CHAPTER 2 / Skinner's girl
Age gap talk. Few glasses of wine. Use of y/n. First date!
The butterflies in your stomach making you feel happy and giddy didn't last very long. You had got to your apartment and then started overthinking. Sitting on the edge of your bed you stared at your opened and now, very messy closet. The first thing you did after coming to your apartment was to take the contents apart, trying to find the perfect outfit for tomorrow and then the thinking happened. What if it wasn't actually a date? What if he sees you as a student or even a daughter and it is actually just a celebratory dinner?
Now you didn't know what to wear since you didn't know what it was. A short sexy dress would be inappropriate if he saw you as a young kid to guide as but in case it was a date you didn't want to wear anything too conservative either. You could always text him to clarify but that would be embarrasing. So you called the last person you should probably take advice from, Alicia.
"Of course it's a date! Have you lost your mind? Wear the red dress that goes halfway to your thighs and has that asymmetrical top part that shows your boobs off! It's perfect." She said after you complained to her. You sighed and said "Are you sure? What if he really doesn't think that way and I just embarrass myself?". You searched for the red dress in the pile of clothes on your floor. "Yes i'm sure you idiot. He wouldn't ask you out to dinner if he saw you as a kid. He would have bought you coffee in that case. Just wear the damn dress. And if it all goes south, text me and I will call you and pretend it's an emergency so you have to leave, okay?" She reassured you. "Okay okay, thanks Alicia" You said as you ended the call.
You had tossed and turned a while before falling asleep that night, but in your dreams the came to you. The day passed in a minute and there you were, standing in front of your apartment building door. In your red dress and high heels you felt akward but so excited.
He saw you from the traffic lights he was stuck on. Walter saw that red dress and how you tugged it down so it wouldn't reveal so much. He also saw in his mind how he would lift that dress off of you and.. Somebody honked behind him, he had stared at you so long that he didn't notice the lights had turned green. He drove to your front door and got out to open the car door for you, he was a gentleman after all.
You were already taking steps to his car when he got out to open the door for you. Such a gentleman, unlike the boys your age. He looked amazing in his suit, it was different than the ones he wore in the mornings for his work. "Thank you" you said as you stepped in his car to sit. You still couldn't make anything out of his face, always with that stoic look on his face. He took your hand to hold in his after he started driving. "You look amazing" Walter said. You felt the blush creep up on your face, god you hated the fact that you couldn't keep anything to yourself, your face always had to show everything you felt. You bit your lip and had to look away but still before that you said "Thank you". A small smirk curved on Skinners lips as he saw you blushing.
The start at the restaurant was well... akward to say the least. Not because of him but because you were so damn nervous you couldn't answer but with one word to everything. You were so confident when talking to boys your age, you could always read them so easily, but Walter? He was impossible to read. But you had to pull it together and so after the waitress had taken your orders and you had taken a few sips from the white wine that was brought to your table already, you started a conversation. "So the FBI huh? Can you tell me what you do there or is it classified or something?"
You were suprised he worked at the FBI, you had seen it from his card. Not some boring office job at all then, you had thought at home. "Well I am an assistant director. That means that I'm in charge of the DC field office." You were quite shocked at that, he was quite high up in the ranks then. "Wow, that sounds.. demanding and stressful" You answered. "Sometimes, well to be fair almost all the time, but I've learned to handle it" Walter said after taking a sip from his wine glass. "You really didn't have to bring me here, and i'm the one who should be treating you since you are the one who helped me pass the exam in the first place" You said with a small smile.
"Nonsense, you are still the one who passed. And i'm also doing this for selfish reasons" He said. And you could swear you saw a little glint in his eyes when he said that. "And what do you mean by that Mr. Skinner?" You said as you grew more relaxed by the minute.
"It's not everyday when you get to bring a beautiful woman on a date."
"I find that hard to believe, I bet you could bring any pretty girl here you wanted"
"I haven't wanted to bring just anyone, you are the first one in a long while I have caught my eye on".
"Oh" you didn't have any more words left to say after that. He was making you feel special and god you were a sucker for words like that.
You took a nervous sip from your wine. The waitress was already bringing your food and you enjoyed it with a small conversation about nothing important. By the end of the dinner you had enjoyed 3 glasses of wine, which were making you a little tipsy and bold. He had only drank his first one as he was driving, but luckily you could hold your alcohol. "Wanna share dessert?" He asked after you took your last bite of your chicken. "Mmhmm" you said while taking a sip from your water.
"You know I don't usually enjoy sweets but you are making me try new things" Walter said as the ice cream was brought to the table. "Making you? You are the one who suggested it" You said with a smile. You brought the spoon to your lips, the vanilla ice cream was rich in flavor, not like the cheap one you were used to. "That's fair, well let's say you inspire me to try new things" He corrected and looked at your lips eating your spoonful a tad bit too long.
After he put the spoon on the table you reached across the table and wiped the edge of his lip. After putting your thumb in your mouth you said "Thank you, it was really good". And at that a tiny blush appeared for a second on Walters face. The wine was truly making you bolder, but he liked this side of you too. He waved down the waiter and paid for the bill.
As you two walked out of the restaurant it was raining, not heavily but you could feel it. And you wanting to show yourself off, didn't bring a jacket. Already almost taking a step in the rain readying yourself for the coldness, you felt a weight on your shoulders - his jacket. You turned to look up at him. "No you don't have to." "We don't want you catching a cold, do we?" He answered. You sighed, but then nodded and you two started walking to his car.
The drive back to your apartment went silently, but it wasn't akward, it was.. comfortable. And like the true gentlemanhe was, he got up to open the door for you as you got out. The rain had already stopped. You hesitated, you didn't want the night to end but you weren't sure what to say. He also stood close, very close and it was making it harder for you to think. You could smell his cologne, it was woody and making your knees weak. You parted your lips and looked up at his eyes, readying yourself to say something, but the words didn't want to come out.
"I had a great time today, I haven't smiled that much in a long time" He said to distract himself from your lips. Walter really wanted to kiss you, but he wasn't sure if he should do that yet. He knew that you were attracted to him from the way you blushed and were so nervous all the time. He still had his doubts, you were still just a college student and even though very legal it was still quite an age gap. "Yeah, me too. The restaurant was great, thank you so much" You answered, the wines effect was already coming down and your nerves were going up. "I'd like to take you out on another date. Maybe a little walk somewhere on monday? If that's okay" Walter asked. God that look in his eyes, you didn't want to wait until monday, you wanted him here and now. "That sounds great. I would love to" You said and licked your lips. "I will text you the details" He said and kissed your cheek and turned to leave.
"No, Walter wait" You said and before he could fully turn back to face you - you grabbed his tie and pulled him into a kiss. And even though he was suprised, very suprised in fact - he answered to the kiss. He grabbed your cheek and your lower back and pulled you even deeper. A small moan escaped your lips at the action and Walter could feel something of his twitch at the sound. The kiss felt like it lasted for hours, like time had stopped. But eventually he pulled away and you let out a small breath. "Good night Y/N." Walter said as he kissed your forehead and walked to the car. You licked your lips and swallowed. You couldn't believe you just did that. Did you actually just do that? You turned on your heels and walked into your building.