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nikoperative

RP : starbucks on every corner -- for contact_zero

Oct 01, 2007 01:16

There really was a Starbucks on every corner in Los Angeles. And there was one in close proximity and on the direction of her travels to her office every morning. And she had a routine. Pick up the coffee, take it to work. Simple. Easy to remember ( Read more... )

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contact_zero October 1 2007, 08:29:09 UTC

Brittany Wells was not in the best mood, given the events of Sunday. Both her baseball team and her football team had lost, leading to a one-game playoff to take place Monday night, and anyone who knew her knew that such things put the college athlete and die-hard sports fan in a bitter mood. But Monday was Monday and that meant work, and she wasn't going to call out just because of that. And it was her turn to get the coffee, so after dragging herself from bed, she made her way to Starbucks, figuring she would get to work, bullshit with her partner, and find something to vent her frustrations on ( ... )

nikoperative October 1 2007, 08:32:17 UTC

"It's on me. Same with the rest of your order, I insist."

Nikolai didn't speak again for a long moment. "And I was just curious, to see if it had changed or not."

He liked to think that he still knew what she liked...not that it really mattered. A long pause, before he lowered his voice. "And I'm certainly not going to hurt you, so you can relax."

He doubted she would be able to, but it did not hurt to try and offer her the fact that as much as she hated him and wanted to hurt him, he supposed, that he would not be returning the favor or the sentiment.

contact_zero October 1 2007, 08:37:57 UTC

"Buying me coffee isn't going to make up for the fact that you're a bastard," she commented. Without missing a beat, she nodded to the barista behind the counter, with one of those 'it's too early to be awake' tired smiles. "Grande caramel frappucino, extra caramel, extra whipped cream, grande strawberries and cream frappucino, and two blueberry muffins."

Coffee and pastry, the breakfast of champions.

And just because he'd said he wouldn't hurt her didn't mean that much to her. After all, she had trusted him and ended up dumped, in a hospital bed with a gunshot wound, no less. He didn't exactly have tact. And it also didn't guarantee that she wouldn't hurt him, though she was sure that if a fight broke out and she was late for work, McNorris was just bitchy enough to call and annoy her about it, which would mean he would come looking if she didn't turn up.

"What do you want?" she said, finally rounding on him once they had ordered and were standing there waiting for their coffee. "Two fucking months later."

nikoperative October 1 2007, 08:43:35 UTC

"Like the card said. To thank you. To apologize."

Nikolai leaned against the wall and put his hands in his pockets.

"And quite honestly, to give you a chance to hit me, though I doubt you'd like a Starbucks to break into that scene on a Monday morning," he added, looking at her. He had hurt her. Badly. He knew that and he understood it, and didn't doubt it at all.

"But mainly, I wanted to apologize."

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