Coffee Beans and Mustache Wax
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He's probably dying. A rare and unidentifiable illness, a death sentence that would certainly take him in less than a year. A condition so strange it would send the world’s top scientists scrambling, desperate to pin a name on the affliction ravaging his body.
How peculiar, that it only affected him around Stone.
Or - Dr. Robotnik is in love (and he has no idea).
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- Part 1 of Coffee Beans and Mustache Wax
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Dr. Robotnik did not like lattes.
Dr. Robotnik, however, did like Agent Stone's lattes.
(Yes, there was a difference)
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- Part 2 of Coffee Beans and Mustache Wax
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It started with a cough and then a flower, its petals stained red at the edges.
The petals were unmistakable, a beautiful death sentence unless Stone confessed. He knew who the petals were for, of course. And he knew that there was no chance of his feelings being reciprocated.
So, he elected to ignore it.
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- Part 3 of Coffee Beans and Mustache Wax
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"Is it an Earthen custom," Knuckles began, his tone measured, "to leave behind your mate when departing for a conquest?"
Robotnik’s fingers paused mid-tap, and he turned his head slowly, blinking at Knuckles. His brain needed a moment to process what he’d just heard. "I’m sorry... my what?"
Or - Knuckles severely misreads the exact nature of Robotnik and Stone's relationship.
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- Part 4 of Coffee Beans and Mustache Wax
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Every other agent before Stone had failed. Some faltered at the first barked command to pin themselves to the wall, others crumbled at the second or third. None had lasted to the fourth.
But Stone? Stone surpassed them all, cementing himself as the Doctor’s right-hand man for one simple, undeniable reason:
...he was into it.
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- Part 5 of Coffee Beans and Mustache Wax
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Agent Stone was on his knees again.
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- Part 6 of Coffee Beans and Mustache Wax
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From the beginning to the end, all Ivo Robotnik had ever wanted was a family.
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- Part 7 of Coffee Beans and Mustache Wax
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All Stone had left was the broken moon and the stars above, and they haunted him. Every time he looked up, there they were, staring back at him.
They were a reminder of what had been taken from him. A reminder that Robotnik was gone.
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- Part 8 of Coffee Beans and Mustache Wax
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Dr. Robotnik did not love gently. He was all harsh edges, cruel words, and rough hands.
Of course, Stone wouldn’t have it any other way.
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- Part 9 of Coffee Beans and Mustache Wax
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Stone had seen Robotnik at his most brilliant. At his most dangerous. At his most alive.
And now, he was watching him waste away, slouched under a crocheted blanket and pretending not to care about everything that had happened.
But Stone had never been one to give up easily.
And sometimes, healing started with a single step.
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- Part 10 of Coffee Beans and Mustache Wax
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Stone did not believe in gods.
But in that moment-
"Please, let him live."
A desperate, hopeless wish.
A prayer cast into the hands of a god who should not listen.
And yet...
Somewhere, far beyond the reach of mortal sight, something listened.
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- Part 11 of Coffee Beans and Mustache Wax
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Robotnik inhaled sharply, his pupils dilating.
The electricity in Stone’s brain sang to him.
Oh.
Oh, he liked that.
Under the influence of the Master Emerald, Robotnik returns to the Mean Bean and takes a moment to savor his new godly existence - and to discover a new appreciation for one Agent Stone.
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- Part 12 of Coffee Beans and Mustache Wax
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Stone's head thudded back against the wall that he had just been pinned against as he let out a breathless chuckle, almost disbelieving.
"Shit."
He had it bad.
Most employees wouldn't be into their boss slamming them against walls and threatening to tear their throat out.Keyword - most.
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- Part 13 of Coffee Beans and Mustache Wax
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And I envy the rose,
That you held in your teeth, love
With the thorns underneath, love
Sticking into your gums
--The Masochism Tango, Tom Lehrer
Thorns split his lips, blood stained his teeth, and Stone had never smiled wider.
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- Part 14 of Coffee Beans and Mustache Wax
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In Stone's defense, it had been a purely tactical decision to kiss the Doctor.
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- Part 15 of Coffee Beans and Mustache Wax
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Robotnik observes his Agent using an... alternative method in order to complete a mission. It's effective. Efficient. Unconventional.
Robotnik is definitely not jealous.
(and he certainly wouldn’t admit it if he was)
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- Part 16 of Coffee Beans and Mustache Wax
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Stone kept going back to the lab, back to Robotnik.
That was the problem.
He couldn't stop. Wouldn't stop.
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- Part 17 of Coffee Beans and Mustache Wax
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And Stone knew that the Doctor was fine, so why did he still wake up in the middle of the night, his mind haunted with nightmares of death and cold skin, his chest tight, convinced that if he didn’t check-
It was ridiculous. Irrational. Stone knew that.
And yet, here he was again.
Or - Stone has nightmares following the Doctor's near-death. Robotnik helps.
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- Part 18 of Coffee Beans and Mustache Wax
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In the aftermath of the fall, Robotnik grapples with the humiliation of needing help. Of not being in control.
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- Part 19 of Coffee Beans and Mustache Wax
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Robotnik gets kidnapped. Again.
Usually, he just gets himself out.
This time, someone else gets there first.
It’s Agent Stone.
...huh.
(Robotnik is confused, in pain, and possibly experiencing an existential crisis as he learns that his newest assistant has more skills than just answering emails and brewing coffee. It’s a very strange day.)
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- Part 20 of Coffee Beans and Mustache Wax