i made a coffeetalk au for esmp/wcsmp Shelby & it takes place post wcsmp
Shelby doesnt use magic as often as she used to, but its still apart of her lovely, late night, seattle coffeeshop
(She/He/They Shelby in all my aus as long as its c!Shelby)
Its been a few years since he dropped the Great/Storm witch title, since they left the empires and witch trials completely.
He owns a quaint, open late at night, coffeeshop in Seattle, Washington. They talk with the locals often, sometimes getting not-so locals
Its been three years, and they just learned Hyde was moving back! Thats great!
But one day the door opens, and its a group of people.
All of them from her past, and none of them aware how golden, all to familiar, eyes stare longingly at them as they talk before ordering.
Except one. Staring back, yet still not sure who this (clearly dyed) orange haired person is. Katherine swears, after she leaves with Gem and Jimmy, that she knows the barista. they call her crazy. She goes back the next day.
She arrives, and the cute barista is talking to someone - a vampire perhaps - and she takes a seat next to him.
"Hello!"
"Hello Ma'am."
"Hm.."
She smiles, and requests the same drink from the previous day. Her normal coffee order for the past 13 years since she had that coffee date with Shelby (who, mind you, she hasnt seen in 10 years. No fault of Shelby's, they got busy and couldn't follow up for that second date and eventually lost touch)
The barista makes it, and drags her into her conversation with the stranger.
"By the way, I never got your name? Ive been calling you the cute barista since last night."
The barista's face flushed and she smiled while the vampire hummed at both reactions.
"Ah- uhm- im Shelby!"
"Katherine. Nice to meet you Shelby."
"Yeah... you too.."
She pretended not to see the heart break in the barista's eyes in the way she repeated the ending greet.