A Night on the Town

[ambria_hanover]

Ambria showed up at the Loft dressed in a nice black dress, accented by a metal necklace she'd crafted herself. Her hair done up nice, her nails freshly manicured - everything about her appearance said 'date', but she wasn't getting her hopes up too high. After all, her and Gabe were from different worlds and they'd been set up by Imogene - for all

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The Door opens, held by a carmel colored hand. Gabriel, on his crutches, limps through, and turns to accept a box and a small bunch of flowers from a plump blonde woman standing in the doorway.

"Thanks, Ari." He says. He turns and smiles at Ambria as the Door closes, a bit awkwardly. He has a t-shirt with stripes on it, and the jeans that Finch (Lark) lent him. His shoes are the finest part of the outfit, of course. Dark leather, handmade.

"Hey..." He holds out the flowers, a couple of hydrangeas, one purple and the other blue. "...all of the pink ones were kind of...buggy. Or I would have gotten one to match your hair..."

He wills himself to breathe. This is his first date since...Eliza, all those years ago. But she is from the loft. Women from the loft are different, he tells himself. No need to be nervious, he tells himself.

"I hope you haven't been waiting long...."