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Coffee Break
1150 words, PG, Jared Padalecki/Jensen Ackles, Aldis Hodge/Danneel Harris.
Jared fails at dating. Luckily, Aldis has his back.
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bekkis, on the occasion of her birthday.
The problem is, Aldis gets bored. Being a barista? It's boring. Sometimes hot girls come in and he can flirt with them a little, but other than that, shit all happens. Which is why he's got his side project: Jared.
Jared works most of the same days Aldis does. He's a junior, engineering major, and he's hilarious. And he has this giant problem that he is totally failing to deal with solo.
"Oh god," Jared mutters, "oh god, oh god, he's coming in again." Jared tries to hide behind the espresso machine, but he's the size of a tank, so it doesn't work at all.
The guy always comes in on Wednesday at 4:30. Jared says he has class until 4 and then comes over for an afternoon pick-me-up, and Aldis believes him because Jared is a total stalker.
"You could ask him for his name with his order," says Aldis. "If you ever took his order."
Jared glares. "He has a girlfriend."
"He has a girl he comes in with," corrects Aldis. "She could just be in his class."
"Yeah," says Jared miserably. He sighs. "Go help him."
Aldis shakes his head and goes over to the counter. He guesses the guy is probably good-looking. It's not like he thinks a lot about relative hotness of dudes, but the guy is pretty so there's some obvious appeal. "Hello, welcome to Java Jam, what can I get you?"
The guy gets the same thing every time, but Jared says they can't act like they know who he is or what he orders. Jared's neurotic and retarded.
"Large coffee, black," says the guy.
"And your first name?"
It's pretty deserted, and they've never asked for his name before, so Aldis isn't surprised he looks weirded out. "Jensen," he says cautiously.
"All right, Jensen, my buddy Jared here is gonna call you when it's ready."
Jared meeps a little and waves.
Jensen looks confused.
Aldis is awesome.
*
Except, two weeks later, and all Jared has managed to do is say, "Hey Jensen," when Jensen comes in. If Jensen's into dudes, Aldis figures he's probably smitten anyway, though, because Jared totally blushes when he does it.
Aldis hisses, "Talk to him," as he passes Jared making the coffee, and Jared spills all over himself.
"Shut up!" says Jared.
"Dude, come on, what's gonna happen?"
"He hates gay people and a hate crime goes down," says Jared.
"Don't even get me started on hate crimes," says Aldis. "If I can be black at him, you can be gay at him."
Jared blushes. "Okay, he could say no and stop coming."
"Because god forbid you can't ogle a guy for an hour once a week."
"Shut up."
"Here," says Aldis, "you take this coffee, walk over to his table, and ask him about whatever he's doing."
Jared peers around the espresso machine. "Sitting."
"Yeah," says Aldis. "Go nuts."
*
Tuesday, Aldis picks up a shift in the morning after his class gets canceled, and he's bored as shit because Kyle is working and Kyle is way less interesting than Jared. For one thing, Kyle doesn't have a crush on any of the regulars, so he pretty much just sits around and does his job, and that's totally lame.
Then, at around noon, the hot-to-death redhead who comes in with Jared's boy crush sometimes wanders in and gives him a killer smile.
"Hey, I've seen you before," she says.
"Yes you have," he says. "You're a latte girl, am I right? Large vanilla?"
She grins. "You're good."
"I've been told."
"So listen," she says, leaning across the counter, "you work with that tall guy, right?"
"Jared? Floppy hair, dimples?"
"Yeah, that's him."
"He's my boy. What about him?"
She bites her lip. "Look, I don't want this to come off the wrong way, but--he isn't gay, is he?"
"It a problem if he is?"
"It'd be great," she says. "I've been trying to get my friend Jensen to ask him out for weeks, and he's too much of a pussy."
Aldis laughs. "Oh man, seriously? I been telling Jared the same thing. Making him deliver the coffee and shit."
"That's you? I heard they talked for a whole five minutes last week. Jensen couldn't shut up about it."
"Yeah, that was all me. I pretty much shoved him out there."
The girl pushes her hair behind her ear. "So, I think we should do something about it tomorrow. If you're up for it."
"I am always up for everything," says Aldis.
The girl laughs.
"So, I'm Aldis."
"Danneel," she says.
Aldis grabs a coffee and takes his fifteen.
*
"You gotta come!" says Aldis.
"You want me to leave work early so I can go on a double date with you?" asks Jared warily.
"Look, man. This girl? She is hot. I can't even tell you how hot. And she said she'd go to a movie with me if I brought someone for her friend."
"Her guy friend," says Jared warily, glancing at the clock. "Why are you going so early?"
"Cuz she has an early class tomorrow. Dude, please. Jim said it was okay if we took off."
"But--" Jared glances at the clock again. He sighs. "I guess I owe you one."
"You beyond owe me one."
Jared laughs. "I guess it'd be kind of pathetic if I turned down a real date for--yeah."
Aldis abruptly feels guilty, not telling Jared what's happening. "I appreciate it. This girl is--yeah, man. Anyway. Come on, let's tell Jim and get going."
He texts Danneel as Jared walks away: c u in 10.
All he gets back is ;D.
Aldis grins.
*
"Danny, I don't wan--" Aldis hears, as he and Jared approach the bench. Jensen stops talking abruptly when he sees them coming and turns bright red.
"Aldis!" says Danneel, waving. "Hey!"
"Hey!" says Aldis. "I'm not late, right?"
"Perfect." Danneel turns to Jensen, who hasn't stopped staring at Jared since they showed up. "So, we're going to a movie," she says.
"And you guys are getting dinner."
"Early dinner," says Danneel.
"Point is, here's a date," says Aldis. "Don't say we never did nothing for you."
Aldis offers Danneel his arm, and she takes it happily.
"So," he hears Jared say as they walk off. "I guess we're on a date."
"Yeah," Jensen says, sounding pleased about it. "Guess so."
*
Next Wednesday, Danneel gives him a kiss across the counter, and Jared and Jensen look at each other moonily, but at least they're looking at the same time now, and Jared takes his fifteen and goes and plays footsie with Jensen.
"Pathetic," says Aldis.
"Totally," agrees Danneel. "You busy tonight?"
Aldis grins. "Never too busy for you, babe," he says, and kisses her again, because he can.
"Get a room!" calls Jensen.
"Don't listen to him," says Danneel. "He owes us forever."
So Aldis doesn't.
1150 words, PG, Jared Padalecki/Jensen Ackles, Aldis Hodge/Danneel Harris.
Jared fails at dating. Luckily, Aldis has his back.
For
bekkis, on the occasion of her birthday.The problem is, Aldis gets bored. Being a barista? It's boring. Sometimes hot girls come in and he can flirt with them a little, but other than that, shit all happens. Which is why he's got his side project: Jared.
Jared works most of the same days Aldis does. He's a junior, engineering major, and he's hilarious. And he has this giant problem that he is totally failing to deal with solo.
"Oh god," Jared mutters, "oh god, oh god, he's coming in again." Jared tries to hide behind the espresso machine, but he's the size of a tank, so it doesn't work at all.
The guy always comes in on Wednesday at 4:30. Jared says he has class until 4 and then comes over for an afternoon pick-me-up, and Aldis believes him because Jared is a total stalker.
"You could ask him for his name with his order," says Aldis. "If you ever took his order."
Jared glares. "He has a girlfriend."
"He has a girl he comes in with," corrects Aldis. "She could just be in his class."
"Yeah," says Jared miserably. He sighs. "Go help him."
Aldis shakes his head and goes over to the counter. He guesses the guy is probably good-looking. It's not like he thinks a lot about relative hotness of dudes, but the guy is pretty so there's some obvious appeal. "Hello, welcome to Java Jam, what can I get you?"
The guy gets the same thing every time, but Jared says they can't act like they know who he is or what he orders. Jared's neurotic and retarded.
"Large coffee, black," says the guy.
"And your first name?"
It's pretty deserted, and they've never asked for his name before, so Aldis isn't surprised he looks weirded out. "Jensen," he says cautiously.
"All right, Jensen, my buddy Jared here is gonna call you when it's ready."
Jared meeps a little and waves.
Jensen looks confused.
Aldis is awesome.
*
Except, two weeks later, and all Jared has managed to do is say, "Hey Jensen," when Jensen comes in. If Jensen's into dudes, Aldis figures he's probably smitten anyway, though, because Jared totally blushes when he does it.
Aldis hisses, "Talk to him," as he passes Jared making the coffee, and Jared spills all over himself.
"Shut up!" says Jared.
"Dude, come on, what's gonna happen?"
"He hates gay people and a hate crime goes down," says Jared.
"Don't even get me started on hate crimes," says Aldis. "If I can be black at him, you can be gay at him."
Jared blushes. "Okay, he could say no and stop coming."
"Because god forbid you can't ogle a guy for an hour once a week."
"Shut up."
"Here," says Aldis, "you take this coffee, walk over to his table, and ask him about whatever he's doing."
Jared peers around the espresso machine. "Sitting."
"Yeah," says Aldis. "Go nuts."
*
Tuesday, Aldis picks up a shift in the morning after his class gets canceled, and he's bored as shit because Kyle is working and Kyle is way less interesting than Jared. For one thing, Kyle doesn't have a crush on any of the regulars, so he pretty much just sits around and does his job, and that's totally lame.
Then, at around noon, the hot-to-death redhead who comes in with Jared's boy crush sometimes wanders in and gives him a killer smile.
"Hey, I've seen you before," she says.
"Yes you have," he says. "You're a latte girl, am I right? Large vanilla?"
She grins. "You're good."
"I've been told."
"So listen," she says, leaning across the counter, "you work with that tall guy, right?"
"Jared? Floppy hair, dimples?"
"Yeah, that's him."
"He's my boy. What about him?"
She bites her lip. "Look, I don't want this to come off the wrong way, but--he isn't gay, is he?"
"It a problem if he is?"
"It'd be great," she says. "I've been trying to get my friend Jensen to ask him out for weeks, and he's too much of a pussy."
Aldis laughs. "Oh man, seriously? I been telling Jared the same thing. Making him deliver the coffee and shit."
"That's you? I heard they talked for a whole five minutes last week. Jensen couldn't shut up about it."
"Yeah, that was all me. I pretty much shoved him out there."
The girl pushes her hair behind her ear. "So, I think we should do something about it tomorrow. If you're up for it."
"I am always up for everything," says Aldis.
The girl laughs.
"So, I'm Aldis."
"Danneel," she says.
Aldis grabs a coffee and takes his fifteen.
*
"You gotta come!" says Aldis.
"You want me to leave work early so I can go on a double date with you?" asks Jared warily.
"Look, man. This girl? She is hot. I can't even tell you how hot. And she said she'd go to a movie with me if I brought someone for her friend."
"Her guy friend," says Jared warily, glancing at the clock. "Why are you going so early?"
"Cuz she has an early class tomorrow. Dude, please. Jim said it was okay if we took off."
"But--" Jared glances at the clock again. He sighs. "I guess I owe you one."
"You beyond owe me one."
Jared laughs. "I guess it'd be kind of pathetic if I turned down a real date for--yeah."
Aldis abruptly feels guilty, not telling Jared what's happening. "I appreciate it. This girl is--yeah, man. Anyway. Come on, let's tell Jim and get going."
He texts Danneel as Jared walks away: c u in 10.
All he gets back is ;D.
Aldis grins.
*
"Danny, I don't wan--" Aldis hears, as he and Jared approach the bench. Jensen stops talking abruptly when he sees them coming and turns bright red.
"Aldis!" says Danneel, waving. "Hey!"
"Hey!" says Aldis. "I'm not late, right?"
"Perfect." Danneel turns to Jensen, who hasn't stopped staring at Jared since they showed up. "So, we're going to a movie," she says.
"And you guys are getting dinner."
"Early dinner," says Danneel.
"Point is, here's a date," says Aldis. "Don't say we never did nothing for you."
Aldis offers Danneel his arm, and she takes it happily.
"So," he hears Jared say as they walk off. "I guess we're on a date."
"Yeah," Jensen says, sounding pleased about it. "Guess so."
*
Next Wednesday, Danneel gives him a kiss across the counter, and Jared and Jensen look at each other moonily, but at least they're looking at the same time now, and Jared takes his fifteen and goes and plays footsie with Jensen.
"Pathetic," says Aldis.
"Totally," agrees Danneel. "You busy tonight?"
Aldis grins. "Never too busy for you, babe," he says, and kisses her again, because he can.
"Get a room!" calls Jensen.
"Don't listen to him," says Danneel. "He owes us forever."
So Aldis doesn't.