Axel Wright

Vale would have been surprised if the other man denied him a cigarette since he’d asked him to join him, but it was still nice that he gave him one. Leaned in toward the man, Vale let him light his cigarette and then took a drag, leaning back against the wall and letting out a puff of smoke. “Yeah, I see why people get addicted to this,” Vale said, already feeling more relaxed. This was another reason Vale needed to just quit, so he didn’t get addicted. “Nice to meet you too, Axel,” Vale replied. “Cool name by the way.”

"So, you're saying you're not?" he asks looking at the cigarette on his fingers, he wasn't judging or anything like that, mostly joking, "I should really cut it, not good for your voice, you know? not that it matters any more," he trails off, shrugging his shoulders. "Nice to meet you too, Thanks, my parents really outdid themselves, huh?" Axel jokes. "Sorry to hear that," Axel nods, "Yup, been kind of a shitty day for the last year, y'know?"

" No." Elian replies." But I would like to think that you would be smarter than to offer drinks on your salary but if you insist then who am I to say no." They sit down next to Axel." A free drink is a free drink after all."

"Please what good does it do to work in a place like this if I can't offer some pretty faces a free drink?"he laughs a little, maybe it wasn't a first he had offered some drinks... Ax watches them as they take a sit next to him, he's usually teasing smile still in the corner of his lips, "I mean aren't you the one that's always patching me up? how many times have you played witchy nurse for me since I got here?" he askes, as he playfully bumps their shoulder, "Though, I'm sure you've got some other ways to make people better," he winks, "I'm very good at that too, just so you know."

Addie chuckled, low and warm, as she plucked a cigarette from the pack and tucked it between her fingers like second nature. “Well, Axel.” She murmured, glancing at the name tag as she pulled an old Zippo from her jacket pocket. The lighter clicked open with a practiced flick, flame catching at the tip before she snapped it shut again. “You got a decent smile when you’re bribing people with waffles. I’ll give you that.”

Axel watches her as she moves, a smirk in the corner of his lips, as she looks at the name tag on his shirt,"Well, fuck," he chuckles a little, "Only when I'm briding people? where I was thinking I am a charming guy, with a pretty smile in general!"

" Can you even offer a free drink? Doesn't that come out of your salary Axel?" Elian ask him stopping next to him. "Oh, you poor soul, suffering all by yourself, so sad." The witch shrugs their shoulders it wasn't as if they had anything better to do, their plans were wide open.

"What, you think I'm that fucking broke?" Axel raises an eyebrow, though theres a playfull tone on his voice, "Besides, I won't tell , if you won't tell," he winks playfully. "Hey don't make fun of me! There was a woman in there about to make me fucking crazy, first the coffee was too cold, then it was too hot, what the fuck does She wants and why do always get the annoying people?" He rants on , rolling his eyes, he looks over at the witch, "But my good friend Elian is here now, and they always know how to make me feel better, " he teases, a bit of Smart ass smirk on the corner of his lips.

Addie smirked, folding her arms as she leaned against the doorframe of Old Mill. “Free drink, huh? Upgrade it to free pecan waffles or no deal." She teased, a knowing grin tugging at her lips. She'd quickly become a regular at the Diner since her return to Cardinal Hill. She used to frequent the place after dance rehearsals for a waffle the size of her head topped with candied pecans—a guilty pleasure. And since her return, the Diner felt like a little corner of normal she could still count on.

"I think I can squeeze in some free waffles,you are a regular in this place, and besides boss is always telling me I need to be nicer and smile more," not that he was ever rude, it was moslty the not wanting to get into trouble a guy with anger issues working a job where he had to deal with so many people could lead to a couple of problems, "Not that I ever would have problem being nice to you by the way," he says giving her a playfull wink.

"Yeah, probably a pat in the back and a attaboy" he chuckles, shaking his head, it was not like his boss hated him, or that he sucked at his job , he just tended to slack off a little and sneak out to smoke whenever he could. "Thanks, there's a lady in there thats driving me fucking crazy" he shakes his head.

Vale knew that he shouldn't. He didn't drink or do drugs, nothing that would impair his reactions or judgment, not since...well, since it had gone very, very wrong. But smoking was the one vice Vale sometimes indulged in. He was trying to quit, and the truth was that if he really wanted to, he could have - Vale didn't have an addictive personality, and he'd never felt the thrall of nicotine as much as people who actually smoked regularly. Still, Vale knew that it was like playing with fire - sooner or later, he wouldn't have such an easy time avoiding it. Still, it had been a shit day, and what did he really care anyway? His health and wellbeing hadn't been at the top of his priority list for a long time now. So he approached the man, nodding and saying, "Sure, I'll have a smoke, though I'll need to bum one off of you." He took a cigarette from the man and stuck it in his mouth, leaning closer for the man to light it. "My name is Vale," he told him, his voice slightly muffled by the cigarette between his lips.

Axel nods as the other comes close, he's glad at least most people are nice, the last thing he needs is to get into another fight and in his work place would probablly mean double the trouble, "Sure," he says, then reaching inside his pocket, he grabs the lighter and lights Vale's cigarret, "Vale, nice to meet you, I'm Axel" he reaches out his hand for a shake, "Were you going in to grab some food?" He asks, gesturing with his head to the Diner, "Or just causually also having a shitty day?" He half jokes.

"I know he started it, and that's why he's going home alone tonight." Though, he would have gone home alone regardless. "I wouldn't expect you not to defend yourself," Ney said then, as she came to take a seat on the curb beside him, "but I counted four punches. Four?" Her brows lifted, as she pointed this out. "One, two.. sure, but the other two were overkill, especially when he was already on his back."

"Yeah, yeah I know," he sighs, looking down at his knuckles, bruised and dry blood still stuck on them, he was a little embarrased by that display of violence, but it as not like he was gonna admit to it. "I may have gotten a little carrired away, but you know, I just hate fuckers who can't respect a lady like you," wasn't exactly a lie, but it also wasn't exactly the reason he went so hard on the guy.

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In his defence, Axel had no clue the woman had a date, had he known, he wouldn't had hit on her, She was... A looker for sure and he was an asshole sure, but he wasn't that much of an asshole, you just don't meddle in someone else's date! But it was not his fault the guy decied to go fuck knows where and left the woman on her own, besides he wasn't sure and he wasn't disrespectful to her, all he wanted was to ask her if She wanted a drink and all the sudden the asshole was on him! What was he to do? Take it and don't hit back?