Closed; A Romantic Evening

[drewkirke]

Things with Jemma had been going incredibly well, way better than he ever expected them to go when she came to him with life changing news. It was the type of thing that he had always feared and even though he had put on a brave face, something he had conditioned himself to do since his father had died, he was worried. There was no question that

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[jemmadorny]

It had been a hell of a long day

[drewkirke]

Ideally Drew would have liked to have everything set and perfect for when Jemma had come home but cooking really wasn't his forte and neither was timing. He had to settle for the fact that dinner smelled the way it was supposed to rather than a burning, heaping mess.

"Hey-" He turned towards her, a sheepish sort of grin pulling at his lips.

All the effort was suddenly worth it when he saw that look on her face.

"Are you hungry?"

[jemmadorny]

Before she could even stop herself, her eyes started to well with unnecessary tears. She rubbed at them, perhaps the exhaustion of the day and the fact that no one had ever done this for her before hitting her all at once. Or, perhaps, it was the bloody pregnancy hormones she'd been battling all week long.

No difference.

She was still a puddle of tears as she grinned.

"Starved-" she said, wiping at her eyes. "I don't even know why I'm crying-" she added, with laughter.

[drewkirke]

"Hey-"

Drew dropped the wooden spoon he'd been holding onto the countertop, crossing the space between them in just a few long strides.

That definitely wasn't the reaction he'd been expecting-

"Are you okay? Is something wrong?"

He placed his hands on her shoulders, ducking his head to catch her eyes.