Some Cafe in Paris | Monday Morning

[puppywithatutu]

It was finals week again, which should have meant Caroline was camped out at her desk with colored index cards and a variety of colorful pens, highlighters, and post-it tabs. But no, she was still on a relaxing vacation. The second night in Paris had been welcome, if slightly stressful as Caroline fretted over the potential of missing finals

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[need_no_moon]

Jake recognised that look, but he decided to finish his pain au chocolat first.

"Relax," he said finally when his mouth wasn't as full. "We'll take the portal and there will be plenty of time to get to your first class."

[need_no_moon]

He didn't have an option. That was all there was for him. She'd go to a university and do amazing and he'd be stuck.

He mimicked her sigh. "Look, I know you did this for me and now it messed with your finals. So I'm sorry, but I really don't know how I could fix this."

[puppywithatutu]

"I'm not asking you to fix anything," she told him, shoving a pastry in her mouth to stop herself from saying anything really stupid while she was freaking out over stuff that was unrelated to whatever it was they had gotten onto about the future.

[need_no_moon]

"No," he agreed and he made a face. "We had a good weekend. It was fun, but you're just going to remember how it went wrong."

[puppywithatutu]

Her jaw dropped and she gaped at him, totally surprised that he would think that about her. "What? I know I'm shallow and obsessive and you can probably add in a dozen more negative descriptors, but what makes you think I'd forget how great the other night was? Seriously, ow." Her hand pressed flat against her chest like her heart was wounded. "Just in case you missed it, finals are not actually more important than you in my mind."

[need_no_moon]

Oh.

He blinked and sighed, rubbing his hand over his face. "I know. I'm sorry. You're just so angry right now and I don't know how to make it better. I can't even hold you cause it will just make things worse."

[puppywithatutu]

"Oh my God, did someone slip something into your hot chocolate?" Caroline asked, getting to her feet and moving to stand by his chair, pushing at his arms so she could try and slide onto his lap. He probably heard her muttering about how she didn't remember anyone saying holding her was a bad idea.

[need_no_moon]

And now he had a lap full of girlfriend, which wasn't all in all so bad. He hugged her against him and pressed a kiss to her temple.

"I thought being close would make it harder," he mumbled back in response to her mutterings.

[puppywithatutu]

Caroline leaned against him, smirking up at him a little as she replied, "That sounds like something you just have to cope with." Light and a little dirty was just easier, shh.

[need_no_moon]

He groaned and poked her side before drawing her down against him. "You know what I mean."

[puppywithatutu]

She laughed lightly for a second before sighing a little and resting her forehead against him. "Yeah, I know, but I'm totally not worried. I'd rather desiccate in a tomb than bite you." Again. Ignore that she still remembered how amazingly fresh he'd tasted. That was his fault and she was not planning on giving in, thus all the pastries.

[need_no_moon]

He frowned and brushed his fingers over her hair. "I'm not letting it come to that."

[puppywithatutu]

"Oh no?" Caroline hadn't expected him to think he could actually stop that without finding her a blood bank.

[need_no_moon]

"Do you think I can sit back and watch you hurt like that?" he asked her quietly.

[puppywithatutu]

She pressed her face against his chest, an arm wrapping around his side to hug him more tightly. "No, but do you think I could hurt you just to help myself?"

[need_no_moon]

He rested his chin on top of her head, his arm tight around her shoulders. "Do you think I'd mind more than you did a week ago?"