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“you realize this is a little insane, right?” eustass slammed the trunk closed on the heavy bags of coin.
“it’s just coin, and they’re a bank. that’s their job.”
“not -“ eustass sighed, removing the baseball cap to run his hand through bright red hair, “not that,” he tried again, “you spend hours looking through coins - i don’t get what you’re looking for.”
trafalgar blinked, settling back into the passengers seat, “usually anything older than 1964 - it’s 90% silver and worth more than $.50, anyway. sort of depends on the market…”
when the two arrived, trafalgar scurried his way into the branch, sitting in front of the teller who waved excitedly as soon as she saw him. eustass followed a few moments later, four bags hanging from his hands, “where should i put these?”
the tapping of heels made eustass turn and look over his shoulder, “trafalgar! you finally brought him in - was really starting to think he didn’t exist,” she grabbed the bags placed to the side, “nice to finally meet you. he has told all of us so-“
“don’t you have to bring those into the vault?” trafalgar interrupted, grey eyes narrowing.
“trafalgar, don’t you know not to be rude to the workers?” eustass slammed a hand his shoulder, lips split into a grin, “i’m interested in what she has to say.”
trafalgar turned to look at the two employees, warning them with a silent glare. the two employees shared a glance before bursting into a fit of giggles, “for a grumpy guy, he certainly can’t shut up about you,” the teller passed a couple grand across the counter to trafalgar.
“remember after his first date?”
“oh, god, he was so smitten. knew immediately something was up - he was way less grumpy.”
“we didn’t even have to force it out of him-“
“are we all set here?” trafalgar interrupted, rubbing his hands over his jeans.
“-i believe the words were: that mechanic, eustass, I like him.” the impression was spot on and made eustass wonder how long trafalgar had been coming to the branch to exchange his halves.
“even smiled,” the other employee added with a hum.
eustass took a moment to look at trafalgar; head bowed, leg bouncing, cheeks flushed a pretty shade of pink eustass only saw in their most intimate moments. the vulnerability of it made eustass melt, his posture relaxing. “nice to know i wasn’t the only one…”
“if I don’t get an invite to the wedding, i am going to be offended.”
trafalgar stood, rolling his eyes, “i’ll be sure to keep that in mind.”
eustass waved goodbye to the two women, who continued on gossiping, “so, smitten, huh?” he mused, looking down at trafalgar as they walked from the branch.
“fuck you, eustass.”