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[clocks_ticking]

Of course he's goddamn nervous.

He's not dressed too nicely, but not too shabby either, afraid to seem overeager, afraid to seem not eager enough - too cold, too hot, just right - finally settling on a blue button-down, black dress-pants, and a matching blazer. He also has a small wrapped gift and a white corsage with him for her, hoping that it'

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[feelingflavours]

Iris, for her part, has managed to fit a dress under a trenchcoat so modest as to be forbidding, and shuffles out of her house beaming like nobody's business at 6:22, picking up the pace when she sees Gabriel at the corner.

[clocks_ticking]

He's glad he's left the cardigans and sweater-vests and glasses at home, abandoning them for a more sophisticated look if only for the evening, and it seems like she's done a good job hiding the fact that she's gorgeous under a trench coat.

"Can I..." he smiles, as if that should finish the sentence, the plea there, eyes quickly scanning over her body, almost embarrassed, wishing he could see through the trench coat.

"I'm surprised you didn't get in trouble for looking too happy," he says, smiling. "Or too beautiful, for that matter."

[feelingflavours]

"I, um, I said I'm going to dinner with a friend," says Iris, sticking her hands nervously in her pockets (which, incidentally, causes the front of the coat to gape open and reveal rather more collarbone than Aunt Agatha would like). "Which is technically true, but, um, she thinks you're actually Jeanine."

A clever subterfuge indeed.

[clocks_ticking]

"Is that what I am?" His lips curve up in a somewhat-smile. "A friend?"

He is, of course, glad that she doesn't consider him female, but that is hardly what's at stake here.

When her coat slips open and he gets just a glimpse...

"You look... you look... amazing," he finishes with a soft little sigh and a smile, and the mere fact reminds him that he should give her the corsage. "Oh, right! This is for you. I didn't know what color would... match, so I figured I'd match at least one thing." He smiles, holding it out to her.

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