Prompt submitted by: Anon
Pairing: LoVe
AU setting: First date or first time
Better Late Than Never
The first date that Logan planned for them had been perfect; his father's prized boat, a bottle of champagne and a vast expanse of open water separating them from the critics who would undoubtedly scare her off him.
His instincts were always on the money when it came to women. The boat was a fail safe way to give the ladies what they both wanted and expected from him. It was a bone fide panty-dropper. It wasn't lost on him that this was also the reason his dad probably bought it in the first place.
Logan had never been granted permission to use the boat in the past, and he wasn't quite sure why he had gotten it then, but he liked to think of it as hard evidence that his dad had (at one time) actually wanted what was best for him. That Veronica was whom Aaron had decided was best for him, was the ironic gift that kept on giving.
But she didn't show that day. And deep down, beneath the layers of self-hate and loathing, he hadn't really expected her to. He hadn't earned it yet.
The second first date that Logan planned for them, wasn't actually planned at all. After spending an hour with Veronica at his plastic surgeon's office, with her holding his hand as the doctor removed stitches from his forehead, he spontaneously asked her if she wanted to grab a pizza afterwards.
He expected her to say no. Luckily for him, she was always up for pizza, so they took it to the beach with a few warm cans of S'Kist.
After they finished eating, they sat on the shoreline in a companionable silence. With shoulders barely touching, they simply watched the waves ride in and tickle their feet before drawing back out again to sea. It wasn't until her head fell heavily on his shoulder and her eyelashes brushed against the side of his face like a hummingbird, that he even realized it was a date.
By the time the tide would have reached her knees, she was already straddling his lap.
He hadn't really expected her to, which only made everything that much more perfect.