Prompt 101, drabble

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Title: Midcentury Manhattan
Author:lycomingst
Rating: PG
Word Count: 101
Prompt: 101, Mad Men
Characters/Pairing: Angel


Midcentury Manhattan

Madison Avenue types. In the dark corners of the smoky bars that Angel does his drinking in, he sees them. He hates their Brooks Brothers suits, their briefcases.

He remembers when gin was a working man's refuge, rough-edged and pungent. These guys want it icy and tasteless. They want speared condiments in it that they lift out and gesture with, to make their point. They have important things to say about cigarettes and deodorants and lipstick.

Angel hates their smugness. Their sureness and belief in their world.

Truthfully, he wishes he had their certainty. And some the cars they drive.

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