J,GOB | Wednesday Morning

[knife_bender]

Having great reflexes was extremely helpful in Diego's line of work, given he was shot at a lot. But it also helped in non-emergency situations, like when he walked into J,GOB and narrowly avoided being hit in the face with a pumpkin cheesecake muffin. He caught the second one that came his way a few moments later.

Apparently there was a gremlin that was annoyed that pumpkin spice was on its way out and peppermint was coming in. After ensuring that the baristas didn't want the law involved with this (thank god) he got coffee and sat down at a table near the window with his free muffin.

And then caught a cake pop as it came hurling past. Not a bad time to be in the bakery, to be honest.

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[grenadesandohana]

"Why are baked goods being used as weapons?" Steve asked as he came into the store and barely missed a bear claw to the face.

[knife_bender]

"Protest against peppermint mocha," Diego said, halfway through his second muffin. If he kept getting food thrown at him he was gonna eat it. "Barista already said she didn't want the cops involved."

[grenadesandohana]

"Oh, good," Steve said happily, sitting down without being invited. "Less work and more snacks."

[knife_bender]

"That's what I figured," Diego said, not at all bothered by Steve making himself at home. "If you keep your eye out you can catch some free stuff. I've gotten two muffins and a cake pop so far."

[grenadesandohana]

"Sweet," Steve said, looking entirely too pleased with himself for that frankly terribly lazy play on words. "How have you been? Danny turned into a kid this weekend and he's pissed that he liked the ham and pineapple pizza I fed him."

[knife_bender]

"My weekend was pretty normal," he said. "Annie and I were adults, anyway. Watched some TV, prepared for me meeting her family over Thanksgiving."

[grenadesandohana]

"Big step," Steve said with a small smile. "You ready?"

[knife_bender]

"Yeah, after everything my family put her through this should be nothing in comparison," Diego said. "Also when I met her mom for the first time I was holding a severed hand, so it's all uphill from there."

[grenadesandohana]

"Wow," Steve said, blinking. "That'll definitely leave an impression."

He was kind of mad that wasn't how he'd met Clara, honestly.

[doctorgingerspice]

You know what Will needed? Some sort of sugar-and-carb-laden thing that could be passed off as breakfast.

You know what he didn’t need?

A muffin whipped at his head.

“Jesus Christ!” he exclaimed, arms coming up to block the incoming pastry.

[knife_bender]

"Watch your head," Diego called out from where he was sitting. "Or catch, either one."

[doctorgingerspice]

“Thanks,” Will said, his tone dry. “What the hell is going on?” Variations on that question were getting a lot of use as he got acclimated to this place.

[knife_bender]

"Gremlin is protesting," Diego said. "Upset pumpkin spice is leaving."

[doctorgingerspice]

Will took a deep breath, trying to steady himself.

“… Gremlin?” he asked, curious but also resigned to the fact that he probably wasn’t going to like the answer.

[knife_bender]

"Yeah, they're all over the place," Diego said. "Avoid getting bitten by one, unless humiliating yourself in public is your kink."

[doctorgingerspice]

“Yeah, no,” Will shook his head. His heart was still beating a little too fast considering all that had been thrown at him was a muffin. “Hard pass on that.” He didn’t need help in that arena, like, at all.

[knife_bender]

"Well if it makes you feel any better, this one just seems interested in throwing stuff." Did that make you feel better, Will? Did it?

[stykera]

Stark was at a disadvantage when it came to unexpected projectiles. His entire right side being a blind spot made avoiding flying objects difficult, as evidenced by the brownie that had just bounced off his shoulder.

He yelped, a little, brushed the crumbs he could see off his shoulder, and looked around trying to figure out where it had come from.

"That's new. Different."

[knife_bender]

"Oh yeah, watch out." He said far too late.

[stykera]

"I may have to sit in a corner," Stark said. "Or not stay. This isn't usually a problem, flying baked goods."

[knife_bender]

"I know," Diego said. "I kind of like it. Keeps things fresh and exciting."

[stykera]

"Do you usually come to the bakery looking for excitement?" Stark asked. "I'm usually just looking for chocolate."

[knife_bender]

Diego shrugged a shoulder. "I mean, I'm not going to say no to excitement when I can get it in this town."

[stykera]

"You stayed your usual size over the weekend?" Stark guessed. "There hasn't been much other than that recently, has there?"

They were due for something terrible, weren't they?

[knife_bender]

"Yeah, Annie and I were adults," Diego said, briefly leaning towards the side to avoid getting hit with a donut. "Been pretty quiet. I heard there something at Homecoming? Which is why I tend to avoid those things."

Also he didn't want to be a weird older guy at a high school.