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Magnus watched the boy from slightly lidded eyes, following him as he weaved his way around the coffee shop.
The boy- well, man really, somewhere between 16 and twenty, was dark haired, with glowing blue eyes. He smiled at his customers, taking their orders in a white notebook, cracking jokes, laughing.
Magnus felt something churn in his stomach as a woman placed her hand on the dark haired ravens' arm. What was this feeling? Hunger? Need? Jealousy, even?
Magnus raised his coffee cup to his lips, only to realize that he had already finished it. Magnus tapped his finger against the rim of the white mug nervously as the stranger he'd been watching for days came towards him.
Up close, Magnus could see the tattoos that swirled up his arm, dark marks that hinted at a moody mind.
The boy smiled as Magnus read his name tag. Alec. The boy offered his hand, and Magnus stupidly shook it, marveling at the feel of cool fingers enclosed around his own.
Magnus quickly let go of go of Alec's hand, at his confused face. His touch still tingled around Magnus' fingers.
"Uh, the cup," said Alec, jolting Magnus out of his reverie.
"Pardon?" Magnus replied, bewildered.
Alec indicated towards the cup that Magnus was gripping. "The cup. You're done with it?"
"Oh!" Magnus' eyes widened as he proffered the cup to Alec. "My apologies."
Alec smiled and moved on, and right now, this was enough. This was more then enough.