the way her face lights up sends dalton’s heart into a frenzy within his chest. he just loves seeing her happy — he loves her. dalton’s glad she’s excited about the trip and not upset that he’d sprung it upon her so suddenly. he catches her when she launches herself at him easily, always having been sturdy on his feet ( not to mention that fact that he was an actual fucking giant ). “ i love you. ” dalton smiles as she kisses him, arm extending when she goes to pull away — he’s not eager to let her go, even if she’s only making her way to their shared closet.
“ we could probably squeeze a basketball game in — you know i’ll never say no to that. ” he speaks up so she can hear him from the other room. dalton takes the liberty of plucking up his coffee and taking a much - needed sip while she changed. “ i do have a few things planned for us though. i even scheduled v time so you can show me all your favorite parts.” he knows how much this means to her; he wants to get that glimpse into her life. dalton could never get enough of vedette… even if he already knew her like the back of his hand. she was his favorite thing to learn — his favorite person to know. dalton wanted all the seemingly frivolous retellings of her childhood right where she grew up.
when she reappears, he’s quick to step in to her, “ i like this. ” he says, brushing over the hem of her dress and pressing a kiss to the top of her head. “ you’re beautiful. ” dalton hums out, pulling back to admire her ( and so she can go rummage through her bag — he’d anticipated a lot of picture - taking on this trip ). “ took a little bit of convincing… some promises for extra practices on the weekends… but he said it was fine. ” is it wrong that he already misses her just thinking about those saturdays he’d be tied up with the gym ? “ you know how he gets the back half of february. ”
“yea? i’ve been keeping it hidden away for a day like this - - not that I’ve been expecting a trip to monaco or anything but I knew you’d pull something out of your sleeve eventually and i wanted to be prepared” a smile spreads across her lips when dalton presses his to her forehead , quickly returning to her camera bag packing. “god i know , i’ll be lucky if i get to see you at all during march” v doesn’t mean it in a bad way necessarily , she knows march madness is probably one of , if not the most important event of the season. “just make sure he knows your wife can’t sleep without you next to her , maybe that’ll get him to let you off the hook early” she chuckles , tucking away the last of her lenses and film rolls she wanted to bring with her and zipping up her bag.
fourteen or so hours later , v had finally lifted her head from off of dalton’s shoulder , awaking from her nap just as the pilot announced they would be landing in monaco in just a few short moments. “how is it possible for a place to get more beautiful every time you see it?” she couldn’t believe her eyes - - the water was so blue , the buildings so white and the yachts in the port looked like they were parked in the exact order they were the last time she was home. she had never realized how homesick she was until she was home , memories flooding over her like a tsunami.
with ease , her hand slips into his when they get off of the plane. she can’t wipe the smile off her face while the two of them walk off. “i’ll never be able to thank you enough for this” she tells him , eyes watering as she looks up and over at him. only a tear or two falls from her eyes before she decides to stop being dramatic. “where to now ? i’ll try not to be too controlling since it seems like you’ve got it all planned out but there are a couple places we have to go , but some of them are best seen at night anyways”
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