For @myriadxofxmuses continued from here
Brock knew pacing around outside wasn't going to make time go any faster. Twenty minutes; he was sure it would feel like an eternity. Still, he had time to smoke and get another shot in him to calm the adrenaline that now seemed to be coursing through his veins at the prospect of seeing her. He pulled the pack from his pocket and pulled one out, fishing a lighter out of his other pocket and lighting it quickly. He just meant to smoke one, slowly, to easy some of his anxiety. He chain smoked three before he'd hardly even realized it. "Christ, pull your shit together dude." he muttered to himself, flicking the last butt to the ground and turning to head back inside the bar.
He sauntered back up to the stool he'd been at and ordered a shot of cheap whiskey, downing it quickly. He refused to pull out his phone, yet his hazel hues couldn't help but make their way up to the clock on the bar wall, ticking by the passing minutes. It'd been at least 15, right? He couldn't remember exactly what time he'd texted her back, and he refused to check. He didn't trust himself not to text something stupid while she was on her way just to blow the whole thing up again.
The door opened several times and his head snapped up each time. "Pathetic." he grumbled and the man knew he if he continued to sit at the bar he'd keep ordering drinks and staring at the door like a pathetic puppy, so he ordered one more beer and then went to his usual table in the back corner. He forced himself to nurse his beer and sit back in the booth as though being able to relax was anywhere within his grasp at this moment.
His eyes scanned the small crowd that inhabited the bar. People he recognized since he was here so damn often. His eyes went back to staring at the starting drips of condensation on his bottle; the spell only broken when he finally heard her voice. God it was an even sweeter sound than his memory had been able to conjure and it brought an instant smirk to his lips, one that almost teetered on the edge of a smile. She looked good in every sense of the word, and he chuckled softly as she moved to sit. "Hey stranger." he responded with a slight teasing tone. "You want a drink?"














