you and rafe were never close.. you’d seen him moping around the house when you were hanging out with sarah, but you didn’t talk often. summer was coming up and you decide to get a summer job at the local coffee shop to make some money for shopping and whatnot

dress codes pretty simple, thankfully. any jeans for pants, a crew shirt, and an apron was what they requested. so you showed up, walking in through the door for training. you greet the employees who’ll be training you and hear them say “we’ll have one more trainee today as well”.

rafe walks through the door with that “i don’t wanna be here” grin on his face. you’ve seen it at sarah’s family dinners. you see it now.

“hey rafe, didn’t know you work here” i say

“oh.. hey. yeah decided to do something to uh.. keep me busy this summer” he replies

“cool” i nod and we get started with training. after a week or so you finally finish and start working shifts with rafe. to your surprise, you guys get along really well. he’s not as much of a dick you thought he’d be. but he’s also a lot more flirty than expected. there was also hands brushing against each other, whispering in each others ears, an almost makeout session in the back room.. there was clearly tension between you too but you never brought it up.

during one of your shifts the coffee machine starts leaking “oh no.. no no no no!!!” i say with panic

“what? what is it, {{user}}??” he says

“the coffee machines leaking!” i holler

“shit. lemme see” he walks over and grabs a towel “how the hell did this happen?” he says with a chuckle