//Krii7y\\ One Shots

Bartender!Au (Running out of titles)

 Jaren didn't want to go to the bar. He wasn't the biggest fan of alcohol, but his friend Cameron talked him into going. Now Cameron was flirting with some short dude on the other side of the bar, and Jaren was left sitting alone at the bar, an untouched glass of beer in front of him.

 John had been working a 6-hour shift that was almost over and was running back and forth behind the bar. His shift was finally over and he had a moment to stop and take a breath while surveying the bar before he left. His eyes landed on a brown-haired man with a full glass of beer in front of him. He looked bored and a bit annoyed, but John didn't see that. He saw what he thought of as pure beauty. Though his shift was technically over, he walked toward him anyway. Halfway to him, however, a man that seemed much older than the boy sat on the stool next to him and started a conversation. John watched as this man scooted closer to his perfect boy and flirted. 

 Jaren was quickly uneased by this man that had sat next to him. He reeked of beer and attempted to flirt. 

        "Hey, you're cute." He slurred out and held a huge grin on his face. "Wanna make out?" Jaren was shocked at the sudden forwardness of this man.

        "Uh, no. Sorry." He tried to scoot away but the man scooted closer again and put his hand on top of Jaren's.

        "Come on, baby. Just a little?"

John witnessed all of this happen, and realized that this man probably wouldn't leave the boy alone. He walked over to the two men and started speaking without realizing. 

         "Hey, can't you see he's not interested? Leave him alone or I'll kick you out and ban you for life" John said, even though he wasn't sure if he could actually do that. But it seemed to work as the man scoffed, rolled his eyes, and stumbled off of the bar stool and away from the bar. Jaren sighed in relief and looked at John. 

        "Thank you..." He trailed off with his sentence as he actually looked at him. Just as John did, he surveyed him and thought of him as perfect. John hadn't noticed, thinking of what to say next. 

        "I'd ask if you wanted a refill, but..." He motioned toward the full glass of beer.

        "Oh yeah. I don't really like beer. Do you think you could me a glass of water actually?" Jaren shook off his hypnosis to speak, and John smiled. 

        "Sure thing!" John happily responded and walked toward the glasses. Craig, one of his coworkers, looked at him with a confused face, knowing that John's shift was over. John glanced at Jaren, Craig followed the glance and nodded in understanding. He returned to Jaren with the water and even added a lemon to the edge of the glass. He placed it in front of him and stood awkwardly. 

       "Thanks. Don't you have other customers to attend to?" Jaren asked and John laughed a bit. 

        "Nah, my shift is over. I just wanted to talk to you and didn't know any other way to introduce myself." John confessed, and Jaren's face turned bright red for a moment. 

        "Oh. Well, I'm Jaren." He said and John smiled.

        "I'm John. Mind if I sit?" He asked and motioned to the now empty seat next to Jaren. 

        "Not at all." He replied, and John walked around the bar before finally sitting on the bar stool next to the boy of his dreams. They talked and flirted for about an hour before John felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned to look at the person touching him and saw the drunk guy from earlier. John could tell he's drunker now. That's all he could tell because before he can do anything else, the drunk man punched John in the jaw. He went flying off the stool and hit the wooden floor. The drunk man wound up to kick him in the stomach while he was on the ground, but a large man, the bouncer, pulled him away and toward the door. John slowly sat up from the floor and touched his jaw, testing what hurt and what didn't. Jaren's state of shock broke and he got off his bar stool and kneeled down in front of John looking very concerned.

        "Oh my god, are you ok?" He asked quickly

        "Yeah. Might be a bit sore tomorrow, but right now I'm great looking into your eyes." He swiftly responded and Jaren blushed again. "Why don't we head out of here. I think I've had enough of this place for one day." John said, and Jaren nodded. The two walked together out of the bar before Jaren piped up.

        "Oh crap, hold on I gotta do something." He said as he ran back into the bar. He searched for Cameron before finally finding him, still flirting with the short man. He walked over and explained to him he was leaving, and Cam was so drunk and engrossed in the fully sober short man that he just nodded. 

        "Can I trust you to take care of him?" Jaren asked the sober man, and he nodded truthfully. Jaren quickly thanked him and ran back to meet with John. He intertwined his hand in John's, and they walked together to John's car and ended up going back to John's place. They spent the rest of the night with each other, happy and in love.