open starter | plot: your muse is sitting on a bar when Zach comes along. Doesn’t have to be a shippy thing, necessarily | open to f/m, mutuals or not | bio
He wasn’t the type of guy to feel self pity, but the murmuring and visible looks of the waiters who asked him to give up the table weren’t exactly comfortable. Carrying his scotch with him on his way to the bar of the fancy restaurant, he kept his wish to curse under control.
He should know better than that. Zach wasn’t the dating type, but somehow, this whole situation made him feel mad for leaving work soon, following advice from that old receptionist who always found new ways to say he needed to “start looking for someone”.
“Blind date my ass.“ He muttered as he sat fronting the counter, putting the glass down loud enough to caught some attention. “Scotch on rocks.“ He made a gesture to the local barman, who he knew right away that heard he was the guy who got stood up by his date and was invited to leave after almost two hours waiting. “Are you deaf?” He watched he young man move to get his drink, and only then really looked to the the other someone sitting beside him, probably waiting for a table. “In case you didn’t hear it from the waiters, I’m their special joke tonight cause I got stood up.“ He looked around one more time, then back at the strange. “i hope this makes your waiting a little more pleasant.” Zach sipped his newly acquired drink, eyeing the other. “Oh, please, don’t look at me like I’m a sick puppy. I’ve had enough from the waiters. I’m good. Really.”