#or maybe flutterbee

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~☆Honey Cappuccino☆~

376 words. Flutterbee Coffee shop au/Non mira au >w<!! Florence and Beatrice are my headcanons for Fluttermouse and Honeybee's names. hope u enjoyyyy!!!!

Florence was, to be frank, exhausted. She had just worked a seven hour graveyard shift and was trudging her way back to her apartment a few blocks away. The space behind her eyes stung with the drive to sleep. She wanted coffee.

Thankfully for her, there was a glowing sign reading "OPEN" on the coffee shop just across the avenue. There was a yellow and orange striped overhang and in the window hung a sign that read "Honeybee Coffee." Florence felt her stomach grumble; maybe she should have something to eat too...

She was surprised to see a coffee shop open this late, but she was grateful as she cautiously crossed the empty street. The door opened with a chime of a bell and the woman at the counter lifted her head from the book she was reading.

"Oh, hello!"

Florence's pulse jumped and sputtered. Standing behind the counter was the most gorgeous woman she had ever seen in her life. Dark skin and blonde braids that flowed down her back to her waist. Dark beads decorated her hair and her eyes shone a light shade of golden brown. Like honey.

"H-hi."

"What can I get you?"

"Uh- um..." Florence's gaze trailed away from the beautiful girl to the drink menu behind her and she said the first thing she read. "A honey cappuccino, please? Large."

"Sure thing," the woman said with a wink, "and your name?"

Florence's heart skipped once more, "wh-what?"

"For the drink?"

"O-oh. Florence."

The woman smiled up at her as she scribbled on the cup for what seemed like a bit too long. "Pretty name."

Florence could feel a flush creeping up her neck. "Th-thanks."

Her eyes followed the blonde as she gracefully flowed through the motions of creating the drink until it finally made its way into Florence's hands.

"Honey cappuccino for Florence?"

Florence smiled at her, "thanks."

She handed over the money and dropped the change into the tip jar before scurrying back out the door with another squeak of a "Thanks!"

It wasn't until she was halfway down the block that she looked down at the writing on the cup, her name wasn't there. Instead, what it said was:

212-XXX-XXXX -Beatrice. Call me ;)

Florence would definitely be calling.

[goat-shoe]

Maybe Tomorrow

FlutterBee: Civilian x On Patrol. 610 words. 🌠 𝓓𝓮𝓭𝓲𝓬𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝓽𝓸 𝓢𝓽𝓮𝓵𝓵𝓪 🌠

The sun is setting, turning pinks and yellows in the blocky slivers of horizon visible through the towering buildings that make up her slice of the city. There's a cool breeze blowing past her cheek, dragging dried, crunchy leaves across the pavement. Cars pass by, easy, without the rush of daytime. She can hear a distant echo of street musicians, and they aren't bad. Maybe it's just the day she had, but- for a moment- she considers tracking them down and staying a while to listen.

She really should go home, though, and she will. Two cats await in her apartment, and the poor things must be starving.

A flier flutters against the phone poll it's been stapled to.

THE OFFICIAL HONEYBEE HOTLINE, OPEN 8PM TO 12AM WEEKDAYS.

The fluttering edge of the paper catches her eye, and then the bumblebees that border the page. It makes her smile, even before she really knows what she's looking at. 

Stopping, Florence takes the flier in her hand, and skims it.

Is this... real?

She giggles at the idea. That Honeybee runs a hotline- that Honeybee runs around to put up fliers advertising her hotline!

Florence tears off one of the little paper tab thingies with the phone number on it, from the bottom of the page. Her nails are dull, digging against the paper, tearing it unevenly. She sticks it in her pocket.

– – –

With the cats fed, Florence curls up on the couch. She's changed into her pajamas for the night, pulled her hair into a messy bun, and she puts on Gilmore Girls, for peaceful and kind background noise. 

There, in her soft sweatpants, with her long, fluffy blue hair, Florence looks down at the number she pulled off the flier earlier.

.... She smiles, giddy. Because if she really needed Honeybee, she could use the miraculous communicators. But... no, that's not what she wants right now.

She glances at the clock on the wall. 8:04 PM. Honeybee should just be starting to take calls, right? Florence tugs out her phone- an Android user- and dials the number.

Her heart flutters in her chest. She lifts it to her ear. Her neck warms with the blood rushing to her cheeks, butterflies filling her stomach. She waits.

"You've reached the Honeybee hotline! Please hold!"

Florence giggles, just to herself, alone in her living room. "Anything for you, Honeybee," she teases nobody.

"...Oh! Well, in that case-" 

Florence's eyes widen, and she just barely fights the urge to chuck her phone across the room. 

"What can I do for you tonight, civilian?" 

Honeybee's voice... is like sunshine passing through honey. Smooth, sweet, but bright, beautiful. Not to mention playful. The teasing lull in her voice makes Florence's heart tumble around her chest, making her face flush darker. 

Florence opens her mouth- simultaneously, her hand flies to cover her mouth.

"... Civilian? Civilian, is this an emergency? You-" 

"No! No," Florence blurts, hand falling to grip at the couch. Her heart is doing funny things in her chest- completely new things in her chest. "I- I'm just a f-f- a fan!"

Honeybee laughs. 

And Florence can't even pretend she's bothered that Honeybee's laughing at her. Because Honeybee's laughing at her. She covers her mouth with her hand again, hiding a delirious smile. Oh, to be made a complete fool for Honeybee. 

Florence opens her mouth again, but- but no words come out. She stumbles, stutters- and then in a sudden sapphic panic, she hangs up.

Her phone is lost to the couch cushions, and her face meets the warm embrace of a pillow. 

Maybe tomorrow night she will think of what to say, first.

[nautiscarader]

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Episode 191: Always Be My Maybe with guest Florence Chee

Summary:

  "Food is love." This week Florence Chee joins us to talk about Always Be My Maybe and we also spend a lot of time processing our feelings about the timeless attractiveness of Keanu Reeves. Also discussed: mid-week hangovers, jet lag and the burden of representation.

  Show notes:  

Always Be My Maybe trailer

  Florence Chee on Twitter

  The 5 Best Food Moments From 'Always Be My Maybe' (Food&Wine)

  7 places Netflix's 'Always Be My Maybe' was filmed in Vancouver (DailyHive)

  What “Always Be My Maybe” Understands About Making an Asian-American Rom-Com (New Yorker)

  ‘Always Be My Maybe’ Review: Romance, Food and Fame Through a Sitcom Lens (NYTimes)

The Lakehouse Live! on How Did This Get Made? (podcast)

    Recommendations:

  Lisa: Dead To Me (Netflix)

  Andrea: The Muppet Movie (movie and OST) Florence: Train to Busan (film)

  Music credits:

   "Flutterbee" by Podington Bear From Free Music Archive CC BY 3.0

  Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod

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Intro bed:"OLPC" by Marco Raaphorst

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Lisa Christiansen is a broadcaster, journalist and longtime metal head. Andrea Warner is a music critic, author and former horoscopes columnist.

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Episode 183: 13 Going on 30

Summary:

  "30, flirty and thriving!" This week we talk about the body-switch rom-com 13 Going on 30 and Lisa has an epiphany about what it's really about. Also discussed: Soap Opera Weekly, wedding crashers, and the Wonder Years.

  Show notes:

  Rom-Coms Were Corny and Retrograde. Why Do I Miss Them So Much? (NYTimes)  

Rom Com by Dina Del Bucchia & Daniel Zomparelli

  Always Be My Maybe trailer (Instagram)

  The Outfits from 13 Going on 30 Are Basically Perfect (InStyle)

    Recommendations:

  Lisa: Shazam! (movie)

  Andrea: Baby Teeth by Dizzy (music)

    Music credits:

   "Flutterbee" by Podington Bear From Free Music Archive CC BY 3.0

  Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod

From Incompetch

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Intro bed:"OLPC" by Marco Raaphorst

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Pop This! is two women talking about pop culture.

Lisa Christiansen is a broadcaster, journalist and longtime metal head. Andrea Warner is a music critic, author and former horoscopes columnist.

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