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Sweet Like Coffee (R) by Ephemera
Fandom: POPSLASH
Pairing: Chris/Nick
Author Website: Index of fic
Why this must be read:
This is unusual for a SeSa fic, in that instead of chronicling the beginning of a relationship, what we see are two people who are firmly and happily in love. It's an AU: Chris and Nick work together in a coffee shop—I want to say 'in London', because it's an Ephemera story, though I'm not absolutely sure it's made explicit—and watch the progress, or, rather, the lack of progress, being made between two of their regular customers.
So there is a 'beginning of the romance' element to the story, too, and it is very sweet, but the really fun thing about it is the way the customers' situation highlights Nick and Chris's relationship.
Also, there is hot sex.
"You think Tattoo Dude has noticed Sweet Specs?" Nick asked.
They were curled up in the dark, warm and naked, and yet, Nick wanted to talk about customers from the store. Somehow that just made Chris love Nick more, even as it made Chris really uncomfortable to think about it. Eighteen months ago, he could have been properly bitter and cynical, and now look at him. Positively sappy.
"I don’t know – I guess not? I mean, it’s really obvious to us, right, but that guy – he’s not looking for it, for one thing. He’s pretty focussed too – always got his head in a book."
"You think he’s straight, then?"
Chris shrugged, and then snuggled closer to Nick’s bare chest. "He’s certainly not in our top ten campest customers. I mean, that kind of sucks for Specs – unrequited lust for a straight guy might be a rite of passage or something, but it still sucks in all the bad ways - but what are the odds?"
Sweet Like Coffee
Pairing: Chris/Nick
Author Website: Index of fic
Why this must be read:
This is unusual for a SeSa fic, in that instead of chronicling the beginning of a relationship, what we see are two people who are firmly and happily in love. It's an AU: Chris and Nick work together in a coffee shop—I want to say 'in London', because it's an Ephemera story, though I'm not absolutely sure it's made explicit—and watch the progress, or, rather, the lack of progress, being made between two of their regular customers.
So there is a 'beginning of the romance' element to the story, too, and it is very sweet, but the really fun thing about it is the way the customers' situation highlights Nick and Chris's relationship.
Also, there is hot sex.
"You think Tattoo Dude has noticed Sweet Specs?" Nick asked.
They were curled up in the dark, warm and naked, and yet, Nick wanted to talk about customers from the store. Somehow that just made Chris love Nick more, even as it made Chris really uncomfortable to think about it. Eighteen months ago, he could have been properly bitter and cynical, and now look at him. Positively sappy.
"I don’t know – I guess not? I mean, it’s really obvious to us, right, but that guy – he’s not looking for it, for one thing. He’s pretty focussed too – always got his head in a book."
"You think he’s straight, then?"
Chris shrugged, and then snuggled closer to Nick’s bare chest. "He’s certainly not in our top ten campest customers. I mean, that kind of sucks for Specs – unrequited lust for a straight guy might be a rite of passage or something, but it still sucks in all the bad ways - but what are the odds?"
Sweet Like Coffee