What if Scotty planned it all?
Scotty sighs when he sees the last children leaving with their parents out the door. He's been smiling and cooking all night and he's worn out. The staff immediately start to do their closing chores and one of the other chefs walks out with a big box of lobsters.
"These are all going to go bad, so we might as well take them." She announces. One of the waiters takes one and the bartender looks very suspiciously at them before taking one. Scotty is left to pick some, and the four that are left are for him.
He looks at the lobsters, laying there in the box, and the memories come back. Once when he and Kevin first were dating, Kevin had taken Scotty out for dinner and the had champagne and lobster. That was the most amazing date they ever had and they ended up kissing outside Scotty's apartment. That's when Kevin for the first time, with his lips pressed against Scotty's, had mumbles that he loved him.
Scotty doesn't know if he should cry or just try to get rid of the feeling, but staring these lobsters in the eye doesn't make him happy and cheerful, exactly. He remembers Kevin telling him how lobsters 'does things to him' and that night Kevin had proved that he was right.
Kevin, at home in the loft, waiting for Scotty to come home. Just like every other night they stay up for a while, talk about their day and have a late snack before going to bed.
Each a bed. Kevin alone in his big bed, Scotty alone on his cold mattress. All the nights he has spent thinking about Kevin, having him near but yet so far away. Jason doesn't call because obviously Jason is a very stupid man. Jason happily breaks Kevin's heart when instead Kevin could have been with Scotty.
Scotty knows he is madly in love with Kevin again, and though he knows he should get out of the apartment, he can do nothing but stay. Not only is he still broke, but he needs Kevin close to him like a drug.
He looks up and his eyes land on the bar. He sees the champagne bottles parade on the top shelf, and it hits him. The evil plan that just can't fail. He quickly picks up the box with the remaining lobsters and walks over to the bar. He takes two bottles of champagne and puts next to Sebastian and his buddies. He's about to pick up the box when he decides on one more bottle.
He takes some bills from his wallet and puts in the cash register and then finishes his shores quicker than he's ever done before. When he is finally in his Ranchero on his way home, he feels the butterflies acting up in his stomach. He's got a plan to seduce Kevin and even though he knows it's wrong on so many levels, he can't help but smiling. His nervousness acts up more and more during the ride and when he comes home he's not even sure he should do it anymore.
It's not a nice plan, he's clear over that. To get Kevin drunk and then use something that is clearly an aphrodisiac on him, mixed with very fond memories from when they were dating. At least he will know that Kevin is over him if it doesn't work. No way he even would have thought about trying this had he not thought it might work.
Sometimes he imagines that Kevin returns the smiles with a bitterness of them not being able to be together, the same bitterness he himself feels when smiling at Kevin. Sometimes he imagines that Kevin is looking at him and rapidly turns away his head when Scotty looks back. But then again, Scotty knows he wants to see these things, so maybe they are all fake.
Scotty holds the box in his arms while slowly walking up the stairs. The elevator is out of order again, and Kevin is just the cutest thing when he comes home and complains about it. He walks up to the door and before opening the door he takes a deep breath and puts on a big smile.