[OTA] Shop Til You Drop

[falsepretences]

The trip to the outposts - they went to both Diamond and Spade - with Sophie had yielded a few sketches of buildings through a strange mist, but mostly it had cleared Jordan's head and made it clear to him that he was just so damn tired. Of being serious all the time, of keeping his head down, and of basically behaving more like he was forty six instead of twenty six.

The cure for this, obviously, was shopping.

Specifically the cure for this was hat shopping, though Jordan might also be getting distracted by a display of pocket squares too.

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[falsepretences]

"Oh, my most sincere apologies, Miss Huntly." He leans in a little, raising his eyebrows. "And where, may I ask, are yours?"

[heartvestment]

She's not one to back away from anything. Casually- "The back of my neck and my lower back. So, like, slightly more daring that you, I'd say. Just slightly."

[falsepretences]

Just slightly. He grins back at her. "Are you going to show me sometime, Miss Huntly?"

[heartvestment]

"Mm." She tips her head to one side. "I certainly wouldn't mind. If you'd return the favor."

[falsepretences]

"Oh, I think that can be arranged." Without much sacrifice on his part.. He wondered if Edie's love of all things floral went everywhere.

[heartvestment]

"I haven't done this in a while," she admits, reaching out to pluck at his shirt. "You should tell me when and where."

[falsepretences]

He hasn't done it for several months, either. Not since he started dating Meghana - and he'd been trying to charm her with picnics and hole-in-the-wall restaurants, then.

"You're living at Heart Castle, aren't you?" He asked quietly. "I'll pick you up tonight at eight."

[heartvestment]

She taps her lip with a finger, looking distinctly pleased. "That sounds really nice to me, actually."

[falsepretences]

"Good," he murmurs, and on an impulse leans in to kiss her finger.

"Until then, Edie."