forum Talk so Pretty but your Heart got Teeth // OxO // Closed

Started November 30, 2021 by @ElderGod-Icefire

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Rowan turned to look at him, shooting him a quick smile. "Hello." he greeted. "It's nice to see you as well." the young man looked just a little tired, though nothing out of the ordinary.

"How has your day been so far?" Emmet asked him, the corners of his lips upturning in the possibility of a smile.
"Mine was rather uneventful if I must say" he added softly, sliding his hands into his pockets to avoid Rowan noticing how sweaty they were.

Rowan smiled again. "It's been fine. Still pretty early for anything major to happen." he said, shrugging his shoulders a little bit.

"how's Smoke doing?" He asked quietly, when the line moved he stepped up in sync with Rowan.
"I would love to see pictures by the way" he added briskly.

"He's doing fine." Rowan replied. At the request for pictures, he laughed a little bit. "Sure, just let me find some." he pulled out his phone, scrolling through his gallery until he found some. He pulled the photos up, showing them to Emmet. Smoke was an adorable little grey tabby, with white paws.

Emmett gasped, then smiled "he. Is. Adorable." He said excitedly, "I would love to meet him someday" he said arching a dark eyebrow and smiling widely.

"Im sure Sidda would love him" he admitted, grinning then as they stepped up to the counter Emmett turned to Rowan and said "get whatever you want, I'll pay." He said and told the barista he wanted a peppermint flavored hot chocolate. "Since I got the honour of viewing cat pictures, your drink is on me" he repeated, smiling softly.

"He is." Rowan agreed, tucking his phone away again. At Emmett's offer of paying for the drink, he hesitated, then nodded slowly. "Alright. Uhm, white chocolate mocha." he had had that one before; it was one of his favorites.

Emmett paid for the two drinks with his credit card, stepping to the side to wait once the barista handed his card back to him, he pulled out his wallet and slipped his card in before placing his wallet back into his pocket.

"so I was thinking maybe we should hang out tonight or tomorrow, y'know when neither of us are working." He suggested sternly, trying to insert his confidence.

Rowan blinked at him, taking in Emmett's words and considering them for a long moment. "Sure, if you're sure about that." Emmett was attractive, and even if the other man was not interested romantically, it was always nice to make new friends.

Emmett smiled strongly, trying to put all of his confidence in his smile and the display of his emotions. "I'm definitely sure" he said with confidence, and grinned even wider. "Just let me know when you want to do it and i'm totally down" he said with a calm eased voice.

He nodded. "Alright." he said. "I'll have to check my calendar when I get home and make sure that I don't have anything, but tomorrow night would probably work."

"cool" Emmett said with a smile, his eyes bright with happiness, he ran a hand through his hair calmly, trying to seem like he wasn't to excited.

"cool" he repeated, "Are you taking your coffee to go?" He asked hopefully, hoping he wasn't so they could sit down and Emmett could have more time to talk to Rowan.

"No, I was planning on sitting down." he replied, giving Emmett a soft smile, then checking the counter to see if his coffee was ready yet.

Emmett nodded briskly and smiled as the barista called his name, so he took both his hot chocolate and Rowan's coffee and handed the coffee to Rowan gently.

Rowan took the coffee with another smile. "Thank, Emmett." he said, pulling the lid off so that he could blow on it and try to cool it down.

Emmett gave a small smile and mumbled "yeah, no problem" as he sat down at the nearest empty table, he did the same; taking the lid off his hot chocolate and blowing on it to try and cool it down.

Rowan sat down as well, still blowing on his drink to cool it down. He looked a little tired, but still content to be here.

Emmett looked down into his drink awkwardly, not sure exactly what to say now, so he continued blowing on his hot chocolate until it cooled enough for him to sip. He then looked up and then noticed how tired Rowan looked, the circles under his eyes looking darker.

"You must be very tired." Emmett blurted then blushed "I mean you look tired is what I meant-" he managed to say, before looking down at his coffee again.

He laughed a little bit. "Just a little bit. I stayed up too late last night, is all." he replied, shaking his head for a moment.

Emmett smiled encouragingly "happens to the best of us" he said softly, looking at his hot chocolate.

Rowan nodded, blowing on his drink again, and then taking a slow, cautious sip to see if it was cool enough yet.

Emmett looked down at his watch and frowned, noticing it was time for him to start getting back to the warehouse, where his men would be waiting for him.

"I should get going soon." He said sadly.

Rowan nodded a little bit. "Alright. Well, I'll send you a text about tomorrow night, alright?" he said, stretching a little bit and giving Emmett a soft smile.

Emmett nodded slowly and exhaled through his nose "alright." He agreed and checked his watch again. "I should go" he said to Rowan, standing up and smiling down at him.

"I hope I'll see tomorrow night, I might not be here tomorrow, I have to travel to another county for work early in the morning and I'll be heading back in the early afternoon, so I'll be back in time to hangout, but not get coffee" he explained with a frown.

"I look forward to seeing you tomorrow" he said truthfully and then made his way to the door, as he pushed it open he looked back and gave Rowan a small, shy wave. He then turned left and made his way down the street, towards the warehouse where his men were waiting.

"Alright. That's fine." he replied softly, smiling up at Emmett and waving back as the man left. Once Emmett was gone, he leaned back in his seat, sipping at his coffee and reflecting on the past few mornings.