when mike watched as el walked down the stairs of her home, he smiled widely when he saw the pretty floral dress she had on.
he was only wearing a white button up with some blank pants and though they weren't going anywhere fancy, he still felt that he wasn't dressed well enough.
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"god, you're fucking mesmerising." he ran a hand over his face before he caught her by the bottom of the stairs.
"sorry, i didn't know where were going and the only fancy dress was the one you bough—"
"shut up," he cut her off with a gentle kiss, "you're beautiful. i don't care what you wear."
she blushed and nodded. "okay.."
"come on, i got us a reservation," he said, holding her hand before leading her out to the car. "and by the way, you look hot as hell with headbands on," he whispered under his breath.
"that's a mental note to not wear them anymore then," she teased as he opened the car door for her.
"hi tuck," she waved as she got in and buckled her seatbelt, "thank you for driving us."
"no problem," tuck grinned as mike buckled his own seatbelt and held el's hand.
he leaned over to whisper, "why didn't you wear your pretty necklace?"
she shrugged. "i didn't want to lose it or get it dirty."
"okay," he nodded. "you're afraid you'll get robbed or something?" he teased.
"not really. i'm really clumsy," she said, "i don't know.. it's not safe home but it's not same on me," she shrugged.
"it's important?"
"yes." she nodded. "the necklace is my mothers, she passed it down to me after she passed away,"
"and the ring?"
she smiled, knowing he noticed it. "my father. the first year he adopted me, he was new to raising an older girl so he got me a ring. it's beautiful and i never want to lose them both,"
he nodded understandingly, "a ring is harder to lose,"
"that is true. but if i wear one, i'd like to wear the other," she said then smiled wider when she felt his thumb caress the back of her hand.
around half an hour later, they arrived in front of the restaurant mike booked and to el's surprise, mike gave tuck a small thank you before exiting.
"you are just so nice tonight," el teased, "i can't wait to see if you yell at the staff in there,"
"hey, i'm not that big of an asshole,"
she hummed and tapped her chin as he led her inside. "well, sometimes."
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"are you cold?" mike finally asked, noticing how el shivered every once in a while and brushed it off when he looked over.
