ok but imagine modern Bellamy that's a history prof and owns a local book shop and has like seven dogs
this became a prompt idk if it is what you intended but i just had to.
The firsttime Bellamy meet Clarke he’s out with his dogs. He catches her stealingseveral glances his way. Feeling bold for once, he says “Can’t look away fromthese dashing looks, uh?” and he gestures to himself. By chance the cute blondesmirks and he can’t help but feeling smug about making her smile.
“I was staring at the dogs,” she says while nodding to them at his feet.
He looks down and remembers that he has seven dogs and that people tend to findit weird, for some reason.
“Oh” is all he can say and he blushes, mentallycursing himself for flirting with a girl in a dog park. She’s still smiling though.
“The good looks are helping though,” she saysshowing her notebook.
He takes it a sign to come sit next to her onthe bench. She opens the page she was working on and he can see himself withhis dogs on paper, a pencil drawing. She’s talented. He clears his throat alittle.
“Thanks. I thought so too.”
He doesn’t really know how to keep theconversation going but she seems fine with staring at him and he can’t help butstare back. While he’s a little uncomfortable about it, she studies him withoutshame.
“So.” He stretches his legs. “You often come tothe dog park?”
“I never saw you here.” And he blushes morebecause it feels more like an admission than anything else.
She shrugs and just says: “I moved here not longago.”
He hums in answer and takes a look at his dogs.
“I expect you come here a lot?”
He chuckles. “Yeah. Seven dogs.”
“That’s some Robin Scherbatsky’s shit.”
He laughs more and when he’s recovered: “Hope Iwon’t fall for a Ted Mosby.”
She nods. “That would be a shame, really.” She looksat his dogs too and his heart does a funny thing. “So, how did you end up withseven dogs? Not that it’s bad or anything. Just-”
“I was going to say ‘a lot’ but yeah,” shegrins.
“I always loved dogs, I had two first because Ilive alone and it was good company. One of my friends moved away and let mehers because I was the only one in our group friends capable of taking care of animals.I ended up with my ex’s after we broke up, but I can’t even remember why. Ifound a lost one and I couldn’t nottake her. And when my sister’s dog got her litter I just got two because Ialready had five, so why the hell not?”
She’s silent for a moment and he fears he boredher to death. He’s about to say she did ask for the story when she speaks again.
“Um yeah. I have a pretty big house with a yardand everything. The dogs aren’t too unhappy I think.”
“They don’t seem so,” she says, her voice soft,just as one of the dog jumps and licks his hands.
“Want me to introduce you to them?”
She looks at him through her eyelashes and she’sbeautiful.
He turns to his dogs again and blushes when hecalls them “Poseidon, Artemis, Hades, Hermes, Demeter, Athena, Persephone!”He needed a theme.
When he sees her for the second time it’s thestart of the school year and he’s meeting with a new student’s foster mother.He’s working on his lesson plans when he hears a small knock on the door of hisoffice.
“Mister Blake, thank you for meeting with me.”
He gets up to greet her and when she turnsafter closing the door he recognizes her. She must recognize him too becauseshe lets out a small “oh”.
“Hello.” And he fucking waves like an idiot.
She bites her lips to keep herself fromlaughing and it makes him more comfortable for some reason.
“Hi. Um, take a seat, please.”
“Thanks.” And she sits in front of him.
She smirks a little and he doesn’t know whereto begin.
“I understand better the nerd dogs’ names now.”
He shrugs, used to this kind of jokes.
“Obviously.” And they’re staring at each otheragain. He clears his throat.
“Yeah. Of course. I’m Clarke.”
He takes the hand she’s presenting.
“Bellamy Blake, I teach History.”
“I know.” She wears a small smile that gothis heart melting a little. He smiles back because he’s incapable of not doingso.
“You’re here to talk about… Madi? Is thatright?”
“Yeah Madi… I don’t really know how to start…”
“Don’t worry, just say what you feel isimportant.”
She takes a deep breath. “Okay. She never knewher father. Her mother raised till she was eight and then died from overdose.”
It hits him, the story a little too close to his, but he doesn’t say anything.
“She’s been living with her grandmother for awhile and it was good from what I heard but she was an old woman and soon shedidn’t have the strength to take care of Madi. She ended up in foster care.She’s been with me for a little over a year now. And it’s been… okay, I think.I don’t want to say good.” She has a nervous chuckle. And Bellamy resists theurge to take her hand in his. We lived in a big city before we moved here but Ithought a small town would be better for her.”
He hums and lets her continue.
“She’s a great child. Really she is. She justhad a shitty childhood.”
And once again he can picture himself twelveyears ago.
“She’s smart but doesn’t like school, ofcourse. She had to leave school for a year so she’s older than her classmatesthis year. I don’t know if it’s going to be fine…” She bites her lips and adds, “History is her least favorite subject.”
He can’t help but smile at this.
“Have you ever met someone history was theirsfavorite subject?” She relaxes at his joke and it’s what he was going for so hesmiles more broadly. “Clarke… Can I call you ‘Clarke’?” She nods. “Clarke, I’mgoing to be honest with you. I never knew my father, my mother had a drugproblem and died from it when I was 15. My sister and I went in differentfoster houses. I know this shit.”
She seems profoundly relieved that this.
“I’ll take care of Madi the best I can. I knowhow to deal with teenagers.”
Her relief is written on her smile and it’sblinding. He will see more of Clarke Griffin, for sure.
He expects to see more of her at school, for parents’meetings and stuff but she comes to his bookstore the following week and he hasto go see her. She’s looking at a book in the classic section and he might fallin love with her already.
He comes behind her and takes a look over hershoulder. She mustn’t have sense him come because she jumps when he says: “Iwould recommend this book.”
She turns and takes him in.
“Don’t come behind people’s back like this!”
“Bellamy,” she corrects and smiles.
“We have to stop meeting like this.”
“Unplanned.” It’s bold but he feels prettyconfident. She laughs so it can’t be that bad.
He grins, a little smug about making her laugh.
“You have some game for a nerd.”
She smirks and every damn look is a good lookon her, it’s frustrating.
“So, this is a good book?”
“Don’t change the subject, Clarke, I’m waitingfor apologies.”
“I said you had game I don’t see any offense inthis,” she says a little too falsely innocent.
“Get out of my bookstore, you’re banned.”
She blinks. “Your bookstore?”
He frowns, not understanding her surprise.“Yeah?”
“Well I also own this bookstore.” He shrugslike it’s not a big deal.
She hums. “You’re quite a catch, BellamyBlake.”
He starts blushing when Miller calls for him“Blake, stop flirting I need your help here!” And that would make his cheeks fullyred.
He lets out an awkward “sorry” and goes to seeMiller but Clarke follows him. He can’t say he minds.
They comes to the counter and Miller doesn’teven glance at them.
“Clarke, this is Miller. I work in thebookstore Saturdays and during school vacations and he takes over during theweek. The books are the only company he can stand.
“Fuck you, Blake. You done with the flirting? We need to put the new books on the shelfs.”
“He’s not done with the flirting actually,”Clarke says and she takes his hand too and he might die from happiness really.
Miller glares at him, staring right into hiseyes. He huffs and rolls his eyes and goes through the back door to thereserve.
Bellamy turns to Clarke, not letting go of herhand.
“Sorry he’s pretty grumpy.”
He smiles and looks down at her.
“I fear I gave all I got in my game.”
He swallows when she links her hands behind hisneck.
“Good thing I have a pretty great game toothen.”
“Yeah. Good thing.” And he leans down tocapture her lips with his.
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