beau knew that the two of them had their ups and downs but he was ultimately grateful that he and his wife, eliza, were attempting to work things out. smiling as his wife came into view as she walked into his home office, he clapped his hands together and closed his laptop. “there’s my girl,” he breathed out, looking at her in an affectionate manner. “are you ready to get out of here for a little while? i don’t want to miss our reservations. i’m glad that we were both able to get the night off, aren’t you?”

the only other person beau had brought home to meet his parents was mallory and that was years ago, and now here he was bringing jamie home to meet his mom - just his mom. he wasn’t sure how his dad would react. he wasn’t even sure his dad knew that he was also into guys and he didn’t really know how to tell him, especially since he wasn’t exactly on his dad’s goodside because he didn’t want to stay in real estate. he had his arm around jamie’s waist as they  walked up to the front of his parent’s house. “my mom’s going to love you. i know it.” he spoke before pressing a kiss against his cheek and pushing the door open. he led him inside and toward the kitchen where he knew his mom would be. she turned and smiled at the two of them, “you must be jamie! beau’s told me so much about you.” she spoke once she noticed them and wiped her hands on a towel before moving toward them and giving them both a hug. that was a good sign, beau hoped.

beau slipped in the seat next to lola’s sat behind the front desk. it’d been a slow night and he knew the both of them wanted to go home but they were both stuck here for the overnight shift. he leaned back and crossed his arms over his chest before looking over at her, “there has to be something we can do that will help us get through this.” he sighed. “any ideas? or should we just make a fort behind here and take a nap?” 

“hi, baby.” beau greeted as he opened his front door. “i didn’t know you were coming over today.” he added as he pulled jamie’s toward him by his waist and pressed a small kiss against his lips. “working on editing some pictures. you wanna see them?” he asked, smiling a little at him as he looked down at his boyfriend. he pulled him inside and closed the door behind him. he didn’t mind him showing up when he wanted. this was basically his place too or at least that’s how beau felt. maybe jamie hadn’t officially moved in with him but he was here enough.

“what do you think classifies as a date?” beau asked, looking over at the person seated next to him. “i heard a couple of girls discussing what was considered a date and what wasn’t considered a date when i was getting coffee earlier and i just want to know your opinion. to me, a date is anything you want it to be. it could be staying at home on the couch and eating pizza with someone but from what i heard from them, if you’re not taking them out and spending money on them then it isn’t a date. is that true?” 

beau spent a lot of his free time with jamie and it wasn’t even that he was trying to rebound, it was more of the fact that he actually like his company. he actually liked hanging out with him and he couldn’t help but wonder if he felt the same way. so, instead of inviting him to do what they usually did, which was spend the night in bed, he invited him for dinner and he was hoping that wouldn’t make things weird because if he was being honest, he did really want to get to know more about him. he waited outside the restaurant, his hands in his pockets as he looked around and a smile appeared on his face at the sight of jamie. “hey.” he breathed out and pressed a kiss against his cheek. “dinner’s cool, right?”

a groan left his lips the moment the sun made its way through a crack in his blinds and blinded him through his eyelids. “shit.” he grumbled and curled further into his bed. that was, until he heard someone else in his apartment. did he bring someone home last night? he couldn’t remember. he had too much to drink last night and his brain was foggy. he sat up and rubbed his hands over her face, “uh, good morning...” he trailed off. “did we...?”

“i just sold another house.” beau announced and broke into a small dance in front of the person they’d been talking to before he had answered his phone. “it might not be what i want to do career wise but i still feel pretty awesome when i sell a house because i know my dad’s gonna be proud as hell.” he added, glancing back over at them. “anyways, what were we talking about again?”