#i like you a latte

[lillywillow]

I Like You A Latte

Summary: Bruce never had the courage to talk to the cute girl at the café until fortune intervenes

 Written for: @avengersbingo

 Words: 939

 Square Filled: Meet Cute

 Pairing: Bruce Banner x Female Reader

Warnings: Fluff

 Bruce had been coming to the café for a while now. It had a calming atmosphere and they made excellent calming drinks. On cold days, he could warm up with a blended tea of lavender and chamomile. On hotter days, they had a range of calming smoothie blends. The staff there were nice too. Recently though, he noticed a woman come in, order her coffee and sit down to start working on her laptop. She always sat at the same table (when she could), had the same routine. Bruce wondered what kind of work she was in… an author perhaps? Maybe a journalist on a deadline? Or someone working on a degree? Would it disturb her if he went to talk to her? The last thing he wanted was to be a bother. For now, Bruce would be content admiring her from afar.

…

 One warm, summer afternoon, Bruce had just received his usual smoothie. He moved in a little closer to your table. Bruce thought to himself that today would be the day he would finally work up the courage to talk to you. As he approached you, he failed to notice the person behind him with a large bag. That person swung the heavy bag over their shoulder, hitting Bruce in the back and knocking him into you, his drink going all over you. Bruce was mortified as you stared at him in shock. He also felt angry at the person who pushed him and upset that he may have just had his chances dashed. The person barely uttered a gruff “sorry” as they walked out the door. Now it was Bruce’s turn to apologies.

 “I’m so sorry! I was pushed and now I’ve got my drink all over you, and… and…”

 Now Bruce was trying to fight to keep his heartrate from spiking.

 While you were annoyed that you had just been doused in cold, sticky smoothie, you could tell this guy was genuinely apologetic, unlike the person you could tell had caused the chain reaction. You had seen this man come in a few times since you started coming here. He would mainly sit on his own and enjoy his drink. You thought he was pretty cute.

 “Don’t worry about it,” you sighed.

 “Please, allow me to buy to a coffee and a treat to apologise…”

 You tried to protest but he was insistent.

 Soon, you had a fresh coffee and a treat as he got himself a new drink. You thanked him as came back with some napkins to help you clean up.

 “Again, I’m really sorry. I’m Bruce, by the way…”

 You introduced yourself and informed him once again, he didn’t have to worry about it. You could tell he still felt guilty about it. Placing your hand on his, you offered him a kind smile which made him blush.

 “Look, accidents happen. I’d like to give that guy with the bag a piece of my mind but I don’t hold it against you,” you assured Bruce which made him smile.

 There were a few moments of awkward silence while you both decided on what to say.

 “I, um… I often see you come in here with your laptop… are you working on something?” Bruce shyly asked, mentally chiding himself on how intrusive that may have sounded.

 “Actually, I’m a historian doing research on women in science. When I have enough information, I may write a book about them…”

 “I hope I’m not disturbing you…”

 “I could do with a break… at the moment I’m trying to find out more on Clara Immerwahr but I’m starting to run dry,” you explained.

 “Tell me more about her,” Bruce requested.

 You told him all about the German born chemist and wife of fellow chemist Fritz Harber and her tragic fate. Bruce listened with fascination at your every word and asked about the other women you had researched. He couldn’t help but smile at the way your face lit up with each historical woman you spoke about. Before you knew it, an hour had passed.

 “I’m sorry, I just realised I never asked about you… what’s your story?” you asked.

 “Well… um… I’m a scientist and I… sometimes find it very stressful working with the people I live with…” he explained.

 Bruce told you about himself without giving away too much detail. Soon, you were chatting the afternoon away, about your various interests and favourite things. Bruce hadn’t meant to stay so long but he was really enjoying your company and you enjoyed his. The pair of you talked for so long that you were still there at closing time.

 “Will I see you tomorrow?” Bruce asked hopefully.

 “Of course. Same place?” you replied.

 He beamed and nodded. Bruce knew that eventually he would have to tell you the full truth but for now, he was content just officially meeting you (although he wished the circumstances were better). From now on, Bruce would look forward to his visits to the café. Perhaps one day, he would eventually ask you out on a proper date but for now, he was just happy talking to such a wonderful woman like you.

 You were also happy to finally get to talk to such a nice sweet guy like Bruce. Sure, your first meeting wasn’t the best but who knows? It could one day be a funny anecdote to be told at your wedding…

[saetgvia]

engage in self indulgence and write ‘i like you a latte’ part 2??? maybe????? maybe i’ll do a kaveh x reader spinoff in the same universe??? who knows!!!! lowk if i do do this i could expand the universe omg and like make little coffee shop aus for wrio and venti and xiao and alhaitham and omg im so excited now. spark update soon trust

[oceanwithouthermoon]

i always feel bad when i see how the point of a lot of saiki's personality traits flew right over the heads of a lot of fans due to him being an unreliable narrator and a tsundere lol.. so a lot of things he says are immediately proved to be untrue and often just him putting up a front, but some people dont pick up on it..

like i see a lot of "haha saiki would never want to watch a romance movie" guys there is an entire chapter (170) dedicated to him being like "i much prefer mysteries to romance stories.." and then immediately becoming absolutely enamored with a romance story.. he was lying, guys, LMAO

less specific ones include:

"i hate children, they annoy me" *goes out of his way to help kids, comfort them, be kind to them, etc.*

"i only use my powers for self gain/my own convenience." "anyway my mama told me to never use my powers selfishly so i always use them to help people and i try my best not to use them for personal gain<3"

"those guys are so annoying, i would never hang out with them willingly." "yeah it took them about two sentences to convince me to go with them. their thoughts seemed like they really wanted me to go, so i did. i didnt want them to be upset. not that i care about them or anything."

(sorry i post about this kind of thing a lot, i just giggle a lot at how the entire manga is so easily misinterpreted and thousands of people have watched the show but didnt pick up on the main characters most defining character traits and frequent bits.. i think there needs to be a masterlist or something disproving all the extremely common misconceptions about saiki k lol)

[ping-ski]

today was a good day :)

(they're free from the ice prison now)

[jay-wasstuff]

[ellenchain]

Autumn undercover mission 🍁

[sir-fluffbutts]

how cone twins appeared in latte's apartment? why would he sell a room in his house to some teenages? why would he even sell a room in his house at that point? was it to feel a little less lonely or is there another matter?

SO,

- its not like he rented out a room from his own house, but latte lives in a 5 story apartment building that he owns (something like this)

he only uses the top floor as his own so the rest is up for grabs (so directly speaking, he's a landlord)

- the twins (all of them) were signed up as a sort of support system from lotl.corp, and since lattes apartment (at the time, only 4th story available) was open for those types of support systems, it was selected as one of the housing options from the system

they just picked this place cause unlike the rest of the twins, they posess a strong special ability(fire) and was pretty confident they can live in a more shady parts of the city without accident

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so in short, he didn't directly sold the place to them, he just had it open for a housing support system (cause its not like he need the space or the money) and it got randomly selected as a option

[smokbeast]

He's here

Latte belongs to ma fren @crazybookcat :)

[reaping-the-benefits]

M: I'm gonna go get us beverages, what do you want, a pink drink?

P: Mph, is that your idea of being funny?

M: What are you gonna get then?

P: ...A pink drink

gfjdkba LMAO yes.

The unfortunate (or fortunate depending on how you look at it), is that once the rest of the 141 knows about your marriage to Price, you've been elected as 'Task Force Mum'. Doesn't matter if you're younger than Ghost, or barely old enough to be any of their mums, you're mum now.

So, if you're bringing Price a drink, you better bring one for the rest of them. Ghost gets an Earl Gray with enough sugar to cause a cavity. Soap can't have caffeine, so he gets a hot chocolate.

And Gaz? Gaz wants a caramel cookie frappuccino with an extra shot of caramel.

[befuddled-calico-whump]

next time you try a new food or beverage, or light a new scented candle, or even try on a new outfit, I encourage you to find a new song or album to listen to at the same time

in my experience, tying multiple senses to a new experience creates a stronger memory:

paint while listening to a new favorite song and sipping a tea you've wanted to try, or check out that local nature trail with a new album playing in one earbud

and then the next time you feel stressed or overwhelmed you can play that song again, or light that candle, or make that drink, and it may help you feel a little lighter

[yesokayiknow]

frequent questions i keep getting on the bigeneration au(s):

-why don't ten (point five) and eleven tear each other apart/beat each other to death with hammers/eat each other

eleventh hour starts like normal, since they can't exactly leave while the tardis is redecorating, and then rory's like but how can they be here?? how can the raggedy doctors be real?? they were a game?? you made me dress up like the funny one all the time?? and ten's like sorry what. the funny one? and rory's like yeah uh [points at eleven] the funny one and the uh. um. [looks at ten] the uh. hot one. and That's How It Starts. every single interaction is an opportunity to show eleven up. does he want to beat eleven to death after they've spent longer than an hour together yes of course but good god the spite of it all. the DRAMA. the whole of leadworth knows him as The Hot Doctor. the ponds and clara ADORE ten. they love him so much. like sure he's a massive dick but compared to eleven he's the nicest guy in the world. he's incredibly suave and incredibly smooth and is capable of dressing like a normal person and literally everyone keeps commenting on it. sometimes he goes off on his own just bc the ponds throw him a party when he comes back. eleven keeps trying to get him killed and he just keeps slipping out of danger and it drives eleven up the fucking wall

-why does twelve allow eleven to travel with them

he simply does not notice him. just constant white noise. he's not clara and therefore he's insignificant. the three of them keep going on trips and then clara and twelve leave before he gets back to the tardis and it's not even on purpose they just literally forgot he was there. one time they accidentally leave him in victorian london while visiting the paternoster gang and he gets a boat to new york and ends up spending ~50 years with the ponds and when he finally gets to modern day london a century later clara's like huh you look different did you change your coat. and then hell bent happens and twelve finally throws eleven out (eleven didn't get wiped and twelve isn't gonna live with that reminder) and eleven retaliates by showing up to every single one of his lectures. the only reason he isn't dead is because missy would definitely find out about it and twelve can't deal with how incredibly smug she'd be

[saetgvia]

i like you a latte out now <3

[bishonenvoicedbyadyke]

made my pilgrimage to see saint armand <3 <3 <3

interesting to see that in real life the boy's skin is much darker, the whole painting is actually. i think the version they used in the show was based on the official photo on the louvre website and this reproduction is too contrasted and exposed.

[lovesodeepandwideandwell]

Everyone clap for me setting BOUNDARIES on my babysitting (said they have to be back by 10 so I can go sleep before driving tomorrow)

[magistralucis]

@absolut--kurant!

[foldingfittedsheets]

There’s a specific quirk that makes reading urban fantasy really annoying for me, and it’s that without fail the main character is constantly guzzling coffee. They’re grumpy without it, robbed of it for laughs, they only have coffee for breakfast, they seem like they’d likely have 9/10 coffee in their bloodstream.

I’m caffeine intolerant and I’ve never been able to drink coffee, and this holy pedestal it gets placed on is bizarre to me. It’s obviously relatable or else so many authors wouldn’t do it but from the outside looking in all these characters are just grappling with a socially acceptable addiction.