50 Snapshots

by Rhianwen

A collection of tinytiny short stories featuring Mirage and Syndrome. Some angst, some humour, some neither, some both. Stretching from premovie to postmovie. Starts with a death, ends with a birth, because they've never done anything the right way around

5. Coffee

Coffee

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She still hates the restless, nervous sensation she gets when she drinks too much coffee, despite the years it's taken her to pick up the habit.

He still grimaces a little whenever there's not enough cream and sugar in his, despite the effort he's gone to, trying to acquire a taste for black coffee.

But he maintains that you can't run a company like this without the caffeine, and it only takes one day of trying to cope without it to make her agree, so they put on another pot and add to the gallons they've drunk together over the years.

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