Magic Box | Tuesday

[scarlet_chaos]

Last Wanda had checked, Jeff had been dressed like an evil clown for Halloween. But when she came into work today, Jeff was wearing a bright orange apron and was holding sign for 20% off lumber.

Other than that the store seemed normal enough, so she was just going to roll with it.

But she was looking up the Lewis the pumpkin decoration because maybe he'd be amiable to being dressed up like an evil clown.


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[heroic_jawline]

"You're selling lumber now?" Steve asked, walking in with a Starbucks PSL and a less-good Dunkin' version of it I said what I said.

[scarlet_chaos]

"No, but Jeff apparently is," Wanda said, sounding a bit annoyed. "He's hyping up some other store that may or may not be on the island."

[heroic_jawline]

"That's pretty rude of Jeff," Steve said, looking judgmental. Don't make him give you his disappointed in you face, Jeff.

[scarlet_chaos]

"He looked so cute in his clown costume too." Even with all the blood!

[heroic_jawline]

Steve shook his head regretfully. "Coffee?" he offered, holding out the good one. "There might finally be enough on the island to keep Tony full."

[scarlet_chaos]

"Yes, thank you," Wanda said, happily accepting the good one. "I did notice there were some more coffee places around. I guess it was only a matter of time."

There had been Starbucks in Sokovia for god's sake. They were everywhere.

[heroic_jawline]

"There's a tiny Starbucks kiosk wedged into the fix-it part of Stark's," Steve always Steve, why wouldn't it be Steve said, shaking his head. "It wasn't there when I went out for a run but now they have Stark Industries themed mugs?"

[scarlet_chaos]

"Really? That's a little odd," she said. "But I do kind of want a mug. Oh--are there Avengers ones?"

[heroic_jawline]

"Of course," Steve said, grinning. "Yours is cute."

[scarlet_chaos]

"Well now I have to get one," she said with a grin. "It's still a bit weird it popped out of nowhere though. You'd think Tony would have to okay that sort of thing."

It was entirely possible he did reply "ok" to a random e-mail that he didn't read.

[heroic_jawline]

"I'm not sure he didn't," Steve admitted. "It seems like the sort of thing he'd want."

[scarlet_chaos]

"It was 50/50 on if he was a Starbucks guy or if he was super bougie about his coffee," Wanda said. "Like imported from the fields of Bolivia coffee beans."

[heroic_jawline]

"I've seen him drink straight from a cold pot," Steve said with a grin. "He's not proud when it comes to the caffeine fix."

[scarlet_chaos]

"With like no creamer or anything?" she asked. "He really is an iron man."

Iron stomach, anyway.

[heroic_jawline]

Steve burst out laughing. "I'll tell him you said that. He'll love it."

[scarlet_chaos]

"I mean, it's pretty impressive," Wanda said. "I think drinking coffee black would give me heartburn."

Pregnant for like a day and a half and she still got that post-pregnancy side effect. Or she was was closer to 40 than 30 now. Either one.

[heroic_jawline]

"I've drunk it black during the war," Steve said, "but there's milk and sugar now so...add 'em."

[scarlet_chaos]

"Because of rationing." See, she took a history class. "We sort of had that when everything in Sokovia was really bad but it was more like import problems."

[heroic_jawline]

And now she got to be on the receiving end of Steve's pleased, touched smile because someone remembered something about his past. "And so now I like to indulge just a little," he admitted. "I don't have to, but it's nice that it's an option."

[scarlet_chaos]

"Only you would think a couple extra pumps of pumpkin syrup is indulging," Wanda said with a laugh. "Most of us just see it as how we like our coffee."

[heroic_jawline]

Steve grinned, cheeks going pink. "My choices used to only 'hot' or 'cold and sad'." He grinned. "Or 'oh no, Dum Dum made it'."