garbage queen

its fun

i can do literally whatever I want

cons of writing

"Lowering his lips to her ear, the soft cadence of his voice made Chrissy shiver.  Entirely involuntary.  And his chuckle moreso, as though he knew precisely his affect on her.

“If you were content with this prospective future,” Captain Munson whispered, “you wouldn’t have found yourself in a ne’er do well pub the eve before you said your vows.”"

"Perhaps I am simply learning from the prolifically feared Captain Munson."

"Oh, no," he chuckled, stepping closer to her. So near she could feel the inhale of his lungs as he breathed in time with her. "The danger you pose to me could never be learned, my dove.""

no one goes to dive bars and orders or expects anything more complicated than a rum and coke

cutting people off is not as scary as I assumed it was

a lot of random older men know my dad (I didn’t know my dad was popular????) which is seriously funny for the Wayne angle

one of my regulars (male, mid-60s) asked me the other day if I had a boyfriend.

“Nah.”

“Girlfriend?”

“Nope.”

“You… what about kids?”

“Shoot, I sure hope not. That would be awkward.”

“…”

“…”

“*Why?*”

“Idk man, seems like a lot of work.”

“… Well, it’s decided. I’ll have to set you up.”

“You absolutely do not.”

“No, yeah, I do. Pretty girl like you can’t just not have a partner, Tricia. Who are you supposed to get in trouble with?”