Another short piece about lilboatbigocean's mobster AU: post/165343003762/goblinqueenselene-lilboatbigocean-when-you
It all started right before Jack and his gang were about to pull an inside job on a jewelry store.
One of their own had been working there for nearly a year and had finally earned the trust of the manager. If she hadn't dedicated herself to them, she could make a career out of it and go straight easily.
A couple of nights before the job, they were reviewing the plan with their Insider since they knew she wouldn't be able to get away and plan with them on the day of.
Everyone had gone home already and Jack was alone, locking up their hideout.
The stars seemed to have misaligned for him as he couldn't get his own car to start, his phone was dead, and he didn't have enough cash for a taxi.
He couldn't help swearing under his breath as he neared the closest bus stop.
They only other people there were a short woman with hair as black as his own and a man who was nearly two heads taller than her. He heard her tell him that she wasn't interested in him. He heard him call her a vulgar word and it made his blood start to boil.
He offered to help her and the man told him to get lost and ran his hand down her backside.
He would have taken out his sword had the man's face not suddenly been between the woman's boot and the pavement, chest down, with one of his legs being held in the air. She had demanded that the man apologize to her. He was suddenly reminded of a childhood crush he'd had on Wonder Woman.
The man ran off as soon as she had let go of him.
He asked her if she was alright and she'd snapped at him. He didn't blame her after what had just happened. They had waited together in silence.
She wound up apologizing to him as the bus finally came into view. He complimented her on her take-down and they had continued talking about fighting styles as they both boarded the bus. They discovered they both had a long ride ahead of them. He found that he didn't care as much now and as far as he could tell, she didn't seem to mind.
She had asked him about his suit. Naturally, he couldn't tell her what he really did for a living and wound up telling her he was looking for work, thinking he wouldn't need to suddenly come up with a bunch of details that didn't exist. He wasn't sure why but there was some part of him that wanted to tell her everything and couldn't help feeling guilty about his lie.
He learned that she was studying to be a medical assistant and currently stuck in a job waiting tables. He commented that she seemed too intelligent to be doing that.
Then, they wound up talking about everything. Movies, books, food, travel, weapons, all of the interesting stuff they both liked. For a brief moment she smiles and lets out a laugh at something funny he had said. He'd felt like he had butterflies inside of him and couldn't stop thinking about how beautiful she was.
The bus reaches her stop and she departs.
Then, about five minutes later, the thought occurred to him that they never told each other their names.
As he got off at his stop, he decided that he needed to ride the bus again.
He hated it but it was his only chance to find her again.