"Are you ready?" Riza's voice comes from behind him, smooth like always.
"Almost," he replies, attaching the cufflinks to his jacket. They hadn't even left yet, and he was already beginning to sweat under the numerous layers of his formalwear. He envies Riza, who he knows only has a couple layers on at most. He straightens his tie for what seems like the millionth time, and then turns around, tucking it back into his vest.
The sight that meets him simply floors him, and every single color he's ever witnessed floods his senses all at once. The dim light inside his apartment only makes his lieutenant look more beautiful; her hair is down tonight, gently curling in waves and pinned in place over one shoulder. The gold of those long locks seems to flow off of her and draw him in, twining around his fingertips, making him long to run his fingers through them. The dress she wears is black, and he knows she had to have it modified to hide the past her back holds. It collects at just the right place of every curve her body has, and the sheen of the fabric glows blue in the quiet light. Roy knows that Riza has never been one for complicated fashion, and this dress is no exception, but the simplicity of it somehow looks more gorgeous than anything else currently catching the eye of East City's more well off women.
Too late he notices that his face must be completely slack and ridiculous, but for the moment, he doesn't care. Riza raises an eyebrow at him, asking, "What?"
He catches himself, shutting his apparently wide open mouth. "Nothing." His entire body feels like it's on fire, and he repeatedly clears his throat, attempting to swallow the blush. Roy turns smartly on the spot, fumbling for his keys. "You look very beautiful tonight, Lieutenant."
"Thank you, sir." He hates that they have to use formalities tonight; if he had his way he would say her name over and over and over again until his mouth ran dry. Nothing he could say could compare to the beauty she possesses, and always for that matter. All he could do was try and press the same color into his voice that emanated effortlessly from her, enticing him and keeping him captive to her without a single thought.
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