[Warm brown eyes met by equally warm ones. Nida knows better than to smolder at his boyfriend when he’s working. Doesn’t eye him over in his clothes or apron, doesn’t judge how wrong it is for a hot drink to be that shade of green, doesn’t do much more than smile. Because seeing Billy is always a pleasure and a relief, especially after the day before. Especially after a lot of things. Which, of course, he kept his boyfriend appraised of in pre-bed texts because like hell he was giving up that habit here.]

Now correct me if I’m wrong, young barista, but mocha is a coffee-drink with some sort of chocolate, right? And you guys put mint in it? How is that a thing? Are their tiny free samples? Mint and chocolate and coffee isn’t something I’m familiar with. Like elephant ears. What even are they and can I find elephants so I can have more of those? They are sweet. A plant or something like that?