Shepard hates dresses.
All right, maybe that's not strictly true. She likes the way they look on other women - but they just don't suit her. Her idea of formalwear is Alliance mess dress, or a tailored pantsuit if she has to wear civvies. And maybe it's because the hotel is so contrary that the only thing it's left her to wear tonight is...
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Already running late, he decides he may as well give it shot... why not play along, it wasn't like he really had anything vastly better to be doing. Even if it didn't go well and he didn't connect with this mystery person there was a whole night ahead of him. He slips into a basic blue suit and even adds a thin back tie before walking to the restaurant. Standing just outside the doors he'd been escorted to, looking out onto the veranda, he removes his shades and slips them into his pocket - getting his first look of at this stranger.
It's a woman, from behind a very attractive... if not somewhat familiar... woman. Licking his lips, he opens the doors and steps out to the cool evening air. "Waiting for someone?"
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"Might be." Her brows arch. "Looking for someone?"
If he's her companion for the night... well, he's late, but she's not gonna get on his case about it.
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"Always." He says with a soft chuckle, holding up the note that had been slipped under his door, "but tonight, with a rather curious reason." Michael shifts on his feet and steps close to the table, picking up the open bottle of wine to freshen her glass without sitting down. "If you want to found."
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Her smile broadens, very slightly, as she sees the note in his hand. "So you got one too." And then, a little teasingly, "I guess we're stuck with each other."
There are definitely worse people she could be stuck with.
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Michael lets out a soft chuckle and invites himself to the seat opposite her, pouring a glass of wine for himself. "But I do believe that we are the victims of a rather obvious prank."
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Leaning back in her chair, Shepard flashes him a broader smile. "Besides, if I recall correctly, someone owes me a steak dinner."
Yeah, she remembers that.
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