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ripetere: (uncertain)
[personal profile] ripetere posting in [community profile] pocketsfullof
[ Ten o'clock. Finally, his shift was over. He tossed his black staff shirt with SECURITY emblazoned in bold white letters across the back onto the table in the closet that passed for a break room, and dug his cigarettes out of a jacket pocket. Most nights he'd be working until the club closed, but he'd agreed to come in early today to do set up for an event. A guest DJ or some shit - he wasn't paid to care about those details, he was paid to lift heavy objects, break up bar fights, and turn away teenagers with fake IDs.

Normally he'd just head home for the night - the music wasn't to his taste, and he had woken up with a headache that hadn't ever quite subsided. But... Bruno was here. Had showed up with an entourage of beautiful women barely half an hour ago, even. Leone knew it was weird and creepy of him to stick around just to watch a stranger, but... a little while wouldn't hurt. Enough to have a cigarette or two. Then he'd leave.

He slipped out of the breakroom, and made his way through the wall of noise and people to reach the back patio doors. There was a decent view of most of the bar from back here, and while there were a few other people having a smoke it was still relatively quiet this time of night.]
Date: 2019-04-17 02:27 pm (UTC)

zippermom: (making a point)
From: [personal profile] zippermom
[Leone wasn't gone long, but it was long enough for Bruno to gather himself a little better. He told himself he wasn't going to dive head-long into trying to fix whatever was bothering the other man... not tonight. It was a bad habit, and definitely not appropriate for the level of familiarity they currently had.

He raised an eyebrow slightly as he took the offered drink.]

Under different circumstances, I might be a little offended by that. But you're probably right.

[There were people who--given his appearance and his career--tended to assume things about him, which, while not wholly inaccurate, was grating nonetheless. He was pretty sure that Leone, with his long hair and drawn in eyebrows, wasn't being condescending, though. And given he'd basically slammed his first drink before coming out here, Bruno was grateful to be able to pace himself a little.]

That does make me a little concerned for what you've gotten yourself, though.
Date: 2019-04-24 09:27 pm (UTC)

zippermom: (uncertain)
From: [personal profile] zippermom
[Bruno didn't bother hiding the skeptical look on his face at that revelation, not entirely sure how he should feel about this little display of masochism. Leone was several inches taller and probably had a few kilos of muscle on him, so he didn't doubt him, but still. No one really drank grappa because they liked the taste.]

Am I really that bad a conversationalist?

[He smiled a little to make a joke of it, though he was beginning to think he'd failed utterly at his attempts a flirtation. Maybe he really wasn't interested at all, and this was just Leone's weird way of getting it across?]
Date: 2019-04-25 02:27 am (UTC)

zippermom: (concern)
From: [personal profile] zippermom
[Oh, no. That was... he was sure he wasn't supposed to find that confession so adorable, but he did. It also probably explained a few things.]

Is that why you never stopped to talk to me?

[He kept his voice low, though there wasn't much chance of them being overheard. He just didn't... want Leone to think he was trying to embarass him or something. He'd been waiting all this time for him to make the first move, and it had never really occurred to him that this might be why he hadn't.]
Date: 2019-04-25 05:15 pm (UTC)

zippermom: (concern)
From: [personal profile] zippermom
In that case, I'm sorry for making you wait. I'm not really used to this, myself.

[He didn't usually find himself in the position of making a first move. People came to him, and he let things go from there... Very rarely did he find himself truly wanting something enough to pursue it. But this... This he wanted. Even if it was just getting to know him a little better, and he wished he'd done something sooner.]
Date: 2019-04-26 01:54 pm (UTC)

zippermom: (arrivederci)
From: [personal profile] zippermom
[He takes a sip of his drink, and laughs quietly.]

I probably am. I know exactly where my lighter is, after all.

[It's at least a little silly that he needed the pretext, he figures.]

So we're both bad at this. It's okay.
Date: 2019-04-29 06:12 am (UTC)

zippermom: (Default)
From: [personal profile] zippermom
[That tiny smile was enough, he thought, to make all this awkwardness worth it. He returned it with one of his own as he shook Leone's hand.]

Bruno Buccellati. It's good to finally meet you, Leone.
Date: 2019-05-02 03:20 pm (UTC)

zippermom: (calm)
From: [personal profile] zippermom
[He took a healthy swallow of his drink as cover while he tried to think up a response more appropriate than slightly manic laughter. It wasn't Leone's fault, he had no way of knowing.]

I guess that depends on your expectations. Sometimes it can be, but I'm not really at that level.
Date: 2019-05-23 05:47 am (UTC)

zippermom: (neutral)
From: [personal profile] zippermom
[Well, that was a loaded question, one with answers he wasn't about to spill out to someone he'd just met. Or anyone, really, if he was honest. Instead, he focused on keeping a pleasantly neutral expression, to go with an equally neutral reply.]

I've been doing it for a long time now. And it has its perks.

[He definitely wouldn't have been able to afford half his wardrobe otherwise, for one.]
Date: 2019-05-25 02:15 am (UTC)

zippermom: (what?)
From: [personal profile] zippermom
[Well, that was... not entirely surprising, given what Leone had chosen to drink for the evening, and Bruno couldn't really even judge, since he very rarely paid for anything he drank between his friends and industry functions, but he wasn't sure exactly what to think of that admission.]

Ana... that's the bartender, I take it?

[He was learning all sorts of things about the club tonight, if nothing else.]
Date: 2019-05-26 07:10 am (UTC)

zippermom: (glance)
From: [personal profile] zippermom
She seems nice.

[Not the he's had much in the way of real interaction outside the usual, but he'd never had an unpleasant experience, either.]

Not much of a morning person, I take it?
Date: 2019-05-27 05:40 pm (UTC)

zippermom: (calm)
From: [personal profile] zippermom
[[He couldn't help but laugh a little at the sentiment, he certainly understood it, even if he didn't share it.]

I kind of like them. Things are... quieter. It can be nice.

[Some of his fondness was definitely nostalgia, he realized, but feelings like that seemed worth holding on to.]
Date: 2019-05-30 05:02 am (UTC)

zippermom: (Default)
From: [personal profile] zippermom
Hmm. I enjoy that, too, sometimes. Especially with the right company.

[It wasn't the same as waking early, didn't have the same associations, but it would be a lie to pretend he was always responsible. Far from it, really.]

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