#dsmp coffee shop au

[star-cluster-nyx]

Im really trying to come up with ANYTHING, so I've resulted to asking writerblr;

Which power perfectly compliments telekinesis, when the person they're fighting has a mind manipulation/hive mind power and they cant touch them?

To anyone who didn't understand (cause I tend to write without much explanation);

Three people: A, B and C

A and B heroes, C is a villain

A has telekinetic powers

C has mind manipulation/hive mind powers that work through touch. Its like the person they touch is now their doll, the person has no sense of self anymore. It's like a blackout for the person controlled- they only find out they were controlled after it was over because they can't remember what happened while they were out of it.

And Im trying to find the best power for B to perfectly compliment A's telekinesis AND not be touch-activated, since the heroes can't go physically near the villain due to their power.

One option I have on my mind is wind manipulation/ air bending? But I'm not sure if it's the optimal choice and I need an outsider's help

Please?

[sillyquackers]

Coffee Shop Pt.1

This is an AU where Toby is looking for a job and applies to a coffee shop. This is part one of my little story

Word Count: 1.4k

No triggers, just wholesomeness.

Toby had just moved to town. He lived in a small studio apartment, right across the street from a small convenience store and coffee shop. He had a cat named Rosaline. Rosaline was a brown tabby who loved attention. This was his very first house alone. He had been living with a roommate prior to this, but had moved out because rent was getting too high. He had just finished unpacking when he looked over at the time. 12:47 A.M.. 

“Oh fucking hell, no wonder why im tired.” He stated, sighing with disappointment. 

He hadn’t checked the time since he had taken a break for dinner. He had ordered a pizza around 6. Time passes by so quickly when you're trying to get something done. He gets up, petting Rosaline then brushing his teeth. He knew he had to go apply for a job soon. Maybe that coffee shop.. He thought. He had walked past there going to pick up a snack from the convenience store yesterday, seeing the Help Wanted sign. He finishes up brushing his teeth before he turns off the lights and lays down in bed, turning on his TV and watching The Office. Rosaline jumped up onto him, purring and making biscuits right next to him. He smiled softly, petting her. This was their nightly routine, even at the old apartment. He watched for a bit longer before drifting off to sleep. 

Toby woke up in the morning, groggy, his hair a mess. He picked up his phone to see that it was 9:53. He had slept through 3 of his alarms. He quickly gets up and gets dressed, feeding Rosaline and making sure she has water. 

“Bye Rosie, I’m off to go look for a job, that way we dont starve and get evicted!” He smiled while slipping on his flannel. He grabbed his keys, walking out the door and down the stairs. 

He arrives at the local coffee shop, The Heart of Gold. He walked in, immediately relaxing. The smell was so comforting to him. He looked around the place, admiring the interior. It had a nice brick fireplace that had been painted black. It had the owners' names engraved into it as well. Surrounded around that was a few chairs and a coffee table with coasters, magazines, coloring books, and a few newspapers. There were a few dining tables as well. The place had a very rustic feeling to it. Lots of spruce wood beams and plants hanging around everywhere. The coffee shop split off into two little levels. The more living room-like area was in a lower level then you had to step up into the ordering and restaurant-ish area. There were a few people sitting in there, having coffee and pastries while talking. Toby walked up to the counter where a young man with brown curly hair and glasses stood at the register. 

“Hello! Welcome to the Heart of Gold, what may I get you today?” He spoke with a gentle voice, looking down at him.

Toby looked at the menu, wanting something to drink and eat. “May I have a mocha with a blueberry bagel, toasted with plain cream cheese? Also, I saw the help wanted sign out there, are there any spots still available?” He spoke gently, awkwardly smiling.

The man at the register responded, “That will be $10.36.” He handed him his receipt. “And yes we are still hiring. We are looking for a barista, my brother and I are currently the only ones but I'm the only one working here today.”

Toby sighed in relief. “That's wonderful news. I’ll take an application and get it back to you tomorrow!”

The man smiled and nodded, grabbing an application and handing it to him. He then went back to the espresso machines and started making his mocha. He finished making the mocha and moved over to preparing the bagel. Once he was finished with that, he rang a small bell. “Order for Toby.” He shouted out calmly. Toby walked up to the counter, smiling and grabbing his mocha and bagel. He went and sat down near the fireplace, reading the application, grabbing a nearby pen and starting to fill it out to the best of his ability. Toby stared at the paper for a while, making sure everything was finalized. He checked his little watch, saying 12:01. He had been here for about 2 hours. So he grabbed his plate and his cup, bringing them back up to the counter.

“Here you go as well, I got this all finished.” Toby says, smiling.

The man behind the counter looks surprised that he was getting an application back this quick. 

“You must be very ambitious or in need. I can not tell. But thank you, I’ll review it and get back to you in 1-2 days.” Said the man behind the counter, adjusting his glasses. 

Toby sighs with relief. “Thank you sir, have a lovely day!”

He walks out of the coffee shop, having a pretty good feeling about getting the job. Toby started to walk down to the store, due to him not having a car currently. He had a motorcycle but it was in need of repair because he had gotten into a pretty bad crash with it a few months ago. As he arrives at the store, he grabs a shopping cart, going up and down each aisle. He is getting the necessities (including food for Rosaline,) and some things he has been craving. The only way he had been making money recently was streaming or vlogging his daily life. While he enjoyed that, he did not want it as his daily routine. Making videos was long and tiring, which frankly took a lot out of him. He had a few best friends that he would hang out with sometimes but they had moved a couple hours away from him so it's been a lot more difficult recently to get out of the house. He finishes purchasing his items then takes them back to his apartment. He opens up the door to see Rosaline sleeping on the shoe rack he had. 

“Awwww.” 

Toby loved this cat so much. He went in and set down the bags and went to pet Rosaline. 

“Hello Rosie, I'm back! I got you your favorite food and possibly an actual job.” He said while stroking her head and body.

All he got back in return was a very sleepy chirp while she stretched out her arms. He makes lunch and spends the rest of his day drawing, watching TV, calling his best friends and playing some games with them. He makes himself an American breakfast for dinner. He ate dinner and then went back to watching TV. He had started to doze off shortly after Rosie had curled up with him. 

The next morning, he had slept in much later today. He checked his phone and the time read 11:18. He grumbled and was tempted to roll back over when he got a message from the coffee shop. 

It read, ”Hello Toby! My name is Phil. I’ve read over your application and you seem to have what we might be looking for. We would love for you to come and have an interview with us around 3 p.m. tomorrow.”

Toby sat up in shock. This had been the only other job that he has had. The other one was a butcher that his dad worked at. So he was glad to have applied for something himself this time and actually be interviewed. He got up and showered, brushed his teeth and then worked out for a bit. He had a stream scheduled for today with a few others so he makes lunch and eats before that is going to happen. He feeds Rosaline and then hops onto his computer to start a stream. After that, he goes out to dinner because his friends were in town. He tells them how he had applied for a job at The Heart of Gold and now has an interview plan for tomorrow. His friends cheered for him and all hugged him. They were all extremely proud of him for what he had accomplished. Getting a new apartment, getting a job, things were really starting to look up for Toby. He heads back to his apartment and just immediately crashes into bed, going to sleep for the night. 

Part 2 will be up soon as well! Getting it typed up soon.

[pancakepanda131]

LMAOOO just a sip chapter 6 has been uploaded it only took me two years HAHA

[hermitcraftx]

I agree with your post about hermit fans in regard to things being very popular. I’ve seen more people being angry and annoyed about scarian in the last six months than people celebrating it. Not tagging shipping is shit but it’s better than harassing people. I don’t know what was put in the water but something changed drastically and I’m glad I’m not the only one who’s seen it.

IT'S FUCKING INSANE! This fandom used to be so positive and welcoming and overall way more pleasant than some... other MCYT fandoms, but now??? I can't log on without seeing untagged negative interpretations in the main tags, can't express an opinion without getting anons calling me heterosexual sympathizers and hoping that I die, everyone has turned their back on everything that used to make this fandom really... fun? Like, I don't tag ON MY BLOG, but usually I don't maintag my shipping posts, and if I do, I tag the ship name so people can filter it.... I don't maintag duo names. What the fuck happened to make everyone so- miserable. Anons are probably going to be permanently off for me, too many people comfortable with their opinions and not comfortable with mine and desperately needing to tell me that.

And like- look. I get not liking interpretations. Personally I'm not a fan of the Double Life cheating arc because of how abusive and out of character people made Grian be, and I had to avoid ao3 for a bit because of that and filter the fucking tags. Same thing with found family dynamics. Just because you don't like something doesn't make it "overrated and popular" and just because you don't like something doesn't make it immoral or unethical either!!! People have to make everything a moral standpoint nowadays and it's really exhausting-

But that's a tirade. All over all the confessions blogs there's "scarian is overrated" despite Grian having nearly 10mil subscribers and most of them being on YouTube and considering all the hermits friends or family truthing them. Yes, there is more shipping than before- that's because Hermitcraft season 8 made it very obvious that the people on the SMP and the people IRL are very different, and it's no longer considered RPF. None of the real hermits died via moon explosion, ZombieCleo often says she's doing "lore", they make different skins, even GRIAN acknowledges that he's acting and playing a part with the permit office. Despite all that, there's STILL wars on shipping and people insisting that we're shipping real people, I fought this war on the DSMP side of things and it's SO TIRING.

DND podcast listeners, do you ship the people playing the characters? NO!!!!! Unless you do, in which case, have fun with that. I don't really care about RPF and I filtered the tags for it a long time ago, so maybe they do do that.

Every other day I see "Third life is overrated" "Last life is overrated" (LAST LIFE IS OFTEN THE LEAST FAVORITE SEASON I SEE PEOPLE SAY!), "the life series is overrated" "the cactus ring is fucking stupid" "they left the desert but we didn't" "no, THIS interpretation of scarian is bad and wrong" and like... guys. Guys. Fandom is supposed to be fun. It is not supposed to be a full time job. It is not supposed to be moral or ethical and you shouldn't feel the need to police shit. Jesus Christ, every other month there's a new fad that tumblr users flock to and once it's over everyone goes "EWWW THAT WAS LAME AND OVERRATED AND I NEVER LIKED IT ANYWAY" like.... I promise you cannibalism as an allegory for love is not mainstream you are just on Tumblr.

Like Good God. If it's so bad here go to Twitter. I'm sick of all the complaining and misery and hatred and I miss when things were fun- people are so scared of being cliche that they don't want to write things that they enjoy. Where are the coffee shop aus???? Where are the fun silly things??? Where are the 100k grimdark fics with worldbuilding??? Wheres the 500k fics that aren't even about the same characters anymore but that we love just the same??? Where are the forums and people talking to each other in comments and meeting each other that way??? Where are the roleplay servers?????? What are you all doing??????

People are scared of being judged. They want to do what everyone else is doing. They don't want to be cringe or cliche and every day I see a "cringe culture is dead" post and then someone making fun of another part of fandom, an antithesis to their previous statement. They don't want to be late to things, either. Who cares if Last Life was a couple years ago? Draw the fanart anyway!

I'm scared. Maybe I'm just old, but every post I see I notice that I get maybe a 10th in reblogs of what I do in likes, and I don't even post my art or fics to this site. Every post is like that. More and more people only like posts and they die, unseen, by everyone. More and more people misuse archive of our own's functions, treating it like it has some algorithm, when it doesn't, and it never has and hopefully never will. I see fic reuploads to "gain traction" (not how it works) and people reaching out to find RP partners (breaking TOS) and all sorts of other shit on both sites and it fucking horrifies me. I'm not even that old- I'm eighteen, and I can already tell how fandom has changed for the worst for everyone. Fandom used to be a community. Not consumption.

It's just... sad. Old fandom had PLENTY of fucking problems, and we have problems here too, but at least the positives outweighed the negatives. It's so... mean here, now. Even the happy things are mean-spirited. People treat it as if certain people have invaded this fandom space, spreading horrible opinions and ruining it for everyone, but the truth is is that shipping is always going to be a thing. It's a foundation of fandom- fandom started with housewives in the 1950s writing Star Trek fanfiction. You can never get rid of shipping. You can just interact with what you want to interact with and leave others to mind their own business.

[enderwoah]

WRITING COMMISSIONS!!

It’s been a long time coming and rather heavily requested, so I finally (finally!) took the time to open up a Kofi and throw my hat into the ring of writing commissions.

If you don’t know me, hi! I’m Ender. I’m a fanfiction (mostly oneshots) writer for the MCYT community, primarily focused on content regarding the Life Series/Hermitcraft/Empires members. Some of my best works (as deemed by readers) include:

this limited life bad boys oneshot (hurt/comfort, jimmy + grian-centric, 4.2k)

this DSMP crimeboys oneshot (hurt/comfort, tommy-centric, 3k)

this empires s2/hermitcraft s9 ranchers oneshot (hurt/comfort, jimmy + tango-centric, 17k)

this fae AU mumbo-centric fic (mumbo-centric, 25k, 4 chapters, incomplete but now updating again)

…along with my longest and most popular fic, to write is human (c!tommy goes to hermitcraft, tommy + grian-centric, 125.5k, 22 chapters, incomplete).

If any of that stuff interests you, maybe check out my commissions! As I am an MCYT blog, all commissions will be MCYT for the foreseeable future. :D

SERVERS I WILL WRITE FOR:

Life Series (3rd Life, Last Life, Double Life, Limited Life, Secret Life, Real Life)

Jimmy and Grian focused works are my strong suit, but I can do just about anything when it comes to AUs.

Hermitcraft (Seasons 8, 9, 10)

Grian focused works are my strong suit, along with s10!Joel.

Dream SMP

Tommy, Tubbo, Ranboo, c!Wilbur, Techno, and Philza focused works are my strong suit.

QSMP (events/characters up until the end of the first Purgatory event)

Outsiders SMP (c!Owen focused)

Empires SMP S1 (e!Scott focused)

Empires SMP S2 (e!Scott, e!Jimmy, e!Pix, e!Shubble focused)

This list is subject to updates! New servers come out all the time, and some might fall out of favour. I'm also willing to write about any characters not listed, just ask!!

WHAT I WILL WRITE:

Platonic relationships

Familial relationships

Canon divergence (“This person dies instead of this person,” “this event doesn’t happen,” etc)

AUs (modern, college, coffee shop, mermaids, fantasy, etc)

Fluff

Hurt/Comfort

Angst

Whump

Horror (I’ll try my best o7)

WHAT I WON’T WRITE:

NSFW ANYTHING

Detailed gore

Torture

Romance (sorry, not yet)

Anything that I deem uncomfortable in the moment!! I reserve the right to refuse a commission if I so please.

PRICES:

1k Words or Less - $10

1k - 2k Words - $20

2k - 3k Words - $25

3k - 4k Words - $30

4k - 5k Words - $35

I’m capping it out at 5k for my own sake. It might increase once I have more consistent writing habits, but, for now, that is the absolute limit. If I end up going over the words you commissioned, I will not charge more (because that would be unfair). I’m also only having five slots open at a time so I can actually complete things in a timely fashion.

Payments must be made directly through Kofi! When requesting, please give as specific of a description as you need for the fic. If you just want something set in an AU or something general (“ranchers domestic fluff,” “monoduo bonding,” “Bolas Rojas fantasy AU,” etc), that’s perfectly fine, but expect it to take longer since I’ve got to come up with the idea from scratch!

Given that I am in college, it may take a while for your commission to be completed. If a month has passed and your commission isn’t at least 2/3rds of the way done, you’ll receive a full refund.

And here's the link (again)! Thank you for supporting me! :D

[royallygray]

fic recs pls (part 1)

I am in need of long (don’t actually know what qualifies as long, 10k+ words?), complete (or not) dsmp (mainly sbi) or Life Series fanfic recommendations. I have read so many and I am trying to find more to soothe the brain itch.

Here are several that I have read, if you’re looking for fic recs yourself :)

Dream SMP (SBI)

tommyinnit’s clinic for supervillains by bonesandthebees (bonesandcacti) — [26/26 chapters, 189k words] aka “clinic”. A superhero au from Tommy’s pov where he’s just chillin with his healing powers and then he heals a villain and then gets sucked into it. He also gets attached to this Wilbur guy that visits the coffee shop he works at.

the world forgetting by the world forgot by bonesandthebees (bonesandcacti) — [21/21, 165k words] A superhero au from Tommy’s pov where he is the hero Dream’s sidekick and has terrible amnesia, forgetting the entirety of what happened the year before. The Syndicate, a band of villains, is looking for something that was stolen from them.

Hush Now (You Were Lost But Now You’re Found) by CorpseArt — [Incomplete, 56/?, 301k] A superhero AU where Tommy was Dream's sidekick and made it his entire person, and then Dream kicks him out of the Hero Corp. Tommy needs to figure out what the fuck is going on, bc there's no way Dream would just do that, even if he did protect the villain Siren. Their one rule is to not kill. Also he meets this funky man named Wilbur at a coffee shop and they become besties. (Pogtopia my absolute beloved.)

say you’re open by remrose — [9/9, 43k] A magic AU from Wilbur’s pov where he finds this kid unconscious on the floor if his shop after attending his mother’s funeral, obviously bearing the marks of intense chaos magic. He takes care of the kid. He also gets sold a mysterious object. The twinsduo here makes my heart sing. Also Phil is kind of like “you are mildly breaking the law” and Neapolitan trio just shrug.

Technoblade’s Entirely Average Babysitting Gig by opheliabloo — [3/3, 34k] A Techno pov fic where he is in college and needs money. A really shady family is offering like 20k for babysitting for 3 hours or something absurd like that, and him being a money-hungry college student, he ventures to this house in the middle of nowhere to take care of gremlin children that try to kill him.

His Curse of Binding by bari_astralis (orphan_account) — [30/30, 144k words] A foster au from Tommy’s pov where he is reincarnated into different Greek hero stories and he needs to figure out who this time’s story is before his sixteenth birthday. Featuring: Complicated SBI bonding, (minor) Clementine being a girlboss, bench trio being absolutely precious, allium duo making fun of each other but alsok being so damn precious, Linda Smith and Miss Allingham bashing (you’ll understand when you read it, I hate their guts), and generally trying to find your peace in life.

Breathing’s Just a Rhythm by MollyPollyKinz — [53/53, 186k] A time travel canon-divergent fic where Tommy, Schlatt, Dream, Tubbo, and The Voices travel from Exile era back to Pogtopia-Manburg era, and they've gotta fix the shitty world and avoid Dream at all fucking costs. Relationship building happens, and the Voices are the best character to ever exist in all literature.

the from ice to water series by Drhair76, plantform — [12 works, 157k words] The main fic is icing those hurts, but my personal favorite is hailing on you. An ice skating au fic centered around found family and belonging in a place without harm. In the main fic, Tommy gets healed, but in hailing on you, Wilbur gets healed and it's so sweet <3

holding onto nothing by remrose -- [20/20, 71k] A mainly Techno pov fic, twinsduo centric. adhd and autistic techno, and his mom is a bitch. He goes to the Crafts for help and it's terribly sweet but also pretty angsty. At times this fic has literally been my lifeblood, like my support system in keeping me alive. I love it so much.

My Faithless Hoax by phantom_star739 -- [24/24, 105k] A supernatural? (fae, vampire, siren) crimeboys centric fic with mild political aspects. I don't really know how to describe it, but it's amazing.

Fic recs part 2!

[antimony-medusa]

All Together Getting Out Of The Hole Together

Everyone seemed to know each other, and they were all chatting sociably. Ranboo tugged on one of his bracelets and made himself let it go before he snapped the elastic. None of the other people in the room seemed especially depressed. How was he going to fit in here, in the “intensive therapy and life skills” his doctor had suggested they try? They never felt like they knew what they were doing, how was this going to do, classes and group therapy added to the mix? A tall man with glasses and long faded pink hair sat down one seat away. He had a bag from the hospital coffee shop clutched in one hand and a coffee cup in the other. “You gluten free?” the man with the pink hair asked, glancing in his direction and then frowning at thin air. He snatched his glasses off his face and polished at the lenses with one hand. Ranboo glanced at him uncertainly, but there was no one else in this corner of the room. They’d chosen it specifically because they could have their back to the majority of the room when they were sitting in it. “No?” he ventured. The man with the pink hair held out the paper coffee shop bag. “Got a ginger cookie but I changed my mind. Do you want it?” Or: Boreal Trio does Day Hospital

Status: 6/6 chapters, updated 3 December, 17,239 words

Fandom: DSMP

Characters: Technoblade, Philza, Ranboo

Relationships: Ranboo & Technoblade & Philza

Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting. Alternate Universe - Therapy, Suicidal Thoughts, Suicide Jokes, Mention of suicide attempts, Therapy, Psychiatric medication, Food, discussions of poverty, Ableism, self-harm mention, Discussions of infidelity, People Having Imperfect-Though-Positive Reactions To Various Coming Outs, Realistic Depictions of Group Therapy, if you know you know, You Put A Bunch Of Deeply Unhappy People In A Room And Tell Them To Talk, shit happens, Disabled Phil Watson | Philza, Autistic Technoblade (Video Blogging RPF), Autistic Ranboo (Video Blogging RPF), He/Him and They/Them Pronouns for Ranboo (Video Blogging RPF), Phil Watson is Not Technoblade's Parent (Video Blogging RPF, )Found FamilyIn That These People Are Each Other's People Now It Is Not Nuclear At All, Hopeful Ending, I Accidentally Microagressioned Phil, Significant Amounts of Meal-time Discussions, Set in some unspecified east coast city

My second pinch hit! In which I decided to take the blorbos and went what if they were really, really, REALLY sad.

(It was really fun to try my hand at a modern au for this one, but mind the tags, this one hits some heavy subjects.)

[thesnailkiwi]

1, 2, 8, 12, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, and 25 for traffic life?

1. The character everyone gets wrong

Okay, see, I know people have different ideas and opinions and headcannons, but OH. MY. GOSH. DONT EVEN GET ME STARTED.

The MCYT fandom makes me want to scream half the time. I'm gonna say it. Everyone gets BadBoyHalo wrong. Skeppy, Tommyinnit, JSchlatt, Stressmonster, Niki, and a bunch more, too. Half the time I want to explode in this fandom, so I stick with fanart, unless it's flower husbands. Because most FH shippers can read the characters well.

Musical theatre. People always (well, okay, not *always*) get Heather McNamara wrong when acting. I've seen so many awful versions. And Jenna Rolan from Be More Chill, especially when writing fanfic. Though, lemme tell you, all the characters in Be Less Single (BMC dating sim fan game) were spot on. Perfect, I tell you.

2. Compelling argument why my fave would never top or bottom

OKAY SO LISTEN UP, FUCKERS. MICHAEL MELL IS A SWITCH AND I STAND BY THAT.

Thank you for coming to my TEDtalk.

8. Common fandom opinion everyone is wrong about

I'm overthinking. This could either mean opinions ABOUT fandom or fandom discourse. I'm assuming the latter.

I dunno man. I don't pay attention much to other people's opinions. I mean, if they badmouth my blorbos, I will have a compelling argument why the are the best being to exist. Headcannon-wise? I mean, okay, I really don't want this taken the wrong way *at all*. But I don't like it when people include [insert character] is trans/queer/pronouns/mental disability if it doesnt have anything to do with the fafic/story that's being told. I understand if you project or write a vent fic or whatever, because those are things to get out of your brain, or if you headcannon this or that, I get it. But if it has no relevance at all to the story, *if it isn't even mentioned*, DONT PUT IT IN THE GODDAMN TAGS.

It's not really a heated opinion, but I needed that out there.

I don't really like to shit on other people's headcannons. But if the opinion is "glup shitto is a bad character", OR FUKIGN WHATEVER THE FUCK THE MCYT SPACE DID TO NIKI, then I will fight you.

WAIT WAIT DONT EVEN GET ME STARTED ON TOMMYINNIT X HERMITCRAFT. OR TOMMYINNIT X EMPIRES. UGH. I HATE IT SO MUCH.

12. The unpopular character I like and everyone else hates

Okay. Listen. Purpled. Barely anyone paid attention to that guy because he wasn't a "main character" (there were none in the DSMP, people.) And everyone doesn't like his character after what he did to Slime. But I feel like he's a super deep character that gets overlooked. Quackity literally blew up his house and forced him to go live in Las Nevadas. Quackity also took a lot more from him, too. And when he killed/kidnapped Slime, he was projecting and let all of his grief out on the thing that Quackity cared about, since everything Purpled loved was taken from him.

17. There should be more of this type of fic/art

Okay okay okay. But like, guys. Coffee shop au's. It's simple, right? It's one of the most well known. BUT JESUS, BMC FANDOM, THERE ARE LIKE 5 TOTAL ON AO3. SOULMATE ONES, TOO.

Speaking of soulmates, the Hermitcraft/Life series doesn't have that many non-canon function ones. Like, I want to see timers. Or strings. Or the characters see color for the first time. Or the place their soulmate touches them first changes colors. There's not many.

18. It's absolutely criminal the fandom has been sleeping on...

The MCYT fandom has been sleeping on a bunch of damned bricks, don't even get me started.

There's too much to put for the MCYT fandom.

The BMC fandom has been sleeping on the wholeass line of "If Christine likes me in the end, will I be able to pretend I didn't fail my one real friend?" And all of the hidden stuff in the music. Like how in the broadway version, in The Play, the backtrack plays LGW when Jeremy gives Christine the Mtn Dew Red.

19. I'm mad/ashamed/horrified that I like...

I'm not answering this one. I apologize, but these heinous words do not need to be said to the entire world.

22. The favorite part of Canon everyone ignores

MCYT: everyone ignores smaller creators and literally the entire Canon. So all of it.

BMC: okay, listen, the silver hair the squip has is an absolute banger, okay??? And let's talk about that entire couch scene where Christine rejects Jeremy.

23. The ship I'm unwillingly coming around to

Majorwood. Kill me. I hate it so much omg but like, it slaps.

25. Annoying common fandom complaint

Uh, guys, it's okay to like the Era when ranboo and tubbo were friends. It's not taboo. I still go back and watch vods.

Sorry that one genuinely pisses me off whenever I see people like, "I wish that never happened". Like, guys, don't ignore important parts of what got ranboo to who he is and where he is today. Educate the young boobers. It's not wrong to like when two people are friends.

Then I hate it when people complain about shipping convex and are like "they're brothers!" No, they're not. That's your headcannon, not mine. Same with Grian and Jimmy. They aren't brothers. You can ship them if you want, just don't make it weird.

Anyway, thank you as per usual for sending me the ask, trash the beloved

[lasnevadaslaborunion]

13 and 16 for dsmp :P

Worst blorbofication

I have had to physically stop myself from mentioning c!Quackity during conferences with my English professors, in Dungeons & Dragons sessions with people who know nothing about the DSMP, and while getting anesthetics at a dentist appointment. If that doesn't count as terminal "omg blorbo from my shows" disease, I don't know what does

Non-DSMP counterpart: my unwritten but highly detailed JoJo Part 5.5 plot featuring Giorno and Jotaro being autistic in equal but contrasting ways

Why do people like this

Can someone please explain the appeal of coffee shop AUs? I don't mean just any modern or domestic setting, I mean fics specifically centered around characters in a coffee shop. I just want to get my drink and get out, and I know the poor baristas want to get their pay without being held up. Maybe this is just my anxiety about making small talk with strangers but I simply do not get it

[edgarallanpoestan]

Masterlist

Multi-Chapter Works:

if we could go back (would you save me?) - (DSMP, ongoing, 7/? chapters) Tommy-centric time travel au! Tommy wakes up in his childhood bedroom, in a body he doesn't recognize anymore, and has to figure it all out. So, technically pre-canon.

Reach Out My Hands (For Two to Hold) - (DSMP, ongoing, 1/2 chapters) Karl-centric. Karlnapity fae/arranged marriage au. Established karlnap, then Karl is told that he is to marry Quackity! Gasp!!! Fully made up the court system bc I make the rules.

Who We Once Were - (DSMP, ongoing, 2/6 chapters) Pre-canon fic following Tommy, Tubbo, Wilbur, Niki, Techno, and Philza (in that order). Short chapters detailing each character right before joining the server.

Multi-Work Series:

A Collegiate Mess - (DSMP, 2 works, ongoing) Karlnapity college au!!

Tumble-Dried Heart - (1,055 words) Karl-centric laundry room meet cute! Karl (literally) runs into Sapnap in the laundry room, they flirt. Basically just fluff.

One Macchiat-Oh - (1,426 words) Quackity-centric coffee shop meet cute. Q is a barista, Karl is the cute guy who comes in with his boyfriend every day, and Wilbur is a menace.

The Sun, Moon, and Stars Above (I'll Give Them All To You) - (QSMP, 3 works, ongoing)

A Bit Messy, But A Family Nonetheless - (2,292 words) Quackity-centric q!tntduo. Wilbur returns from tour, and discovers a family waiting for him.

No Barrier Could Stop How I Love You - (1,342 words) Wilbur-centric. It's really just domestic fluff with Wilbur, Quackity, and Tilín. Wilbur makes them all breakfast.

Leaf Through The Pages - (5,016 words) Wilbur-centric. Fit gives Wilbur a tour around the island, and he is brought to the adoption center. They find Tallulah, and Wilbur has suddenly doubled how many children he has.

One-Shots:

Still-Beating Heart - (TFTSMP, 2,596 words) Sherman-centric. Sheriff Sherman and Crops are homoerotic.

Outside of the Ordinary - (DSMP, 4,071 words) Fundy-centric, modern/real world au. Fundy learning about himself, discovering that he is trans, and coming out to his family. Follows him up to approximately middle school.

Coruscant - (DSMP, 5,006 words) Techno-centric, pre-canon. Emduo my loves, with a dash of SBI. We see Techno and Phil's first meeting, the evolution of their friendship, and a little bit of Techno interacting with Phil's sons. Basically, Techno and Phil are platonic, immortal soulmates. I love them a lot.

The House Always Wins - (DSMP, 2,252 words) Wilbur-centric. Wilbur has been made to work in Las Nevadas, where guests (as Quackity calls them) gamble using abstract ideas. Also there's a little bit of homoerotic tntduo, as a treat.

Shatter - (DSMP, 932 words) Quackity-centric. Tntduo angst set during the Manberg-Pogtopia War. That's really it.

The Sun in the Heavens Above - (DSMP, 1,148 words) Wilbur-centric. Tntduo conversation, also set during the Manberg-Pogtopia War. Some fluff, some angst.

How To Say "I Love You" - (DSMP, 1,010 words) Tommy-centric. Benchtrio fluff! Tubbo makes Tommy a prosthetic.

Wilbur Soot's Guide to Doing Chores (Derogatory) - (DSMP, 724 words) Wilbur-centric. Basically, Phil forces Wilbur to do chores while staying in the cabin. Wilbur pouts about it.

Anything You Can Do - (DSMP, 1,581 words) Techno-centric. Emduo enemies to friends!!!! Modern/real world au, they just cause problems at all times.

Wilbur Gets Tommy-ified - (DSMP, 790 words) Wilbur-centric. Crimeboys + benchtrio! Tommy teaches his friends and brother how to crochet, Wilbur retaliates with an old hobby of his own.

Chances, Chances - (DSMP, 1,875 words) Quackity-centric. Tntduo college au, they're exes but Wilbur gets drunk at a party and Quackity has to drive him home. Tommy is an instigator.

God Fucking Fuck You - (DSMP, 2,201 words) Wilbur-centric. Tntduo preening fic. Wilbur notices that Quackity's wings seem to be bothering, and decides to do something about that. Featuring an author's note that rambles extensively about avian anatomy.

Home Is... - (DSMP, 1,329 words) Tubbo-centric. Benchtrio being soft in Snowchester with Michael. Food is a love language and maybe the tiniest bit symbolic.

A Family, Begrudgingly - (DSMP, 1,903 words) Techno-centric. Soft, fluffy, SBI game night. That's all :]

World of Discovery - (DSMP, 3,318 words) Tommy-centric. Superhero AU, specifically a vigilante Tommy AU, written by someone who doesn't really like superhero AUs. For SBI Bingo

Tasting Salt From The Sea - (DSMP, 2,188 words) Phil-centric. Selkie!Kristin AU. Just a lighthearted little fic about Kristin getting to see her family again.

Smelling The Roses - (DSMP, 1,294 words) Ranboo-centric. Ranboo, Tubbo, and Michael have a picnic, and read together! Pure, tooth-rotting fluff

But Still, You're the Same - (DSMP/Origins SMP, 1,666 words) Sneegsnag-centric. Sneeg dimension-hops to DSMP, and interacts with some of the familiar yet not-so-familiar members of this new server.

My Fingertips Are Frozen (But My Heart is Still Warm) - (Origins SMP, 2,118 words) Tommy-centric. It's really just a snow fight and then cuddles. Found family fluff, my beloved.

Glass Memories (I Look Through and Shatter) - (QSMP, 1,529 words) Wilbur-centric. Hurt/comfort with Tallulah, who has a nightmare where her dad is scary and different. Wilbur kind of remembers this, which is very weird for him.

Finding You Again - (QSMP, 3,593 words) Techno-centric. Technoblade arrives at Quesadilla Island and gets to meet Chayanne, Missa, and Tallulah! Mostly just fluff really

My Voice Is Lost, Can't You Hear Me? - (QSMP, 1,572 words) Tallulah-centric. Set during the second egg event stream, when the children were all in the attic while their parents introduced themselves downstairs. Hurt with a little bit of comfort.

Certainly A Phantom - (QSMP, 1,369 words) Cellbit-centric. An awkward, stilted meeting between Cellbit and Wilbur. It works out, kind of.

Multifacted - (QSMP, 8,729 words) Slimecicle-centric. Slimeriana professor AU, featuring lots of bickering and adorable Juana. There is also some wonderful art!!!

Iridescent - (SMPEarth, 1,197 words) Techno-centric. It's basically just emduo fluff, idk what to tell you. Techno is Netherborn, he's cold. Cuddling is the solution (in my head it's set in the same universe as Coruscant, but they arent actually connected in any way lmao).

Catch These Z's - (SMPEarth, 1,069 words) Techno-centric. Again, it's basically just emduo fluff. Techno is tired, and Phil doesn't like that (again, set in the Coruscant/Iridescent universe in my mind. They are not essential reads, though).

Birds of the Same Feather - (D20 - A Court of Fey and Flowers, 538 words) Grandfather-centric crackfic. You remember that scene where the cousins give Grandfather a love potion and also a drug mask? Yeah this is that scene, but he falls for Grabalba and I use an excessive amount of bird puns.

Rebirth - (D20 - Neverafter, 1,322 words) Ylfa-centric. She gets to have a nice little conversation with Death as she gets older.

Ebony Apples - (D20 - A Court of Fey and Flowers, 2,282 words)

Translations:

One Macchiat-Oh (Русский перевод) by @niannyannyan

Mi voz está perdida, ¿no me puedes oír? (Traducción Española) by Anonymous

Art (inspired by my works!):

Multifaceted Art by amixofpersonalities

Multifaceted Art by patorucho

[piratesexmachine420]

Since letterboxd doesn't have it (duh) here's my review of Parkour Civilization 1 & 2:

It's kind of like if Dragon Ball was only the boring parts.

The story is contrived, the plot holes are gaping, the mysteries are more-or-less nonexistent (either because you're told everything or because you're told nothing), the constant tell-don't-show narration is tedious (but rarely annoying), the constant vine booms are tedious and annoying, the pacing is best "serviceable", the fights are inane and the tactics lean 'idiot plot' (why wouldn't you always do a OHKO if you were capable? why does only Evbo regenerate health with the champion's boots during fights?), the worldbuilding is thin (but sufficiently present that I'd bet a benjamin there's a fandom wiki run by a bunch of twelve year olds), the vocal delivery is ...fine, and the acting + cinematography + editing + set design are all mid-tier machinima stuff (with one exception, which I thought was also ...fine).

Also none of the characters have names except Seawatt and Evbo. Not a problem, just odd. What's up with that?

Furthermore: basically no women, besides IIRC the librarian. Misogyny or small friendgroup? You decide! (Likely the latter. Still, not breaking any barriers here.)

I did like "I realized it was written in parkour". That was a funny line.

If you're, like, stuck on an airplane or something, it passes the time. Or if you're seven years old. (If you are seven, what are you doing here?!) Or if you're the sort of person who thinks 100-word wattpad DreamSMP coffee shop AUs are the peak of fiction. (Not that it's much like a DSMP coffee shop AU. Consider this an opportunity to branch out to a new genre.)

[im-tempted]

Dsmp coffee shop AU but the whole plot is just an end of quarter meeting about the upcoming fiscal year and the new training regiment

[theprivatearchives]

23rd September 2021

My platonic OTP is now Frank and Carl in "Catch Me If You Can."

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I want to read a dsmp shop worker AU where one character has a really rough time with customers refusing to wear a mask and them having to try and get them to follow the guidelines and them later on maybe they're close to quitting because of it but the other character comforts them, hugs them, maybe buye them coffee and a slice or something after their shift to help them through it. If I wasn't kinda sick or dnf if would work for them. A spin could be that the two characters are strangers or like mostly strangers like they go to the same college or maybe not, and the second one sees what happens and then just fills in for the first one after finding out that the boss is a petty chill and good boss and they wouldn't necessarily get in too much trouble for it if they explained it. Its kind of like hurt/comfort, I suppose, just emotional stuff instead of physical pain.

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I actually watched both Good Will Hunting and Catch Me If You Can today. Robin Williams is quickly becoming a favourite actor of mine. I'd heard his name plenty of times before, but never like picked him out in a film, but now I've watched two "classics" of his, I guess you could say, I really do like him. Good Will Hunting is exactly my kind of movie and I loved it.

[genevawrenn]

Some of my fav DSMP fics I have written that I wish got my love :

Nightmare [W.C. 73k words]

A 'short' three-part story based off the song Nightmare by NateWantsToBattle, following the events starting at Tommy's exile, the circumstances in-between, then his death in the prison. Various other lore points are touched through three peoples POV on such as the disc confrontation and Techno's execution. This story is told through Benchtrio (Tommy, Tubbo, Ranboo's) eyes as they observe the consequences of what can happen when one goes too far.

2. Blinded by Imperfect Form [13k]

A songfic based of Creature by Half Alive, this is a story about how Foolish and Eret met once more after many years apart. Eret learns of where they came from as Foolish finally tells them the truth of how they met. Written for MCYT Fic Fight 2022.

3. We Weren't Just Born to Fade, Our Stories Are Past the Horizon [15k]

This is the tale of Monarch Eret learning forgiveness for themselves as well as others while building 'The Royal Archives' with people from their past. Laughter and tears alike, this is a story about no matter where you come from or the decisions you have made, apologies can be made and you will be stronger together.

QSMP:

We May Have Lost Our Sanity (We Have Not Lost Our Humanity) [25k]

A lore retell from Phil's POV mixed with some of my own headcanons about Team BOLAS, their struggles and their bonding during the Pugatory Event.

2. Chant the Tales and Legends Told, Strengthened by the Hymns of Old [4k]

Philza tells Chayanne and Tallulah of Technoblade's adventures; from the beginning when they were teamed for Minecraft Monday to the Great Potato War, with a few more in between.

3. You Are a Constant ; Always in the Edges, in the Sky, and That Makes Everything [11k]

A non canon celebration for our lovely QSMP eggs who gave us characters to love. Full of fluff, baked goods, reflecting on the past and embracing the future, told from an old crow's point of view.

4. What Impossible Means, a Leap of Faith [3k]

Philza attempts to fly, is rescued by Tallulah and Foolish.

5. One Thing You Leave Behind is How Did You Love [12k]

Fit realises just how much Pac means to him after nearly losing him to the haze of Federation medicine, dedicating himself to treasuring the one who trusted the anarchist to protect him, both healing along the way.

AUs and Misc Stories :

You Make Sure I Always See the Daylight [42k]

A Coffee Shop AU about Ranboo, a new student to the city and university, stumbling across The Crows Roost Cafe for some food and he finds so much more than that.

2. One Bullet in the Chamber [20k]

Tubbo is learning to live under the oppressive weight of being a new assassin, when he befriends a tough old medic named Technoblade with plenty of his own secrets.

3. You Won't Be Forgotten (Not Again) [13k]

Nightshade spent her whole life jumping from crew to crew, following the only magical item that might answer her lifelong questions about the missing part of herself. During her quest she ends up captured by the Shadows of the Abandoned crew who accepts her without condition and she learns to love herself despite the hand life dealt her and unlocks her true heart.

4. When the Waves Turn the Minutes to Hours [11k]

Fit spent his whole life serving the Navy, ambition his only companion until a playful brunette with a zest for life asks him thought-provoking questions.

5. I Had Been Lost to You, Sunlight (And Flew Like a Moth to You) [17k]

Phil discovers a crimson egg while on his daily rounds foraging for himself and his Drow husband. His bleeding heart leads to him taking it home to raise the dragon properly away from the elves who wished to harm him, enslaved to a harsh King who ruled with an iron fist.

An enemy of history, much of the noble Dragon Knight Syndicate had been decimated in an effort to wield them as weapons, forcing them into his service through cruel means as a way to enforce his laws. This Light elf never agreed with this mindset, rescuing his injured husband as his first act of defiance and adopting a dragon as his second, he hoped to guide the future into a more peaceful story while enjoying the love of his family.

And here's a whole series curated of the stories I am proudest of [some of the characters didn't age well, at this point those are my OC's anyways and I can't bring myself to delete history] :

you know what I haven’t seen going around in a while, and could use some of myself? fic recs! so, consider this both a rec and a self-promo post: recommend some fics to me in the reblogs and I’ll reblog your recs! in general, try to include both a summary and why you’re reccing it (whether it’s a self-promo or someone else’s), and let’s get some eyes on fics!

[peachy-tea-anon]

“𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑢𝑠𝑢𝑎𝑙?“ 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑒

𝑊𝑖𝑙𝑏𝑢𝑟 𝑆𝑜𝑜𝑡 𝑥 𝑅𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑟

𝐶𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑒 𝑆ℎ𝑜𝑝 𝐴𝑈

synopsis: you work at a small coffee shop near campus, and a tall british man starts to become a regular (pt 2 coming soon!!)

cw: mostly fluff, mentioned cheating on a past relationship, food mention, slight angst at the end?

Monday.

Opening shift.

Usually I hated opening, with having to get up early, to dealing with Karens that bitch about every small detail, to annoying teens ordering a drink with 20 extra add-ons.

But today was different.

I liked opening alone, because i could play my music as i prepare the shop to open up. I lazily wiped down the counters as the sunlight starts to peak through the windows, illuminating the shop with an orange tone.

It was dead quiet after you opened, aside from the soft music playing.

*𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔*

I look up after hearing the sound of the door chime, and i met eyes with a tall man with brown hair and glasses. his nose and cheeks were slightly pink from the cold, and he walked up to the counter slightly shivering.

"hi there! what can i get for you?"

the brown haired boy gazed over the menu for a moment.

"can i please have a..."

he has the cutest accent, it made me blush a little. his voice was deep and rich, and he spoke so eloquently. i started to study his features. dark brown eyes, sharp jawline, and a dimple on his left side that showed when the corners of his mouth curled upwards. i had to admit, he was attractive-

"sorry?" i said, realizing i was too busy staring at him and completely spaced on his order.

"just one black coffee and a chocolate croissant please."

"okay perfect! that'll be $7.49"

he grabs his wallet and slips out his card and swiped. he had long, slender, delicate fingers that gently pushed the buttons on the keypad.

"alrighty, ill have that right out for you."

as i made his coffee, i thought it was silly of me to have a crush on a guy i met once, especially because you two barely spoke. to be fair, i hadn't dated in a while, considering my last boyfriend cheated on me with my best friend. he was a total asshole, blaming me for not being good enough, and i carried that for a long time, not allowing myself to date because i thought i wasn't good enough for anybody.

i was quickly pulled from my thoughts as the coffee machine beeped, signaling it was ready. I pull a hot croissant out of the oven and bagged it up.

"here you go sir, have a nice day!" he slightly blushed and smiled, and said "thanks, you as well!" as he left, he couldn't seem to take his gaze off of me. im sure it means nothing.

"who was that?" my coworker niki said, coming in from the back having just put her apron on. "oh just some guy." i said. "some guy, huh? some guy that you were making goo-goo eyes at?" she laughed and i punched her lightly on the arm.

"he's just a customer, plus he's not even a regular, im sure he was just stopping by." i said, my smile faltering slightly.

"i think i've seen that guy on campus... what was his name? hmm. i don't know, but you should totally talk to him!" niki's eyes sparkled with enthusiasm. "like i said, he was probably just dropping by. he's not gonna come back." i said, not wanting to get my hopes up. "and if he does?" i sigh. "if in some crazy world, he comes back, ill talk to him. BUT, that's only if he comes back tomorrow." niki thinks for a moment, and i can see the gears in her head turning.

"okay, you've got yourself a deal, Y/N L/N. what shift do you work tomorrow?" "im on closing tomorrow night with you, i have classes in the morning."

Tuesday

oh god, im gonna be late to class. i had stayed up late last night doing homework, and that plus working a 5am shift knocked me out.

i rush my way to school, running through the train station like a mad man. i rushed past tall men in business suits, mothers with children, and moody teenagers loitering, but i caught the train just in time.

as i sigh and sit down, i pop in my earbuds and listen to music while reading. the train stopped at the stop right after the one that i got on, and as the doors open, i- wait... IS THAT HIM???

surely enough, it's coffee shop boy. i bury my face in my book, trying not to be seen. i don't think he noticed me.

the school day felt long. i was almost excited to go to work, hoping to see coffee shop boy, but i quickly snap out of it. he's definitely not coming back, he was at the morning shift yesterday so there's no reason he would be there on a night shift.

i get to work, 9pm. it's a shorter shift today, we close at 1 am. "hi niki!" i greet her with a hug and grab my apron. "hello y/n! hoping to see coffee boy?" "nikiiiiii he's probably not coming, it's like a 1 in a million chance." she rolls her eyes at me. "hmmm i don't knoww, he might still come in!" she says, and i just let it slide. "i saw him on the train this morning, im not sure he saw me though." niki squeals, giving me the look. she's a hopeless romantic, and she's always urging me to fall in love, and "live a little".

as the shift goes on, i start to lose hope. it's midnight, if he hasn't come already, he's not going to. i can't say im not at least a little bit disappointed, but that's what i get for getting my hopes up.

*ring ring*

"hi, welcome in-"

...

it's him.

he's here.

standing before me.

he's wearing a dark gray sweater with a collared shirt under it, glasses still perched on his nose.

"h-hi, what can i get started for you?" shit. im stuttering. why am i stuttering? i never stutter with customers, it's the same 3 sayings each time. what can i get for you? anything else? that'll be $___. so why am i stuttering?

"one black coffee and a chocolate croissant please!" he says cheerily.

"black coffee this late at night? you're gonna be up for hours!" i laugh, trying to regain my composure. stay focused, y/n. he's just a customer.

"well, this is a coffee shop, i'd say it's pretty normal to get coffee here" he giggles back, smiling with a dimple on the left side of his face. god id do anything to keep him smiling.

"i suppose so, alright, ill go get that for you." i headed back into the kitchen. as im brewing the coffee, niki comes up to me.

"y/nnnn you're blushing, is coffee boy here?"

i roll my eyes.

"niki, we really need to stop calling him coffee boy." i say. "why don't you ask him for his name?" niki asks. "that's an awful idea."

"why not? you two are basically in love!" niki says, following me over to the oven. "don't be ridiculous." niki crossed her arms in annoyance. "you promised me you'd talk to him!" she says. "yeah, but i don't even know how to start!" it's true, i barely know how to talk to boys.

"well it looks like he's sitting down, just make some light convo!" i groan as she pushes me out of the kitchen with the croissant and coffee in my hand. "go!! talk to your boy toy." she winks at me and i smile.

my heart is pounding out of my chest. what do i say? what do i do?

"here's your black coffee, anddd there's the croissant!" he smiles and thanks me, and he sits to let his coffee and croissant cool down.

"i don't think i've ever seen you here before yesterday." i say. its not a question, not a judgement, just an observation.

"oh, you remember me from yesterday?" he smiles and his eyes light up slightly.

oh god he thinks im a stalker. what do i do??

"i- yeah- um... yeah, i suppose so." i can feel heat rush to my cheeks. i suppose so? great job y/n, you couldn't even make up an excuse.

he smiles again, god that smile.

"yeah, my friend works here and she said i should stop by!" he says. i can't take my eyes off of him. "nice! what's your friends name?" i say out of curiosity, maybe i know them. we don't have many employees, so i should know them.

"niki nihachu, im pretty sure she's on bakers duty tonight."

oh. my god.

of COURSE it's niki. she KNOWS him??

"ah.. yeah she's great, pain in the ass sometimes, but i love her." i say with a smile, trying to hide the shock settling behind my eyes. he lets out a loud laugh.

"HA yeah, pain in the ass is pretty accurate. i think im gonna come here more often, i always told her no but she practically forced me, and turns out it's pretty great. by the way, i don't think i ever got your name-" he is quickly interrupted by niki shouting from the kitchen.

"Y/NNNN, go ahead and take your break!"

"niki i took my break al-"

"take your break!"

god she's such a bastard.

i smile at him, excusing myself to go take my apron off.

back in the kitchen, i speak to niki.

"you KNEW him??? and you didn't tell me?" i whisper-shout.

"okayyyy you got me but come onnnn, you totally have a crush on him, and i didn't even have to force him to come today! i just... maybe... said in passing that you were working tonight..."

i groan at her, brushing off that last part.

"you're on thin ice, nihachu." she giggles at me, handing me my usual, an iced chai latte with oatmilk, add 3 shots and a warm chocolate chip cookie.

"you should... go sit with him!" she reminds me about our promise, and i cave.

"sorry about that, like i said, pain in the ass sometimes." i giggle, sitting in the chair next to wilbur at the counter.

"so, y/n?" he says. i love the way he says my name.

"y-yeah! i don't think i ever got your name, stranger."

"ah, yes, my name is wilbur."

wilbur...

wilbur.

it suits him well.

"it suits you well." i blurt out, not realizing i even said it until it was out there.

"thank you, yours does too! so, what are you drinking, y/n?" he gives me a questioning look with a smile on his face.

"oh, uhh iced chai latte with oatmilk and three shots.."

"and IM the one drinking coffee too late?" he giggles and i laugh.

"listen, i have to work until 1am, you can't expect me to NOT drink this much!"

and he's laughing

and im laughing

and its perfect

and i think i like him

...

i think i like him.

we chat about work, school, niki, things like that.

"y/n, are you single?" he says outright.

"um.. yeah... my ex cheated on me so we.. broke up about 6 months ago."

his smile turns into a look of sympathy.

"im, so sorry, i didn't mean to-"

" oh nonono it's totally fine, he was an asshole. im glad im not with him. what about you, wilbur? anyone special in your life?"

"not at the moment, but there's this girl i think that's pretty cool..."

my smile falters for a moment.

god how could i be so stupid.

"oh... what's she like?" i say, trying to disguise my sadness.

"i met her only recently, but it feels like i've known her for ages."

"that's... great! so great! very.. um... very nice. i, ah. look at the time. i have to dip, it was great talking to you, wilbur."

his smile fades, but he says that he needs to head out as well.

i walk back into the kitchen, teary eyes, angry at myself for being so dumb.

"hey y/n, where is- y/n? are you okay?"

"he likes another girl."

she looks confused, and tried to speak, but i interrupt her.

"he asked if i was single and when i asked him he said there a girl he likes. why would you set me up with him, he doesn't even like me."

niki stays quiet and confused

and the tears are falling down my cheeks

and im so angry

and i think i like him.

before niki could say anything, i run out of the coffee shop, not even clocking out. fuck it, ill adjust it tomorrow.

i collapse on my bed and let the tears run down my face, until i fall asleep.

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a/n: this is part 1, part two is in progress and should be out in a day or two! hope y'all liked it, and remember: stay peachy🍑

[adenandraofvespertine]

That one recent fics you did for the coffee shop au had me inspired, did a little doodling for it. Thanks for writing! @serend1p1ty-0