Hearthstone sat on the cold park bench, bouncing his leg nervously, bouquet of roses in his hand. It was silly, he thought, there's no reason to be nervous. He'd been dating Blitzen for more than a year, they lived together for gods sake. But he'd never been on an actual real date before. He guessed between looking after Magnus and not dying it was just something both he and Blitz had forgotten about. But when he realized they'd never been on an official date and brought it up to Blitzen, the dwarf freaked out a bit and insisted on taking him on one. Hearth shouldn't have been surprised at his reaction, he knew how dramatic dwarfs were with their emotions. Not that that was a bad thing, he honestly felt refreshed by the way his boyfriend expressed himself compared to his stiff overly clean home, Alfheim. He shuddered at the thought of the place and quickly pushed it out of his mind, not today, today was supposed to be fun.
Yes, fun… But all he was feeling was anxiety. After all this time he still wants to impress Blitz and show off. But he wasn't feeling very impressive sitting here, dressed in his usual dark clothes, the only splash of color the bright candy-striped scarf he'd always worn ever since Blitzen had given it to him. Maybe he should have worn something different… But it was too late to go back and change, looking up he saw Blitz hurrying towards him and his breath caught in his throat. Hearth knew Blitz was always dressed nice but he was always getting surprised by just how nice his boyfriend could dress. For this special occasion Blitzen chose a dark chocolate suit in a swallow-tail cut with cufflinks and a chainmail bow tie in green, white pointed shoes. To top it off was his usual sunlight protection with a slight twist to match his outfit, green gloves and his hat in the same dark chocolate color as his suit with white sunlight blocking gauze hanging from the rim to protect his face. He looked absolutely stunning. Literally stunning, Hearthstone was so taken with him he didn't realize the dwarf was standing in front of him and saying something until he realized Blitzen was looking at him quizzically, clearly waiting for him to respond.
what?
He signed back, feeling his face burn in a light green blush but Blitz just grinned and repeated, signing instead of speaking to make sure he didn't miss it.
I said, sorry I'm late, I was finishing setting up. Are you ready to go?
The shorter signed and Hearth nodded, pushing himself to his feet.
"Great! Because I got you a little something!"
Blitzen said excitedly, brown eyes glinting under the white shroud as he grinned up at him, taking a very beautiful bouquet out from behind his back.
"The irises stand for wisdom and faith, while the lilies stand for magnificent beauty, and the orchids are love and seduction"
He gushed as he held the bouquet out to the elf, using his free hand to sign the words since he knew he was talking pretty fast. Hearthstone's face burned a deep green blush, his blue eyes getting a bit wet. He'd never received any gifts before he'd meet Blitzen, having burst into actual tears the first time the dwarf had given him something (that being the scarf he constantly wore), and every time he got him something so sweet as this it was a struggle not to do it again.
You're such a nerd
Was all he managed to sign back at him as he took the flowers, Blitzen just chuckled, knowing that meant he loved it. But as Hearthstone looked down at the beautiful well thought out bouquet his smile fell just a little bit, glancing at the roses he'd gotten for Blitzen. They suddenly seemed pretty lame and lazy in comparison. Luckily Blitzen seemed to read his mind before he could get too dug into the thought and took the roses from him, bringing them to his face to enjoy their sweet scent.
"These are beautiful, much like yourself"
He said as he grinned at Hearthstone, quickly dispelling his negative thoughts by making him blush deeply, again. Blitz chuckled and offered a hand to him, the taller taking it and letting him lead him through the park, into a more secluded part. The dwarf had laid out a blanket and basket with a few candles for lighting as the sun was starting to go down, a perfect little romantic getaway. Hearth kept blushing a lovely shade of light green as they sat and started to eat their evening picnic, Blitzen leaning against him as they watched the sun go down. It was such a simple everyday thing to humans but to the dwarf and elf it was a beautiful strange event to see the sky above them change so drastically that fascinated the both of them. Once the sun had totally vanished and the stars started to twinkle to life above them Blitz took his sun hat off, carefully folding the gauze and putting it down on the blanket before turning to grin at Hearth.
The taller was staring, he couldn't help himself. Blitzen was so handsome, strong and thick with smooth dark skin, braided hair pulled back in a short ponytail. And his eyes, gods he could spend the rest of eternity staring into his eyes, so many shades of brown he couldn't decide if they were more like freshly turned earth or the comfort old leather or the warmth of hot cocoa. He didn't even realize he was silently staring until he felt Blitz's callus worn hands cupping his cheek, pulling him down into a passionate kiss. Hearth let out a rare soft sound against his warm lips, kissing him back soft and slow as the shorter ran a hand through his soft white hair. They were both just savoring the other, not wanting to pull away. Whatever terrible shit would come their way, whatever mess their little family got into next, they could take comfort in this moment, in having each other.