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1624 word taakitz coffee shop au in which Taako messes with his sister’s coworker and gets a date out of it. 

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   Taako didn’t like crowds. He liked people, sure, and he loved attention, but he didn’t like crowds. It was hard to explain. But working in the coffee shop was the perfect way to get around that particular aversion. While he could talk to as many people as needed and handle some truly heinous coffee orders, there was a nice, wide plastic counter between him and the mob that gathered every morning before seven thirty.

    “That’ll be $4.49, sweetheart, you can wait at the end of the queue and we’ll have your drink ready in a hot second,” he said, looking past the girl and to the next customer. “Mornin’,” he started, “Welcome to Sloane’s. Our specialty drink today is a-”     “Taako, duck!”     Taako ducked. Before he could even reconsider his actions, his sister vaulted over the nice, wide plastic counter and landed behind the pastry case, rolling to hide beneath the register.

my taz secret santa for @ka-star who asked for

 ‘ I like fluffy Taakitz fanart. I love the upcoming graphic novel designs by Carey Pietsch as well, but any design for the characters will work too. I'll leave it up to the giver’ !!!!