Caleb Danvers (c_danvers) wrote in valarlogs, @ 2019-12-08 15:50:00 |
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Entry tags: | !complete, caleb danvers, pogue parry |
Who: Caleb Danvers and Pogue Parry
What: Working together on Halloween
Where: Pandemonium
When: back-date to Halloween
Rating: PG-13
Status: Complete
Halloween was turning out to be a really long day for Caleb. He had done a shift at his internship to help out with all the Halloween festivities and now he was working at the club for the big Halloween party they were throwing. Thank god he called in for tomorrow at his internship because he was definitely going to be sleeping in to recover from all this. His costume had been the Jedi Knight costume he had been working on putting together with most of the pieces from Disneyland (Thanks to Tyler for making him get an annual pass). He was planning on taking off the big robe and opening the top up a bit to show a little more skin, but he was totally going to use his powers to channel the Force tonight with the drinks. Just some things that could be written off as being an elaborate show and not raise suspicion.
The saving grace to getting him through the night was working side by side with Pogue, who was currently channeling his inner Tarzan and Caleb was more than pleased about that. The only downside would be listening to people hit on his boyfriend all night, but hopefully he would be too busy to really pay much attention to that. As he set up his station for the night he walked past Pogue to grab a couple bottles, double checked that no one was around, and reached out to grab his ass, "So, does this make me the smart and beautiful Jane? Because I'm not going to complain about that one."
Being Tarzan for a night was just too easy and it didn't hurt that it increased his tips tenfold so all in all Pogue thought it was a smart move especially as he had the body so why not use it to his advantage? Magnus had held true to his word and to make up for him having to work Halloween he was able to work alongside Caleb who was definitely rocking the whole Jedi Knight thing.
Pogue felt the hand on his ass and turned his head to grin broadly at Caleb.
"How do you feel about being a damsel in need of saving from the big scary jungle?"
"I mean.... If you're the one that's doing to saving then I'm not opposed," Caleb answered honestly with a smile. He could play the damsel in distress if he needed to, but the nice thing about their relationship is no one needed to be the alpha male. Caleb might be the "dad" of the friend group, but it didn't extend into his relationships.
The only downside to working side by side was not being able to kiss Pogue when he wanted to, so it would be a lot of touching and eye contact through the night. They weren't dumb enough to do anything that would get them in trouble at work and it definitely made when they got home a lot more interesting.
That was definitely a downside, Pogue knew that, but he had plans to make up for it once they were no longer working. Much later, probably, but it would be worth the wait. "Well, I didn't have plans to go saving anybody else."
He winked over at Caleb before turning back round to serve a round of drinks to the nearest paying customer.
"You know Reid and Tyler are sticking close to home this year, scaring the crap out of the local kids."
"They really should come out here afterwards. It's not like those kids are going to be trick or treating until 1am," Caleb commented with a laugh as he turned his attention to a few people that had walked up to the bar. The nice part about being in the VIP section is that most, definitely not all, of the people up here were a little nicer. He was looking forward to seeing all the costumes that would be coming in.
"You should text them," Pogue threw over his shoulder as he took a handful of cash and put it into the register, offering the customer a smile as they headed back towards their group of friends.
And also he totally wanted to see what Reid and Tyler had gone for in terms of their costumes.
"Tell them a round of drinks is on me or something as an incentive."
"Wow, you really want them to stop by," Caleb was surprised Pogue was offering up a round of drinks just to see their friends stop by. It was amusing now that they all lived together there was no shortage of time that they saw each other. He took a moment to step out of the way of the bar sight to send Reid and Tyler a quick text before coming back out.
"Sent, you owe me at least one dance later," Caleb commented as he passed by Pogue to grab some glassware. He was stopped by someone on that end of the bar and gave some flirty smiles to increase his tip as he made the man a quick gin and tonic before heading back to his side of the bar.
Pogue snorted quietly. "I'm making up for loss of time." Which he was in a lot of ways because travelling whilst it had sorted his head out had meant he'd missed out on a lot of quality time with his friends.
A grin was shot over in Caleb's direction. "Such a hardship." As if. Pogue glanced over to his right and felt a tell tale prickle of jealousy and possessiveness creep up his spine but forcibly pushed it to one side. They were working, it was all part and parcel of the gig, and besides just because dream!Pogue couldn't control himself didn't mean actual!Pogue needed to go down the same route.
As a crowd gathered near his side of the bar Pogue instead focused his attention on serving them.
Oh there was a lot to tease Pogue with in that comment and instead Caleb just batted his eyes at his boyfriend, "aw, what a fucking sap you are." It was actually really sweet, but he was going to relish the moment of Pogue admitting he missed them far more than he would ever own up to. It had been rough missing the last person in their friend group and Caleb was probably the happiest that Pogue had finally returned.
It was almost like a spidey sense tingling on the back of his neck because he could almost sense Pogue's jealousy so he made sure to reach over to squeeze Pogue's hand when he walked by again. They both got jealous because they cared way too much, but Caleb knew how to reassure his boyfriend that nothing was ever going to change between them.
Pogue rolled his eyes and playfully flipped Caleb off as he knew that for all jest it wasn't serious and it was all done from a place of love.
He briefly caught the fingers that slipped into his and squeezed back in return, reassured and comforted by the gesture. He should know better because this was Caleb and he'd never do anything shitty like that but some things, some habits, they were hard to shake off or break.
"Just don't tell Reid. I'll never hear the end of it."
At the sight of Pogue's middle finger Caleb pretended to swoon just to tease him. He also let out a laugh at Pogue's comment because Reid would definitely give him hell for being such a sap. But Caleb could also point out that Reid definitely missed Pogue when he was gone, so they're both total saps.
He winked at Pogue, "You'll have to give me a good reason not to." That would definitely be saved for after work or maybe on a quick break. He moved to attend to a large party that just came up to the bar. He had to work his skills to the max by preparing multiples of a drink at one time, but thankfully that made it go so much faster.