[9/27] an awkward meeting

[thisfaceismine]

If there's one thing Freddie doesn't like about his job at the coffee shop, it's the hours. The hours are shit. Particularly for someone whose recreational time tends to extend quite far into the early hours of the morning.

In truth, Freddie feels he deserves some sort of medal for having called in only a time or two since his start at the shop two months ago. On this particular morning he's not even running late, though that's likely due to the fact that he's not yet slept. The guy he'd brought back left a half an hour ago, giving Freddie enough time to at least wash off the jizz and make himself some toast before heading into work.

He has half the toast in his mouth, in fact, as he's leaving, arms occupied with looping his satchel over his head as he turns to lock the door to his flat.

Early as it is he's not expecting anyone else to be up, but the next door over swings open then to reveal one Alec Lightwood. The one with the tats, the one that's his neighbor's boyfriend.

Freddie bites off a bit of toast, chewing as he tugs the rest free and chews thoughtfully, making no effort to hide his appreciative glance of Alec's person from head to toe. "Sneaking out early, are you?" he asks with a grin. "Not very boyfriendly behaviour, that."

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[thisfaceismine]

"Yeah, maybe," Freddie lies with an easy shrug. "Bet that'd fuck you both up nice and proper, yeah? S'pose you might want to invest in some earplugs - it's about to get fairly noisy."

He makes no remark on the revolving door comment. It's not as though he hasn't heard similar comments before, though, typically they're whispered in hushed, appreciative tones. Given his social circle back in Manchester, one largely made up of young, gorgeous, queer people with sex on the brain, he supposes that's to be expected.

"Maybe we'll invite a friend sometime," he continues as he reaches the door to the stairs and grins back over his shoulder. "Apparently there's another Magnus over there as well. That could be interesting."

[high_warlock]

Now he was being an asshole, but generally speaking Magnus didn't mind assholes. The sound of sex from the other night had caught both Magnus and Alec off guard, which was part of what made it so distasteful, but the truth was Magnus could set up a silencing spell as he had in the past. What's more, he could make up a silencing spell that let only Alec and Magnus' noises pass through and blocked Freddie and the other Alec.

But give his first impression of Alec -- and the fact that he passed over mention of the other Magnus pretty quickly -- he had his doubts about whether the two of them would end up a couple, let alone get involved in that combination for a threesome.

"Enjoy yourself," Magnus called out amiably. "And keep the details to yourself."

[thisfaceismine]

Magnus doesn't take the bait, which is only a little bit disappointing. Freddie's still fairly certain he's gotten under his skin well enough and Freddie lets his gaze drop down the length of Magnus once again, lingering for a moment on those ridiculous slippers before sliding upward again.

"We'll see," he promises, licking away a few crumbs from his bottom lip with the swipe of his tongue. "'Fraid I can't do much about these thin walls."

And, with that, he turns on his heels, letting his hips sway just that little bit as he jogs down the steps, holding tight to the strap of his bag. All-in-all, it's a decent start to his day. Though a small part of him is already interested in seeing whatever little gift Magnus might leave for him to find in his flat once he gets back.

This could be the start of something great.