“and like, honestly…” elodie pulled the box from her basket guiltily, facing the side towards the man. “it technically has instructions on the side, but i just put everything in jars to save on room and recycle the boxes immediately. not the brightest move,” she admitted, nodding along and laughing, endeared, as he recounted his ‘yoga experience’. “yes, we have a beginner class- the midnight class is my little passion project, and it’s free so you can do both without worrying about it breaking the bank,” el explained, pulling her cellphone out and navigating to the website, handing the iphone over with the schedule up. “these are our class time - it’s all pretty relaxed. you can register online or drop in and do it the old fashioned, pen and paper method.” grabbing an avocado, she gave it an exploratory squeeze, obviously pleased by the ripeness, and nodded as she handed it over to him. “yeah, dice ‘em.”

there’s that signature mischievous look lighting up her features again. ‘ well you clearly care a lot more than me. ’ sofia mused, moving over to the couch and lounging out across it. ‘ you know i’m impatient. it’s one of my redeeming qualities, no? ’ bringing her legs around to make enough room for cas to sit down, eager eyes watching the bottle, a hand would rake through loose waves. ‘ now come and sit down, i need a drink. ’

dom let out a hum as he said that, “if only we were to be so lucky…” he drove her nuts, she’d admit that but it wasn’t the worst. like a running gag almost, the fun she had working him up made up for it. “take the first three off the top and flip them onto the table, think about a question while you’re doing this.”

“Nothing but nice? You never respect me!” he said, raising his voice slightly but a grin still on his face. “Like you just disrespected my duck story. That was one of the first ones I worked on when I moved back here and you said it was great at the time. Now it’s bad? ,” he added, shaking his head for a more dramatic effect. “I should. Maybe it can be a feature on the online site. ‘Is This Ridiculous Name Part Of A Shakespearean Play?” It would go viral. I’d be on Ellen, and then she would randomly give me 10k. So, thanks man,” he said. “You sound like you should be an actor - a lot of actors are crazy, too. If you went by ‘Jake’ you’d just be another boring actor. Caspian Apollo Jacob Ryans? That’s exciting, and crazy,” he nodded, imagining how ridiculous it would be if his friend went by any other name. “I’m sure you can think of something. Yell that the world’s ending. Say you’re a time traveler. I don’t wanna your naked ass.”

“I always respect you! I have the most amazing and incredible respect for you, my best friend, because I’m a nice and decent person. I don’t know why you insist on disgracing our friendship so frequently.” cas was trying not to laugh as he spoke, pointing a finger for dramatic effect. “listen, okay, i’m a huge liar because i loved the duck story. it’s a great story. but why write about that again when you can write about more exciting things? like a friendship, torn to pieces over some ducks, a lemonade stand, and someone being completely opposed to my naked body.” at this point, cas broke into a laughter, a wide grin at jay after he relaxed. “You better shake that 10k with me. It’s my name you’re benefiting from so I have legal rights to half, or something.” running a hand through his hair, he looked falsely perplexed. “Maybe I should consider a career change? Small town grease monkey turned crazy-ass actor. There’s a story for you.” he smiled softly. “I could do both. With a name like Caspian Apollo Jacob Ryans I could be a time traveler who’s seen the world end. Apparently my destiny is to be the madman of your career. This is what friendship is for, my dude.” 

“Like, ‘dog found’?” Rory suggested. She realized then her response sounded snarky and she wanted to apologize but hoped he hadn’t noticed. “I was planning on that. See if he’s chipped or sick.”

“i am not bossy. maybe a little but not usually.” he returned caspian’s teasing with an eye roll. he had learned not to take the blonde seriously in certain situations. “i’m kind of hot a lot of the time, then.” he worked out a lot but no one had ever complimented him in such a way. it was refreshing. he found himself reaching down to take a hold of caspian’s as it touched the fabric of his clothes but not pulling him away. he didn’t want the other to go anywhere. not right now or in the near future. he nodded along with caspian, not letting the smile fall from his lips. “a lot of interesting door that i can’t wait to play out. it seems like fun.” he wiggled his eyebrows, pulling caspian closer to him as he moved into the house after him. “something? what does that mean? it could be a number of things. be more specific.” he wanted to get showered with compliments, especially from the blonde. “i’m coming. don’t worry about me.” he winked again before coming to a stop, pulling the blonde against his body to kiss him, softly at first to ignite the fire. 

caspian chuckled, raising an eyebrow at him. “a little, yeah.” it wasn’t hard for the boy to joke around, especially around dean. it was to the point where he left it up to the other to determine what was serious ; but hey, who didn’t like a little mystery? “well, yeah. you are.” he agreed simply, not caring at all to hid his attraction to the other -- by now, caspian figured it was obvious, and he didn’t mind sharing his thoughts. sometimes, caspian found himself questioning the nature of their relationship -- it was a little more personal than some of his previous just hookups, but he found himself not wanting to bring it up in fear that it might mess things up ; and he didn’t want dean going anywhere. softly and slowly, he brought their hands together as he pulled him inside, not dropping the others hand from his when they got inside. “ just -- something. don’t know how to explain it. it’s a good thing. it’s definitely a good thing.” cas could go on and on about how much he liked being around dean, but he liked keeping him a little on edge. when he was kissed, cas smiled softly, naturally deepening the kiss like he was sure dean knew he would do. slowly but carefully, he walked backwards, pulling dean to what he hoped was his bathroom, but he couldn’t be bothered to break the kiss to actually check. instead, he just backed into the counter top, stopping there to keep kissing before getting into anything else. 

“Oh, no, no, no!” Danielle yelled out when she turned towards the uber just to notice it drive away with her folders and purse. “Crap.” She muttered beneath her breath only to look around for the nearest passersby. “I’m sorry to bother you, but my uber just drove away with my files. I was wondering if I could borrow your phone or given direction towards the nearest payphone?”

Caspian wasn’t always a fan of being approached by strangers in public, but he wasn’t going to be a complete ass to someone who just needed to get something of theirs back. If it was him, he’d want someone to help him. “Oh. Yeah, sure.” he shrugged, pulling him phone from his pocket and handing it to her. “My cars right over there if you want to like, follow it or something.” 

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she laughed, nodding conspiratorially at his confession. “like, who assumes you have to cook a seed?” shifting her basket from her hands to rest in the crook of her arm, elodie followed suit, in the direction of the cherry tomatoes on her list- and now, apparently her yelling stranger’s as well. his question elicited a second laugh. “i would say so - i own and instruct at moonlight yoga,” she explained, flipping a carton of cherry tomatoes around, examining the visible ones for any signs of age. “you should check it out, maybe come to a class - we have a midnight class, it’s super cool,” she added brightly, smile equal parts endearing and goading.

A smirk formed on his lips at his friend’s offended tone. “The pictures would be the worst part. In fact, it’ll probably be the worst-selling paper in recent history,” he said, egging him on. Another laugh escaped his lips as Cas started to argue. “Oh, it does. I’m pretty sure if I asked a random stranger if ‘Caspian Apollo Jacob Ryans’ was in a Shakespeare play, a lot of people would say ‘yes’. It’s not a bad thing, though,” he added. He narrowed his eyes. “Jake? You’re not a Jake. You don’t even look like a Jake,” he said in response. “You said you could do something scandalous. Think of something on your own that doesn’t involve you getting naked, please.”

“Oh my god.” Caspian faked an offended look, slapping a hand onto his chest for dramatic effect. “You’re so rude to me. I’m nothing not nice to you and this is the respect that I get? It would not be the worst selling. Me naked is at least a little more interesting than the duck story.” he laughed fondly as he spoke, a warm smile gracing his face after. “You should do that poll. It’ll be fun. Video tape it and see how many people try and tell you a specific play that I’m featured in. I hope they say Taming of the Shrew. I almost said Hamlet but -- that ones too sad.” Cas couldn’t help but chuckle again. “Yeah, Jake. I tried it in middle school but the teachers always forgot and Jake just sounded weird, so. That didn’t stick. My crazy ass is better suited as a Caspian Apollo, honestly.” running a hand through his hair, he shook his head disapprovingly. “I can’t. There’s nothing scandalous that I can do without getting naked. You’re just gonna have to deal with it, buddy. You’ve seen every other side of me. It’ll be fine.” 

Logan’s gaze lifted, searching the surrounding area only to find that he was telling the truth. A sharp sigh escaped his lips as he leaned back against the seat. “–I have a kid,” he voiced, though saying it out loud felt foreign.

“Just tell me where you need to go -- ” Cas spoke clearly, starting his car and pulling his door completely shut. “and I’ll take you there, okay?” 

“i’m serious.” he rolled his eyes a bit, lifting a hand to push the other’s phone away from his face. “no, it’s your shitty provider. maybe it’s time to upgrade a bit. get a better phone. or find one with towers in the area.” dean really wanted caspian to forget about the phone in his hand and focus on him which seemed to work out in his favor. he laughed a little as he listened to the other speak. “does it? does my sweaty body get yours all riled up? would taking off my shirt help?” he winked a little, nodding at the memory from a few moments ago. “yes, if only i knew you bent over like that without being in pain a long time ago. think about the fun we could have had.” he reached out to nudge caspian in the side. “interesting isn’t even the word for it. mindblowing, for sure. interesting, that’s debatable. we’ve done crazier things.” dean bit his lip, letting a smile fall across his lips. “i’m never too busy for you. i need a shower though if you want to join me.” he hoped that caspian wouldn’t turn that opportunity down. 

“okay, bossy. whatever you say.” caspian teased, smirking at dean as he spoke. it wasn’t hard to move onto the conversation, his eyes more concerned with dean. “you know, i actually like the shirt. kinda hot when you’re all sweaty.” cas reached forward, tugging at the shirt he was wearing slightly to prove his voice. “you’re not wrong, but hey, look at the doors of fun that just opened up for us.” he grinned at the nudge, leaning his body back against the others. cas couldn’t help but grin at his following sentence, nodding his head in agreement. “you know, i’m not ashamed to agree that we have. you’re definitely...” his eyes scanning his body again, a smirk on his face. “something.” without answering his last proposal, cas lightly grabbed dean’s arm to drag him instead, a smirk paired with the action. “come on, sweaty.” his phone troubles behind him, he led dean instead easily, dropping his phone on the counter once they got inside. clearly, his cell phone service was the least of his concern now that dean was with him. despite their constantly sexual tension and -- other things related, cas would typically be quick to drop most minimal tasks to spend time with him. 

“yeah !! i know, i had no idea what i was doing with it at first - i tried eating it raw because duh- it was a seed,” elodie agreed, nodding encouragingly. it was the truth; it had been on sale, and she’d miserably eaten it twice like sunflower seeds before consulting google- then pinterest for recipes. “oh, no worries, i’m practically done,” the girl gushed. “i really like to make one that has cucumber, spinach, avocado, tomato and quinoa- you throw some chickpeas in, crumble a little feta on top, and you’ve got lunch for a week if you portion it right.”