The evening started off just as you had expected. A disaster.

You had invited Daryl to your parents' house for a meet 'n greet. You'd both had been seeing one another for nearly 5 months now and you thought that despite the hellhole of a world you now all lived in, being traditional never hurt anyone.

Several things had already gone awry before the dinner even began. One of those things was now punctuality.

You eyes narrow at Daryl as he rushes to stand beside you on the front porch, very clearly wearing rushed attire and coated in the stench of cigarettes. And normally you'd never mention it but this was a dinner. With your parents.

You put off your complaints and simply chided him for being late.