📝 drabble prompt: the credit card was declined

written for ficwip discord's drabble challenge!
fandom: Identity V | pairing: Eli Clark | Seer/Luchino Diruse | Professor | rating: general | words: 100

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declined

Luchino was pleased with himself.
Tonight, he’d picked up someone interesting. Buttoned shirt, neat hair, polite smile — a young man who didn’t belong in a place like that club. Maybe an office worker escaping routine? Trying to prove he could be reckless for once? Adorable. Luchino could help with that. Happily.

Two drinks to spark conversation; the rest was practically guaranteed. Nothing could ruin—

“The card declined.”

Luchino froze, confidence shattering. Slowly, he turned toward his companion, whose lips twitched in betrayal. 

“…Should I pretend that didn’t happen?”

A small nod, clinging to whatever dignity remained. “Yes… I’d appreciate that.” 
 

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ao3 link: archiveofourown.org/works/75301866
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