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➵ ‘oh my gosh we close soon and this person won’t leave’ // ‘oh my gosh they close soon and I don’t know how to ask for their number’
➵ barista making specific latte art for someone
➵ barista making latte art not as good as usual because they’re so nervous because oh my this customer is so attractive
➵ barista dropping a tray and one customer helps pick everything up
➵ it’s really slow so the barista and customer end up talking for hours
➵ the coffee shop is closed, but there’s someone outside in the rain so they’re invited in to keep warm
➵ barista remembering one customer’s name but actually they had it wrong the entire time and the customer doesn’t want to correct them
➵ customer doesn’t like coffee, but they were walking by and the barista was super attractive so they came in anyway
➵ barista writing bad pick up lines on a customer’s cup
➵ the shop is really crowded so a customer asks to share a table with another customer
➵ barista is bored and relentlessly tries to strike up a conversation with a busy customer
➵ new barista flirts with customer without realizing they’re flirting with the shop owner
➵ new barista frequently gives customer a free drink without realizing it’s the shop owner; shop owner should be upset about loss of profit but they’re not; ‘should you be giving me free coffee?’ // ‘oh I’ve actually been paying for it myself, don’t worry about it’ ; shop owner is way more upset at that
➵ new barista accidentally gets locked out of shop, random guy picks the lock with a soft stare that says ‘don’t ask questions’
➵ two customers use wifi and work; one is a writer and the other has looked over their shoulder to read the story; chapter ends on a cliffhanger; when the writer gets up to leave the other person awkwardly asks what happens next
➵ two customers frequent the same coffee shop at the same time every day; one day one of them shows up late and the other had already ordered for them
➵ barista draws heart next to customers name every day; customer is undeniably enamored but barista does it for everyone and doesn’t realize why that customer stares at them so sweetly
➵ customer flirts relentlessly with every barista, but the new employee is completely oblivious/unbothered
➵ customer leaves a huge tip and barista doesn’t know how to accept it
➵ customer leaves something behind and barista chases them down the street to return it
➵ two people frequent the same coffee shop to use the wifi and do their work; little do they know they work for the same company and have been emailing each other the entire time (bonus points if they end up sharing a table and complaining/talking about the other person to them)