Coffee and Lilacs
Pairing: Flystep (Herald/Lila Becker)
Summary: A coffee date with a surprise and a secret
Notes: Retri spoilers. Danny gets Lila name rights
“It opened a couple of weeks ago,” Daniel tells you as you round the corner to what he’s promised will be a worthwhile spot for coffee.
The queue by the door suggests he’s not the only one who thinks so. And there’s something about the towering height of the building in front of you (and the excited buzz of the flyer next to you) that hints this isn’t going to be a ground floor kind of place.
“We’ll be waiting forever,” you huff. “There are dozens of places nearby without a line out the door.”
Patience is not the issue here though. And neither really is the knee trembling height of the place… You can already hear the chittering of noisy thoughts ahead of you, gnawing at your shields. All waiting. All focused on the same thing.
“I– you’ll like this place. I promise.”
There’s a secret tucked away in that promise, locked down tight enough that you can’t hear it. Curious enough to pull your attention away from the crowd. Because this is on purpose.
With almost any other mind you’d just reach in, pluck it free for examination.
Maybe it’s for the best that you don’t think about why you keep making exceptions to your rules for him. Maybe it’s because he reads himself out loud to you anyway. Maybe.
But this, he’s hidden. A secret. A surprise?
