All Of The Cafes In New York, And He Walks Into Mine, Stephen/Tony
"Hello," a stranger sits down with Stephen while the doctor is trying to enjoy his afternoon break.
"Hi.." May as well be polite.
"I'm Tony," the stranger introduces.
"Stephen."
Tony begins talking about...something? Stephen isn't quite listening...
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Stephen chalked up yesterday as a tourist trying to make friends with a local.
That is until Tony sits down at his table again.
"Fancy seeing you again!" He laughs.
"Yes.." Stephen sighs.
Once again Tony mostly talks to himself while Stephen ignores him.
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After a week of this Stephen starts to wear Bluetooth earbuds to drown him out.
Except, today Tony doesn't show up...
Stephen feels a little bad, because he probably hurt Tony's feelings, and all Tony did was try to be friendly.
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Stephen's entire lunch break he realized he was waiting for Tony to walk in.
As he gets back to work he finds out why Tony didn't show.
He sees the man in intensive care.
"What happened to him?" Stephen asks, pointing to Tony.
"He has a chronic heart condition, he had a mild heart attack this morning," a triage nurse explains.
Stephen slowly steps into Tony's room.
"Hey!..My cafe buddy," Tony laughs.
"Are you okay, Tony?"
"Better now that you're here," the shorter man winks.
"How is it that you just had a heart attack and are still so...you?" Stephen can't help cracking a smile.
"Because I have nothing to loose."