I love your writing and I adore ringsy aus, I was thinking what about an internet dating au? If you wanted to write that xxx
When Easy steps into the bar, it’s crowded. The majority of the tables are taken, and there’s a decent amount of people standing by the bar. He takes a deep breath and stands by the door, scanning the room, fingers twitching to just grab his phone already.
He hasn’t been on a date in years, and in a moment of weakness he downloaded a dating app onto his phone. Easy didn’t even really feel the need to have a relationship, but one day he had looked around and realised everything in his life has been the same for a while now.Meeting someone new could be a good thing, whether it would be as mates or something more. The profile of the man he was meeting was one he had liked with a snort, not thinking the guy would like him back, let alone start a conversation. His profile picture looked like a photo taken for a professional portfolio, a black and white photo with the man wearing a suit, his fingers toying with the buttons on one of the sleeves.Not in any way the average profile. Easy had tapped the heart, mumbling something about a Hugo Boss ad and chuckling to himself. He had a message from him the next day.
But the conversation didn’t flow easily between them, and the guy’s approach was as business-like as his photo. Any jokes Easy tried to make fell flat, and after a few messages back and forth, Easy stopped getting replies.He hadn’t thought any more of it, until, after months, he got a single message: Are you free for a drink tonight?
And that’s how Easy finds himself in a bar he has never been to, in a part of town he definitely normally doesn’t visit. There’s too many people walking around and it makes it hard to find the person he’s looking for.Easy had messaged him, asking what he would be wearing so he would be recognizable, but the guy didn’t give him any clues. “You’ve seen a photo of my face, why would you need to know what I’m wearing?”
Five minutes have passed now and Easy starts to feel uncomfortable and out of place, standing near the entrance on his own, and then a warm hand grabs his elbow. “I see why you wanted a visual hint.” Easy looks to his side, into the smirking face of his date, and he narrows his eyes at him, but the smile doesn’t waver. “You have seen the amount of people here, yeah?”Easy has to raise his voice slightly to make himself clear, and the guy just rolls his eyes at him. He sticks his hand out. “Ringo.” Easy grabs it. “Easy.”
The bar is a lot bigger at the back than Easy initially thought, and he follows Ringo as they sit down at a table there, a much quieter space. “Did you have trouble finding this place?” Ringo asks as they sit down. Easy shakes his head. “No, wasn’t too difficult. I don’t see this side of town often though.”Ringo hums. “Yeah, it’s a bit posh around here. I have to come here for work sometimes, lunch with clients and that kind of thing. It’s more comfortable like this though.” Ringo gestures to himself, to the simple shirt, blazer and jeans he’s wearing.Easy thinks to himself how unfair it is that he looks equally as good in this outfit as he does in a three-piece suit.
A waiter comes and takes their orders, and a few minutes later they’re both sipping on a beer. “I would have thought you’re more the whiskey type.” Easy comments.Ringo looks at him with suprise, and then there’s a soft smile on his face. “I do quite like whiskey. But I like beer as well, especially when I’m out.”A silence falls over them, and they both quietly look around the room, taking a swig of their drink every now and then, and sometimes when their eyes accidentally meet, they both smile a little shyly, and Easy can’t remember the last time he felt so giddy.
“So you’re a photographer, right?” Ringo asks, and Easy nods. “Freelance?” Easy runs a finger over the rim of his glass. “Yeah, I prefer it that way. Gives me more variety in the kinds of jobs I do.”Ringo asks him more questions, about what kinds of shoots he does, which are his favourite, what do his days look like. And then the conversation turns the other way around, and Easy asks Ringo about his job, what he likes about it and what he doesn’t.They run out of questions after that, and Ringo picks up his glass to take a sip when Easy speaks. “Can I ask you something?” Ringo gives him a nod.“Why did you message me again, after not having spoken for a long time?” Easy bites the inside of his cheek. It had been nagging him all day, ever since he agreed to have a drink with him.
Ringo shrugs. “I was about to delete the app and then I saw our chat with your picture next to it, and I wanted to do something about it before deleting it.” There’s a slight flush in his cheeks as he admits that, tentative eyes looking at Easy. “So I did.”Easy grins, pressing his lips together to not look too smug. “I’m glad you did.”
They step outside about half an hour later, and it’s not too long before they have to go their separate ways in order to get home. “I have to go this way.” Easy says, nodding his head to the left.“I need to go this way.” Ringo points in the opposite direction. They both put their hands in the pockets of their coats, swaying a little as they have to part but both linger.“I had a nice time.” Ringo says, and Easy smiles at him. “So did I. I’m up for doing it again some time, if you want.”
Ringo nods at him. “Yeah, I’d like that too.” It stays quiet for a bit, neither of them saying anything, and it goes on for a bit too long so Easy feels the need to start talking again.“So, I-” Ringo cuts him off, leaning forward and kissing him, knocking their foreheads together as Easy kisses him back after a second of surprise.Easy tugs on Ringo’s coat, pulling him closer, and he can feel Ringo smile against his mouth. “Save something for the second date.” Ringo whispers teasingly when they part, and Easy grins at him.“Goodnight Easy.” Ringo quickly kisses him one last time before walking off, looking back every now and then as Easy watches him. Easy waves, keeps looking until Ringo’s out of sight, and then he feels his phone buzz, so he takes it out of his pocket.Ringo has texted him a smiley face, after having gotten Easy’s number earlier.Easy saves his number, and deletes the dating app.
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