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On The Beach
Jake Seresin x Reader
“Jake Seresin! You better not be doing what I think you’re doing!” Shirtless he backs towards the ocean continuing to remove his shoes, socks and pants, “And what do you think I’m doing, Sugar?”
Warnings: The reader is referred to as she/her, with no physical description, nudity, idiots in love, (please let me know if you'd like me to tag anything please),I grew up in an Army household so some of my Navy knowledge may be slightly off base (no pun intended)
This one-shot will exist in the same universe as other one-shots I have planned. But, they can all be read entirely independently.
Word count: 2K Masterlist | talk to me about Jake and Tyler
July had been unforgiving with heat; sweltering days, broken up by occasional rains that cooled the air but left behind intolerable humidity. August was built up as a promise of relief but instead, she steamrolled the record-setting temperatures of July with her own.
95°F felt like some kind of cruel trick already, but the air conditioning at The Hard Deck cutting out halfway through a shift was a new kind of torture entirely.
She’d been quick to help Penny to open up all the doors and windows to all the mild relief of the ocean breeze blowing through, bringing in a flood of daylight so uncommonly seen inside the cozy bar.
The ice machine set to work overtime, fresh kegs of beer ready to pour by the time the usual crowd of regulars began to pile in. Stripped down to a tank top and shorts she ties her hair up to keep it off the back of her neck, desperate to get through this shift in one piece. With just the two of them behind the bar, she does her best to keep up with the seemingly endless pile of orders, reminding the pilots and veterans to take a glass of ice water as well.
“Hey Sugar,” Hangman flirts leaning against the counter. It’s not fair that he looks so cool and collected, his khaki uniform still perfectly pressed, his hair neatly styled while she thinks she might be melting with the feeling of sweat on her back. She’s sure she looks a mess, but Hangman doesn’t take his eyes off of her as he waits for her to take his order.
Jake is certain that despite the shower he took on base, he still smells like jet fuel. The hottest day of the year might not have been so bad under the shade of a big tree back home, a soft breeeze blowing through the branches of sweet-olive trees. He'd spent enough summers in Texas to know how to muck through the dog days. But on base, the heat radiates up from the black top tarmac, threatening to melt the soles of their issued boots. Up in the air, the glass canopy of the cockpit feels like a magnifying glass; doubling both the discomfort of intense flight training, and the intensity of the sun's contributions to the torrid day.
Stripping off his flight suit and stepping into a cold shower had been a relief, matched only by the promise of a beer at The Hard Deck to end the week.
The doors and windows were open when he arrived, a wall of humid and stagnant heat rolling from inside the establishment nearly had him turning around to head home before he spotted her. Sugar, with her hair pulled back, sweat gathering across her collarbone and chest, white tank top clinging to her in ways he previously could only imagine. She's a sight for sore eyes, and now leaning against the bar he has no intention of going anywhere else tonight.
“Beer?” she asks him.
He nods his confirmation, “bottle please,” he adds. “It’s hot in here today”.
“AC broke,” she sighs, “Mav is up on the roof trying to fix it now”.
“I’m not sure there’s much he can’t do,” he shrugs, “Drink some water. I can’t have you passing out, Sugar”.
She does her best to ignore the flirtatious wink he throws her way. She knows he's a relentless philanderer, she's seen how quickly he can manage to find a date for the night. He's handsome beyond a doubt, and by far one of the kindest patrons she has, but she's not looking to be heartbroken. And friendship has suited the two of them just fine for the last few months, no reason to mess with a good thing.
After two weeks of working at The Hard Deck, she'd finally given in to The Dagger Squad’s insistence that she join them at the pool table after her shift. Hangman had been a surprisingly gracious loser when she ran him out of 50 bucks. A few weeks later Jake and Bradley had thrown a drunk guy out of the bar when he'd given her a hard time and refused to pay his own tab let alone the rounds ordered at the sound of the bell.
She had tried to thank him but he'd only given her a curt nod, “Nothing to thank me for, Sugar”.
So she smiles back at his teasing grins, laughs at his jokes, and blows kisses and he playfully pretends they knock him over. It’s easy, it’s fun. “I know you’re just trying to keep your heart in one piece,” Penny tells her, “but don’t break his either”.
No one sticks around too long, too tired, and far too warm to take up their usual challenges at the pool table. The sun has gone down by the time Mav comes in to let Penny know he had no luck fixing the AC unit before stopping by the table Bob, Coyote, and Hangman have settled at. Hangman has stripped down to his white undershirt, the T-shirt clinging to his chest and back, the sleeves drawing her attention to his arms that she's caught herself staring at too often to count.
“Heading out?” She asks when Hangman comes up to the bar, getting ready to close out his tab, “You only had one beer tonight”.
He nods, “Well, it'd be irresponsible for me to have more. I'm giving you a drive home”.
She grins, slipping the bill across the counter, “I don't remember you asking me”.
“Mav’s orders,” he answers easily, with a seriousness that makes her think he really isn't just joking with her.
“Penny's actually, I was just the messenger,” Maverick holds up his hands in innocence.
Penny calls last call early, before dismissing her for the night, “cool off. Go home,” she instructs leaving no room for argument.
The night air feels lighter, though not as refreshing as expected, the breeze cooling the tack of sweat against her balmy skin. The sound of the ocean meeting the beachside echoes in the uncharacteristic quiet. She breathes out a sigh her head tilted back and arms out trying to make the best of the gust of wind blowing by.
“C’mon,” Jake laughs, “I'll crank the AC for you”.
She pouts a little in return. The glow from the fluorescent light inside the bar floods out across the deck patio, casting shadows out in front of them. He’s standing a good five feet behind her, but his bedimmed counterpart stretches out next to her own, overlapping as he steps closer. The moonlight shines brightly over the white sand below and it strikes her that despite working beachside all summer, she’s yet to step foot on the beach. Jake smirks, his head tilted towards the beach that's captured her attention. “Let’s go cool off,” his words a playful mimicry of Penny’s instructions.
Without protest, she follows him. His grin grows impossibly bigger, clearly pleased with himself as he watches her shuffle out of her socks and shoes, her footsteps so much smaller than his own, she struggles to keep up, but he never lets her fall too far behind. He moves quickly in the dark, the sand still warm underfoot. Nearing the water's edge he slows his pace. She’s gorgeous in the moonlight. She’s always pretty. His usual coquetry shrinks on the tip of his tongue; lost to thoughts and curiosities about her favourite bands, and what might make her laugh. He’s found himself growing somewhat softer as he thinks back to the night he met her, watching her glide through the room oblivious to the attention she’d managed to capture. Her smile lit up the room as she danced with her friends. Her laughter was loud and uproarious, very near infectious.
His white shirt hits the sand in an unceremonious pile by her feet.
“Jake Seresin! You better not be doing what I think you’re doing!”
Shirtless he backs towards the ocean continuing to remove his shoes, socks and pants, “And what do you think I’m doing, Sugar?” “I think you're trying to get me to go skinny dipping with you!” He laughs, “I ain't trying. I'm succeeding”.
There's not an ounce of shame, nor an ounce of clothing on him as he wades into the water, not turning around to look at her again until his in up past his waist. “C’mon,” he calls to her, “the waters lovely!”
She's always considered herself to be pretty easy going. But the idea of stripping naked to join Hangman on this oceanic side quest leaves her stomach tied in knots. She's seen enough of him playing football with the squad that she's not shocked by his broad shoulders, nor the expanse of his chest. She knows that standing on the beach, in a tank top a shorts that cling to her the way they do, she has little to hide her own form. But joining Jake in the water will surely only add to the tension they've allowed to build between them. How different is the ocean from an expanse of bedsheets when you're standing naked with Jake Seresin?
“You have to promise you won't look!” She calls to him, pulling her top up over her head.
“I promise,” he says, “scouts honour !”
“Boy scouts? I'm sure you sold a lot of cookies with all that charm of yours”.
She shimmies out of her shorts, hesitating in her bra and underwear. Jake stands with his back to her holding up his end of the deal.
“Cookies are the Girl Scouts, Sugar,” he corrects, but she can practically hear him grinning, “but I did earn my fundraising activity badge selling tins of popcorn”.
Bare, she makes a mad dash into the water, splashing as she works to cover as much of herself as possible.
“So,” she smiles, “you come here often?”
Her voice is quiet as she hopes that the joke lands, her knees bent to keep her top half under the cover of the unlit water. She tries to play cool. Jake, to his credit, plays along without missing a beat. “I can't say I do, Sugar. The dress code is too loose for my taste”.
“Ah, yes, of course. I forgot you're known for being a prude, Hangman”.
A gentle, yet unexpected wave pushes into the shoreline, knocking her sideways. Jake is quick to wrap his hand around her upper arm, not letting her get too far. This close, it’s impossible to hide from the gaze of his warm green eyes. He smells like cedar and amber. Warm and clean. Beneath it, the smell of jet fuel lingers. She knows how hard he must try to scrub it from himself at the end of each day, and she wonders if it might just be in his blood at this point. Another wave pushes them closer together once more.
He clears his throat, trying hard not to think about how close circumstance has brought them; he weighs the validity of fate but pushes it down deep inside certain that one day these unlabelled feelings might just explode in his chest. For now, he startles when a sudden splash of water is directed towards his face. Sugar feigns innocence, but starts to paddle away from him as he blinks away the water from his eyes.
“Sugar,” he warns, “don’t start something you don’t want to finish”. His own hands, larger than hers cup more of the ocean's surface propelling it in her direction with a great slosh, the sound echoing on the empty beach.
Up on the deck, Penny and Maverick watch the two distant figures throwing water, their laughter audible even when their words aren’t.
“Do you think they know there are sharks in that water?”
Penny shrugs, “Do you think they know they’re half in love with each other yet?”
#jake seresin x reader#jake hangman seresin#jake seresin#hangman x reader#top gun hangman#top gun maverick#pour me another drink
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Please drop the drink recipes that u cant taste the alcohol 😍
I'll share my two faves rn ^.^
Lazy Blackberry Mojito
ingredience..:
pink lemonade
club soda
bicardi
a box of blackberries
my steps :3
Put the blackberries in a ziplock bag (after cleaning them) n smash them to a pulp; it leaves you with the leftover juice and bits.
Add a few rounded scoops in a jar, fill with ice.
Pour bicardi (GENTLY), count to 6. u could do more tbh..
Fill halfway with club soda, fill the other half with pink lemonade.
Mix thoroughly.
This one's meant 2 be enjoyed with a boba straw so you can suck up and chew on the berry bits as u go.
Sparkling Sour Apple Cider
ingredieths:
Smirnoff Green Apple Vodka
Sparkling Apple Cider Non-alcoholic
Bicardi
my steps :3
Fill w ice.
Pour bicardi, count to ur preferred number.
Fill up to about a third with green apple vodka.
Fill the rest with Apple Cider.
The green apple vodka is very sweet and together they come out sort of like a sour apple soda.
Closing Thots...
Very generally I'd just say it's a ratio game to me 0: I try to fill the bottom 10-20% (usually) with liquor then mix whatever drinks/juices seem complementary.
The secret to a drink that hardly tastes like liquor is to not use too much lol!! 😭 u can always come back and make another one, if the first one could've been stronger u can go stronger, but start small.
Filling the whole thing with ice makes it go by fast and hits very refreshingly anyhow :^} see these ratio pics as just very loose starting points u can move around from.
#sry if this is extra#i'm also p high rn... but like... hope u like my drinkss.#i am such a girl who likes to mix different juices 2gether u can always add a splash of pineapple juice i swear#it doesn't even have to just be 2 juices. it could be 3 or 4 u just gotta think what would go good together 🧠#also lol i don't measure my liquor i just count 💀 it's so easy for me to add too much at times but these are sweet enough to be okay..#usually... otherwise just pour some in another cup and add a bit more of ur juices to taste.. then u have TWO drinks ✌🏾
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not me blearily waking up at 5:30am almost in tears bc I had a dream that Ian had apparently been making more little OK KO shorts on the side and the utter joy I was feeling as dream!me was scrambling to find & watch them only to wake up before I could........ :((((
#there were 5 of them out already apparently#the most recent one had a Ray focus to it so big shocker that that's the one that caught my attention#and dream!me was like ''oh so THAT'S why ppl have been spam-liking all my Ray posts recently!! makes sense 👌''#I actually got to se like a little ending clip for that one where like. he was wearing this stupid cloak & outfit—#—kinda looked a little Shadowy Figure-esque actually??—but apparently he was like. secretly doing hero work on the side or smth??#and then at the end he had this convo with Darrell back at the factory where he monologued about how dabbling in hero work--#--made the villainy they do feel all the sweeter or smth like that & he was all dreamy-eyed pensive staring up at the sky#and Darrell was??? drinking imaginary tea/coffee from an imaginary cup which you could tell bc he had his pinkie up#and then when Ray finished his monologue Darrell just gave him this most unimpressed smirk & dumped out his imaginary cup over the balcony#like pour-one-out style??? and then that was the end of the short 😂😂#and so dream!me was pissing her pants bc HERO RAYMOND REAL AFTER ALL??¿????#and there were some other like screenshots/gifs I stumbled across on my way to find the actual shorts themselves#(Ian apparently had a whole lil youtube channel he was posting them to lol which I only found right before I woke up)#but the only one I can remember now was Elodie doing a Big YellTM towards KO about something 😂😂#broooo there are genuine tears being wiped from my eyes rn wtf is thissssss 🤣🤣 I have work soon I need my SLEEP#but I had to document this bc it was just. so Visceral & now I am so so so soooo bummed that it wasn't actually real TwT#I think my brain & heart have gotten too inspired by how some of my other Big Fave interests have been getting sequels/remasters lately#so now my soul is Once Again I Am Yearning For Justice For OK KO.meme TTwTT#anyways. god it's taken me an entire half hour to blearily tap this out on my phone. time to squeeze another half hour of snooze before work#OK KO#shut up Wisp
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you two...affectionate but only when the highs of winning or alcohol are involved...i see...
#stop me if youve heard this one before so two earth signs walk into a room...#utterly fascinating i say as if theyre both not uttter catnip to each other#luosty does just ragdoll into mikksys sturdy hold yeah#luosty is either being an annoying brat to mikksy or being cuddly there is no in between im afraid#its so funny because in the clip i ss-ed the parade bus hug from he stole mikksys beer 😭😭😭#like he was in the middle of drinking it and he just tries to nab it off him like a brat 😭😭😭#and mikksy ducks away from his grabby hands for a second just to get an extra sip in before he gives it up to luosty#and ya wanna know what luosty does??? HE JUST WANTED IT TO POUR IT ON THE PEOPLE AT THE BARRICADE#LIKE WE DIDNT EVEN DRINK IT HE JUST WANTED IT TO POUR IT ON THE CROWD HES SOOOOO#AND YES HE DOES STEAL ANOTHER TIN OFF HIM 😭😭😭😭#like one of the people on the bus was passing a beer to mikksy and they like put their arm under his raised one so its at his chest#to give it to him but luosty sees it who's standing behind. and he just reaches his arm over mikksys shoulder to grab it#LIKE YOU DRUNK SKUNK DIDNT YOU HAVE ENOUGH 😭😭😭😭#STOP BEING BRATTYYYYYYY#STOP STEALING OFF OF MIKKSY. AND YOU MIKKSY. STOP LETTING HIM.#these two certainly have a dynamic#luostys inherent nature to brat out. but he requires the cuddles too. mikksy will provide without much hassle ofc.
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clearest glimpse of this group being who i'd wager is Not thee mister macabee
#thee lookalike &/or cornelius rather#who's mister macabeeing? who's the wrole? these are things i'm eager to discover#pour yourself a glass & drink it for those world's worst audience members in 2019 who were there for the goodbye song#reminds me of that clip ft. the guy sitting front & center who couldn't bear to look at mr. macabee's sexy dancing sequence. get out#wonder abt the extemporaneous calculus like is it gayer to look Away from the sexy virgin mary dance or At her sexy backup dancer men......#meanwhile gay characters in that show include: cyril; pregnant elves; mister chestnut; fancy xmas tree; santa. oh another guy whatshisname#joe iconis christmas extravaganza
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I’m gonna challenge my subconscious to a fist fight and I’m gonna lose
#i had a dream that mabel kept coming back to life just to sniff stuff or investigate food that she liked#she was still dead but i’d buried her instead of cremating her and for whatever reason i was either digging her up#or she was digging herself up and sniffing and eating stuff#and i was like ‘she’s CLEARLY still alive if she can do this’ and everyone was like ‘no she’s dead you have to bury her again’#whenever she fell asleep she would be dead again. like she’d stop breathing and her heart would stop#i don’t know if she was like. a vampire dog? but it was so upsetting to dream#this is the second sad dream i’ve had about mabel in the course of like 3 days.. no less because the last one made me wake up in tears#on friday morning. and like it’s brought me to my knees honestly. i can’t DO this#also in my dream i went to a careers advisor or life coach or something and they were really mean to me lol#and my family made me go with them to visit some people i didn’t know who insisted on serving us cups of tea#it was really strong hot tea and i don’t really drink tea like that#and my grandma’s friend who was the loveliest woman and died a few years ago was there#and she was just absolutely pouring milk in her tea even though it was overflowing and going everywhere#and mabel was there accosting their terriers even though she was supposed to be dead. it was too much#in another part of the dream my old roommafe (who i really didn’t like) was pressuring me to go drinking with her even though mabel had just#(dubiously) died. and i was like ‘you do realise i’m going to get absolutely paralytic and scream and cry about my dog the whole time’#there was also this subplot where like everyone i knew but me had been in a play and the stage makeup had been made from ‘magic beans’#that stained everyone blue. so everyone i met had randomly blue eyebrows and stuff#there was one man who was just fully blue#also i was supposed to be in the world championships for a game that was like tetris but more esoteric but the servers broke down#or something like that. i think that’s everything#i’m just like.. why make me bawl at 6:30 on a sunday morning. what’s the advantage of that#i’m supposed to be taking care of benji and he’s looking at me like ‘god this woman is a basket case’#his owner has colitis and chronic fatigue and she has her shit more together than me#personal
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dear teacher,
i could not do the assignment because i had the most tender fucking dream about rex townsend and i am genuinely still weak in the knees about it for some reason im sure you understand <3
yours, toby
#clickonmedotexe#(steadying myself against the wall) ok. ok i get this mans simps now. i understand.. ok!! i need a refreshing drink. poured. all over me.#if i had a nickel every time i had a really vivid dream about a cas ship in which i was cas and the other person presumed i was asleep#id have two nickels. not a lot but its very funny its happened twice lol#i almost hope i get another one. ooo universe you wanna give me a casty dream so fucking bad. casley even? 😳#nvm i would die on the spot in that case#i wanna make art about this now but alas it involved my sworn nemesis#clenches fist.#kissing.#hi this post is queued this is future toby from a few minutes after i wrote it#im normal now. wow. dunno what past me was on. um. ignore this.
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They’re making me drink f***ing ensure I can’t take this.
#there’s another patient here who’s on them#they just hand them to her in the corridor and leave her to it#so I thought it’s ok I’ll just take them and pour them down the sink#yes I’m a horrible wasteful person#but no with me they make me drink them in the clinic room under supervision#there’s no escape
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having yet another cup of coffee n being suddenly reminded the time I got told I "taste like coffee" like a punch to the gut
#they found it pleasant but it was a bit jarring for me like damn#I consume sm coffee I taste like it?? what in the hell#“I wont need to drink it ever again if you keep indulging me” oh my good g o d#like maybe. I should drink less coffee. hm. anyways *pours another cup of coffee*#look at my posts boy
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i’m alive btw . my brain just hasn’t rebooted yet
#i think i had eight ish drinks 😭 the freewheeling shots cuz no shot glass really killed me#i poured one drink for myself that was . a third vodka . in a WINE GLASS#bc i do not have steady hands. or a good eye for liquid amount clearly#anyways might go back to sleep for another two hours bc grocery shopping while hung over would be a nightmare
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Lemon drops
Jake Seresin x reader
Nights at The Hard Deck just got a lot more interesting.
Warnings: alcohol consumption, The reader is referred to as she/her, with no physical description, (please let me know if you'd like me to tag anything please), I grew up in an Army household so some of my Navy knowledge may be slightly off base (no pun intended)
This one-shot will exist in the same universe as other one-shots I have planned. But, they can all be read entirely independently.
Word count: 1.3K
Masterlist | talk to me about Jake and Tyler
Friday nights at The Hard Deck are always busy. Sailors and pilots all stopping by on their way home from base eager to let loose, that's to be expected. What he's not expecting is to walk in on a bachelorette party in full swing.
In a Navy town, it's not completely unheard of for last-minute bachelor and bachelorette parties to fill the local dives, but the larger-than-normal crowd and the young woman dancing on one of the tables has Jake rolling his shoulders back before he settles into the night. He'd been looking for a chill vibe, a cold beer and a few rounds at the pool table. But, he won't complain about a night of flirting, he fancies his odds in a room full of jealous bridesmaids and tag chasers.
Rooster and Coyote seem to have gotten a head start if the empty glasses, or the girls they're helping line up shots at the pool table are any indicator.
Leaning against the bar Jake waits patiently for Penny to finish making a tray of shots. Lemon-coloured liquid poured from the silver shaker he's so rarely seen used at The Hard Deck, into sugar-rimmed 1 oz glasses. His eyes follow the tray over to the crowd of already tipsy ladies all dressed up to celebrate the blonde in her “bride” sash and tiara. But his attention lingers on the woman who laughs brightly as she raises the tiny glass for a toast.
“To the bride! I think I speak for everyone when I say that we love you so much, and we're all so excited for this next chapter of your life!” The rest of the party cheers in response, “Now, let's get drunk and start drinking something that's not just sugar”
She's quick to down the lemon drop shot, quickly licking the drip that rolls down the back of her hand. She's sun-kissed and glowing even under the dim overhead lights. She must be from the area, not just passing through. The music is loud and the bar chatter is louder, and she's stunning as she moves her hips to the sound stepping down from the table. She's licked away the sugar rim on the glass by the time she makes it through the crowd to lean at the bar next to him. It's only when Penny sets a beer in front of him that he realizes he's been staring at the mystery girl.
She's even cuter up close. And for the first time in a long time, he's speechless. Several recycled one-liners rattle around inside his head, but not a single one feels like it's worth the breath. Something about the way she moves through the room, either unaware or intentionally disinterested as several other patrons turn their heads to look her way, tells him she'll have no trouble shooting him down. Regretfully, it only makes him more intrigued.
And as if she couldn't get sweeter, the scent of her perfume or her shampoo, or the hell if he knows knocks him back. Brown sugar and vanilla. Of course, she smells like sugar. He scolds himself as he replays the image of her pink-tongued and unctuous in her attempt to clean the syrupy glaze dripping across the back of her hand. He may be a self-proclaimed flirt and widely identified playboy but he does do his best to be a gentleman. Despite his attempts to think of church surgeons, or his mother's lectures, geography lessons, or complex aerodynamics, he knows it will be ages before he's able to completely erase the surprising saccharine bar room sight from his mind.
“Whiskey, please,” she asks Penny, “and thank you for making those shots”.
“For you girls it's no problem,” Penny insists, sliding the glass of whisky across the bar.
If he bothered to look up he'd catch her raking her own eyes across his form, paying attention to read his name badge, and trace his pins in an attempt to keep herself from ogling his broad shoulders, and strong arms. The khaki uniform does him all sorts of favours. Penny gives her a knowing smirk as she slides the whiskey across the bar.
Unashamed, his eyes follow the intriguing girl back across the room lingering too long on the back pockets of her little denim shorts.
He's no stranger to wooing pretty girls in bars. He won't brag, but he's got an admirable success rate when it comes to finding a partner for the evening (and he's never heard any complaints). But, something about this girl is different. She's not just pretty, but she's stunning in a girl-next-door kind of way that damn near knocks him off his feet. The way she talks with her friends, and laughs without hesitation has a smile forming on his own face and he feels like a damn idiot for watching her from across the room. She pays no mind to any of the pilots or other patrons who mosey over to shoot their shot with her and the rest of her party, but she accepts every challenge that comes her way at the dartboard and the pool table.
“What's wrong hangman? Cat got your tongue?” Penny laughs, “I was sure you were going to try to chat her up”.
The truth is for the first time in a long time he feels like he might be out of his depth. Like a schoolboy with a crush on the new girl in class.
“The night is still young,” he shrugs.
But the night flies by, he drinks his beers, and laughs with his own friends, makes his own bets, but never crosses the room.
She buys her own drinks, and corrals her drunk friends safely into the backs of taxi cabs, calling out for them to text her when they get home. And when closing time rolls around she settles her tab and says goodbye to Penny with a hug, and a reminder that she'll see her later.
Jake goes home alone, the thought of the sugar sweet girl on his mind.
When he returns to The Hard Deck next it's a week later. He saunters in with a grin. a bet with Rooster and Phoenix waiting to be won at the pool table, and an ice cold beer with his name on it calling for him.
He heads to the bar first, leaning waiting to be served when he smells the hauntingly familiar smell of vanilla sugar. He's damn near certain his heart stops when she turns around behind the counter, a megawatt smile on her when she says, “hey, what can I get you?”
“Whiskey. Neat. Thanks Sugar,” the name rips off his tongue before he can stop it.
“Coming right up hot shot,” she laughs.
“It's ‘Hangman’, actually. But you can call me Jake”.
She hums, setting his glass in front of him, “you were in here last week, weren't you”?”
“Sure was,” he confirms, allowing himself to memorize the way she leans back against the middle counter, her arms crossed; so calm and so cool. He suddenly feels the need to swallow hard, his cheeks warming under her directed gaze.
“You won a lot of money off of my friends,” he offers when she says nothing else.
She shrugs, “it's a habit I can't seem to break”.
He hopes she never does. Watching Payback and Coyote empty their wallets had been the highlight of his week.
“Well, maybe when your shifts over, you can come and try your luck with tonight's crowd, Sugar,” Jake offers. It's a feeble attempt at flirtation compared to his usual routine, but none of his words seem to be coming out right, his mind going blank each time he looks at her in her jeans and white tank top. Thoughts of lemon drop shots, short shorts, and table dancing fill his mind. Suddenly he's 13 again, asking a girl to the school dance with a racing heart.
“I'm here ‘til closing,” she tells him, saving him from his spiral. She sorts her station and wipe down the bar top, “but don't worry, I'll be able to watch you show off from over here”.
And with that she gone again, moving down the bar to help another customer.
Nights at The Hard Deck sure just got a lot more interesting.
#jake seresin x reader#hangman x reader#jake hangman seresin#jake hangman x reader#jake seresin#jake seresin fic#Pour me another drink
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Tumblr just told me that I've had this blog for 12 years today and now I'm having a miniature midlife-crisis realising how much time has passed. Happy Anniversary, ye olde blog! Thanks to all the people on here who've stuck around, and cheers to those who got away.
#fayet is an old dog#but don't put me down just yet#I'd pour myself a nice drink but it's early afternoon and i'm so sick i can barely breathe#whiskey may come another time#cheers!
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Oh, look. It's the reason I have to go back to the service industry mines instead of finding a way to break into the indentured servitude of a job with a chair and weekends.
Which is fine, of course. I'm fine. This is all completely fine. Absolutely the finest. Never been finer.
#service industry#service industry life#cheerful nihilism#competitive nihilism on instagram#depression memes#blue collar#pay no attention to the rising water level and the screaming#let me pour you another drink#isnt the band lovely tonight#mental breakdown#society is trash#i hate it here
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The Presto Continues
I think I may have said last time I was at the final iteration BUT!! I lied I already knew I still wanted to tinker with it, lmao. This version is still not QUITE there but we're close, lads, I can taste it. ALSO, I've acquired silly straws, which may be the most important ingredient. Also also, I'm looking forward to making this with enough foresight that I set up a nice place to take a picture and actually use a good camera, because it's very pretty :D
THE CURRENT RECIPE:
2oz dragonberry rum
1oz lemon juice (1/2 a lemon)
6oz sprite
1/2oz uv blue raspberry vodka, infused with butterfly peaflowers
Star fruit, lemon twists, and a silly straw
Edible luster dust (optional)
Shake rum and lemon juice with ice and strain into a hurricane glass. Add sprite and enough fresh ice to almost fill the glass, then top with infused vodka, using the straw to stir carefully-- preferably with an audience to delight and amaze with the mystical magical color change (which you should hype up as much as possible for the duration). Garnish with star fruit and twists of lemon peel that you made way too long because you got a little too excited making them.
The only problem with this one is it's too tart! That actually might hit the spot for some people-- it's perfectly drinkable as-is, but for what I'm conceptually going for it definitely needs to be sweeter. I thought going in that that might be the case, but I'd hoped the soda would be sweet enough to carry the extra citrus-- alas. I'm gonna try just adding an amount(?) of simple syrup next time, and I may also cut back the lemon juice to half an ounce?
Upsides of this edition: it's definitely prettier with the sprite! Not only does the clear, fizzy drink have a nicer overall look than the lemonade, it also ended up being a prettier shade of purple, even with the same amount of the vodka. And like I've been saying, this drink conceptually really did just need to be carbonated. Sprite is also great as an ingredient because multiple single servings can sit on the floor in the pantry almost indefinitely until I happen to need some, unlike fresh real lemonade, haha. Another unexpected upside is that this is now different enough from the accidental variant I made that one time that they now feel like legitimate variations on the same theme, instead of just 'one of them is the lazy 2 am not wanting to use a shaker version' lol
#although now that I've added dragonberry rum to the recipe I think the sunset also needs it so they're still similar enough too#one is a ~sparkling~ lemonade that turns purple with theatrics and the other is a little more lowkey to make and a little strawberrier#I actually also DIDN'T add glitter to mine this time orz#I'm not sure where best to put it... once the sprite's in there I don't wanna stir too vigorously and lose carbonation#so putting it in the shaker's likely not gonna get the whole drink sparkly#on the other hand it'd be really fun to pour the infused vodka from like a sparkling little potion vial#but I worry about the glitter detracting from the color change...? depends how much is in there I suppose and what color it is#MUCH TO THINK ABOUT.#anyway I stopped in the middle of making this post to finish my drink and go make another (different) one and I'm feeling it mr krabs#try this cocktail it's very good and it changes color and it would make idri happy#you could probably do less sprite and more ice if you want something stronger#or more rum I guess live your best life I'm not your dad#recipe#reference#potions#about me#idri insp
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just tasted possibly the worst energy drink ever. i took a single sip and recoiled and tried two more times but I thought I was going to be sick by the third.
it was like drinking cotton candy syrup but if the cotton candy was made of centuries old chemicals.
i like sweet, but this was like ....... so bad it made me grimace and turn my head away every time i tried to drink it
#[static]#and i bought two of them because they were cute and halloween themed#this just proves to me that if fruit punch rockstar didnt exsist i would never drink another energy drink#i havent had rockstar in a week! but i thought id try a different brand since the packaging was super cute#the taste is nearly indescribable#Sweet but make it Evil and Corrupted and literally difficult to swallow#i was taking like baby sips and I was dying#saving the rest of it for Percy to try before i pour it down the drain rip
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sometimes I'm like I should socialize more then I remember the time I was at a party and 2 complete strangers I had been having a conversation with started talking for like 10 minutes abt their abusive exes while I stood there silently before one of them actually turned and asked me if I had ever had an abusive ex
#HOW IS THAT AN OK THING TO SAY TO A STRANGER AT A BIRTHDAY PARTY#i was like uhh and then smth loud happened and they got distracted thank god#did not want to awkwardly explain to these strangers that im a 20 something whos never had an ex lmfao#i just poured myself another drink and tried to stick to the wall#unfortunately this was one of like 4 times during that party that someone i had just met asked me an extremely personal question#and/or talked at me for 15 minutes abt their trauma w/o prompting before going 'haha sorry for trauma dumping lol! u know how it is!'#no the fuck i dont! why would i be telling a stranger abt my trauma at a birthday party at 9pm 😩
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