DIMITRI | BELMONT

“well i suppose that’s a good thing, at least it’ll save me the hassle from dealing with the ones who don’t know what type of person i am.” she gave him another smile before nodding at his very obvious flirting. “if i had your number maybe i’d let you know when i plan to visit next, and you may be lucky enough to see me in a bikini.” she murmured before looking back at him and crossed her legs once more, listening to him intently. “hmmm i’d probably prefer a champagne cruiser right now, i mean if you were planning on buying me a drink.”

“oh no, we’re all terrible. i mean, logan was the worst, but i stole the title. i think we’re mostly neck and neck right now. libby sometimes gets forgotten by our parents altogether.”

“oh, so you’re a wuss then? that doesn’t seem to befit a bodyguard. just buy a turtleneck, man.”

“Sitka for a friend’s wedding two years ago.” With his work he had the ability to travel the globe. Although it was most of his time abroad was work-related he had gotten the ability to explore on his days off. “I’ve been all over when I was with the Navy and some other places when I worked for a private detail. The most interesting place though I’d have to say was Ireland. Simple place, but landscape is impeccable.” He’d enjoyed his travels and certainly desired to take up more in the future. Hopefully this time it could be more enjoyable and with someone he desired to be in the company of. “What do you do?” 

“oh yeah? i give out the vibe huh?” she’s definitely enjoying this conversation a lot more than she thought she would be, but than again, this town and it’s people were surprisingly her more and more each minute she spent here. “oh well i mean, who knows right? the bahama’s just have a lot more eye candy to offer, and they’re always just at your beck and call, so it kind of tips the scales a little bit. besides, if i had known you were hiding away in new york, perhaps that would’ve made a difference.” she watched him down his drink and took another sip from her own, finishing it off as well before turning to look at him with a smile on her face. “that’s true, too bad i don’t easily give in to my impulses, at least not until you buy me a drink first.” she murmured before twisting her upper body on the bar stool so that she was more turned towards him, a subtle sign that was telling everyone else in this bar that he was who held 100% of her attention tonight.

“if you meet one honeychurch, you’ve met all of us. we’re equally disappointing in our own wonderful, unique ways.”

“you know the only mountains i got near–are well, none of them.” she finished as she wrinkled her nose and shook her head. “they probably do,” she nodded at the thought before shrugging. “but the truth is, i don’t think i could even learn without being petrified i’m going to fall,” though really, she knew that she couldn’t hold off learning much longer. once jasper was fully recovered from his little stint during the avalanche, she was sure he was going to want to take her up a mountain and she’d attempt it too, at least she hoped she would. when she heard his words, she grinned. “well of course i’d be worried, the dimitri i know and remember, found it hard to get out of bed even when his company for the night needed to,” she mumbled before laughing at his words and shrugging. “just someone i happened to meet here. he’s uh–well he’s pretty amazing and he adores ava, so i got lucky.”

“maybe.” she grinned before giving him a quick little shrug. “i mean–you know, i like to keep people guessing.” the truth was, she’d never even dream of doing something of the sort, but what he didn’t know, made for exciting times. “you like it?” she questioned, a little bit of her normally confident behaviour hiding away. “i mean–i could sell it myself, but then people wouldn’t come here as often and that could be a bad thing, no?”

“only probably,” she grinned at him before shrugging. “can’t have you thinking that i’m strictly a ‘yes’ woman right? because i only agree with people when i want to.” with another casual shrug, she took a sip from her drink before looking back at him, wondering how on earth he wasn’t actually here with someone else. “retaining the mystery is a very big part of my charm,” she told him with a smirk before nodding at his revelation of where he was from. “that is a beautiful place, at least from what i’ve heard, i’ve only been to new york in transition to the bahamas.” at his very obvious attempt at calling her part of the scenery, she only rolled her eyes before shrugging. “but asides from the scenery, there are more things that i’m hoping live up to the hype as well,” her words were said with a very pointed glance in his direction, eyes traveling from his shoes to his hair, letting him know exactly what was in her mind.

she loved seeing him smile like that, and given the amount of time they’d spent together back in london, she could easily tell when he was simply just raising the corner of his mouth to be polite and when he was actually smiling. “well given how i’ve never gone up their yet, i think if i ever tried, i’d definitely be the talk of the town so don’t worry about it.” she giggled before nodding at his words and rolling her eyes at the last statement. “of course you still enjoy that. i’d be worried if you didn’t and while i’d love to join you in bed, sadly you’re a little late, i’ve got my eye on someone else.”

“that is exactly what i’m saying,” she grinned at him even though he looked rather against the thought of staying in wintergreen too long. once he tried her drink, which had her rolling her eyes given how he was behaving as if she were trying to poison him. “relax, i wouldn’t try to poison you in my own coffee place,” she murmured before nodding. “of course it’s ‘not half bad’, it’s amazing.” she grinned before holding out a tiny bottle of a brown powder. “this is my new concoction, it’s like a snickerdoodle hot cocoa, but with a hint of cardamom in it as well.”

“then this is small potatoes. chill out, it’s already cold here.”

“pleasure’s all mine. do i need to welcome you to wintergreen? or is the place no stranger to you?” working at the bar, roscoe met new and old faces every day. most days, he could never keep up with either. “i could have seen you around, but i’m not so sure.”

“oh please, two months is nothing, you have to be here for at least six months to really get a feeling for the place.” she grinned before handing him another drink. “okay try this out, i bet you’re going to like it.” she ended up giving him one of her new concoctions and waited for his reaction.

“the best and worst huh? i could probably agree with you.” and mia wasn’t lying about that especially when she heard the reasoning he was giving her for why they were both the best and the worst. because really–most people found it hard to hide things from her, and yet would spend ages trying to figure her out. still she couldn’t help but give him a smile as he attempted to figure her out. but the truth was, she couldn’t believe how well he’d managed to pinpoint exactly who mia sinclair was. “well if you figured out what i kept buried, how would i be able to retain the mystery right?” she smiled as she raised her glass towards his own. “so judging from your accent, you’re from someone on the eastern coast of the country? what brings you to wintergreen?” she didn’t want to call it a boring town just yet, not if for some reason this incredibly attractive man actually liked it.

“that is true,” she agreed with dimitri especially since thankfully this was a worry she’d never had to deal with before in her life. “well i mean, recharging isn’t that easy,” she chuckled before shaking her head. “i think you need to go out and snowboard, or ski, or something? or even visit the spa dimitri, i hear they do an amazing deep tissue massage.” she grinned before raising an eyebrow at him. “and as far as i remember, that was always something you enjoyed no?”

“fair point.” roscoe nodded, shaking his head in acknowledgement. he had a rather good point there. “i’m roscoe, by the way. can’t remember if i introduced myself or not.”