Alyssa's coffee shop, the Cat's Cup, was a small, single person owned cafe known for its two shop cats and its high quality brew. Well, Alyssa liked to think that they were known for their coffee as well, but she knew that a lot of people came mainly for the cats, Tabitha and Spade. Tabitha was a slightly chubby orange tabby who was extremely social, and her sister Spade was a thin, black cat with a spade shaped white patch on her chest. Spade was more shy and reserved, rarely going up to people, but would still walk around the shop occasionally and let people admire her from afar.

The Cat's Cup was a relatively small cafe, but large enough that it felt very open and comfortable, especially with their large windows letting in the sun (Alyssa had gotten them custom made and was very proud of them). Many regulars liked to come here to do work or work on their school assignments, and she knew most of them by name. Today had been a quiet day, and Alyssa had taken the time to clean up the counter and wash up the cups while a couple of the regulars did their own work at the tables, tapping away at their laptops or scribbling in their notebooks.

The ding of a bell rang through the coffee shop as Alyssa heard the swoosh of the door swinging open. She looked up from polishing the cups as the short figure of the boy who had just entered approached the counter. As he reached the front, hair messy from the wind and wearing a large backpack filled to the brim with textbooks (she still wondered how he managed to carry so many at once and not get back pain), Alyssa put aside the rag and the cup she was cleaning, leaning on the counter.

"Hey Peter." She greeted him. "The regular?"

"Yep, you know it." He smiled, handing her some cash and a couple of coins. Tabitha, the slightly chubby orange tabby gave out a small mew and padded over to greet him. Peter reached down to pet her. "Hey Tabs," he greeted, giving a warm smile as she entwined herself around his legs and started purring contently.

Alyssa smiled down at her before taking the money and logging it into the register. Turning around, she started with Peter's order, a chilled cup of hot chocolate (cold chocolate?) and a croissant.

"So how was school?" she asked, busying herself with the making of the drink.

"Mmm, not bad today. I had a test, but I think I did pretty well." Peter said sounding pretty happy.

"Oh really?" she said. "That's great." Alyssa glanced back for a moment, only to see Peter still at the counter. Strange.

Whenever Peter came, which was around once or twice a week, he would usually take a seat to do some work for a couple of hours. The cats seemed to really like him, and would always come visit him at his table. Even Spade, Tabitha's shy sister who usually liked to stay by the counter would come to Peter for snuggles.

"Hey, you're not gonna take a seat today?" she asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Not today, I- I kinda have some things to do later." he said, shifting. "Actually, I came here to ask you something today."

"Go ahead, shoot."

"So, you know how you guys take reformed criminals?"

Alyssa nodded. One thing that the Cat's Cup was also known for, though it was less common knowledge, was that they would hire reformed criminals, or people who had gone to jail before that usually wouldn't get hired. Personally, Alyssa believed that everyone could be redeemed, and that no person was truly evil, which was why she decided to do this. She wanted to help set people on the right path, and to help people get the start that they otherwise would have had trouble were many who worked here as their first job after prison, and she had helped them move on to better jobs. So far, she had come up with good results, and now had around 3 permanent employees, 2 of which were people with a past criminal record. The other was a close friend she had known for many years.

Others had come and gone, but these three employees had stayed here through thick and thin. Though by looking at some of them one may have been wary at first, Alyssa had come to find that they were good people, and she wouldn't have traded them for any other employee in the world.

Peter continued, shaking her out of her thoughts. "I actually have a friend who's looking for a job. He's kind of, a reformed criminal as people might say, though I promise he's actually a really good person now." he said eagerly. "He didn't really know where to start, so I recommended that he apply for a job here. Do you think maybe he could come here for an interview tomorrow?" he asked, eyes bright.

Alyssa sighed. Peter was such a nice kid, and there was no way she could resist those huge, brown eyes, especially when he was asking so earnestly. "Of course. We were needing a new member anyways since Kevin moved on. Our schedule isn't too tight tomorrow, so I think that Robert and Joaquin should be able to manage without me for a while." Alyssa tapped her finger on her chin thoughtfully, before deciding. "I'll make the interview for tomorrow at 9, how does that sound?" she asked.

"That's great!" Peter grinned. "Thank you so much!" He started on his way out, a small skip in his step, before Alyssa called out to him.

"Hey Pete, aren't you gonna take your food?"

Peter turned around, embarrassed, and came back to take his drink and the brown paper bag with his croissant that Alyssa handed to him. "Haha, whoops, sorry about that." He said, his face slightly red.

Alyssa smiled. "Nothing to be sorry about. Just a bit of excitement." she said as he turned to exit again. She waved. "Have a nice day!"

Peter turned his head and waved as he went through the door, the bell chiming. "Thanks again, Alyssa! Promise he won't let you down!"

Alyssa smiled fondly as he disappeared down the street. Ah, that kid. Always so bright and kind. She briefly questioned what his friend would be like, then shook her head and returned to polishing, deciding it didn't matter. If Peter trusted him, he was bound to be good.

Author's note: So this will have a storyline, but I'm also looking for lots of cute moments and Loki dealing with the pains of customer service :) If you guys have any customers or incidents you want to see him deal with, feel free to comment down below!