Owen threw a french fry into his mouth and clamped down on it before turning to smile at her. He chewed and swallowed the fry with that stupid grin on his face. “Great. Glad we got that worked out.” He dusted his fingers off on his jeans before threading his arm around her shoulders. “And you get a free lunch out of it. That really worked out for you.” He gave her upper arm a squeeze before pulling away again.
The rest of the lunch proceeded much the same. Owen teasing Julianna while they enjoyed greasy food. He insisted on paying for the meal since it had been his idea and he had this idea too that it was kind of a date - even though he hadn’t told her it was a date.
It was a practice date.
A sneak date.
And it went pretty well.
He deposited Julianna back on campus so they could finish out their respective afternoon classes. Later on that week, he received a heads-up a long-time acquaintance, Maeve, that she and Julianna would be hitting up a certain bar in town.
Renton was early for his meeting with Professor Weatherfare. Darcy. Darcy. He reminded himself as he thought over what his intent for the meeting was. It was less professorial and more...personal. Darcy. He gazed down at his brown Oxfords wondering if he would ruin those expensive leather shoes if he melted into a puddle.
What Renton was about to do was ruin his academic career. Or so he was convinced. This apparently, was a risk the normally type A student would have been unwilling to swing. But here he went rapping delicately on Darcy’s door to announce his entrance.
After hearing a muffled vocal permission to enter, Renton pushed open the door. “Hi D - uh Dr. Weatherfare.” He faltered in settling on the more informal greeting he was so adamant about to himself just moments before. Renton adjusted his glasses, “I hope I’m not bothering you.” There was no way he could have been since he had literally blocked off the time to talk with Darcy at his scheduled office hours.
“I know you have so much to do.” Renton babbled on this way as he took a seat in one of the chairs across from the professor’s desk. He didn’t bring any of his usuals: backpack, laptop, notebooks. It was just Renton in his royal blue cardigan that made his eyes pop.
“So, I wanted to talk to you about something. Um -” he put his index finger thoughtfully on his chin before continuing, “not book related. Although that’s going well - I just - there’s something else I wanted to talk about today if you don’t mind?”
The rest of the lunch proceeded much the same. Owen teasing Julianna while they enjoyed greasy food. He insisted on paying for the meal since it had been his idea and he had this idea too that it was kind of a date - even though he hadn’t told her it was a date.
It was a practice date.
A sneak date.
And it went pretty well.
He deposited Julianna back on campus so they could finish out their respective afternoon classes. Later on that week, he received a heads-up a long-time acquaintance, Maeve, that she and Julianna would be hitting up a certain bar in town.
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Renton was early for his meeting with Professor Weatherfare. Darcy. Darcy. He reminded himself as he thought over what his intent for the meeting was. It was less professorial and more...personal. Darcy. He gazed down at his brown Oxfords wondering if he would ruin those expensive leather shoes if he melted into a puddle.
What Renton was about to do was ruin his academic career. Or so he was convinced. This apparently, was a risk the normally type A student would have been unwilling to swing. But here he went rapping delicately on Darcy’s door to announce his entrance.
After hearing a muffled vocal permission to enter, Renton pushed open the door. “Hi D - uh Dr. Weatherfare.” He faltered in settling on the more informal greeting he was so adamant about to himself just moments before. Renton adjusted his glasses, “I hope I’m not bothering you.” There was no way he could have been since he had literally blocked off the time to talk with Darcy at his scheduled office hours.
“I know you have so much to do.” Renton babbled on this way as he took a seat in one of the chairs across from the professor’s desk. He didn’t bring any of his usuals: backpack, laptop, notebooks. It was just Renton in his royal blue cardigan that made his eyes pop.
“So, I wanted to talk to you about something. Um -” he put his index finger thoughtfully on his chin before continuing, “not book related. Although that’s going well - I just - there’s something else I wanted to talk about today if you don’t mind?”
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