hi this is my first time doing an au, please tell me if you absolutely hate it :)
mike wheeler walked into the clearwater cafe (if you understand that reference i love you). he was there to get some time to work on his college essay. he was trying to get into columbia. and that was a huge leap. he needed all the time he could get. one of those ways would be to go to a coffee shop, get a nice, hot chocolate, and work. he walked through the door and spotted an empty table near the window. he placed his laptop case down on the chair and asked a woman nearby if she could watch it for just a couple of minutes. she smiled and nodded and he walked up to the counter.
"coming! just one sec!" said the person, more specifically a boy, behind the counter, pouring milk and all types of other stuff into a blender.
"no rush." mike called out softly. soon enough, he turned around, and mike felt his legs buckle. oh my GOD, mike thought in his head. the boy had soft, brown hair, greenish hazelnut eyes, and pale skin. but not as pale as mike was, of course. he was...beautiful.
"what can i get for you?" the boy said, hands at the ready on the screen in front of him.
"uhhh," mike started. "just a hot chocolate."
the boy tapped the screen a couple times.
"what size?"
"a medium is fine." mike answered, still completely flustered. he scanned the boy's apron for a name tag. and there it was. will, it read in small blue print. he smiled slightly. the name suited him.
"anything else?" the boy, will, asked. mike shook his head. "then it's going to be $3.76."
mike nodded and pulled out his wallet. he pulled out a 5 and slid it over.
"keep the change," he said. a grin spread on will's face. mike smiled back and walked back to his seat. he thanked the woman and took the sleek grey laptop out of the soft black case.
he opened it, opened the doc with his essay and got to work. but he just couldn't focus. he was thinking about the boy. will. he smiled at the thought of his name. he tried to get him out of his head, but he just couldn't.
his thoughts were interrupted with a small hand placing a cup down next to him. he looked up to see will.
"here's your hot chocolate." will said, smiling. mike smiled back.
"thanks." as will was turning to walk away, mike suddenly blurted out, "wait!" the boy stopped and turned to face mike.
"yeah?"
mike stood up. will was just a few inches shorter than him.
"look, i uh, thought you were really...cute. would you wanna get like coffee or something?" he asked, nervous he would get turned down. but instead, quite the opposite happened. will grinned as he blushed.
"yeah! of course! you-you think i'm cute?"
"yeah! i mean who wouldn't?" he blurted. damn it, michael he thought to himself, internally slapping himself. will blushed again.
"i-i think you're really cute too." will shyly said. this time it was mike's turn to blush. "except, could we get something else besides coffee? uh..." he motioned to the cafè around him.
"oh! yeah, right." mike said, laughing.
"uh, i'm will." will said, putting his hand out.
"mike." mike answered grasping will's hand. it was warm and fit almost perfectly in his hand.
"cool." will said, smiling.
"cool." mike said.
the two boys just stood there blushing.
"ok, well i gotta get back to work. um..." will looked around and grabbed a small piece of paper from his pocket. he grabbed a pen on mike's table and scribbled something down. he handed the paper to mike. mike was exploding inside. he got the number! of a super cute guy!
"that's my number. what do you say we have lunch at pine street market? we could browse the food stalls and eat all sorts of stuff!" will suggested. mike nodded enthusiastically.
"yeah, that sounds great! so 11 on saturday work for you?" mike asked.
"i'll text you my address." will said. "uh, i gotta go. i'll see you then?" mike nodded again, unable to keep the wide smile off his face. "cool. it's a date." will said, before turning away, a smile on his face. mike grinned, his cheeks a bright pink, as he sat back down.
he couldn't wait till saturday!
if this actually happened tho 🥺🥺🥺 also lemme know if i should write a part 2 to this 🤗
