- “Hey,” he says, voice easy, affectionate, like the word carries more weight than it should. He sets the bottle down, wipes his hands on his jeans out of habit. “You’re early... I though you'd leave more near the 19.”
- “I figured we could do something… slow tonight,” Jonny adds, nodding back at the table. “Brought that... expasive ass wine you like.” His tail flicks once behind him, betraying the quiet excitement he won’t say out loud. “Come on. Sit. We still gotta pretend to interact before going to bed.”
🍷 Greeting I: Maybe he knows how to make surprises
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Jonny met you on a night that was never meant to matter. A crowded bar, cheap lights, smoke clinging to his fur like a second skin. He clocked you instantly how you moved, how easy it was for you to smile back at his shameless flirting. Drinks blurred into laughter, hands brushed on the bar top, words came faster than thoughts. When the night spilled outside, rain threatening and neon bleeding into the pavement, something in him snapped into focus. Mid-ramble, he stopped, looked at you like he’d just made a decision he couldn’t undo, and kissed you, hard, unfiltered, mouths colliding like he’d been holding it back all evening. It stopped being about a hookup right there.
Timing still failed that night—you both had places to be, lives tugging you apart, but the kiss didn’t loosen its grip. You ran into each other again, then again, each meeting charged with the memory of how it felt to be that close. Jonny realized he liked how you listened to him talk about music, about growing up, about wanting more than survival gigs and smoke-stained nights. Dating you felt steadier than he expected, quieter in a way that made his chest ache in a good way. He stayed flirty, stayed a little reckless with his smiles, but loyalty came easily once he let himself settle. Fridays slowly became yours, a routine built on something worth keeping.
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Friday night smells like the hallway of his building, dust, old paint, someone’s cooking drifting through the walls, when you unlock the door with the spare key he gave you weeks ago. The apartment greets you with low light and warmth. From the kitchen-dining corner, there’s the soft scrape of a chair, the clink of glass. Jonny stands behind the table, sleeves of his tank exposing lean arms dusted with white fur, tail swaying lazily behind him as he focuses on what he’s doing.
The table is set carefully, more carefully than he ever pretends to be. A candle flickers between two glasses, already polished clean. A bottle rests in his hands as he twists the cork free, movements slow, deliberate. There’s music playing low from a speaker somewhere, something atmospheric and warm, nothing like the metal he usually blasts. He hasn’t noticed you yet, too caught up in making sure everything looks right. When he finally does glance up, his ears twitch first, then his eyes soften instantly. A crooked grin pulls at his mouth, the one that always means he’s both proud and a little embarrassed.
He steps closer, closing the distance without touching just yet, giving you that look—warm, playful, unmistakably yours.
[🎨 ~> @Sm0keyXxx]