LMFAOO jumping off the Levi misspelling names fact here….. I’m just imaging dating Barista!Levi and coming to the cafe daily, you know just to drink some overpriced drink that def will bankrupt you at some point? (You’re soft and want to see Levi- you hate it)
You always order the same thing, and Levi is the only one that makes it. But he always takes an extra min to figure out new ways to horrendously misspell your name. It’s so funny to you and you won’t lie and say it doesn’t make your day.
Someday you’ll have to admit to yourself that you only come for the names on the cup, and the flawlessly imperfect way he writes them. If he’s feeling nice he’ll draw a little heart.
You’re so soft for him.
Hopefully this wasn’t stepping out of bounds!
this could never be out of bounds i adore this omg
there's always the one time. the once a month that he writes something so outlandish and so far from sounding like your name or even an actual language that when the drink is ready and he reads it out loud he actually breaks character halfway through and ducks his head and just laughs out loud. it makes you giggle too, while you wave away the few people who look on as you take it from him. those are the days you give him a peck on the lips before you leave too.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Coffee Shop/Bar AU for @ereri-writing-prompts‘ August Dialogue Prompt:
Angst: “I can’t trust you right now.”
Humour: “This is so sad. Alexa, play Despacito.”
Fluff/Smut: “Please just come to bed.”
(Yes, I am extra and put all three in there.)
7641 words
Rating: Teen and Up
Relationships: Levi/Eren, minor Moblit/Hanji
Additional Tags: Coffee Shops & Cafés, Bar/Pub, Eren flirts with Levi a lot, Hanji's questionable choice of pets, I spent more time doing research for this fic than necessary, Eren Is a Little Shit, Barista Levi (Shingeki no Kyojin), Bartender Eren Yeager
Summary: “Blueberry is my favourite.”
Levi almost automatically replied with, “I know,” but he stopped himself last second. How weird would it be that he remembered something as insignificant as Eren’s goddamned favourite muffin flavour?
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."
i've read your barista scene no less than ten times and it's all i'm choosing to think about today. it's so cute and coy. grumpy boyfriend!levi is such a weakness and it being on the dl just makes it so much better. there's something so cute and fitting about the relationship not necessarily being a secret but also not anyone else's business. like the shock that would shine on everyone's faces when some girl meets him out front and they assume he'll just brush her off like he does with all his other fangirls but he's tossing his arm around your shoulders and pressing a brief kiss into your hair (he always does it after work bc you smell like home and it basically forces his brain to recognize he's no longer dealing w shitty customers and he can relax) before he pulls away and his usual scowl is on his face. no one really getting a good glimpse of you but every now and then you come in w Sasha (who thinks she's become the master convincer when she does get you to go but really you just like the flash of surprise in Levi's eyes bc you know each other well enough at this point it's rare to ever catch each other off guard) and other workers noticing he's a particular kind of asshole towards you. the equally snarky couple that looks scathing to everyone else but it's just flirting to you and levi, your mind... -xx
referencing this drabble with barista levi!
y e s, this literally captures everything i tried to get in those 400 words LMAO because it's just:
- levi never openly smiles or smirks at you, but the cocky gleam in his eyes when you clearly savor the drinks he makes you speaks for itself
- his coworker hange had no idea that levi had a girlfriend, so one time when you stopped by and obnoxiously slurped a hot chocolate really loudly, he reached over and wiped the milk off your upper lip muttering something about how fucking filthy you were, they were like "levi!! you can't do that! that's a customer, oh my god!"
- you had to reassure them that this was the norm for the two of you
- and the hair thing oh my god yeah. your scent is his favorite. he'll brush your hair away from your temple and mumble in your ear
- "i missed you."
- "yeah? deal with a lot of annoying customers?"
- "mmhm. lots of 'em. don't wanna talk about it right now."
- then he hands you a warm drink, kissing your cheeks when they warm up. you sigh, curling into his side.
- that's all nice and sweet, but when there's other people around? forget it, the two of you are so mean to each other. your orders get more and more extravagant, and he finds new ways to be petty - taking just an extra minute to get your order done, calling the wrong name when it's ready, "accidentally" mixing up your order...
- sasha tells everyone she actually got you two together and you're like ??? no tf you didn't fuckin liar???
- levi doesn't admit it but he gets distracted whenever you come in
astrid bestie i’m begging you to continue with the barista thing PLEASE the twist was just so good😭
thaaaank you!! maybe i'll do another drabble. someone also sent me a bit of a continuation which i'm gonna post in a few minutes, so....looking forward to that.
