thanks for the tag @shitouttabuck !! i actually have some writing to share, yay! now can you all please bully me into finishing it before the red white and royal blue movie comes out? <3
“Giving up?” Alex says, cocking an eyebrow.
The guy pauses. “I’m sure I don’t know what you mean,” he says.
Alex gestures at the table, the way Alex’s own laptop is the only one that remains. “You’re giving up your claim to my table,” he grins. “Lovely doing business with you, man.”
He gets an eye roll in response. “You are a deeply perplexing person,” he says. “I’ve simply finished my work. And now I’m going home. You should try it sometime, rather than spending six hours here.”
Alex’s eyebrows fly up. “And how would you know if I spent six hours here?”
Gratifyingly, the guy’s cheeks go pink, spreading up to the tips of his ears. “It’s not hard to extrapolate,” he says, jutting out his chin slightly. “When you’re here when I get a coffee in the morning and still here when I come to grade papers in the afternoon, it makes it quite obvious that you don’t have a life.”
Alex snorts. “That was almost mean,” he grins. “I’m impressed.”
“Goodbye,” says his café nemesis, and Alex enjoys the very impressive view as he walks away before turning back to H’s email, feeling very satisfied with himself. His coffee shop nemesis looks pretty when he’s annoyed, and now he has his table to himself, as he should. What a great afternoon.
this fic *should* be done…. sometime soon? hopefully?
tagging @cowboy-buddie @eusuntgratie @jacksadventuresinwriting in case any of y’all want to share anything :)
