for the fafiction trope mashup: Awful first meeting + coffeeshop AU with Virgil and Deceit?
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Virgil is having an awful day. He’s running late to a meeting with his publisher, the barista spells his name wrong - and then he turns around too fast and accidentally spills coffee all over a stranger’s laptop.
Luckily, Devin is gracious and charming, but of course Virgil insists on leaving his number so he can arrange to pay Devin back - after all, he can afford it.
Only they start texting and… he’s funny, in exactly the dark way that Virgil likes. And he just sent a photo of him holding his pet snake and - he’s not allowed to be funny and cute, Patton, you don’t understand -
Patton: He sounds Devine!
Virgil is cautious, of course. But it’s so nice to meet someone who doesn’t know his novels (and their net worth) more than they know the real him. It seems perfect, that spilled coffee a happy accident of fate.
… But it was no accident, and Devin isn’t as ignorant as he seems. He’s a seasoned con artist, and Virgil is the mark of a lifetime. Everything about their first meeting and their subsequent relationship has been perfectly planned down to the smallest detail. Except for one thing:
Devin never expected to fall in love with the target.















