foreveraughts! starters

Where: On the subway to some kind of physically demanding class

“Remind me again why this is a good idea?” Josefina asked, shifting her weight uncomfortably from one foot to the other. The pair were one stop away from their destination, and the woman was starting to regret her decision to attend the class with the other. She had a perfectly good gym in her building, one that was often empty, leaving her to worry less about somebody seeing her working out. “Can’t we just work out back at my apartment?”

𝑾𝑯𝑬𝑹𝑬 / LOCAL BRONX BODEGA (DELI) .

(only will take three people for this starter)

haphazardly organizing products behind the counter, lincoln lightly bopped his head to the hip-hop music that flowed through the headphones that were tightly placed on, flattening his dyed, blonde curls. while lincoln’s father wasn’t all too fond of his son openly being distracted while working, lincoln didn’t see the problem. there was no active customers and he was still getting the job done by stocking. still, if his father popped into the shop right now? lincoln would most definitely slip off his headphones to avoid the oncoming argument.

Someone had left a mess of some film cases, a couple strewn across the floor. Abbey knelt down and restacked them with a sigh, figuring some teens had been careless. She stood up and glanced at the person browsing further down the aisle. "That's a great one." She pointed out a film they seemed to be focused on.

the subway hummed along its course, the faint hum of the railway a familiarly quiet noise to Tomas and likely everyone else on board. it was a rare day that this car wasn't overly crowded - crowded still, mind you, but it had definitely been worse. there were a few empty seats littered among the occupied ones. still, Tomas preferred to stand, stabilizing himself with one of the poles that marked the middle of the space. better that than be up in someone's business, and thusly have someone up in his. but the subway decided to make his life harder today. generally he could handle the jerking stops and starts, but today it seemed particularly shaky along this route. every time the train reached a stopping point, Tomas felt himself nearly get thrown completely off balance. finally, after a particularly rough departure from a stop, he sighed and glanced to the empty seat just a few feet away, then up at the person sitting beside it. "mind if I sit?" he asked, nodding gently at the seat. "I won't bite, I swear."