#softness?

YES I WILL!

I’ve touched on this in Honeyed Eyes, but I’ll be damned if I’m not keen to write it again!

Clyde spending all afternoon pacing back and forth in his trailer, repeating stuff over and over to himself. How long has it been, since he liked someone this much? Since he felt this giddy, right down to his toes?

“You’re lookin’ beautiful. I got you these - thought you’d like ‘em.” He holds up a bunch of pretty yellow flowers to his mirror, face flushed with nerves. His brow dips. “Thought you’d like them. Them. Themthemthem.”

He doesn’t want you to see how fucking nervous he is - how much this means to him. It’s too early for all of that nonsense

He arrives at your house ten minutes early, crisp button up all the way to his throat. He smells like an industrial cologne incident, and the green stems of your flowers are crushed in his fingertips

When he sees you - when he sees you

oh my god

“Oh,” he says, his heart hammering

“Oh?”

He shakes his head

“You’re so beautiful. I ain’t even sure where I went for a moment there.”

Shit, that’s not in the script!

Still: you take his arm, the scent of your perfume in the air

He has no idea where to take you - but Mellie recommended the movies as a good start point. Great for accidental hand holding, dumb stuff

You see a dumb comedy - the reviews are super average, but it looks fun and a little cute

You share a bucket of popcorn and a big slushie - Clyde drinks it too fast and ends up getting a massive brain freeze, and you can’t stop laughing

Accidental hand touches when you both reach for the popcorn

Slowly bleeds into you both touching shoulders all the way through the movie

Slowly bleeds into you leaning on his shoulder

Slowly bleeds into--

Your lips on his

Oh, yep, that was definitely a sound you heard him make

Smiling against your lips

You both leaving hand-in-hand

Getting dessert at a nearby cafe and making starry-eyed glances at eachother; you smearing icing on his nose and him trying to lick it off

Footsies under the table

Him looking over with soft brown eyes, already looking full of love

Arms hooked together as you walk through the streets, looking into shop windows

Joking about what you’d take with you if the Armageddon happened

Simple: you’re going to a department store. Nice big beds, comfy couches. A makeshift den that you can defend

Clyde’s pretty insistent on creating a big blockade at the bookstore

“Good for fires” he laughs “and since I ain’t plannin’ on makin’ it after day three, I’m thinkin’ some existential readin’ might be in order”

“We could team up,” you offer. “Build a book blockade around our pillow fort”

His smile is sunshine bright

It’s so easy with you - it’s so damned easy

Him dropping you off and pressing this infectious kiss to your lips, his face warm and smile on his lips

That night you both text eachother - continuing your zombie survival plans. For the first time in a long time, he adds two little kisses to his good night text

You both have the sweetest dreams about the next time you’ll go out