This is a Mitmas coffee shop AU, written for queercassandrapentaghast on Tumblr. It was meant to be a three sentence drabble again, but it kind of...got away from me, and ended up being three paragraphs. Anyway, enjoy!

Tom had known it was a bad idea when Miles suggested it. He knew he couldn't afford university with a background like his without getting a side job, but still, he hated his work as a barista with a passion - the customers were so often rude or stupid, and Tom had very little patience for dealing with rude or stupid people - but he had to rein in his irritation while he was at work or he'd lose his job. Of course, this meant when he got home, his roommate got the full brunt of his irritation, and clearly he had complained one too many times, for Miles declared that he would get a job as a barista himself. Tom had just scoffed at the idea at first; Miles was more than privileged, and he'd never worked a day in his life - surely he couldn't hack it. Nevertheless, he'd manage to get a job at the same Starbucks as Tom, and before he knew it, they were working together.

Recently, a new customer had started visiting the Starbucks regularly, every few days or so. Her name was Kitty, as Tom had found out the first time he'd taken her order, she was about their age, and he liked her because she was quiet and sensible and polite, and smiled at him when she placed her order. He ignored, of course, her long eyelashes, beautifully freckled olive skin, or the way his heartbeat increased every time she so much as looked him in the eye. Of course, she had to be the first customer into the café on Miles' first shift.

"Well, good morning, and what can I get for you this fine day?" Miles asked, sweeping in before Tom had the chance to take her order. Looking a little put-out by Miles' exuberance, she ordered her usual. Miles went about preparing Kitty's order, and Tom rolled his eyes when he saw Miles write 'The most beautiful girl I've ever seen' on her cup. Miles just grinned and said "See? It's not nearly as bad as you make out," with his typical oblivious enthusiasm. However, when Miles handed Kitty the cup, barely able to contain his excitement as she read the cup, she simply raised her eyebrows and said "I have a name, you know," and sauntered off to sit down, leaving Tom laughing at Miles' expense. Miles wasn't down for long though - he never was, Tom thought.