send 🌿 for our muses to be caught under mistletoe .
‘you can’t just leave her alone, franklin --’ his mum had scorned him rather harshly, leaving him bewildered, he had just gone to fetch them some drinks and here he was already being harked on his date mannerisms. maybe his mum had a point -- he had already lost her.
“oh rowena” he grumbled, a polite smile fixed at his lips as he nodded politely to those he was passing by, never lingering too long for a chat, he would rather find his brunette, “there you are --” he sighed, relief coursing through him, “at this rate - i’m going to have to chain myself to you” he huffed, eyes widening slightly alarmed with how that sounded and she still didn’t know him that well --
“it was a joke -- mum had her lecture ready in her arson” his gaze dropping to hers just to see that she was looking up at, “oh --” his own cheeks flushing slightly at the sight of the mistletoe -- he wanted to ignore the nearby hooting and hollering, but as he caught her attention - he already knew what he was going to do.
lips gently brushing against her forehead, before dropping close to her ear to whisper, “that counts, doesn’t it?” hearty chuckle, “i don’t want our first kiss to be a spectacle, we might not be able to control much, but that will be ours --” he promised, a certain twinkle in his gaze as he finally handed her the drink.