Petrichor ~ Lewis Hamilton

2.7

August 3, 2043, Provence

Ethan's POV

"I can always go and talk to them, your mum adores me, I'm scared of your dad but I would face him for you, that's how much I love you" Leo said.

"It won't be necessary, I will do it...it's just-"

"You care about what people might say, I get it"

"No, I just care about what our families might say I couldn't care less about the public opinion"

I've made my peace with the fact that I will always be in the eye of the storm, not only because of who I am, but also because of the people I have decided to associate with. But I wouldn't change it for anything, I would always choose the people I love over the possibility of living a quiet life away from the public eye.

"Great then! My family is all in, Sienna too, only Mr and Mrs Hamilton left then"

"It's Sir actually" I corrected him with a smile.

"Oh fuck off E, go tell them!" He said, pushing me towards the door.

"I'm going, I'm going, eager to show me off in public aren't we?"

"You know it, hey, I love you okay? Don't be nervous, everything will be fine" He told me, leaving a sweet peak on my lips.

"I know, I love you too"

"Did Sienna's surprise arrive? She's going to kill you for that one" I sigh, she will thank me, maybe not immediately but eventually she will.

"He was almost here, and I know, I plan to be fleeing the country by the time she finds out"

"Probably the safest option, I'll be waiting here for you in the meantime"

He left me beside the door and proceeded to let himself over the bed again.

"Dress up"

"I'm already dressed, I'm wearing a button-up!" He said pointing to his outfit.

"And some jeans"

"They are my formal jeans" He pointed out.

"I know you brought dress pants, change, please" I pleaded.

"You should love me just the way I am" He said with a pout, I know he's kidding but if he keeps it up I might just let him.

"And I do, but my father would get a stroke if my boyfriend showed up to his vow renewal in jeans breaking the dress code, he has already threatened your father for that"

"I'll change if you leave right now and we'll end this now, I've been thinking about the perfect post for months to start the soft launch of our relationship"

"Alright I'm going, put on your tie too" I remind him while opening the door.

"Yeah that's not happening but don't worry! I will look just fine, you already are elegant enough for the two of us"

I leave the room in the villa that they had rented for most of the guests at the ceremony to stay in and head to my father's room. I know that telling mom will be easy, she will get excited and start asking me a thousand questions a minute but she will be happy instantly. I know it's probably the same with Dad, but we've never had that relationship like the one he has with Sienna, they are each other's person, they understand each other perfectly. And I'm not complaining, I kind of had that with my mother and I'm grateful, but sometimes I wonder if maybe I had been more like Sienna, things would have been different.