#☔️ ch: tobias

[kahvilahuhut]

some great reward will be coming my way

teehee long hair era toby oneshot fic. AND a depeche mode song lyric. it's more likely than you think

summary: Tobias is getting ready for a work event when Jack comes by. They have a Conversation(tm).

Tobias heard the apartment door open. "I'm in the bathroom," he said loudly, while trying to untangle his fingers from the mess that appeared while trying to tie a tie.

He heard footsteps behind the bathroom door, and soon Jack was perking from behind it. "Hey, didn't think you'd be awake so early."

"Miracles happen, eh?" Tobias smirked and turned to him, "I knew this thing-," he gestured at the tie, "-would bring problems, so I woke up early enough to actually get it done. Still failed. It's so ridiculous, who thought that creating something like this would be a fun thing." He leaned on the counter and opened his shirt a little. "God I am not used to this kind of outfits, like, at all. Why are turtlenecks not part of semi-formal attire. Anyway! What are you doing here?"

Jack walked in and stood in front of him. "I thought I could come in and wake you up, you know. Maybe take you to the coffee shop."

"Mm, sounds kinda nice. Would love to go for a quick coffee."

"Or something else, maybe?" Jack murmured as he reached for the tie hanging miserably on Toby's shirt. "Can't tell if I wanna help you tie this or take everything off."

"Maybe take it off later," Tobias smirked, "Now, if you'd help me out, I would definitely owe you."

"Sounds exciting," Jack got vloser, maybe more closer than necessary, and started tying the tie. "Why are you dressing up like this, anyway?"

"Jack, c'mon, I told you like twice already-"

"Going to some nature lovers' party? With all the...green."

"Come on, Jack. Who do we work for? Got this from the office. Not like I want to go look for some suits at stores on my non-existent free time."

"Office? You mean, you're going to some corpo event?"

"You really don't remember, do you?"

Jack stared at him, clueless. "Honestly, no idea. Don't we have a normal work day today. And then all the planning in the evening..." He leaned in closer, "...unless we reschedule it."

"Is that all what you think of?" Tobias looked at him for a moment and sighed. "Christ, you can't be serious. I told you two times, and you even sounded sooo excited when I was telling you about it-", he turned around and looked in the mirror, "-unless you weren't actually listening to me."

"Wait, you're talking about that...eh...the prize or something?" Jack's hands froze. "You're actually agreeing on it?"

"You're telling me I shouldn't accept something I earned?"

"Two years of work and all you get is a piece of paper. Nothing special in that. You'd deserve so much more."

"It is what it is, though. Why shouldn't I be happy about getting a prize for my hard work?"

"A corporation prize. I thought you're better than that, honestly," Jack muttured, "Say, why do you even want to be in the team if you're happily accepting pieces of paper from someone who you're fighting against?"

"I-what? I am only in it because I want to show what happened to people. Not because-", he paused and took a deep breath. "God, okay. Let's calm down. I'm going to the event because I want a pretty piece of paper telling that I coded something that no one has ever done, and because I'm the youngest person to everget that kind of thing. You know, just in case I'm gonna look for a job in the future, okay? It's not like I want to do random gigs and tasks forever as a side-job instead of having a stable job."

"Uh-huh, sure, whatever."

"Think I don't deserve it?"

Jack finished his tie. "No. I think you deserve much more."

"Well, you don't really sound like it...Sorry. I'm just a bit nervous."

"Toby, do whatever you want. Just remember what we're gonna do."

"Okay, yeah. Uh."

"So, what about the evening?"

"I-I'll think about it. I'll message you?"

"Yeah, sure," Jack kissed him quickly, "See you then."

Tobias watched him leave and waited for the sound of closing door, turned back to face the mirror and leaned on the sink. Hopefully I still have the leftover make up to hide those puffy eyes.