Albus enjoyed his time bartending when he wasn't auditioning for a show. He got to play a character and he got to meet great people. It was a job that he thought everyone should have at least once in their life. It was an exciting lifestyle and he got to flirt with lots of boys every night. It was great.
Only tonight, it was one of the slower nights and there weren't a lot of people around. There were some showtunes playing in the background that he was singing along to, but other than that, there really wasn't anything going on. He looked up when a boy walked in, looking very unsure of himself. The other boy was actually kind of adorable.
He waited until the boy approached the bar, which was several minutes after he'd come in and stood in a corner, then smiled at him. "Hello, babe. What can I get you to drink?" He gave him his best charming smile.
Scorpius felt nervous. He had just discovered that he was gay and he thought this was a good place to start, but he felt so... intimidated. There was loud music playing that he didn't recognize and men dancing to it. And now a very attractive bartender was calling him babe. He hesitated. Why did he have to be gay. "I.. I don't know." He told him. "What do you have?"
This was too adorable. Albus gave the boy a menu and looked him over. "I can make you anything you want. I promise." He glanced at another person coming up for a drink. "I'll be back." He promised him, then walked over and filled the other person's order as quickly as he could, then slid back down to see if the boy wanted anything. "Decided?"
Scorpius looked down at the menu with all the weird names for drinks, then thought about what his grandfather liked to drink. "I think I'll just take some scotch." He told him, taking a seat at the bar. "I think that's good, right?" It wasn't too gay.
Albus laughed at that and shook his head. "I'll make you a real drink." He told him, then made him a drink that was much better than scotch. He gave it to him, then watched him take a sip, grinning. "You'll thank me later. No one here drinks scotch. This isn't a gentleman's club. It's a gay bar." He crossed his arms over his chest. "I'm Albus."
"I.." Scorpius liked the drink. He bit his bottom lip. "I'm Scorpius. Thank you. For the drink."
"You can make it up to me later." Albus promised him, then winked when his favourite song came on. "Excuse me." He ran to the stage and started to perform it with three other men, dancing and having a laugh.
