Title: A Small Favour
Chapter: 5/?
Fandom: Teen Wolf
Ship: Scott/Malia
Rating: T+
Word Count: 4,743
Summary: While exploring the wedding venue, Scott's instincts tell him something strange is going on, and when Malia asks him to keep an eye on things, he ends up finding the last thing he expects to.
When he reached the hallway, she was standing there, one eyebrow raised in silent question, clearly waiting for an explanation as to why he’d summoned her away from her cousin. And he would have been happy to give her one, except he was a little too busy staring to say anything at all. Staring at her, because she’d changed into her dress at some point since they’d parted, and she looked fantastic. He didn’t know a whole lot about fashion or dresses, but the one she was wearing was red and kind of slinky, and he whole-heartedly approved of everything about it. It wasn’t the kind of thing he’d seen her wear very often, and in that moment, he truly believed that was a terrible shame, because she was really wearing it well.
“Wow,” he said, as he reached her, “that is—you—I think—you’re, uh…” Trailing off, he shook his head, running his eyes over her as he searched for the right thing to say. “You look beautiful—I mean, you always look beautiful. I—” Meeting her eyes, he cleared his suddenly dry throat. “You look great.”
He wasn’t sure what kind of reaction to expect from her, was more focused on himself, embarrassed by how he’d stumbled over his own words. About as far from smooth as he could have done it, barring tripping over his own feet and face-planting right in front of her instead. It was more than a little gratifying to see her straighten up slightly, a hint of a pleased smile touching her lips and a slight flush coming to her cheeks. Apparently, his faltering attempt had been the right thing after all.
“Thank you.” Her smile morphed into a smirk, one corner of her mouth ticking up noticeably. “You look… the same as you did two hours ago.”
Grateful for the chance to get back to the comfortably familiar ground of teasing, he snorted, shook his head. “Why mess with perfection?”
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