first date, requested by lite992 from tumblr


Apollo had been on dates before, but this was the first time he'd ever been tricked into one.

Athena had texted him saying she found a potential client over at Shipshape Aquarium, but when he got there he found her chatting animatedly with Juniper Woods. And when he approached them, Athena rambled on about how the client decided to take their business somewhere else, and she had to go because she had completely forgotten about her date with Simon so could Apollo please keep Junie company for today?

Could you be any more transparent? Apollo felt sweat starting to pour down his face as he watched Athena's figure disappear into the distance before shifting his gaze over to Juniper, who was fiddling with her braids and looking everywhere but him.

"You d-don't have to be here, if you don't want to be." Juniper broke the silence, eyes now on Apollo. "I'm sure you have more important things to do…" She coughed.

"Not really. I was just going over some old case files. Business is pretty slow these days…make that any days."

Juniper giggled, but quickly became serious, though her cheeks were pinker than they usually were. "I'm sorry you haven't had any new clients. Thena's told me a bit about it, and I think it's…it's strange how so little people go to your agency. You're all such good lawyers."

"Ha, thanks." The defense attorney smiled. "…You want to take a look around? Check out the fish? And maybe later, we could…we could eat lunch at the food court? We don't have to-"

"No," Juniper said, and the abrupt way she said it caused her to blush and tug on her braids. "I-I'd like that. A lot."

"Great! I mean," Apollo cleared his throat. "Great. Where do you want to go first?"

"Um…I'd really like to see the penguins."

He grinned. "Penguins it is then."