-omegas · 11 months

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⚜ FIRST MEETING [A3! - OTHERS] ⚜

┌── ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ ••✎•• ──────────

characters: izumi tachibana | isuke matsukawa | tetsuro iwai | yuzo kashima | ken sakoda | reni kamikizaka | haruto asuka summary: the details of your first meeting with your future mate. warnings: homelesness, bullying, implied organized crime, rating: sfw a/n: why was this the fastest i've written one of these? why? i don't even particularly like some of these people?

~🎕

└── ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ ••✎•• ──────────

≿━━━━༺❀ izumi tachibana ❀༻━━━━≾

✿ you were... well, you were a little baby back then, nothing remarkable yet. you were the only child of your parents, a pair of famous actors. and they just so happened to be friends with yukio tachibana, izumi's father.

✿ you were about three years old, while izumi was a newborn, only a few months old. you'd been eager to meet yukio's new baby for the longest time, but you'd been busy travelling with your parents.

✿ obviously, your parents brought you over to the tachibana household so you could all be introduced to the new baby. you were pretty much dragging your parents over, as much as you could with your wobbly baby legs. and when yukio finally showed you izumi, you were entranced.

✿ you made it your mission to look after izumi whenever you were over. your parents thought that it was because you wanted a sibling, but in reality you just thought she was far too tiny to survive without any supervision.

✿ ...izumi had no thoughts on you at the time. you, on the other hand, became extremely protective of izumi. she was so tiny, so cute, far too fragile. the adults thought it was precious, while you thought that they were stupid for not being as careful with the tiny thing as you.

≿━━━━༺❀ isuke matsukawa ❀༻━━━━≾

✿ you were homeless. to put it simply, you'd recently lost your job and apartment and were looking for somewhere to work where you could also get board, preferably anyways. previously though, you were a marketing manager for a small movie theatre.

✿ you were 26, the same age as isuke. you'd been homeless for about two months, living in your car. isuke on the other hand had been the manager of mankai company for about two years.

✿ you were waiting in the lobby of the mankai theatre, waiting for the manager for a job interview. you'd come across the barista/ticket seller job advertisement and immediately applied, mostly due to the room they were offering to go along with it. isuke walked into the room, took one look at you, and immediately hired you.

✿ after the most confusing job interview you'd ever had, you quickly moved in to the dorms, right next door to isuke. it turned even more confusing when you discovered that you and isuke were the only employees. you really had no idea what you'd gotten yourself into.

✿ isuke was mostly just grateful to have someone else to help around with the company, even if the barista position was the least of his worries. but meeting you, and realizing how hard working you were after a bit of living with you, he started to really admire you. isuke was... something. that's certainly a way to describe him. messy, bit rough around the edges, literally a living disaster. but he was too cute to scold whenever he did something wrong, even if you desperately wanted to every time you saw his work schedule.

≿━━━━༺❀ tetsuro iwai ❀༻━━━━≾

✿ you were a weird little kid, obsessed with puppets and marionettes. everyone else in your local pre-school thought that you were far too weird, and your parents were extremely concerned by your unwillingness to socialize with anyone.

✿ you were 6 years old and you'd just recently been moved to a new kindergarten after the bullying at the last one got too much. tetsuro was 5 years old.

✿ you were trying (and failing) to put together a new puppet from scraps of broken toys, when tetsuro wondered into the room you were in. you didn't pay any mind to him, especially since he didn't say a single thing and simply came to sit by you. a few minutes later when one of the older and meaner kids came by to drag tetsuro away, you scared them off by literally growling at them.

✿ you sort of became tetsuro's protector, though largely unintentionally. it just happened to be that you scared the other kids and tetsuro took advantage of that to not get bullied and to get some silence. eventually it became weird to see the two of you apart.

✿ tetsuro thought that you were the coolest kid, both with your attitude and your creativity. you took thrown away stuff and made them into funny little friends. that, and sometimes you put on some puppet shows for him, which was the best thing he'd ever witnessed. tetsuro was a person, that was for sure. but he was also really quiet and didn't bother you or your puppets, so you allowed him to hang around. but if anyone asked, you didn't like him. not at all. he was just someone who hang around. read that with the most amount of sarcasm possible.

≿━━━━༺❀ yuzo kashima ❀༻━━━━≾

✿ you were a little baby actor, working at various theaters and films as opportunities came. you'd only started professionally acting a year ago, though you were a natural at it, at least according to your nightmare coach.

✿ you were 20 while yuzo was 21. while you'd been professionally an actor for only a year, prior to that you'd only done some school plays. yuzo had been acting for several years already.

✿ you'd been invited as a guest actor for one of the spring troupe's plays, as they needed someone with your exact talents to play the co-lead, with yuzo as the lead. he wasn't there when you were hired, so the first time you saw each other was at the first rehearsal. everyone thought it was going to turn out horrible, but the two of you had excellent chemistry on stage.

✿ the following rehearsals kept going better and better, and eventually yuzo came to also like you as a person instead of just as an actor, which lead to the two of you actually hanging out and developing even better chemistry.

✿ yuzo was mostly impressed by your skills, you bounced off of him so effortlessly and beautifully. frankly, it was the most attractive thing he'd ever seen. though he heavily denied this when his troupe mates started asking about it. yuzo kind of reminded you of your coach, both of them being absolutely dreadful with their criticism. thankfully, yuzo didn't find much to criticize (yet), which lead to you liking him way more than the old man coaching you. way, way more.

≿━━━━༺❀ ken sakoda ❀༻━━━━≾

✿ you were just your average joe, a store clerk at a small convenience store. the most interesting part about you (besides your little puppy) was your dream of one day becoming a famous crime writer. thriller books and detective stories had always been your favorites.

✿ you were 19 and you'd been living by yourself since you were 16. you'd been lying about your age for years to work, but recently you'd gotten a proper job. ken was 18 at the time.

✿ you were closing up at work, locking the door when you spotted a body laying by the backdoor. you stared at it for a while, realizing whoever it was was unconcious, before picking him up onto your shoulder to take him home. it wouldn't be the first time some unfortunate outcast had ended up on your couch. so you decided to take care of him.

✿ ken woke up confused on your couch, though after a short explanation of what happened he became extremely grateful to you. he stayed for a day to recover and then left. you didn't except to see him again, but he turned back up a few days later and then would show up every once in a while for a place to sleep.

✿ you were an angel to ken, even if you continuously denied his praises. but really, you were way too nice to someone like him. you always had some food ready for him, and a warm bed to sleep in even if you never knew when he was going to show up. ken was fun. that's the most you got out of him the first time he stayed over, but after that you came to discover how helpful he liked to be. you really enjoyed having him over, and eagerly waited for a familiar knock from the door, even if you told him he could just walk in.

≿━━━━༺❀ reni kamikizaka ❀༻━━━━≾

✿ you were a famously reclusive playwright, known for your god-like scripts. but despite your reputation in the theatre world, nobody had ever actually met you, at least not knowingly. people commissioned you, and received their scripts in mail, never in person.

✿ you were 25.. no one knew your real age though, so everyone thought you were some old guy. reni was 24 back then, and the newly minted director of god-za.

✿ you have really no idea how reni managed to find you, but he showed up at your house with a request for a play. usually you'd never open the door for someone, but you were expecting a food delivery and foolishly decided to open the door without checking. after a moment of staring at each other, you tried to slam the door on his face but he was really determined to not let you.

✿ you reluctantly allowed reni inside, where he fell into a spiel about commissioning a few plays from you. it was then that you discovered that this idiot wasn't aware of how you took commissions (mail). but you did decide to write the plays for him, which started a several decades long work-relationship.

✿ you were very different to everyone else reni had ever met. you hated being outside, you hated having to interact with anyone, but you seemed so fascinated with everything he did. but you were so real, he instantly knew you were the best choice for the job. reni was pushy, kind of rude, incredible fucking stupid. but also so sincere, even if he came across as arrogant that way. he was a fascinating person that definitely got all your creative juices flowing. he was perfect, in a way.

≿━━━━༺❀ haruto asuka ❀༻━━━━≾

✿ you were an unknown little talent that kamikizaka had found and just recruited for god-za. nobody had ever heard of you before, ever seen you act anywhere or even happened upon your name. but somehow, kamikizaka was certain you were the next star of the show.

✿ you were both 23. haruto had been at the company for over a year at that point, while your joining was suddenly announced just a week prior.

✿ kamikizaka brought you to the company to introduce you to everyone, though you weren't particularly interested in anyone until you got to haruto, who's scathing eyes locked onto you immediately. it was the first time the whole night you bothered to do your own introductions, to kamikizaka's surprise. haruto didn't seem particularly impressed though.

✿ kamikizaka immediately realized you latched onto haruto, and partnered the two of you up. haruto didn't really enjoy this, but seeing you interact with anyone else at the company he realized why that happened, and started to try and mentor you. it didn't exactly work, but it was funny to everyone else.

✿ haruto sort of thought that you were enroaching on his turf. kamikizaka was so keen on you, he felt like his opportunities were being snatched by some unknown nuisance. then you liked him, and suddenly he liked you too. haruto was the only interesting person at the company. people often saw you as far too perfect, which you hated, while haruto didn't. he clearly didn't like you, and you liked that. and then he started to like you, and weirdly enough you didn't hate that.

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rainbowxocs · 1 year

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BIO:

Name: Yukai Mori (愉快森)

Alt Names: Yukai Hayashi (愉快ハヤシ)

Special Titles: Former Wakagashira (ワカガシラ) of the Hayashi Family

Nicknames: Kai-Chan (快ちゃん)

Age: 21

Pronouns: She/Her (In English.)

I Pronoun: Watashi (わたし) (A neutral/formal way of saying I in Japanese.)

Sexuality: Lily (Yuri 百合, Lesbian), Polyamorous, Demisexual, Demiromantic.

Gender: Cis Girl.

Species: Human.

Disorders: Insomnia, Bulimia, NPD, Autism, PTSD.

Physical Conditions: Lazy Eye, Legally Blind (Wears Contacts.)

Active Addictions: Nicotine (Cigarettes), Caffeine.

Religion: Atheist.

Job: Barista, Vtuber, Local Newspaper Journalist, Museum Tour Guide.

Major: Journalism.

Lives in: Okutama, Tokyo, Japan, 2024.

Languages: Japanese, English.

Height: 5’8”

Race: Asian.

Ethnicity: Japanese

Accent: Yamanote.

Vehicle: Black Motorcycle.

Weapons: Scissors, Pistols.

Alignment: Neutral.

Text Color: Red.

Main Hobbies: Sewing, Gaming, Writing, Puzzles, Chess, Reading, Bonsai, Hanafuda, Poker.

Favorite Drinks: Black Coffee, Watermelon Monster Energy, Jasmine Tea, Sake.

Favorite Fruits: Oranges.

Favorite Meal: Omurice, Curry, Spring Rolls.

Favorite Snacks: Hot Chili Seaweed Chips.

Favorite Dessert: Cherry Kakigori, Chocolate Chip Icecream.

Favorite Flower: Spider Lilies.

Scent: Cigarettes.

Awareness: Suspicious, But Doesn’t Care. (Effect: None.)

Birthday: December 8th 2002 (Sagittarius, Horse, AB+)

Theme:

Playlist:

Fun Facts: She was the head writer of the Newspaper at her Highschool, Has information on literally everyone in town.

Special Interests: History, Sonic, Quilting.

Comfort Object: Soap Shoes Sonic

Stims:

Stims with one of these.

Stimboard: LINK

Moodboard: LINK

Fashionboard: LINK

Family:

Shi Hayashi, Tentei Hayashi (Parents)

Chie Mori and Makai Mori (Sisters)

Adelaide Yami (Former Goat)

Friends: Are Yoru. (BFF)

Romantic Interest: Odoroku Bakari (Girlfriend)

Pets: Senshin (専心) (Akita), Chiryo (治療) (Black Cat), Katsu (かつ)(Pigeon)

Brief Personality: There are many faces to the name “Yukai Hayashi” some people see her as a tormenter, a vile woman who would do anything and cheat any rule to get what she wants. But if you look more closely at her, looking past her intelligence and her ability to know everything about everyone. She is dealing with allot of emotional trauma.. Now that she’s going by the name Yukai Mori, she has shown a softer side to herself and an ability to change her story.

Brief Backstory:

The Hayashi Family comes from a long line of matriarchal yakuza. And when Shi Hayashi had her first born. She was expected to follow in those footsteps.

Born Yukai Hayashi, She is the Golden Child of her family. The eldest of her sisters and also her parents only biological child. She only has vague memories of when she wasn’t doing crime. Of her and her former best friend Odoroku playing on the play ground, until her mother decided to get her family into organized crime.

Yukai learned to lie, cheat, and break anyone that comes in her way. When she was in Highschool, she made an information empire, selling anyone’s information, dark secrets, weapons, hits, to the highest bidder.. She became the Head Writer of the Newspaper as well, which allowed her to control all the information at her school.

However, after graduating Highschool and starting to become an adult, Yukai, broke. She finally couldn’t take the constant pressure that her mother and father had put on her. The constant pressure to be the best, to be good. So she cut off all her long hair and ran away. Changing her name and never looking back..

Yukai is slowly learning how to love herself, and to repay for what she has done. Thankfully she has her Best friend Are, and her new girlfriend Odo, to have a support system.

#oc reference #oc bio #Yukai Mori #Yukai #Yukai Hayashi #oc #OCs #rp #art #my art #my ocs #long post #Spotify

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sensitiveheartless · 2 years

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(crime crossdressing dazai anon) "I'm personally always excited to hear other people's ideas for ADA Chuuya!" FULL STEAM AHEAD THEN YEEHAW!!!!

So this requires some reordering of events: mainly I'm placing the Dark Era a few months after the Dragons Head conflict, which makes them roughly 16/17. Also the Akutagawa siblings don't join the mafia, this becomes relevant later (also I hc that while the conflict didn't orphan the Akutagawas, it destroyed whatever orphanage/foster family they were living at at the time, forcing them onto the streets)

Anyways, the main divergence for the au is that after the Dragon's Head conflict, Dazai practically drags Chuuya to Bar Lupin because he was "being too depressed and that's Dazai’s job." Thus Chuuya becomes a part of the Buihara Trio (renamed the Buihara Squadro for reasons) and imprinting on Oda as an older brother figure (and Dazai’s a little jealous in the beginning but he figures that if he's sharing with the Slug its fine and definitely not because it makes Chuuya smile more)

During the Mimic fiasco, Chuuya is away on a mission out of Yokohama, but he manages to come back a couple days early. He's actually about to give his report to Mori when he runs into Dazai, who hurriedly tells him that Odasaku is in danger and they need to hurry. Oda's last words to Soukoku is to urge them to become better people in the light.

So they run away, and hunker down in a shelter in Suribachi city, because it's familiar territory for Chuuya and all of Dazai's safe houses are known to Mori. Dazai secretly gets them new paperwork through Ango (they're legally Nakahara Osamu and Dazai Chuuya, and they joke that they're husbands), and Chuuya picks up a stray cat and brings it home.

But the money runs out after two months in hiding, because Mori still controlled most of Dazai's accounts and rerouted the money to himself, shutting them down. So Chuuya got a job as an after hours janitor to a sketchy Walmart that doesn't do background checks and a second job as a barista at Cafe Uzumaki (the one underneath the ADA) and Dazai basically sold information to various law organizations.

During this time Chuuya meets Gin and Dazai meets Ryuunosuke respectively, remembering Oda, and Chuuya steals stuff from Walmart to give to Gin and Dazai takes Ryuu under his wing as an apprentice. Eventually the two move in, and it's pretty common to see the two reading books or playing Blackjack (Dazai taught them both casino tricks, Chuuya was pissed) at the Cafe while Chuuya was working.

Because Chuuya had formed a friendship with the ADA already, it's actually pretty painless for the Nakahara-Dazai family to join. Gin became a secretary since she didn't have an ability, but she does tag along and help with cases "under the table." Dazai and Chuuya also disclose to Fuluzawa in advance that they were former Port Mafia, but not their past status or title as Double Black (mainly because the Dep of Special Abilities or whatever put out a "Kill at Will" order on Soukoku).

Chuuya and Dazai's relationship is so much healthier. On the surface it appears to be the same with bickering and stupid prank wars, but they're much more vulnerable and honest with each other than in the mafia. The ADA taught them healthy communication, and it made their relationship so much better.

Chuuya is ride or die for his new family, and trusts them to have his back this time and not fall apart when he isn't looking (he also mother hens the younger members, giving him the office nickname of Chuu-niisan). Dazai is slowly learning to be more honest with the ADA and live for his family instead of throwing his life away (he's still as lazy as ever but the kids have learned, and Dazai has to bribe them with treats and things to do his paperwork). Ryuunosuke has a healthier relationship with Dazai, still idolizing him but also not putting up with any of his shit. Gin is thriving, and is trusted as the last member of Defense for the ADA (Chuuya taught her how to throw knives).

I have more but I think that's enough for now, expect more soon.

YESS I LOVE THIS ;; Anon I would read the heck out of this, I JUST WANT CHUUYA TO HAVE LOTS OF ALIVE FRIENDS also yes I want him mother henning everyone alksdfjsdkfj I also do love Chuuya interacting with Ango and Oda even if that's ow one more dead friend but still—aaaaaa

#still have a bit of a backlog on asks #sorry about the wait for everyone I haven't gotten to yet!#been having a weird time lol #ask box #bsd #goblin anon

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dxrkenedheights · 4 months

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Name: Jennifer Zhou

Age & Birthday: 28 years old, December 1st 1996

Gender/Pronouns: cis woman she/her

Birthplace: Lions Bay, BC

Time in Hollow Cove: x

Species: Witch / Fire

Role: Patrol, Watch, Runner

Positives: curious, determined, resilient

Negatives: overzealous, defiant, sensitive

ABOUT

Jennifer was born and raised in a coven of witches in Lions Bay, BC. Immersed with nature and the elements, the coven was home to a host of different magic and Jennifer's arrived in the form of flames. She was always a slight sensitive and curious girl, prone to feeling things intensely or taking them personally. This only meant that her power manifested in the same way, tuned closely to her emotions and betraying the way she tried to internalize everything she was feeling. Kids at school weren't the kindest to her quiet and somewhat quirky demeanor, but Jennifer had to learn quickly how to avoid questions about Becky with the singed hair.

She became hesitant about her fire magic and she avoided how to make it stronger and instead focused on how to control it so she could blend into life seamlessly with humans. Jen always admired her older half sister Jo, who seemed able to handle her power with ease but their relationship wasn't the closest that it could have been. Like many things, Jennifer took their distance as a personal fault, assuming it was because she was the uncool younger sister.

As Jennifer got older, she found her confidence to be exactly who she was. She learned to accept that she was a naturally curious and sensitive person, but not at all as weak as bullies wanted to make her feel. She was defiant in her own way, tackling things in life head on and with a hastiness that was sometimes a blessing or a curse. She had a gift, however, to problem solve and organize and she navigated herself towards a future in architecture with clear goals in place to create sustainable off-grid towns specifically for supernaturals.

But this didn't mean she was any closer to accepting her actual gift of fire. It still betrayed her in moments she wished it never would, almost piping hot from her finger tips when she had to take a snarky comment from a rude barista. And there's been several dates she hates to remember when passion became a little too heated for even her to handle. Her coven was there to support her in learning how to control it, but Jennifer's distrust towards herself and her magic was part of the problem and was the biggest hurdle to overcome.

When the war began in 2020, Jennifer had barely made a dent in the future she planned for herself. Everything was turned on it's head, and the coven moved from their home to find a safetown among other supernaturals with the idea of more protection. They existed here for a year without issue, Jennifer slowly warming to the idea of finally tuning to her fire. But in 2021, their lives were changed again. The wolves turned on the peace, wanting the town as their own and it wasn't long until reinforcements arrived from the military. The entire town was engulfed in flames, Jennifer escaping with only one other person. Her sister, Joanna.

Since then, it's been the two of them and they have managed to bridge a gap that existed between them throughout their lives. Not without difficulty, of course. But with no other choice but to rely on one other, their differences are easy to set aside and Jennifer has come to learn that there weren't very many of them to begin with. Not when they both share the same goal of survival, and the very new one of having each other's backs. Now, Jennifer can't imagine her life without Joanna and grows more and more thankful for the bond they're forming. Not to mention how Jo has been a grounding force for Jennifer's magic. After a lifetime of suppressing the flames, she's accepted that now is the time fire is needed more than ever before. With Jo's help and guidance, Jennifer is learning how to work with her magic rather against it.

In the November of 2023, the safetown they were planning on leaving was attacked and they were subsequently captured after years of evading it. Then they were transported to Thunder River, BC in the December of 2023 and have been there since. Unable to use magic but sticking by one another, with the hope and plan of escape when the best opportunity presents itself.

#hollow cove: jennifer zhou

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Everyone suspects BROOKS AMATO of at least one of the cardinal sins, but in Nevada, the worst sins are bound by blood and this is HIS: THE FOXES. HE rolled the dice EIGHT YEARS ago as a VYGYVTSYA. Under the desert sun, they claim the act of BARISTA AT AMBROSIA CAFE They’re often mistaken for KYLE ALLEN before those crimson colored glasses slide down their nose. BROOKS better get busy living, or they’ll get busy dying by the ripe age of TWENTY-SEVEN. There are no second acts in a marked life, and it’s measured out by the melody of ECHO BY JASON WALKER.

DATE OF BIRTH: September 1, 1994

GENDER AND PRONOUNS: Cis Man, He/Him

HOMETOWN: Las Vegas, NV

MARK: Two upside down Vs on back of left shoulder

CHARACTER BIOGRAPHY [TW: DRUG AND ALCOHOL USE, ADDICTION]

As the second son of the Amato family, soon to be the middle of the older children, Brooks lived in his older brother’s shadow for a long while. Even after his other siblings were born, he still felt like he was like a little puppy that followed their oldest brother around wherever he went. When he was younger, it was one of his more naive traits, leaving him to abandon any questioning of his brother’s actions when it came to protecting the family. Wherever the eldest failed, Brooks had to fill in and step up to the occasion to be there for the family and his siblings. He was never great at school, no matter how hard he tried. The booksmarts just weren’t there for him like they were for his siblings and he struggled a lot, often times turning to Julia for help with academics or daring to tread on their older brother’s territory by asking if he could help. Of course, his requests to the oldest Amato fell on deaf ears. He was waved off more often than not.

As an impressionable teenager, he was influenced a lot by his brother’s antics. He got into drinking and drug use at the ripe age of fourteen, starting fairly safe with just weed and a some casual drinking. Addiction, though, ran through his veins quite quickly and Brooks ended up being hospitalized at least twice before his senior year. He got so out of control so quickly that he ended up in rehab just two months before graduation, but their family didn’t really have the funds to keep him there longer than a couple months. When he was released at eighteen, Brooks was clean for a while. He was clean enough for his best friend to take note of and she offered him a spot with the Foxes in hopes of keeping him busy, keeping him clean and giving him something to look forward to or work towards. He was hesitant at first, mostly because he knew how dangerous the scene could be, but he eventually began training with them. His best friend led him up in the ranks during his first few years, showing him the ropes because she’d been part of the organization for about two years before him. It was a great support system… at first. This support system turned into a small group that had planned that of an uprising against the members of the Lysytsya family. His best friend’s union became the face of a rebellion against them, and Brooks was part of it all. He grew to despise the family’s reign, finding himself more in the background of it all, but still so very present.

Flash forward to after the rebellion, after the Lysytsya family had been cast off of their throne (Lav aside), after Brooks had established his loyalty and rightful place with the Foxes… Brooks fell back into old habits. One night out with the wrong people and he remembered what it was like to turn to old habits as a form of escapism. A year after the rebellion, Brooks was admitted into rehab again, this time having it paid for by his best friend. She was the one who suggested it, too. He was in and out of rehab for a while after that, only recently becoming fully sober and fully clean. He’s also proving he’s worthy of keeping his position in the Foxes now, trying to save himself from going back to a life that was nothing but hell for him.

BROOKS AMATO IS WRITTEN BY HAZY.

#kyle allen fc #kyle allen #crime rp #mystery rp #plot rp #original rp #nevernevada.bio #fox

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heldfate · 2 years

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Everyone suspects BROOKS AMATO of at least one of the cardinal sins, but in Nevada, the worst sins are bound by blood and this is HIS: THE FOXES. HE rolled the dice EIGHT YEARS AGO IN NEVADA ago as a VYGYVTSYA. Under the desert sun, they claim the act of BARISTA AT AMBROSIA CAFE. They’re often mistaken for KYLE ALLEN before those crimson colored glasses slide down their nose. BROOKS better get busy living, or they’ll get busy dying by the ripe age of TWENTY-SEVEN. There are no second acts in a marked life, and it’s measured out by the melody of ECHO BY JASON WALKER.

Trigger Warnings: Alcohol/Drug Use, Addiction

BIOGRAPHY.

BASICS.

CHARACTER FULL NAME: Brooks Amato CHARACTER AGE AND DATE OF BIRTH: 27 / September 1st CHARACTER GENDER AND PRONOUNS: Cis Man & He/Him FACE CLAIM: Kyle Allen HOMETOWN: Las Vegas, Nevada CRIME ORGANIZATION AFFILIATION: The Foxes CRIME ROLE: Vygyvtsya FAMILY POSITION (IF APPLICABLE): N/A, filling the WC for Julia Amato’s Middle Older Brother DAYJOB/OCCUPATION: Barista at Ambrosia Cafe ARE THEY A MARKED AFFILIATE: Yes

#nevernevada.intro #drugs tw #brooks is tswift coded. he's james coded. im emotional.

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I think the only think Koko buys right is Boba.

Deer in headlights | Short stories: A good intention

Bonten x reader | 1k+ words

Warnings: Fluff and hmm Koko using his money as common paper. Not edited

He tries… he truly does his best… tysm anon you pulled out something in me. The boba addiction or smth hahsjd

Tumblr stop deleting my paragraphs challenge

Kokonoi Hajime, executive of Bonten, Japan’s most dangerous criminal organization, is now standing in line for this boba drink. Kokonoi kept looking at their menu because, honestly, he had no idea what to do here. He remembers you saying something about this particular drink and how it made you feel good. So without consulting anyone, he came here before meeting you and everyone else at their workplace.

“Next!” The young lady behind the counter called out for the next in line.

Kokonoi stepped in front of her. He heard her say the typical greetings and ask for his order, but He was in a dilemma. He never asked you which flavor you liked or what... Was it topping? Yeah, toppings you preferred. Kokonoi knows you like coming here with Sanzu and Mikey, and you even dragged Takeomi along. He could ask that... After all, the Akashi brothers weren't very discrete. “Excuse me, perhaps you know a pink-haired man with scars that comes here often?”

“Yeah... With a girl and some short dude?” Kokonoi almost choked at how the young girl in front of him referred to Mikey. But he nodded nonetheless. “What does the girl like to order?”

The barista looked at him weirdly but answered, “hmm, that depends; I think she sometimes orders green matcha or butterfly pea tea with cinnamon and honey, and then there are days-” Kokonoi was getting dizzy.

“Okay, thank you. I’ll take 3 of each of those drinks you just said and one of everything on your menu,” the long-haired man massaged the bridge of his nose in exasperation.

The whole place became quiet. The girl behind the counter stilled at his drink order, or should she say drinks... “Uh, Sir, are you sure?” she couldn't help but question his rather bizarre order. Kokonoi understood, of course; she was afraid to make a mistake with such a large amount of drinks.

“Yes,” he smiled, trying to appease the poor worker. Which didn't really work; she panicked even more. Kokonoi tends to forget that his handsome appearance works on people as much as his money does.

After paying, he took a couple of bills and dropped them on the tip jar, and made his way to an empty table. The girl was about to say thank you when she suddenly saw the amount of ceros in each bill Kokonoi left. She was speechless. An uproar happened behind the counter as not only the girl was in the middle of losing her shit but her coworkers as well.

Kokonoi saw a different worker approach him. The young man told him his order was ready and that they tried to distribute the drinks, but they still were a lot to carry. Kokonoi was surprised since he didn't wait as much as he thought he would. “Could some of you help me carry them to my car?” The young barista agreed.

And that's how Kokonoi exited the establishment, followed by a line of the Boba shop workers. Who at the sight of Kokonoi’s car abruptly stopped, almost tripping with each other and gripping the drinks on their carriers. “Nice, right?” most verbally agreed while others just positively shook their heads.

Finally, the last drinks were placed in his car. Koko thanked them as he put bills in their hands. Some, at seeing what he did, tried to return them; others cried or stood petrified. But before anyone could say anything else, he left. He gets why you liked that place; it was nice.

Now at his office, Kokonoi ordered that the drinks are taken straight to you. Something that he didn't want to acknowledge was that he was a nervous wreck. He wanted to see your reaction.

Pushing the double door to the main meeting room, he saw you sitting on Ran’s lap as the older Haitani chatted with Takeomi. Behind him entered a wave of footmen carrying your drinks. Such action surprised everyone.

“What is the meaning of this?” asked Kakucho seeing the colorful drinks pass through. You, on the other hand, marveled at the sight.

“Koko! Which one is mine?” You asked excitedly, jumping down from Ran’s lap, much to the older Haitani’s disappointment.

“How do you know one is yours?” Kokonoi teasingly asked.

“Because yes,” you stuck your tongue out.

“Do that again, and I will grab it,” warned Sanzu from the side as he checked some of the strawberry-flavored drinks.

Shaking your head at his comment, you grabbed a passion fruit one and made your way towards Kokonoi, who was sitting on his usual meeting chair. Like nothing happened. As you plopped down on his lap, you eyed his expression, Knowing he was more of an action and reaction type of person.

“Thank you, Koko,” you whispered to his ear. The cold of your breath from the fruity drink sent shivers down his spine. A giggle left your lips when you felt it. “Also, I’m jealous, you know?” leaving the drink on the table, you took out your phone.

“Why?” he was now genuinely lost.

“You now have a Fanclub,” you showed him the Boba place Instagram story. There, the different workers he gave some spare cash, according to him, were thanking him and calling him idol or angel and that they wanted him to come back.

You laughed at his perplexed expression. Never in your life, you or Kokonoi imagined he would have helped people indiscriminately. Leaving your phone in his hand, you hugged him as you laughed with absolute joy. “I’m joking but I’m actually very happy, Koko! You’re an absolute angel” yoh kissed his cheeks, his nose and to finally settle on his lips.

“Did you like that much that...”

“That you helped someone, but actually not knowing that you did that?” You were still living pecks all over his face, and the man under you blushed at your soft lips constantly touching his skin.

“Hmm,” he hummed. Kokonoi’s plan worked as always, but this exceeded his expectations. Not only his but the rest of Bonten as well. They also observed your reaction to such... regular act, for them at least. They learned that you didn't want a mountain of bodies or an inhuman amount of cash.

Koko ignored that train of thought, for now at least. He rejoiced in having you in his arms for himself while the rest died of envy.

#kokonoi x reader #bonten x reader #sanzu haruchiyo #akashi takeomi #kokonoi hajime #kakucho hitto #rindou #ran haitani #omi.DIH #omi.answers #anon #tokyo revengers fluff #tokyorev #omificstags

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just-an-enby-lemon · 2 years

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My Thoughs (that no one asked) For A Victorius Revival

So, I watched the 8 yours Victorius video, and now I cannot stop thinking about how I would do a revival. But none of my friends are even remotly interrested in Victorius, so here I am. Probably no one will read it anyway but at least I will be able to take this out of my cheast. Introducions made, let's go:

Where are they now?

I thoug a lot about how the best way to organize my ideias and the order of presentation and I decided that the best way to do it, was to do a quick run over on the characters and try to present what would be their personal quest/theme in a possible season 1.

Tori Vega: After the realize of her first album Tori quickly grew to stardon, but that didn't last much. She was considered to dificult to work with and entered in a bunch of controversies, including being acused more than once of plagiarism. The last straw was her being weirdly preach and low key racist to a girl if a hijab (the whole "you don't need to wear it" bs) during a show.

After that keeping her carear was just not viable annymore. And in the last fifteen years she have been working as a barista and wishing for the famous life she was promised as a teen.

During the season she would try to recover her image and actually improve as a person only to realise that the fact she is better doesn't mean people will forgive her and that is okay. That she doesn't have to be the star everyone though she would, that she is happy to just have her old friends back and to be improving as a person and living the in present instead of in the past. She would also develop a relationship with Jade (where everyone thinks they are figthing for Beck but the are finally processing the feelings they had for each other as adults).

Jade West: As expected, Jade is talented and made her cinema deboot soon after graduation catching the eyes of horror fans and indie movie enthusiasts. She was a huge promise and did delivered two very good movies. The problem was ... well that she was unsufferable to work wich. And for a movie director... well... that is a problem. Soon she started reciving denunces about how awfull it was her workplace enviroment and she was attacked on social media, besides no actor wanted to work with her anymore. Her movies started losing budget, audience interest and she declined quickly. Her last twelve years were spend doing small roles in theather productions and wishing for a second chance in Hollywood.

During the season she would learn to open herself to her friend circle and with that recognize that she need help to deal with her daddy insues and learning how to manage her people skills. This soul searching would be what leads her to recognize her feelings for Tori and to act on it.

Beck Oliver: Just as Jade and Tori, Beck started great working in modeling and making his path into the public eye until finally becaming an actor. He had a huge fanbase, being the romantic partner in romcons, the tradicinal hero and all that not inovative pappers. It annoyed him, but he belived he could grow over it. Just months before the pilot he had recived the chance of changing his career and expanding to more than the "pretty boy" BUT he was cancelled on twitter for his transphobic coments and a different actor got the job. Now in the brick of losing everything as a consequence for his actions (and cancel culture) he is desperate for a big comeback/apollogy moment.

During the season Beck would have three arcs: firstly starting to really regret his past actions and not only the fallout and trying to open his mind, deal with his toxic masculinity and improve as a person, second deal with his own internalize image of himself as nothing more than a pretty face and try to discover himself beyong being pretty and thrid deal with his internal belief that he would somehow end up with Tori or Jade by the end and learning to be only their friend.

Robbie Shapiro: Robbie became internet famous by posting his comedy songs on youtube - his early work being vastly compared to Bo Burnham early work - and showing an incredible balance in being funny and genuine while making general good songs. This is until people found his older videos and his Rex stuff. He was cancelled and his weird excuse that it wasn't him but Rex just made things worse, with drama channels and youtube conspiracy theorists alike jumping on it. He lost a deal with Netflix and his channel died not much after.

After that Robbie went from job to job never quite finding a place to fit in. In the present he has work for almost nine years in a series of unstable jobs and wants to somehow be truly able to let Rex behind and restart his youtube channel.

Yeah. Robbie arc is admiting that he is reponsable for Rex bs, dealing if this side of himself (in a way that still let's a bit ambiguous if he was alive or not) and being finally able to raise above if. Finally becoming a better person, actually loving himself and letting once and for all Rex go. He also will have an small arc discovering his own bissexuality and dating Berth, I don't know what I would do for his end paring yet though.

Andre Harris: So the catch with Andre is that he goes into a very different direction the the other friends till here. You must have realized at this point that all of them have as a theme the process of growing up and learning to be a good person. This is actually related to the plot. But Andre is different. After Hollywood Arts, Andre went to college to study music theory and in there he would finally be able to discover himself (with help from his new college friends) growing pass his need to please others to develop a real personality. Becaming more sardonic and down to earth but still friendly and laid back. He isn't high school Andre annymore.

After college Andre would become a quite famous music producer creating a bunch of hit songs and working with varius famous musicians but still unable to start his own music career being too critic with himself and thinking that he's albun isn't ready yet.

While Andre professional arc would be to overcome his perfectionism to be able to realise his album, his story in the friendgroup would be of someone who still loves very much his high school friends but isn't the guy they knew anymore and it's unsure of how the new him fits in the group. He would also have at least one episode about the loss of his grandma.

Cat Valentine: I know that you were wating this moment. Well Cat started a little bit late compared to her friends, her adventures with Sam and all. But she actually is the one with the best carrer she uploaded her songs and covers to youtube and started growing to stardown. She is starting to deal with the fame, especially when her brother is a supervilan.

As Ariana Grande is a bit too expansive to be on pay-row for all episodes Cat is mostly busy working on her recent album or visiting Sam (it would be a great way to actually give Sam an update even without Jeannete, only by Cat crazy stories and would make the revival still share an universe with ICarly allowing for a revival crossover) but she would still appear in important episodes. Her arc would be her dealing with her fame - as she is well Cat - and with the fact that her brother is a supervillain (yeah I'm trying to unite the NSU don't judge), and if possible not being infantalized annymore cause JESUS CHRIST.

Trina Vega: Trina is actually well. She stopped keeping contact with her familly until she and Tori reunited in the pilot and for Tori surprise she is a well paid stunt actress and has a loyal following with her Tik Tok videos where she gives tips about stunt acting, talks about overcaming an abusive family and just does some funny videos. She is married and with two kids that she loves very much and she is just happy. Her arc it's trying to rekindle her broken relashionship with Tori.

Sinjin Van Cleef (and Berth DeFect): He is also fine. He started making sucess with his kindda shitposty youtube channel, where he collaborates with Berth. His weird but genuine and fun content and his pashion for his weirdness (and the empty slot left by the end of ICarly) helped. In the years that passed his content and comedy evolved with his and Berth 's channel growing and becaming something quite unique. They started making short animations and their absurdist humor actually gave than the chance of making their own cartoons for Netflix. They still have the channel and now besides their short weird videos and "normal" vlogs/reacts, they mostly talk about the development of this new project. While everyone thinks he and Berth are a couple they are actually just very close best friends. He appears during the arc where Berf starts to date Robbie and both make apperances after that.

Erwin Sikowits: He makes some special apperances but he is just the same hippie crazy guy, the only difference is that the audience is older and so we know he does drugs. He is retired but sometimes gives special classes and he is actually one of the characthers on the happy train. On the few times he appears he shows he does still cares and thinks foundly of his old students. Also he is pan because I refuse to let the scene with Spencer be a merely homophobic joke on the writers part and not a part of his characther. Let Sikowits have a boyfriend, you cowards.

The Plot

Twenty years after the kids leaved Hollywood arts a series of werid coincidences ends up with the old gang (Tori, Jade, Cat, Beck, Robbie and Andre) all reunited. They decide that it must mean something and mark to have a nigth out for old times sake there they learn about each other missfortune and financial struggles and all of them (except Cat) decide to move to the same building and try to mimic a "content house" in a way to recover their lost fame (Andre is there as a promotion for his future debut album and because he wants to conect with his friends) and overcame their cancel status.

#victorius #victorius revival #quinton reviews #tori vega #jade west #robbie shapiro #cat valentine #beck oliver #trina vega #andre harris #sikowits #jori #sinjin #hollywood arts #nick sticom universe

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astridthevalkyrie · 3 years

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hello!! welcome to my new series called:

A Scene Popped Into My Head But Instead Of Writing A Whole AU I'm Just Going To Write That One Scene <3

Today's Feature: Barista Levi!

(this one is also dedicated to @lacheri. congrats on hitting 900 followers!)

Sasha has been bugging you for five? six? seven weeks straight to take her out to the oh-so classy coffee shop that has opened up six minutes and thirty-three seconds away from campus, and yes, you counted. At first you'd wondered why she didn't just go herself—it's as the two of you are walking there that you realize Sasha is one hundred percent broke and exploiting you. She bats her lashes innocently when you rightfully accuse her of this.

"It's closer than your dingy bookstore cafe, that's a whole eleven minutes away!" is her reasoning for why you should be ecstatic coming with her and paying for her.

"I have personal reasons for not wanting to—oh great, we're here."

She grins, grabbing your hand and tugging you inside. As much as you hate to admit it, the place really is nice. With pleasant winter-themed tiles lining the walls and tiny fountains on each corner and tables organized in paper straight lines by an employee obviously trying very hard to get a raise, it's almost too nice.

You only have to wait for one person ahead of you before it's your turn. You gaze up at the menu overhead.

"What can I get you?" the barista drawls impatiently when you take more than four seconds to decide.

How rude.

"A hello would be appreciated," you snap back with a sugary smile, rolling your eyes. Sasha looks as though she can't decide who she's more shocked at, the barista for being rude or you for being so snippy. "I'll have a grande decaf double chocolate chip frappucino with whipped cream."

Your friend chokes on air as she laughs at your unnecessarily long order. "Uhh, I'll just have a latte machiato," Sasha says, somewhat apologetically, still giggling. The barista scoffs, and as he gets to work you take a moment to look over his features.

Short stature, dark hair, silvery grey eyes. Overall very attractive, and the uniform is quite, well, snug on him. Definitely someone who always has eyes on his handsome self. In fact, you wouldn't be surprised if the reason this place became so popular so fast was because everyone on your campus was more thirsty for Mr. Attitude than they were for his beverages.

When your drinks are finished, he hands them to you—rather, he shoves them towards you, only offering an insincere, "Oops," when a little bit of your order spills on your hand. You only smile at him again, eye twitching irritably.

"Damn," Sasha whispers as you both sit down a safe distance, "he's not nice at all."

"Yeah." You take a sip from the cup and curse quietly when you realize that you’ve just tasted heaven on earth. "He's always like this."

She nods, then snaps her head up to you when your words sink in, brows furrowing in confusion. "But...you said you'd never been here before!"

"I haven't." You take another sip, sighing blissfully. "He's just my boyfriend."

#aot #aot x reader #levi x reader #levi ackerman x reader #levi ackerman #barista levi #scene capture fics #valkyrie stories

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svchengss · 3 years

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hey barista! | l.dh

summary | befriending the barista from your local cafe doesn’t seem too bad

pairing | lee donghyuck x fem!reader ft. jaemin who’s a rlly cute side character in this :(

genre | fluff, angst, slight humour (?)

warnings | a kiss?? i don’t think there’s any but if i missed anything do lmk !!

word count | 3k+

s. tg | @hyuckefi [my apologies since i didn’t release a proper teaser for this 🙏🏻]

author’s note | this is my first fic exceeding 1k words so if u enjoyed reading this, please leave some feedbacks !! rb’s are also appreciated :D ALSO I SUCK AT SUMMARIES LMAO PLS IGNORE THAT

just another day of working at palm coffee, the same old routine. cleaning the countertop and tables before opening up the cafe, prepping the ingredients - more for top favourites! - and examining the machines to make sure they’re working properly. that’s some of hyuck’s daily routines as a barista. he didn’t mind them though, he loved his job. he couldn’t specify the reason why but all these tasks are genuinely interesting to him.

seeing you drop by the cafe is a normal occurrence for him. since you are a regular customer after all, the rest of the staff already know you well. heck, they’re even good friends with you. jaemin hangs out with you more than he does despite being jaemin’s childhood friend. except for him, he doesn’t really know why. he’s not really shy, considering the fact that he’s a social butterfly. he just couldn’t bring himself to say anything to you, the only times he did so was to take your orders when the rest of the workers were busy in the store.

upon hearing the doorbell chime which signals a new customer entering the cafe, hyuck blurted out the usual line. “hello, welcome to palm coffee! how can i help-“, looking up from the cash register only to find you in a disheveled state. “-you?” he eyes you up and down, noting how a few strands of your hair were out of place, the nude lipstick smeared on the left corner of your mouth and your outfit looks really rushed.

“sorry, what was your name again, hyuck right?” you quickly glanced at the nametag hanging nicely on his apron. “i’m in a rush right now, can i get a,” you scanned over the menu behind him, “uh, white coffee, please?”.

“that will be six dollars. you can use the restroom in the meantime to, you know, touch up your makeup and stuff,” he takes the bills from your hand, putting them in the machine in front of him before flashing you with that warm smile of his. you wished him a quick thanks before disappearing into the back of the place.

now that was embarrassing.

your eyes scanned over the hall to find your friend before hearing her shout your name from across. damn, why does she have to be so loud? stares were directed towards you as you walked up the stairs to your designated seat. all the chatter going on in the lecture hall became quiet as soon as your professor placed her things on the desk, which means class has started.

after hearing a two-hour lecture and writing some notes - where suddenly song lyrics and scribbles appear - the words you’ve been waiting to hear finally echoed through the speakers.

“class is dismissed, thank you everyone for listening,” mrs. hui’s voice later being flushed out by the buzzing voices of the students walking out the hall, determined to finish their own activities. you stuffed your ipad and papers into your light yellow jansport backpack before going out to meet vic who’s waiting for you outside.

“i’m exhausted, what did she even teach just now?” vic sighed to her heart’s content. you can’t blame her, today’s topic was quite complicated. circuits analysis or something? you can’t really wrap your head around it, your brain being stuffed with all the information. vic kept on ranting about the problems she faced from the moment she woke up, making you giggle at some comments she made.

“wait for me, i’m almost done,” he folded his apron neatly before shoving it into the drawer and grabbing his bag from the counter to join jaemin, who’s waiting at the front door with the keycard. hyuck accepted jaemin’s request to help him with some shopping for his sister’s birthday party next week. obviously, the rest of the staff were also invited.

jaemin divided the shopping list into two, allowing hyuck to find the rest of the things with ease.

“now where are the streamers…” he muttered out loud enough for himself to hear, crouching down to browse through the party decorations on the shelf. or he thought so, as you could hear him sighing clearly in dire need of the certain decoration, that you decided to help him out.

“um, hyuck? i think the party streamers are in the aisle beside this one? you look a bit troubled there,” you chuckled lightly. the heat flushed to his cheeks, feeling dumbfounded.

“really? uh, thank you for the help,” he gave you a small grin that could hardly be seen if you didn’t spot the corner of his lips. and with that, he’s long gone with his shopping basket.

you are fond of the atmosphere you’re in right now. the decorations left you in awe - white and pink silk hanging from the wall with silver letter balloons spelling out happy birthday stitched onto them. you can see jaemin’s sister, eun-ji, being carried out of her room with a small flowy white dress and wearing a golden bow on her head, her brunette hair being tied into ponytails. the na family really adore their youngest girl.

meanwhile, there are only a couple of adults your age attending the party - jaemin’s co-workers, some of his other friends which you aren’t familiar with and hyuck. he looked rather chill, with an oversized beige sweater and white jeans to suit the party’s theme. you’re not quite bad as well, your hair combed nicely and kept neat with a headband, a white sundress with strawberry patterns on it fit nicely on your figure, complemented with a heart-locket necklace placed on your collarbones. before reaching jaemin’s house, you made sure to drop by a local store to get some gifts for eun-ji. she’s a very well-mannered kid which made you adore her very much.

“y/n? very glad to see you here,” hyuck said as he approached you, offering you a plate of cake which he cut.

“i could say the same to you too, mr. lee,” you let out a soft laugh. he made sure to keep a mental note over how pretty you looked today.

“y/n, hyuck! glad you two broke the ice, did you know how hurt i was seeing you two act like strangers whenever y/n came by the cafe?” jaemin enveloping you into a small hug before fake pouting. you can only laugh at the fake debate the two guys in front of you were having. after conversing with hyuck and jaemin for quite some time, you realised that he’s a cool person to talk to, where all this time, you thought he hated you for some reason. before leaving, you made sure to thank mrs. na for hosting the party and off you went home.

following the previous encounters, hyuck felt much more comfortable around you - even hanging out with you during his shift where you would do your assignments at the cafe he’s working at. every now and then, he would also invite you to hang out with him and jaemin. however, what he didn’t realise was how he slowly pent up feelings - romantically.

ding dong!

he pressed on the doorbell button with a box of doughnuts in his left hand. the three of you were supposed to be having a movie night, but jaemin got caught up with his groupwork which leaves the two of you alone.

“hey hyuck! come in,” you gestured, arranging the cushions on your sofa to make it look more organized. the interior of your rented apartment is calming, the light grey walls suiting the navy blue sofa and furniture with darker undertones. the walls are also not left empty, with modern art portraits hanging from it.

“i brought donuts, your favourite, right?” he opened the box, placing it on the coffee table while you set up the television. you wished him a quick thank you before grabbing two canned drinks from the refrigerator, handing one to him and pressing play on the remote control. you two weren’t quiet throughout the whole movie, with snarky comments on how hot the actors were or how stupid they were being were made.

he didn’t know you were sleepy though as all of a sudden, he could feel the weight of your head on top of his shoulder. it was a rather awkward situation as he didn’t move at all so you could sleep comfortably. before long, he joined you and dozed off to wonderland. the next morning, you were more than embarrassed to find yourself cuddling up to him, with the next movie still playing on the screen.

seeing your figure outside the front door made hyuck more excited to greet you today. after making a quick order for a green tea latte, you fished out your purse from your handbag, feeling frantic if you’ve lost it outside. luckily, you were the only customer in line as the rest of them were already seated and carrying out their own businesses.

“sorry, but i think this might be yours,” you turned around to find a tall-looking guy handing out your black purse. a wave of relief washed over your soul, thanking the latter profusely.

“mind if i buy you a drink? i hate feeling like i owe someone,” you offered, which he gladly accepted.

“i’d like a double espresso, please,” he kept his hands into his pockets.

“and your name, sir?” hyuck looked mildly bothered.

“yukhei,” he ran his slightly blonde hair through the slender fingers. hyuck hated how cocky he looked, feeling more annoyed than ever over the scene that was played in front of him just now. he hated how yukhei looked at you.

why should he get jealous? he’s just a mere friend to you, that’s all. you have to stop overreacting, hyuck.

those words kept running through his mind all day.

“dude, are you okay? you looked-” jaemin opened the staff room, interrupting him from the self-talk he was having, “-distracted,” finishing up his sentence.

“nope, i’m just fine,” he said, bringing the honey smile back onto his face. jaemin nodded before disappearing back to the front to serve the customers.

stop being so jealous, hyuck. you’re just a friend. not more, not less.

“jaemin, how do you know if you like someone?” that question is kind of shocking to him, especially if it’s coming from hyuck. of course, he’s had a crush before but it was during middle school. just a silly, little crush. growing up, he’s never had one - not even in high school.

“you’ve asked the right person,” jaemin managed to do his obnoxious voice, even while driving the car. he’s right, he is the matchmaker of the friend group, just how many relationships worked out because of him? eyes still focused on the road - he’s a responsible driver of course, he began to explain the feeling to hyuck, making his points loud and clear.

“first of all, you start feeling a little too happy whenever you’re around them. and no, this is not the oh-we’re-best-friends-forever type of happy, it’s the i’ll-make-you-the-happiest-person-on-earth one. not to forget, you will also experience some kind of turbulence in your heart, expect them to be jumping around a bit. or a lot, whichever suits you the best.

you also tend to feel nervous around that person. like, stuttering your words in obvious or non-obvious ways, feeling faster heartbeats than usual, you name it. oh! if you’ve ever felt jealous whenever they are around someone else, i mean, in affectionate ways, you might have one. however, my tip is for you not to act out of your mind. you don’t want to ruin whatever relationship you have currently, do you?” even when driving, he still managed to deliver his points with full precision and accuracy.

nodding his head, hyuck took some mental notes to be thought through when he gets home.

hyuck stared at you, whose figure is snoring soundly on his lap. he assumed you must be feeling exhausted, mid-terms just ended after all. while threading his fingers through your hair, he remembered what jaemin said to him weeks earlier.

1. being happy around them

like jaemin said, it is normal to be happy around your friends. but being with you, it kind of gave more joy for him. not to mention that he started to catch himself smiling over your texts and being reminded of you over small things - your favorite donut topping, the name of that one stray puppy you gave.

2. feeling nervous around them

his heart would beat a lot faster whenever you get closer towards him, whether accidentally or to mess with him.

3. getting jealous over someone else

he shouldn’t be jealous of how yukhei looked at you. but he seriously can’t help it. and the way he’s always there during your hangouts. he doesn’t care if he seems petty, yukhei just isn’t in his favour.

his deep thoughts came to a halt when you called out his name, eyes still half-closed, attempting to open them a bit more.

“did i interrupt you or something? gosh, i’m so sorry,” you quickly stood up but he pulls your body back onto his lap, asking for you to stay.

“what are we?” that question caught you off-guard. the same one that has been at debate in the back of your mind these days.

i don’t know hyuck, it’s complicated.

“what do you think we are, hyuck?” you shot the question back at him, your gaze piercing through his soul.

“i don’t know. it’s just-”

“are you sure?” a deep sigh left your lips. have you been interpreting his body languages wrong? did he only see you as a normal friend, nothing more?

“sorry, i’m not feeling well. see you later hyuck, bye,” you tried your best to shoot the sweet smile of yours but only a faint one seemed to appear. once you stepped out of the room, he buried his face into his hands.

god, what have i done?

“don’t feel too down, y/n. maybe there’s something more that he couldn’t bring himself to say?” vic suggested, handing you some tissue.

“i don’t know, i seriously have no idea. why can’t he just say it?” you continued to sob into her arms, she pitied you, especially in your condition right now. but she can’t do anything to help you, other than consoling and listening.

jaemin knew something was wrong, from your rare visits to the cafe to hyuck not being himself lately. something was definitely wrong and it’s between the both of you. sure, hyuck might be saying that he’s fine again and again, but his expressions can’t lie. the sweet smile of his is long gone and his jokes are no longer heard. whatever it is, jaemin is determined to solve it. he just wants his best friends back.

looks of dismay can be read all over hyuck’s face when the person facing him is no other than the guy himself, yukhei. still, he tried to control his composure, not making his inner feelings any more obvious.

“so what brings you here?” he took a sip of the mineral water, still making his throat rough from the tension hanging in the air.

“look, i’m not here for any fights. i know you like y/n, everybody can see it. and honestly, you were oblivious to your own feelings,” he rubbed his hands together. the latter’s puzzled face made him continue his words.

“i’m not trying to make her like me, or whatever you’ve been assuming. sorry if i gave the wrong message but you are the one who should make a move. i can see from the way she looks at you, the feelings are mutual,” he straightened up the denim jacket outside the white shirt wrapping his figure.

letting out a heavy sigh, hyuck’s face begins to soften up. “no, i should be the one who’s sorry. i’ve been such a prick to everyone around me lately, especially you,” he took of the cap from his head, messing up his hair.

“no problem, bro. it’s understandable, i guess. now good luck with her, please treat her well,” the two guys exchanged a fist bump for the problem solved. jaemin leaned his back against the wall, smiling and feeling satisfied.

you called out jaemin’s name but to no avail. he invited you to his apartment but seeing that the lights are out, it’s clear enough that he hasn’t finished whatever he was doing yet. just as you were about to leave, you saw hyuck at the other side of it, both your faces mirroring the same look of confusion.

“so, uh, how have you been doing these days? it’s been a while since we talked,” he chose to break the silence. now, you two were sitting facing each other by the balcony. inhaling the breeze, you paused for a moment before responding to his question.

“i’ve been feeling, not as usual. definitely not happy but not that sad,” you pushed some of the loose hair strands hanging on your forehead behind your ears before asking about his.

“you know what, i’m just going to be direct with you. i, lee donghyuck have been holding feelings for you since i don’t know when. yeah sure, i wasn’t really sure at first about what i was going through. i guess i was just scared of how you would react,” he scratched his ears which are not feeling itchy at all, but rather an attempt to distract himself from the overwhelming emotions deep inside him.

not wanting to waste time any longer, you placed your right hand onto his cheek, standing on the heels of your feet to bring your two lips together. the kiss was short before he pulls you back in for another, this time a more passionate one. he could feel you smile against his lips before enveloping your body into his arms.

“i’ve missed you, you know?” he whispered, his voice tender, directing right into your ears before you replied with how you missed him more. the both of you continued to whisper sweet nothings while embracing each other’s presence.

jaemin looked at the both of you from a distance, his heart swelling with pride.

— another pair of lovers matched, cupid jaemin signing out.

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renegadepack · 2 years

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mr. clearwater

seth became a teacher and you can’t change my mind

Seth was one of those who always knew what he wanted to do, what he wanted to be when he grew up. He always liked reading, learning about the world around him, and, most of all, sharing what he learned with anyone that would listen. Leah, Sue, especially Harry and Colin, Brady - his friends from school- were always ready to hear something new. It was only natural he would find his way into education.

He went to college in Seattle, wanting to stay close to home. Leah, who had already been there for a few years, was happy to let him into her spare bedroom and show him around town. Seth loved the city, but he missed where he had grown up. He struggled the most with picking an exact major; he knew education but couldn’t nail down the specifics. After a year of general education classes, his love of the world went out and he went with Geography.

To help pay for books, supplies, and food, Seth started looking for a part time job. After a week or two of looking, he applied at a local coffee shop and was hired on the spot. They only gave him a couple of shifts a week, but it was perfect for him. He loved the slow, methodical task of pulling espresso shots and steaming milk; it was a welcome reprieve from rushing between classes and observations and study groups. His favorite thing was “surprise me” drinks, where he would mix up a few different syrups and see how the drink turned out. The employee discount didn’t hurt, either. Especially during finals week.

As much as he had always loved school and sharing knowledge, Seth always grew anxious about tests, and the ones to certify his teaching degree were no different. He needed all the help he could get. His school friends formed study groups, meeting in parks or over pizzas to quiz each other on educational theories. Leah ran through every geographical flashcard they had made over the years with him, and was always down for Golden Girls marathons or yoga sessions when a break was more needed than perfection. In the end, it surprised no one when the envelope arrived with all passing scores inside.

After graduation, he moved back home, into a little house with his girlfriend from college, and both got a job at school on the reservation. Before the school year began, he spent weeks organizing and decorating his classroom. His friends had gotten him plenty of gifts to do so: Rebecca had painted maps and portraits for him to hang on the walls; Leah had carved figurines, pencil cups, and other items he could use as storage or decorations; Brady had gotten him a bunch of mugs; and Collin had loaded him up with school supplies like pencils, notebooks, and glue. His favorite gift, though, was a nameplate for his desk from Sam, Emily, and Jacob: “Mr. Clearwater” was carved in deep brown wood, next to a carving of a wolf, and “newest, brightest, slowest” etched underneath.

Seth loved being a teacher, and it wasn’t long until he was adored by his students. His door was always open when students needed a chat, he was at every performance and game, and he did his best to share his love of learning with all his students.

On free weekends, he helped Emily at her cafe when she or Kim needed a day off. He still loved it, and was happy for the chance to brush up on his barista skills. His students would come in for a muffin and to hang out, and he was happy to answer questions or help with homework between drinks. Seth had been many things in his life, but being Mr. Clearwater to the kids of La Push was his favorite.

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ivy-goldrush · 3 years

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Wednesdays Are The Worst

Expresso. Make Friends with It

Series Warnings: Grumpy!Bucky, Bucky being a dick, Angst, Eventual Smut? Slow Burn fic, Maybe a touch of Jealous!Bucky, 18+ cause ✨swearing✨

Word Count: 1047

The morning air was crisp as it whipped its way around you, almost imitating a hug. It was only a short walk from your apartment to the small independent coffee shop you worked at. ‘Café Juniper’ was a very small but bustling coffee shop that had only recently opened and was quickly gaining a reputation for itself ‘From 6 am when we open, to 6 pm when we close, we are here to provide coffee and a smile’ was what Mary, the owner, had said when you first got the barista job there. This job was almost perfect, the staff were amazing along with the customers, and the atmosphere that the shop had was one where you couldn’t help but feel relaxed in. The only problem was that you found yourself getting up at 5:15 am when you were to open the shop and it’s safe to say you are not much of a morning person what-so-ever.

Unlocking the front door, you were instantly hit with the smell of coffee and sweet treats. Mary stood behind the counter organizing the cakes and a cup of coffee sat on top of the workstation.

“Just in time.” The lovely older lady chuckled, smiling at you with creases at her eyes. “At least I’m here Mary, I could have not shown up at all!” Your comment was made with light-heartedness as you clocked in at 5:50 am. You were running only a couple of minutes late, nothing too drastic and it wasn’t as if you had done this regularly. With Mary being the type of woman she was, a few minutes late wasn’t bad at all. The ten minutes till opening time still allowed for you to make a coffee for yourself and make yourself look presentable, tying your pastel flowered Pinney around your waist.

Your hair was neatly tucked into a bun that rested at the nape of your neck however, you knew that it would not look the way it was supposed to by the end of your shift. You could already picture it, baby hairs frizzed up into a small mane and chunks of hair falling out of the bun looking very disregarded. The first half an hour of your shift wasn’t too bad, there weren’t many customers at 6 in the morning. But as soon as the clock struck 6:30 am there was already a small line out the door as the early morning office workers fled to get their coffee fix. During this time the only drinks that seemed to be ordered were Americano’s, Cappuccino’s, and Lattes. With the occasional iced coffee thrown into the mix. This thread of orders lasted until about 8 am, the morning flow of people were now well and truly seated behind their desks and chatting away with co-workers.

You enjoyed the slow pace that this time of day brought around. It allowed for you and Mary to tidy the mess that had been made, wipe down the surfaces of spilled coffee, and sweep out the leaves that snuck in from the streets. The empty shop made it safe for Mary to slip into the back room to sort out stock and the following day’s deliveries.

It was about 15 minutes when the next customer entered the café. The small jingle of the bell above the door alerted you that you were no longer alone. You made sure your voice was loud and clear enough for your boss to hear without it sounding like you were shouting, as you quickly finished the task at hand.

“Good morning! Welcome to Café Juniper, what can I get for you today?” Your voice was clear and sweet as you turned your body to face the customer. You didn’t allow for your smile to falter as you were met with a very tall, very attractive, blonde-haired, blue-eyed, well-built male. He hadn’t noticed your prolonged staring as he was too focused on the menu board. You took the opportunity to scan your gaze over the dark navy suit that clung to his body that you thought would burst at the seams if he tensed even the smallest of muscles. He brought his hand up to his face, rubbing at the well-kempt facial hair. He hummed and nodded, solidifying his thought on what to have before adjusting his eyes to you and speaking.

“Could I get a caramel macchiato to take away please?” His voice was equal parts deep and soft with being bubbly as well. He smiled sweetly and widely at you, and you couldn’t help but smile back with warmth. “Of course. Is that all for you today?” Your silvery voice danced to his ears. He was about to answer with a no when his gaze met the cake counter. His eyes lit up his face, like a kid in a candy shop, and you could tell he was eyeing one cake more than the others. He licked his lips before turning back to you and asking sheepishly “Could I also get a blueberry muffin as well?”. You knew there was no way you could deny his ask, so you reassured him that of course he could, before finishing up his drink and using the tongs to pick the muffin and place it carefully in a brown paper bag. The items were traded with a total of cash. The both of you offering sweet smiles as you went on with your days.

Soon the stranger became a regular at Café Juniper and you soon found out that his name was Steve. Over the course of several months, the two of you had developed a budding friendship and even though you admit he was attractive it never blossomed into anything more as you both knew that you were better off being friends. Morning coffee pick-ups soon turned into him coming in on his off days with a book, reading and then keeping you company on your break or when the café was empty; the two of you even hung out a few times outside of the café and work routines. And you then found yourself being invited by him to meet up with his friend group. You said yes knowing that you could not deny this man of happiness, even in the smallest of forms.

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