Prompt: Blind Date AU
Nikola fiddled with his tie (crimson with a matching pocket square, so his date would know him), looking around the restaurant nervously and wondering again just how Nigel had roped him into doing this, going out with someone he'd never even met: utterly ridiculous, no matter how incredible Nigel swore this Dr. Magnus was.
An hour later, when Dr. Magnus herself sat across from him, resplendent in a matching red dress and deep in conversation with him about quantum mechanics, Nikola thought perhaps Nigel hadn't been generous enough.
He was so focused on Helen he barely even noticed the wine, or the food, or really anything about his surroundings until Helen rose with a playful smile, and suggested they retire somewhere more private; he grinned back at her, taking her hand and following her out.