hihi :) i have another Rathathawne question for you if it's okay. how would you imagine a date going for them? one once they're adults and so, sometimes around seasons one or two, what kind of date would they go on?
ooooh yes it's always okay bestie!!! <3333
I think they'd probably start with drinks or coffee, something low stakes where they can catch up after work and get to know each other again since so much has happened, a slow start with no pressure just to see where things go, to see if they can actually start something again
after I can see them going to a little cafe for dinner or back to Eddie's place (Hartley's a very private person so I think it'd take a bit before he was comfortable with Eddie coming back to his) - somewhere quiet and private and I don't think they'd kiss or anything like that yet but it would still be intimate and romantic and sweet
either that OR (and it's very Missouri, very Midwestern of me but it just popped in my head) depending on the time of year I could absolutely see Eddie convincing Hartley to come with him to like a summer or fall festival - booths, games, a carnival, candy apples, funnel cakes, the whole shebang! Hartley would think it was a little ridiculous and more social than he'd like but he'd humor Eddie because Eddie ALWAYS manages to make it a good time for them both (of course, there's some sort of country music stage/karaoke/talent show something or other and Hartley might not participate right then and there but he'd definitely drag Eddie along once they were through to show him what a real singer can do lol)
also Eddie would win Hartley at least one carnival prize <3333 probably something silly like one of those cheap-ass plastic colorful flutes or recorders that only play one note lol (Hartley would treasure it regardless)
