Lyon sipped his water as he waited for Claire to arrive. He'd chosen a table a little off to one side of the restaurant that let him see the entrance while still providing an illusion of privacy. The place was nice but not too fancy, coming in somewhere between "family dining" and "snooty." While he could have afforded the latter it was so not
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The flowers were well-received, and certainly a pleasant surprise. Lyon didn't seem like the flower-giving type, so that made her appreciate them all the more. They sat on the table in her room, making her smile whenever they caught her eye.
Finally making it to the restaurant, she found Lyon immediately, unable to keep from grinning when she saw him waving. She made her way over to the table to meet him. "Hi, babe." she said quietly, leaning up to kiss his cheek.
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"You look incredible babe. Even hotter than you do in those nice tight jeans of yours." Lyon loved the way Claire's jeans hugged the curve of her hips and clung to her sweet little ass almost as much as he loved getting her her out of them, but all he could think about just then was they way Claire's dress hugged her body and the way that body pressed against it as she moved. Lyon's eyes continued to admire her as he sat down across from her, and he even managed to keep his gaze on Claire's face as he did so. Mostly ( ... )
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Right. They had to get through the date first. Claire reached across the table to brush her fingers across the back of his hand. "You look handsome." And really, he did. She was finding herself more and more attracted to Lyon every time she saw him.
The idea of getting to spend the night with Lyon in the hotel that evening, well, as much as she was looking forward to enjoying a nice meal and conversation, she really hoped they'd be going to one of their rooms after dinner.
"I- I've been really looking forward to tonight." Why were her nerves suddenly acting up again? She tried to keep her cool, busying her hands with laying her napkin out over her lap.
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"Me too. Bumping into you in the woods is fun, but getting to hang out with you in civilization is even better." Lyon chuckled and added, "Well, as civilized as this place gets anyway." That reminded him that he was supposed to be on his best behavior, so Lyon mimicked Claire's actions and spread his napkin on his lap. A moment later their waiter arrived and took their drink orders, promising to return with them shortly ( ... )
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Eying the menu, a couple dishes caught her eye, she needed only to decide on one. "The roast chicken sounds good but I know I will be disappointed if it's not as good as mine. But I might get strak." She was absolutely not a vegetarian, not in the least, having grown up in Texas in cattle country. Meat was a way of life there. Then she laughed, grinning over at Lyon. "It comes with onions on top. Will you still want to kiss me with onion breath?"
It was nice that though they were on a somewhat fancy date, Claire was feeling more relaxed and able to joke around. It was hard for her not to be so happy around Lyon.
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Especially when he leaned forward, wearing that teasing smile... She leaned forward a bit herself, nodding. "Yep. My mom taught me all of her best Southern cooking. And I bake, too." Yeah, she was a modern, independent woman, but there was something so appealing about cooking a good meal for people she cared about, especially a guy she was interested in. It was the Texas girl in her, she supposed.
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The table separating them was a minor inconvenience, one that was sated slightly with the arrival of their drinks. Claire had ordered a whiskey sour, the first drink that had come to mind, and her signature cocktail, if she had one. Sipping it as it arrived, she was oblivious to the secret ingredient in Lyon's drink, being far more focused on the man himself.
"I would love to cook for you, long as you do the dishes. And maybe I'll just wear the apron." Her mind was very much on the same track, at the mention of her wearing one. Now that she thought about it, she really wanted to do it. She filed it away in her mental list of things to do. "I'll cook ya anything you want, even dessert."
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"If I didn't know better I'd say you'd just read my mind babe. I'll do more than just the dishes if you'll cook for me in just an apron." Once again Lyon found himself having to fight an erection, and to distract himself he took another sip of his drink. "Although we might not make it to dessert with you dressed like that. I suppose we could always 'take it with us' though..." Lyon's eyes danced as he thought about licking frosting off Claire's naked body. He grinned a moment later and asked, "What do you think? Does that sound like fun for our next date?"
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Though amidst her growing arousal, there was a twinge of affection in her chest as she realized that Lyon was planning their second date when they'd barely even gotten through the first. It meant a lot to her, for sure. "I think it sounds perfect."
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Claire listened, enjoying her meal as she did so. She was a little intrigued as he mentioned having so much family, having never been very close to her extended family - her adoptive family or her birth family. "Wow," she said, sipping at her cocktail, "you have a lot of family. I've got a birth family and an adoptive family and I've hardly met anyone from either."
It was also interesting to learn he'd been at the hotel for so long, and as she thought about it, she realized she'd sort of lost track of how long she'd been there. It had to be a few months at least, right? Time was flying, she was having fun and for once in her young adulthood she wasn't worrying about anything. It was nice.
(OOC: Ha, my tag before almost got away with me, I was trying to rein it in ( ... )
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"I didn't know you were adopted," Lyon said after a few moments of companionable silence, his voice and expression betraying only honest curiosity. "That must have been hard. When did you find out?"
[OOC: And I go from super long to super short. *facepalm* Still, I'd rather the tags be on the shorter side and end on logical breaks than be novellas that are difficult to keep up with.]
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