Once in A Millennium Stanford Pines X Reader

The Vinyl Cafe

You hated the night shift.

As a barista of 6 months, you had grown accustomed to the early morning rush, so the eerie quiet of the cafe at 12 am was alien to you.

Only one other person was in the shop with you, and that was your manager Kaitlyn. She sat at one of the tables in the cafe, buried in her text book. For someone attending Backupsmore University, she sure was driven.

It wasn't exactly a secret students weren't climbing over each other to get into the school. Hell, if it wasn't for your shoddy interview, you'd be among future musical legends at Berkeley. You could been studying under legends, but now, here you were, in a coffee shop littered with records at 12 in the morning.

Suddenly, you heard a little chirp from the register. A paper printed out and you groaned. A mobile order. These were dreaded, especially it being so late at night. The only other time you work a night shift, you got 36 strawberry smoothies. You pulled the paper off, and stood there staring at it for a while.
S. Pines
Large Latte
No Milk
10 Shots Esp.
"Umm Kaitlyn, could you come look at this?" Kaitlyn put down her textbook and walked over,
"This better be worth it, I have two assignments due in the morning." She took the paper from you, and studied it. You looked at her, expectantly
"Who in their right mind would get 10 shots of straight espresso?" Kaitlyn put the paper on the machine and shrugged,
"Someone with a paper due in the morning I don't know. Could be a prank. Just make it and if they come in we'll know."
You sighed, there's no way you could pull 10 shots and put them in a medium cup. Still, that wouldn't stop you from trying. You were entranced in the rhythm, grind the beans, tamper the grounds, pull the shot, and pour it into the cup. After doing this 10 times, you managed to fit the shots in two cups. You leaned against the counter, admiring your handiwork. The door opened, ringing that too familiar bell. A rather, tall, nerdy looking man step through the door. He was quite attractive, his brown hair was perfectly kempt, even though it was extremely late at night. You smiled, picked up the 2 cups, and walked on over to the edge of the counter.
"S. Pines!" The man's gaze met yours. He strode over and picked up one of the cups, his fingers grazing yours,
"Thank you.. umm.."
"Y/N, Y/N L/N, " you smiled gingerly,
"Y/N..." he said thoughtfully, "I don't think I've seen you here before."
"Oh, I usually work the morning shift, but we had a call out," you laughed, "Do you usually order this much coffee at this time of night?"
"Oh yeah, I plan on getting out of here as soon as possible," he scratched the back of his head nervously, "let's just say I'm a regular here."
"Well here," you slid him a glazed donut, "On the house, that stuff's strong."
"Thank you Y/N, I hope I'll see you again," he let out a laugh, "preferably in the day time."
"I hope so too," he turned to leave, " Wait, I don't think I caught your name." He turned and smiled,
"Stanford. Stanford Pines, but you can call me Ford."
Just as soon as he'd entered he was gone. You found yourself leaning on the counter, swooning over this man. Stanford. Something about him made your heart flutter. Kaitlyn looked up from her book,
"You were totally hitting on him weren't you" You felt your face flush,
"Psh no way, besides I barely know the guy."
"Whatever you say Y/N, but he totally had the hots for you." Kaitlyn returned to her book. You blushed, you weren't exactly the first choice, but something in this encounter made you feel like you were. You heard the record click, a new song started playing, this one was quite old, but what could you say. You were a sucker for jazz.
We'll meet again,
Don't know where,
Don't know when,
But I know we'll meet again
Some Sunny Day

Hey guys!! I'm back at it again with the fan fictions >:) . I really like this one so far, and I hope you guys will too! I'm very awful w updating, but I have faith this one will maybe be different (probably not). Anywho, instead of having every chapter being named after a song, I'm gonna try to include a song lyric in each one. Try to guess it, or just enjoy it. Anywho, thanks for reading :)
High Six,
Cara