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undergrounds2016-03-09 09:18 pm
catphishing) wrote in undergrounds2016-03-09 09:18 pm
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[OPEN] March Post
Guilty Pleasures
March (alternate Fridays), open to all.
[There are closer bars for him to be visiting after work. His colleagues have even invited him to one. Instead he's here. Alone. Not for the strippers (though from the way he keeps looking at them from the corner of his eye it's fairly clear he's not uninterested), but because its location and reputation. He wants to make friends. Connections.
Which he would probably have a lot more success with if he could get up the nerve to talk to someone. He sighs, loosening his tie even further and summoning the bartender to order himself another Maker's Manhattan.]
Westminster
Throughout March, open to all.
[Since Oliver works in Westminster it's not unusual for him to be out on his lunch break in either a small cafe or a bench, weather depending. He likes to get out when he can, take some time away from his desk. Maybe he'll even get some time away from a screen, though he'll frequently have his phone out too, either texting or checking the Facebook app.
Sometimes he'll grab a coffee when he finishes, taking advantage of how many establishments have free wifi. He's not always quite done with the work day, just eager to be somewhere he's not quite so unenthusiastic about being. He doesn't actually have to be there to fix all the help desk problems. Some are quite easy to fix through remote access. Especially with a decent coffee and a fancy pastry to make the tasks less mind numbing.
Not that he's always working. At times the coffee's just a nice way for him to unwind before he has to face up to the crowds of the tube in rush hour so he can get back home. It's easier to catch up on news articles on a laptop screen in a comfortable coffee shop than it is on his phone crammed up against ten other people. Sometimes all he does is take the time to browse period dramas on Amazon, picking one out to rent for him to enjoy when he gets back home.]
Wildcard
Throughout March, open to all.
[Choose your own adventure! PM me or ping me at my plurk [![[plurk.com profile]](https://plurk.com/favicon.ico)
technobabbled] if you want to plot something.]
March (alternate Fridays), open to all.
[There are closer bars for him to be visiting after work. His colleagues have even invited him to one. Instead he's here. Alone. Not for the strippers (though from the way he keeps looking at them from the corner of his eye it's fairly clear he's not uninterested), but because its location and reputation. He wants to make friends. Connections.
Which he would probably have a lot more success with if he could get up the nerve to talk to someone. He sighs, loosening his tie even further and summoning the bartender to order himself another Maker's Manhattan.]
Westminster
Throughout March, open to all.
[Since Oliver works in Westminster it's not unusual for him to be out on his lunch break in either a small cafe or a bench, weather depending. He likes to get out when he can, take some time away from his desk. Maybe he'll even get some time away from a screen, though he'll frequently have his phone out too, either texting or checking the Facebook app.
Sometimes he'll grab a coffee when he finishes, taking advantage of how many establishments have free wifi. He's not always quite done with the work day, just eager to be somewhere he's not quite so unenthusiastic about being. He doesn't actually have to be there to fix all the help desk problems. Some are quite easy to fix through remote access. Especially with a decent coffee and a fancy pastry to make the tasks less mind numbing.
Not that he's always working. At times the coffee's just a nice way for him to unwind before he has to face up to the crowds of the tube in rush hour so he can get back home. It's easier to catch up on news articles on a laptop screen in a comfortable coffee shop than it is on his phone crammed up against ten other people. Sometimes all he does is take the time to browse period dramas on Amazon, picking one out to rent for him to enjoy when he gets back home.]
Wildcard
Throughout March, open to all.
[Choose your own adventure! PM me or ping me at my plurk [
guilty pleasures
He casts the occasional glance at the dancers too, but as he makes his way to the bar and orders a straight whiskey, his gaze falls on the guy at the stool next to him. Someone who looks... relatively normal and non-fanged. Maybe someone as awkward as he feels, being here.]
Hey. Come here often? ...I didn't mean that as a pick-up line, I mean unless you're into that. But it's a legitimate question.
no subject
No. No, I don't.
[He doesn't look like a vampire. Maybe he's even a regular guy like him. But that's okay. Maybe that's actually better with how nervous he's been talking to people who weren't.]
Do you? Also not a pick up line. In case you were wondering.
[Not that the guy isn't cute, but things are complicated right now, and even at the best of times it's safer not to pick up guys in places like this without getting to know them at least a little first.]