Caritas, Saturday Evening

[newroutines]

TONIGHT'S SPECIALS
all kinds of spiked hot chocolate

Mike was a man of his word, so tonight the theme at Caritas was hot chocolate with alcohol. He'd already offered to make Tino several differen varieties to taste-test, but his fellow bartender had declined, for whatever reason. Possibly because he'd heard about Tiny last night. Mike didn't know, he just thought it was no fun at all.

So he just made himself a nice hot chocolate instead. Unspiked. At least for now. He might change that later if it ended up being a very quiet night.

[ooc: Open, no OCD!]

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[justlurkinghere]

"Can I just get a normal hot chocolate?" The alcohol was wasted on him, okay?

[newroutines]

"We have that too," Mike assured him. Since that was actually just any of the other hot chocolates without the alcohol. "Any other requirements? Peppermint, marshmallows, a tiny umbrella?"

This was a bar, after all.

[justlurkinghere]

"Peppermint would be fine." Give him a straw and expect it to be thrown.

[newroutines]

"Okay, then peppermint it is."

He knew better than to get a straw as he went to work on said hot chocolate.

"Don't think I've seen you actually come to my work too often, lately."

[justlurkinghere]

"You're advertising hot chocolate." Of course Derek would show up. Like a lost puppy. "And I'd think we see each other enough at home."

[newroutines]

"True enough." Even if Mike had actually managed to spend some nights away from home lately. Like, last night.

If he'd smelled like vampire getting home this morning, he was... not at all sorry, actually. "Just an observation. I don't actually need you checking in on me, especially since you don't even bring snacks."

[justlurkinghere]

Derek would just have to manfully move on even with the stench of vampire.

"I'll bring home the cake I make in class next week. Happy?"

[newroutines]

"Very." And he slid the hot chocolate over. "There you go. Absolutely no extra stuff apart from peppermint."

[justlurkinghere]

"You know me so well," Derek deadpanned. "Any reason for the cocoa tonight?"

[newroutines]

Mike shrugged. "It's been too cold for me lately. And, I told someone I was gonna do this today, so..."

So, he'd done it. Pretty simple.

[justlurkinghere]

"It's not that bad."

Said the werewolf who though a leather jacket was appropriate for the winter months.

[newroutines]

"Bro, you're a human spaceheater," Mike informed him. "Your opinion doesn't count."

[justlurkinghere]

Derek huffed at that. Just because it was true, didn't mean he had to like it.

"Not everywhere can have Florida weather."

[newroutines]

"Wow, I hadn't noticed that at all, these past two winters here," Mike quipped. "Do wish that they would try, though. Some of Florida weather is great."

[justlurkinghere]

"I thought all Florida weather was humidity."

[newroutines]

"Humidity and warmth."

This was an important distinction to make.

[justlurkinghere]

"And filled with alligators." Derek was so nice to Florida.

[newroutines]

Mike looked unimpressed. "Really, that's what you're going with? Fandom has gremlins and fuck knows what else."

[justlurkinghere]

"Haven't been bothered by them in a long time." Not since he turned into... The Hug Wolf.

[newroutines]

"Does that somehow make them any nicer?"

No, it did not, Derek.

[justlurkinghere]

Derek rolled his eyes, but he was smiling at it. Sort of. It was a faint smile, but it was there.

"I'm surprised there hasn't been a summer party in town yet. With all the complaints from people."

[newroutines]

"Everyone's too frozen to consider it," Mike quipped, shrugging. "It's not a bad idea, though. Especially for those of us who didn't get to go on spring break."

Like him.

[justlurkinghere]

"It was a terrifying cruise. So many mustaches," Derek replied with a shudder.

[newroutines]

"That supposed to make me feel better for missing it?"

Because it didn't.

"Dude, I could handle 'staches if it meant I got to be somewhere warm. Hell, I'd grow one for that."

[justlurkinghere]

"Please don't."

[newroutines]

"Why not?"

You were hurting his feelings, Derek.

[justlurkinghere]

"No."

[newroutines]

"You're not the boss of me," Mike had to point out, shaking his head. "My face is my own business."

[justlurkinghere]

"I have to look at it." So his vote counted.

[newroutines]

"You could live with it," he decided. "You've seen worse, you must have."

[justlurkinghere]

"That doesn't mean I want to."

[newroutines]

"Also doesn't mean you get a say."

Don't tempt him. No one wanted that.

[justlurkinghere]

"I doubt you could get anything beyond a patchy thing." Unlike Derek's luxurious facial hair.

[newroutines]

"This is so rich coming from you and your permastubble."

[justlurkinghere]

"I'd have to shave twice a day to have none!"

Damn his being a werewolf. Yes. That's the excuse for it.

[newroutines]

"So?" Mike asked, raising his eyebrows. "Stop judging my potential facial hair."

[justlurkinghere]

You can't make him!

"It'll never happen."

[newroutines]

Mike just shrugged.

You could never know!